Dinosaur Hunter

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Note: Gift-wrapping is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B00002S87P
• Item model number: 9011
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 5, 2006
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,810 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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Product Description

Amazon.com Review
Imagine a museum with the bells and whistles of a futuristic society, built back in the Cretaceous period. That's what DK Interactive's Dinosaur Hunter feels like. Granite slabs roll back to reveal maps, a mighty Megalosaur hides in a crevasse, and foreboding ambient sound echoes through the vaulted halls. If you manage to excavate a dinosaur and bring it back to life, roars and heavy footfalls add to the tension. This virtual-reality CD-ROM could be retitled "Jurassic Park meets the Smithsonian."

Dinosaur fans will delight in the 50 different species in this virtual museum. Yes, you can find Velociraptor and T-rex here, but you can also find obscurities like the thick-skulled Pachycephalosaurus and the horse-sized vegetarian Psittacosaurus. Each dinosaur display comes with an extremely handy audio pronunciation key, well-rendered illustrations, and handfuls of facts. Explorers move through the museum by clicking the cursor after it transforms into a directional arrow; folks who like to see the big picture can install a "you are here" map so they won't get lost.

Dedicated dinophiles should visit the Excavation Site and rebuild dinosaurs with missing bones. Be forewarned: paleontology isn't for the impatient. This virtual dig is nearly as slow moving and challenging as the real thing. But do stick with it, there's a payoff for the persistent. When you reassemble a dinosaur in this virtual world, it grows flesh, comes to life, and wanders the museum. In our house, we have yet to find out what happens when we add Tyrannosaurus to the Triceratops we already have roaming the halls. (Ages 8 and older) --Anne Erickson

Product Description

Bring Long-Extinct Creatures Back to Life!



Rewind History! Oh about 200 million years! And come face to face with the terrifying T-Rex the vicious Velociraptor or the captivating Pterodactyl. In fact you'll get this close to 50 different species in all - to see where they roamed what they killed and how they survived.

Get up close and personal with different species of dinosaurs, follow in thefootsteps of famous paleontologists, travel the world in search of fossils, andeven dig up and assemble your own animated dinosaurs. It's all there beneath theEyewitness Museum, plus plenty of 3D models, interactive exhibits, animationsand video, even simulated dinosaur sounds.

Enter the subterranean world beneath the Eyewitness Museum and travel aquarter of a billion years into the past, when dinosaurs like the terrifyingTyrannosaurus and the vicious Velociraptor stalked the prehistoric earth. Inthis spectacular 3D environment, you'll learn about dinosaurs by searching forfossils to assemble and bring to life as fully animated dinosaurs. On your wayto the Dinosaur Excavation Site, travel through time tunnels, visit the Arena,watch videos and animations, take interactive quizzes, and even listen tospecially simulated dinosaur sounds.

More than just a guide to these fascinating creatures, Eyewitness VirtualReality Dinosaur Hunter lets you become an intrepid dinosaur hunter as youexplore the prehistoric past.

Discover the savage secrets of Earth's most ferocious creatures!




Inside the Dinosaur Arena zoom in on brilliantly rendered, fully animated 3Ddinosaurs in the Arena, and learn all about dinosaur behavior, anatomy, andmovement through interactive exhibits.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good - even for kids, August 4, 2000

By	Mark and Jodie Lucas (Athens, OH USA) - See all my reviews

Dinosaur Hunter is a quality piece of work. Our 5 year old started playing with it when he was 4-1/2 (box lists age 10). He needed a good deal of hand holding the first 3 months of constant playing (he really loves dinosaurs, and this was a perfect match), but after that point he was able to navigate and investigate on his own. He still loves the program. Even though the content is reasonably deep and fascinating for an adult, there is a lot of interactive work that a pre-reading younger kid can enjoy. When clicking on dinosaurs, they will move and make the kinds of sounds that scientists would expect from a study of bone structures. There are a large number of movies, and there are many places where the program will read or pronounce names. One day our son was walking in circles. Each time he came back into view he was a different dinosaur with a different walk and a different roar. A different day he walked into the room and asked my wife for help finding the caudal vertebra for the heterodontasaurus. Not for all kids, but our youngster loves it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Dinosaur fans rejoice !, June 13, 2000

By A Customer

Enter the prehistoric world of dinosaurs... Simply wanderaround the VR museum and click on the exhibits...easy user interface!Amazing animations and special 3D animations makes learning about dinosaur easy. Moving around is easy ! In fact, this CD- rom is like playing an educational title of MYST. Many 3D models to thrill and excite dinosaur fans. There's even a dig site to find dinosaur bones to bring them back to life! The perfect CD-rom for anyone who likes or is interested in dinosaurs.

3.0 out of 5 stars Just OK, July 30, 2008

By	A. Brumfield "Grandma" (Indiana, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

I ordered this to replace an earlier version which we couldn't get to work on XP. This version worked on XP. After all the hassle with the earlier version my grandson had lost his enthusiasm for the game. Maybe he will look at it again at a later time.