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There was a short-lived Saturday morning cartoon of the same game, and while the series didn't last for more than a handful of episodes, there was also a beat-'em-up developed by Capcom. And it's pretty awesome. Turns out, it was based on a comic book
Earth has been ravaged by pollution caused by advances in science and technology, causing the human race to hide in underground villages for 600 years. When they come out of hiding, they find out Earth has changed considerably. Cities are now ruins, and creatures that were previously known to be extinct have returned to reclaim the Earth....especially dinosaurs.
Technology is now limited, and those who have mechanical skills have power and influence.
Humans and dinosaurs have lived peacefully together for the last one hundred years or so...but dinosaur poachers always threaten to ruin the balance.
Jack Tenrec is the main protagonist of the series. He has average stats and doesn't really have any strengths or weaknesses.
Hannah Dundee is a diplomat from a neighboring country. She isn't very strong, but she is very skilled with items. Give her a weapon and she'll blow all the bad guys away.
Mustapha Cairo is Jack's friend, ready to help Jack at a moment's notice. He's got some awesome flying kicks and may not be the strongest, but he's also the fastest.
Mess O'Bradovich...who is he, anyway? We know he's the slowest guy, and he's not the best with items, but he's definitely the strongest. His throw attacks are particularly nasty and are worth checking out. All I know about him is that he makes a brief appearance in the comics and gets killed, and he never shows up in the cartoon. Kudos to Capcom for reaching deep to get him in the game.
Episode 1: Eastcoast 2515
Top of the Building
This section is rather short, but it's a harbinger of how good the music in this game is going to be. Seriously, check the game soundtrack out when you get the chance.
You have all the usual beat-'em-up attacks here, such as a running attack, a standing combo, a jumping attack, the ability to grab people and either throw them or beat them up, and a special attack that uses part of your health.
Ferris and Gneiss are your typical fodder enemies. Whack them before they whack you.
In The Building
You can find all sorts of items here. Usually they'll be points pick-ups (like money and inedible objects), weapons (like pistols, shotguns and Uzis) and health restoring items (like salads, steaks, and barbecues). If it's a prop you can destroy, do it. You might be able to find something useful.
The guns are really awesome and can blow through enemies, but watch your ammo at the bottom of the screen below where your health bar is. Collect ammo to reload. If you run out of ammo, you can still throw the gun at the enemy to do one last bit of damage.
You'll meet some new enemies here, such as Blade who attacks you with knives. Wrench T. (Wrench Terhune), Hammer T. (Hammer Terhune) and Blk Elmer (Black Elmer) are the fat enemies who will try to ram you to do damage. Wrench wears orange, Hammer wears green and Elmer wears purple and blue. The fat guys tend to drop food items to recover your health with.
Punk is a smaller generic enemy. He's pretty fast, and he'll even somersault around the room if given the chance.
47th Street
When you reach the end of this area, you'll face Vice T. (Vice Terhune). Rather strange that the guy we met is a blue-themed recolor. and this guy's blonde and wearing purple.
He's also got a Rock Hopper for a helper. Defeating the dinosaur causes it to calm down, turn them from orange to green and walk away rather than die, and this will definitely make the battle easier. That's a good thing, because you don't want the Rock Hopper to gnaw on you and toss you around.
Vice T. will leap around and try to put you in a deadly multi-punch combo. He'll also shoot you with his gun and hit you with jump kicks. Vice T. is also pretty fast. He also shoots his gun into the air to summon some henchmen, and you'll have to deal with them as you're trying to take down Vice T. Do whatever you can to get rid of these guys, but also try to deal damage to Vice T. at the same time.
When you beat Vice T., he'll tell you The Butcher is in the northern woods...and he's nuts.
Episode 2: The Swamp Forest
Mack is a triceratops. When they're orange, they'll try to tackle you. Just stay out of their way.
Poacher J and Skinner are the poacher enemies, and they'll try to use the guns. Whatever you do, don't let them attack the green dinosaurs, or they'll become enraged, turn orange and attack you.
Sometimes you'll see a few Blades pop out from the sides and try to throw knives at you. Watch out for the knives!
Mud Swamp
Gutter is another poacher enemy.
Lash T. will attack you with a spiked mace attached to a rope. He'll also try to kick you, too. Hit him from a distance, using either your skills or a weapon.
The second section will reveal that this "Butcher" guy has slaughtered some dinosaurs. That's not cool. After a brief fight with a few more enemies, you'll take on The Butcher himself.
Butcher will try to attack you with his huge butcher knives and also try to squash you. If you can knock him down, you can cause him to lose of his knives. The knives doesn't do as much damage as the standing combo, but it does make it easier to keep his henchmen at bay, so pick your poison.
If you use a continue, you'll re-appear on the screen with a bazooka and a couple of rockets to get back at enemy forces.
Razor is basically like Blade, but wears different colors and has a shorter brown haircut.
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