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1991 · Titus Interactive · Platformer

Prehistorik

Prehistorik is a side-view platform game. You control a neanderthal who must march through hostile pre-historic environments seeking food and keeping himself safe. Some food can be found in caves, but it mainly exists in living animal forms. These include fire-breathing Pyro-Tax dragons, the Turtosaurus, and the Bad Bat.

Released: 1991
Platforms: Amiga Amstrad CPC Atari ST Atari ST/STE Linux MS-DOS Windows macOS
Genres: Platformer
Developers: Titus Interactive
Publishers: Titus Interactive
Series: Prehistorik
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Third person Side view
Themes: Action
Country: France
Languages: English
Entry: #1 in Prehistorik
Time to beat: 1.5hmain story3hcompletionist

About

Prehistorik is a 1991 platform game developed by Titus Interactive for the Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, MS-DOS, and Commodore CDTV.

A sequel, Prehistorik 2, was released for MS-DOS and Amstrad CPC. The sequel was also ported to Nintendo systems and became a downloadable title for the Nintendo DSi in North America in February 2010. In 2013, Anuman Interactive launched a remake of the game, adapted for iOS and Android.

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Gameplay

The playable character is a caveman armed with a club. In a search for food, the neanderthal must hit dinosaurs and other animals that come in his way and pick up powerups. Some enemies can't be beat, so the player must dodge them. A boss awaits at the end of each level.

Reception

Zzap stated that "This is one of the best games produced by Titus. It has simple, non nonsense gameplay and brilliant, melt-your-heart graphics". Furthermore the music was "excellent and the sound effects are quirky and funny". The score was 70%.

The highest score was Amiga Action's 85 %. A re-release in 1993 consistently garnered more negative reviews than did the original, ranging from 30% to 59 %.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
MS-DOS	31 December 1991	Europe
Atari ST/STE	31 December 1991	Europe
Amiga	31 December 1991	Europe
Amstrad CPC	31 December 1991	Europe
Windows	21 May 2015	Worldwide
Linux	21 May 2015	Worldwide
macOS	21 May 2015	Worldwide