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 Ellis, 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

Promotional Material

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
35 №17, p46
69 №15, p78-80[1]
63 №50, p72/73
83 №27, p50
58 №15, p48/49
Sega Mega Drive
62
Based on
5 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[2]
Cool Gamer (RU)
60
[3]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
68
[4]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[5]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
78
[6]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
35
[7]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
64
[8]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-U
69
[1]
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

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Mega Drive, BR
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  1. 1.0 1.1 File:MeanMachinesSega15UK.pdf, page 78 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega15UK.pdf_p78" defined multiple times with different content
  2. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 60
  3. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 63
  4. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 50
  5. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 306
  6. GamePro, "October 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 72
  7. Mega, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 46
  8. MegaTech, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-20), page 74
  9. Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 72
  10. Sega Pro, "Xmas Special 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 50
  11. Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 48
  12. Todo Sega, "Julio 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 30
  13. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 51
  14. Video Games, "3/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 85