Dinosaurs for Hire

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Dinosaurs for Hire
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Action

















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Dinosaurs for Hire is a Mega Drive game based on the comic book series of the same name. It was only released in North America.

It is a side-scrolling action/platforming game similar to Contra but involving a group of dinosaurs who fight crime. The player can play as a tyrannosaurus rex named Archie, a triceratops named Lorenzo or a stegosaurus named Reese. Each has a gun which can be upgraded Contra-style (shoot with B), a close-up attack (A: Archie beats enemies with his gun, Lorenzo with his horns, and Reese with his tail), and a traditional jump (C, and no matter how you press it you cannot control the intensity of the jump).

Production Credits

Developed By: Sega Interactive Development Division
Programmers: John 'Buck' Kuwaye, Jack 'Le Saboteur' Loh, David 'Mac Man' Chaplin, Mike 'Mr. H-Blank' Terlecki
LOBSTER Engine Programming: Chrisopher 'Engine Meister' Warner, Robert 'Elvis is King' Morgan
Artists: Dave 'The Sprite Master' Russ, Art 'The Background God' Wong, Albert 'Char Master' Co, Todd 'Blood Worm' Tomlinson, Doug 'Dig Dug' Nishimura, Barbara Meyers
Technical Support: Ala 'Harbinger of Doom' Diaz
Project Manager: Mark 'Design-on-the-Fly' Nausha
Music: Paul 'Moto' Gadbois
Lead Tester: Terry 'Tex-T-Bone' Banks
Testers: Rey 'Multitasker' Alferez, Bill 'Dr. Mastermind' Person, Kurt 'Tindle-Fly' Tindle, Crisi Albertson, Heather Meigs, Lisa Stuart, Maria Tuzzo, Greg Becksted, Joe Cain, Harry Chavez, Marc Dawson, Dave Forster, Roman Greco, Keith Higashihara, Jason Kuo, Tony Lynch, John Russell, Siegie Stangenberg, Paul Walker, Jeff Todd, Blair Bullock, Richie Hideshima, William Emery, Atom Elis, Glen Cureton, Ivan Fong, Vasily Lewis, Srini Chandra, Tim Spengler, Wesley Gittens
Dinosaurs for Hire Created By: Tom Mason
Producer: Stu Kosoy
Product Manager: Jamie Wojick
Program Code/Design (C) Sega
All Rights Reserved

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
69 №15, p78/79/80
63 №50, p72/73
83 №27, p50
Sega Mega Drive
72
Based on
3 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[1]
Cool Gamer (RU)
60
[2]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
68
[3]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[4]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
78
[5]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
35
[6]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
64
[7]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
69
[8]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
63
[9]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
83
[10]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
58
[11]
Todo Sega (ES)
91
[12]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
73
[13]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
40
[14]
Sega Mega Drive
64
Based on
14 reviews

Dinosaurs for Hire

Mega Drive, US
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Mega Drive, BR
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