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* KingOfTheDinosaurs: Subverted. ''Tyrannosaurus'' are the most common enemies in the game, but they only attack by pouncing and are rather easy to bring down.


* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs


* TemperCeratops: The ''Triceratops'' will charge if the player gets too close, even hiding in bushes to ambush them.
* ToughArmoredDinosaur: Out of all the game's enemies, the ''Stegosaurus'' take the most shots to bring down due to its thick skin.

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* TemperCeratops: The ''Triceratops'' will charge if the player gets too close, close. Some even hiding hide in bushes to ambush them.
* ToughArmoredDinosaur: Out of all the game's enemies, the ''Stegosaurus'' take the most shots to bring down due to its their thick skin.


* KingOfTheDinosaurs: Subverted. ''Tyrannosaurus'' are the most common enemies in the game, but they only attack by pouncing and are rather easy to bring down.



** The ''Velociraptor'' from the sequel are Film/JurassicPark-styled as usual, with feathers on their heads.

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** The ''Velociraptor'' from the sequel are Film/JurassicPark-styled as usual, with feathers on their heads.heads.
* TemperCeratops: The ''Triceratops'' will charge if the player gets too close, even hiding in bushes to ambush them.
* ToughArmoredDinosaur: Out of all the game's enemies, the ''Stegosaurus'' take the most shots to bring down due to its thick skin.


** The ''Velociraptor'' from the sequel are Film/JurassicPark-styled as usual, with feathers on their heads.
* StockDinosaurs:
** You are a ''Deinonychus'', and you fight ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Triceratops'', and ''Dilophosaurus''.
** The sequel has you playing as a pterosaur (resembling a toothed ''Pteranodon''), and the enemies are ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Velociraptors'', and ''Rhamphorhynchus''.

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** The ''Velociraptor'' from the sequel are Film/JurassicPark-styled as usual, with feathers on their heads.
* StockDinosaurs:
** You are a ''Deinonychus'', and you fight ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Triceratops'', and ''Dilophosaurus''.
** The sequel has you playing as a pterosaur (resembling a toothed ''Pteranodon''), and the enemies are ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Velociraptors'', and ''Rhamphorhynchus''.
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** You are a ''Deinonychus'', and you fight ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Triceratops'', and ''Dilophosaurus''.
** The sequel has you playing as a pterosaur (resembling a toothed ''Pteranodon''), and the enemies are ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Velociraptors'', and ''Rhamphorhynchus''.
* TyrannosaurusRex: These like to pounce on you.

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** You are a ''Deinonychus'', and you fight ''TyrannosaurusRex'', ''Tyrannosaurus rex'', ''Stegosaurus'', ''Pteranodon'', ''Triceratops'', and ''Dilophosaurus''.
** The sequel has you playing as a pterosaur (resembling a toothed ''Pteranodon''), and the enemies are ''Brachiosaurus'', ''Velociraptors'', and ''Rhamphorhynchus''.
* TyrannosaurusRex: These like to pounce on you.
''Rhamphorhynchus''.


* {{Handguns}}: The Nanosaur's weapon, which has five different attacks: [[FrickinLaserBeams standard laser]], [[HomingProjectile heat-seeking missiles]] (which can lead to a MacrossMissileMassacre if the player has plenty to spare), [[MakeMeWannaShout sonics]], [[SpreadShot a dividing shot]], and [[NukeEm nuclear weapons]].

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* {{Handguns}}: The Nanosaur's weapon, which has five different attacks: [[FrickinLaserBeams [[EnergyWeapon standard laser]], [[HomingProjectile heat-seeking missiles]] (which can lead to a MacrossMissileMassacre if the player has plenty to spare), [[MakeMeWannaShout sonics]], [[SpreadShot a dividing shot]], and [[NukeEm nuclear weapons]].


** The main player in the sequel is a ''Ludodactylus''-esque pterosaur (although the intro portrays him as a ''Pteranodon'') which grabs the eggs with its feet. There's also large ''Rhamphorhynchus'' (with pycnofibres) which serve as AirborneMooks.

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** The main player in the sequel is a ''Ludodactylus''-esque pterosaur (although the intro portrays him it as a ''Pteranodon'') which grabs the eggs with its feet. There's also large ''Rhamphorhynchus'' (with pycnofibres) which serve as AirborneMooks.

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* MightyGlacier: The ''Stegosaurus'' can only slowly lumber towards you, but require several shots to be brought down. It's easier to simply avoid them.

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* PteroSoarer:
** The ''Pteranodon'' from the first game carry rocks with their feet so they can drop them on you. Afterwards, they attack by swooping down on you with their feet.
** The main player in the sequel is a ''Ludodactylus''-esque pterosaur (although the intro portrays him as a ''Pteranodon'') which grabs the eggs with its feet. There's also large ''Rhamphorhynchus'' (with pycnofibres) which serve as AirborneMooks.


** Due to its weight, it's highly unlikely ''Tyrannosaurus'' could jump.



* DumbDinos: All of the dinosaurs besides the player character fall under this trope - they neither notice nor care that you're trying to help. Doubly [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the fact that the player is both an ''intelligent'' dinosaur whereas the ones encountered are just savage animals, ''and'' a ''raptor'' who came to take their eggs.
** Though it could arguably also apply to the intelligent dinosaurs from year 4122; whose [[SarcasmMode genius idea]] was it to send their agent to retrieve eggs in the Cretaceous Period only ''20 minutes'' before the asteroid hits ?

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* DumbDinos: All of the dinosaurs besides the player character fall under this trope - they neither notice nor care that you're trying to help. Doubly [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the fact that the player is both an ''intelligent'' dinosaur whereas the ones encountered are just savage animals, ''and'' a ''raptor'' who came to take their eggs.
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eggs. Though it could arguably also apply to the intelligent dinosaurs from year 4122; whose [[SarcasmMode genius idea]] was it to send their agent to retrieve eggs in the Cretaceous Period only ''20 minutes'' before the asteroid hits ?

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** Though it could arguably also apply to the intelligent dinosaurs from year 4122; whose [[SarcasmMode genius idea]] was it to send their agent to retrieve eggs in the Cretaceous Period only ''20 minutes'' before the asteroid hits ?


''Nanosaur'' is a third person shooter developed by Creator/PangeaSoftware and released for the UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh in 1998. In Nanosaur, you play a genetically engineered velociraptor from the year 4122 sent to the Cretaceous Period to retrieve the eggs of five dinosaur species to save the Nanosaur species in the future. You only have twenty minutes to complete your mission before the asteroid hits Earth. During the mission, your Nanosaur will have to blast its way through several dinosaurs while collecting weapons and powerups.

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''Nanosaur'' is a third person shooter developed by Creator/PangeaSoftware and released for the UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh in 1998. In Nanosaur, you play a genetically engineered velociraptor raptor from the year 4122 sent to the Cretaceous Period to retrieve the eggs of five dinosaur species to save the Nanosaur species in the future. You only have twenty minutes to complete your mission before the asteroid hits Earth. During the mission, your Nanosaur will have to blast its way through several dinosaurs while collecting weapons and powerups.


** The ''Velociraptor'' from the sequel are Film/{{JurassicPark}}-styled as usual, with feathers on their heads.

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** The ''Velociraptor'' from the sequel are Film/{{JurassicPark}}-styled Film/JurassicPark-styled as usual, with feathers on their heads.

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