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

* 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.

* 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. The sequel is no better in this regard, featuring a monstrous-sized ''Pachycephalosaurus'' as its first boss and a gargantuan-sized ''Pteranodon'' as another.

* UniqueEnemy: A gigantic theropod, probably a ''Carcharodontosaurus'', only shows up for the first part of the final stage from the sequel, and is never encountered again. Fittingly enough, it is a wee-bit challenging to defeat.

* 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.]]

* 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. The sequel is no better in this regard, featuring a monstrous-sized ''Pachycephalosaurus'' as its first boss and a gargantuan-sized ''Pteranodon'' as another.

** ''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''.

* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: Where to begin? The second boss of the second game sure looks more like [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Rhydon]] than any known dinosaur.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: Both games feature giant bugs as enemies, the first game has even one acting as a boss: "Ancient Coleoptera", while the sequel has a monstrous Queen Bee as a boss.

** ''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'', and ''Pachycephalosaurus''.

* ArtifactTitle: Unlike the first game, the sequel is definitely not set on an island.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: Both games feature giant bugs as enemies, the first game has even one acting as a boss: "Ancient Coleoptera".

* DinosaursAreDragons: What's a T. rex doing at the bottom of a volcano? And why it breathes fire? Heck, pretty much all the dinosaur and pterosaur foes have fire breath.

* GiantFlyer: In the first game, a ''Rhamphorhynchus'' acts a the second stage boss. A gigantic Pterosaur is another boss in the sequel.

* OrganicTechnology: The final boss of the sequel, which is a living squid-shaped-spaceship. No, not like [[Franchise/MassEffect that one]].

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

* BigCreepyCrawlies: Both games feature giant bugs as enemies, the first game has even acting as a boss: "Ancient Coleoptera".

* UndergroundLevel / LethalLavaLand: Level 5 of the first game.