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Instruction booklet · January 1996

Prehistorik Man

Platform1 playerESRB E

The story

In a small prehistoric village, disaster has struck! The winter food store has been eaten by greedy dinosaurs and the villagers are facing starvation! The Village Chief has chosen Sam to save mankind by leading a quest to find the legendary Dinosaur Graveyard.

Specifications

Released: January 1996
Developer: Titus Software
Publisher: Titus Software
Players: 1
Genre: Platform
Rating: ESRB E
Series: Prehistorik
Themes: Action · Comedy
View: Side view

What the magazines said

8.5

EGM · four reviewers

Famitsu · four reviewers

Players: 80/100 (13 ratings)

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Week of January 5, 1996

Jan. 7

One of the worst blizzards in American history hits the eastern states, killing more than 150 people. Philadelphia receives a record 30 inches of snowfall and New York City's public schools close for the first time in 18 years. The federal government in Washington, D.C. is closed for several days, extending the time federal employees are out of the office from the 1996 federal government shutdown.

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