History VideoGame / PrehistoricIsle

* StockDinosaurs:
** ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Allosaurus'', ''Rhamphorhynchus'', ''Archelon'', ''Ammonite'', ''Stegosaurus'' and ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' serve as boss encounters in the first game, while ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Coelophysis'' and ''Ichthyosaurus'' are among the smaller enemies.
** ''Ankylosaurus'', ''T. rex'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Allosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Coelophysis'' and ''Rhamphorhynchus'' return as enemies for the sequel. We are also introduced to ''Carcharodontosaurus'', ''Velociraptor'', ''Brontosaurus'', ''Triceratops'', ''Parasaurolophus'', ''Protoceratops'', ''Pterodactylus'', ''Dimorphodon'', and ''Pachycephalosaurus''.

* TurtlePower: In the first game, an ''Archelon'' acts as the first boss of level 4.

A pair of [[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame arcade]] ShootEmUp games by Creator/{{SNK}}. It's basically your usual side scroller shooter but with [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Dinosaurs!]]

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: And how!

* LostWorld: The first game is set on one.

* {{Prehistoria}}

* RibcageRidge: In both games.

* UnderTheSea: Level 4 of the first game.

* InNameOnly: The plot of second game has very little to do with the first, other than shooting dinosaurs.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Where to begin? The second boss of the second game sure looks more like [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Rhydon]] than any known dinosaur. [[ScienceMarchesOn Granted, most of the dinosaurs looked fine by the standards of the time the games were released]] (although that doesn't excuse the ''Brachiosaurus'' and ''Stegosaurus'' having sharp teeth and a nose horn).

A pair of [[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame arcade]] ShootEmUp games by {{Creator/SNK}}. It's basically your usual side scroller shooter but with [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs Dinosaurs!]]

** ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Allosaurus'', ''Rhamphorhynchus'', ''Archelon'', ''Ammonite'', ''Stegosaurus'' and ''TyrannosaurusRex'' serve as boss encounters in the first game, while ''Ankylosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Coelophysis'' and ''Ichthyosaurus'' are among the smaller enemies.

* AnimalsNotToScale: Most of the bosses in the first game are ridiculously oversized in contrast to their real-life counterparts. Special mention goes for the ''Rhamphorhynchus'', which makes the ''Pteranodon'' enemies look like flies, and the Ammonite, which can grab a tiny submarine with its tentacles, even though the largest known ammonite species, ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parapuzosia_seppenradensis Parapuzosia seppenradensis]]'' (which appears in the first game as well), would have measured roughly about 2.55 m (8.4 ft) or even 3.5 m (11 ft) in diameter, and especially the final boss, [[spoiler: a TyrannosaurusRex]] that would not be out of place at all in a ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' movie. The sequel is no better in this regard, featuring a monstrous-sized ''Pachycephalosaurus'' as its first boss and a gargantuan-sized ''Pteranodon'' as another.

A pair of [[UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame arcade]] ShootEmUp games by {{Creator/SNK}}. Basically a side scroller shooter with Dinosaurs!

The 1999 sequel, ''Prehistoric Isle 2'' is set in modern times when dinosaurs invade a city, this time the player controls a helicopter and includes the mechanic of rescuing civilians.

A series of arcade Shot'em-Up games by {{Creator/SNK}}. Basically a side scroller shooter with Dinosaurs!

The first game, ''Prehistoric Isle in 1930'' is set on an island in TheBermudaTriangle, the player controls a biplane, blasting hordes of prehistoric creatures, while aquiring power-ups in the form of a device that rotates around his craft blocking enemy shots and providing different modes of fire.

The sequel, ''Prehistoric Isle 2'' is set in modern times when dinosaurs invade a city, this time the player controls a helicopter and includes the mechanic of rescuing civilians.

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!!Tropes:

* UndergroundLevel / LethalLavaLand: The final stages of both games.