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Instruction booklet · August 25, 1995

Primal Rage

Fighting1–2 playersESRB T

The story

Primal Rage is a one-on-one fighting game featuring dinosaurs and giant apes as the fighters. The graphics are done with digitized stop-motion animation. Gameplay is similar to Mortal Kombat in that it is viewed from a side perspective, and features deadly finishing moves at the end of the match.

Specifications

Released
August 25, 1995
Developer
Bitmasters
Publisher
Time Warner Interactive
Players
2
Genre
Fighting
Rating
ESRB T
Series
Primal Rage
Themes
Science fiction
View
Side view
Multiplayer
2+ players

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Players
61/100 (48 ratings)
AmPower
77% (AGA)
Hobby Consolas
91/100
JXV
12/20
Mega Fun
70%
Next Generation
2/5
MG
59%
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