Dino Master
Encyclopedia
Dino Master is a game for the Nintendo DS system similar to a fusion of Pokémon
and the arcade game Qix
. The player takes the role of "Dave the Digger", who excavates fossils from various sites while avoiding enemies. The fossils can then be revived into living dinosaurs and pitted against each other in Battle Mode. To battle, the player would choose a part of the dinosaur to defend, and a part of the opponent dinosaur to attack. Smaller dinosaurs are weaker but have less vulnerability points; larger ones are stronger but have more vulnerability points. Powerful dinosaur are more rare to come by, and the player can dispose of the common kinds. In the story mode, the player traces a line across the field and any fossil concealed within the line is revealed. Enemies that collide with the line will send out a yellow "bullet" which will follow the line toward the player until it strikes or the player reaches an area of security. If the player collides with an enemy, the player loses a life. If an enemy is trapped within the line, removed "that enemy is vaporized.
Several errors are in the game, such as the misnaming of dinosaurs. One error is the mislabeling of Plesiosaurus
as Plateosaurus
.
The game has received poor reviews for errors in the touch-screen functionality and a battle system relying far too heavily on luck.
Dinosaur list
The game includes up to 100 dinosaurs. They mostly consist of carnosaurs, sauropods
, pterosaur
s and Sea Reptiles. (It is interesting to note that pterosaurs and plesiosaur
s are considered dinosaurs in the game, when in reality they are not.)
Enemies
There are various enemies in Dino Master. They are mostly large spider
s, insect
s, reptile
s and crab
s. There is always a "boss" enemy in each level, and if this boss is defeated, the player automatically wins.
Pokémon
is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...
and the arcade game Qix
Qix
Qix is an arcade game, released by Taito America Corporation in 1981.-Gameplay:The objective of Qix is to fence off, or “claim”, a supermajority of the playfield...
. The player takes the role of "Dave the Digger", who excavates fossils from various sites while avoiding enemies. The fossils can then be revived into living dinosaurs and pitted against each other in Battle Mode. To battle, the player would choose a part of the dinosaur to defend, and a part of the opponent dinosaur to attack. Smaller dinosaurs are weaker but have less vulnerability points; larger ones are stronger but have more vulnerability points. Powerful dinosaur are more rare to come by, and the player can dispose of the common kinds. In the story mode, the player traces a line across the field and any fossil concealed within the line is revealed. Enemies that collide with the line will send out a yellow "bullet" which will follow the line toward the player until it strikes or the player reaches an area of security. If the player collides with an enemy, the player loses a life. If an enemy is trapped within the line, removed "that enemy is vaporized.
Several errors are in the game, such as the misnaming of dinosaurs. One error is the mislabeling of Plesiosaurus
Plesiosaurus
Plesiosaurus was a genus of large marine sauropterygian reptile that lived during the early part of the Jurassic Period, and is known by nearly complete skeletons from the Lias of England...
as Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus
Plateosaurus is a genus of plateosaurid dinosaur that lived during the Late Triassic period, around 216 to 199 million years ago, in what is now Central and Northern Europe. Plateosaurus is a basal sauropodomorph dinosaur, a so-called "prosauropod"...
.
The game has received poor reviews for errors in the touch-screen functionality and a battle system relying far too heavily on luck.
Characters
Zenjiro | An elderly man who handles Various dinosaurs |
Masato | A male youth who handles Fast dinosaurs |
Nobuyuki | A researcher who handles Dinosaurs with strong technique |
Lucy | A woman who handles Dinousaurs with high HP |
Garcia | A gentle giant who handles Aggressive dinosaurs |
Dinosaur list
The game includes up to 100 dinosaurs. They mostly consist of carnosaurs, sauropods
Sauropoda
Sauropoda , or the sauropods , are an infraorder of saurischian dinosaurs. They had long necks, long tails, small heads , and thick, pillar-like legs. They are notable for the enormous sizes attained by some species, and the group includes the largest animals to have ever lived on land...
, pterosaur
Pterosaur
Pterosaurs were flying reptiles of the clade or order Pterosauria. They existed from the late Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous Period . Pterosaurs are the earliest vertebrates known to have evolved powered flight...
s and Sea Reptiles. (It is interesting to note that pterosaurs and plesiosaur
Plesiosaur
Plesiosauroidea is an extinct clade of carnivorous plesiosaur marine reptiles. Plesiosauroids, are known from the Jurassic and Cretaceous Periods...
s are considered dinosaurs in the game, when in reality they are not.)
Enemies
There are various enemies in Dino Master. They are mostly large spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
s, insect
Insect
Insects are a class of living creatures within the arthropods that have a chitinous exoskeleton, a three-part body , three pairs of jointed legs, compound eyes, and two antennae...
s, reptile
Reptile
Reptiles are members of a class of air-breathing, ectothermic vertebrates which are characterized by laying shelled eggs , and having skin covered in scales and/or scutes. They are tetrapods, either having four limbs or being descended from four-limbed ancestors...
s and crab
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s. There is always a "boss" enemy in each level, and if this boss is defeated, the player automatically wins.