Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm was a console and computer game made by Rocket Science Games

Rocket Science Games

Rocket Science Games was a video game developer that created games for consoles and computers from 1993 to 1997. The company was responsible for games such as Obsidian, Rocket Jockey, and Loadstar.-History:...

 based on the Xenozoic Tales

Xenozoic Tales

Xenozoic Tales is an alternative comic book by Mark Schultz set in a post-apocalyptic future. Publication began in 1986 with the story "Xenozoic!" included in the comic anthology Death Rattle. This was shortly followed by Xenozoic Tales #1 in February 1987...

 licence. Not to be confused with the earlier Capcom

Capcom

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 arcade game Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, it was the second game made by Rocket Science being released in 1994 for the Sega CD and later the PC

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. Best described as a FMV

Full motion video

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 on rails shooter, it boasted superior graphics for its day and an overall high level of production quality.

Critical reaction

While many reviewers made special note to comment on its amazing graphics and rendering style, which stayed true to its comic book origins, overall reviews were mixed. Many of the complaints mentioned were repetitive gameplay, a high learning curve, short total play time and a lack of replayability once completed. Poor support of the Sega CD by Sega in the United States did not help matters either. These reasons coupled with the stigma of FMV games and their perceived poor quality, due in part to a flood of shoddy games using the technology, also failed to endear Cadillacs and Dinosaurs with audiences. Rocket Science Games also noticed the failure of FMV in the marketplace and soon abandoned it even after they had claimed it would be the next big step in games development. After producing only two titles using FMV they chose not to release the Sega CD version of the FMV game Wing Nuts even though work had already been completed, giving it only a limited release on the PC. Development on other FMV based titles, like Darkride, stopped entirely.

External links

• Otaku World Review of C&D by Jennifer Diane Reitz
• Coming Soon Magazine review