Nintendo
Register
Advertisement

Color a Dinosaur is a game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993. It's a virtual coloring book featuring pictures of dinosaurs.

Gameplay[]

The player starts the game by selecting one of sixteen different dinosaurs. They then can use one of four color pallets to color a dinosaur. However, there is no option to save a finished picture.

List of Dinosaurs[]

This is a list of all 16 available dinosaurs to color. Their names come from the instruction manual.

CAD Stegosaurus Stegosaurus A dinosaur who's name means "roof lizard".
CAD Spinosaurus Spinosaurus A dinosaur who's name means "spine lizard".
CAD Brontosaurus Brontosaurus A dinosaur who's name means "deceptive lizard".
CAD Viktor Viktor An original dinosaur created by Virgin Interactive.
CAD Triceratops Triceratops A dinosaur who's name means "three-horned face".
CAD Vinnie Vinnie An original dinosaur created by Virgin Interactive.
CAD Pterodactyl Pterodactyl A dinosaur who's name means "winged finger".
CAD CrestedDinosaur Crested Dinosaur A dinosaur with a crest.
CAD Duckbill Duckbill A dinosaur with a duckbill
CAD Vern Vern An original dinosaur created by Virgin Interactive.
CAD CrestedDuckbill Crested Duckbill A dinosaur with a crested duckbill.
CAD Vera Vera An original dinosaur created by Virgin Interactive.
CAD MiniStegosaurus Mini Stegosaurus A miniature version of the Stegosaurus.
CAD TyrannosaurusRex Tyrannosaurus Rex A dinosaur who's name means "tyrant lizard".
CAD Torosaurus Torosaurus A dinosaur who's name means "perforated lizard".
CAD Protoceratops Protoceratops A dinosaur who's name means "First Horned Face".

Reception[]

The September 1997 issue of Nintendo Power presented the votes of twelve staff members, to list their top 100 games of all time. This list also includes a 10 worst games of all time, placing Color a Dinosaur at 9th. The article described the game as Mario Paint "without anything fun in it" and that "even the producer of the game (Seth, wherever you are) would roll his eyes when reminded of this prehistoric patsy."

External links[]

Advertisement