

2005 · Cooking Mama Limited · Action · Turn-based strategy
Dino Master
Nintendo exclusive
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.
- Released
- 24 May 2005
- Platforms
- Nintendo DS
- Genres
- ActionTurn-based strategy
- Developers
- Cooking Mama Limited
- Publishers
- Majesco Entertainment
- Modes
- MultiplayerSingle-player
- Themes
- Science fiction
- Country
- Japan
- Age ratings
- PEGI 3ESRB E
About
Dino Master is a game for the Nintendo DS system similar to a fusion of Pokémon and the arcade game Qix.
Keywords
- dinosaurs
- grinding
- turn-based
- archeology
Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
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.
Reception
Dino Master received negative reviews on release. On Metacritic, the game holds a score of 28/100 based on 6 reviews.
Frank Provo of GameSpot rated the game a 2.4/10, citing its presentation as being equivalent to "an early generation Game Boy Advance game" and calling its controls "sluggish and unreliable." IGN's Craig Harris gave the game a 2.5/10 rating after criticizing it for its "ugly" graphics, "clunky" controls and ultimately calling it a "horrible, sloppy remake" of Qix.
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