The Dinosaur Fighting Game so Bad it's Funny

[@Dr_Doomfans01]

Primal Rage: "Who are you?" 🤨 Dino Red: "I'm you... But worse." 🥲

[@Hollowshy]

Dino Rex walked so Primal Rage could run. 😀

[@DETHTWUKTAUR]

why were dinosaurs SO hard pushed by everything for me as a 10yo boy? its crazy isnt it?

[@believein1]

That anti-dinosaur fighter commercial in the 80’s.. “You, alright! I learned it by watching you!”

[@SpeakingSalmon91]

@@DETHTWUKTAUR If your also a 90s kid then I guess jurassic park is probably the reason we got dinosaurs so hard during that time period

[@DETHTWUKTAUR]

@@SpeakingSalmon91 We had a hard on for dinosaurs so THEN we got Jurassic Park. IDK exactly why ... but I'm convinced speeel-burg is the elite of the HW ped-o elites. I think they needed that subject matter and told him to get creative and figure it out. Supposedly there were so many technological advancements in 3D from that one movie that we jumped 50 years in the future. Did you know he wrote Indiana Jones in the script to have taken advantage of a 13yo girl? Thats where Shay Labow came from in the Crystal Skull. That woman...in his script..was impregnated at 13-14 and she kept his son secret because she despised him for it. Thats why she slaps him in the first scene of the first IJ movie and he says "you knew what you were doing...don't play games with me". Anyway... good morning!

[@samogburn2662]

It takes a tremendous amount of work to make dinosaurs not cool, but the mad lads at Taito seem to have done it

[@nautilus2612]

Nope, still cool. The stop motion models look amazing.

[@SmeddyTooBestChannel]

i approve of your avatar

[@boogie7972]

How did they make dinos not cool? The game still makes them cool it's just full of jank and questionable design choices

[@DETHTWUKTAUR]

Paperboy's sprite is based on a real kid. He was a programmer's son and a cool dood. When there are no fun loving people with childlike joy involved in a game dev project it is so obvious. This whole project wreaks with "lets cash in" craze.

[@nautilus2612]

@@DETHTWUKTAUR Dino Rex was a product of love like everything else Takatsuna Senba directed. He had a vision and the team tried their best to make a good game, but it was ruined by unreasonable demands from their superiors who forced them to dismantle the game multiple times and remake it from scratch until it turned into an unsalvsgeable mess. Despite all the problems the game oozes Senba's great sense of style that is also visible in Metal Black.

[@PolarBair8]

This game became a running gag among Alexalchemy and some other Puerto Rican players. They kept running it at their charity events and eventually one of the tournaments became so big it capped at 128 entrants! I'd never play it again if I could be sure.

[@Hollowshy]

Amazing. Nice to know that even the most terrible fighting games can bring people together. Thanks for sharing!

[@ThatPunkYT]

#DINOREXSWEEP LFG!

[@Dr_Doomfans01]

Wait, are you saying that this game is being held in that tournament? 😂

[@angelriverasantana7755]

Yeah, it's GOTTA be the Puerto Rico side of the FGC. They're a special breed amongst the community

[@100GTAGUY]

You can never be too sure this wont be used as a rick roll

[@maximilianwalker5961]

That triceratops run is possibly the best thing I have ever seen. I could never have imagined such a graceful stride. Capcom should take notes on this blessed game

[@Tboneman]

Bipedal triceretops in Wilds or we riot!

[@YakketyYak]

It's call Dino Duel in Dino Crisis 2

[@Warpath37x1]

The T-Rex eating the weapon prevents the other dinosaur from using it.

[@dudleyvasausage7879]

hahaha and it is really funny to watch

[@Purpleking415]

“There now no one gets it”

[@Pepe-pq3om]

​@@Purpleking415 You missed a coma after "there"

[@Purpleking415]

@@Pepe-pq3om “🤓”

[@albertlevins9191]

I will definitely be missing my next coma. If I have a choice.

[@emperorIng360]

the director of this game, Takatsuna Senba, had his start animating mecha in the Gundam anime (being one of the directors of Char's Counterattack). He transitioned to sprite and art direction at Taito before directing the pretty stylish shootemups like Gun Frontier and Metal Black. This game was originally supposed to be the "third" in the Gun Frontier trilogy but he was handed a group of new programmers and a genre shift all at once. He said in a later interview that he handed in the final build - along with his resignation letter - at the same time.

[@Khazar321]

This makes sense when looking at this game, it clearly had lots of passion put into it. Basically a team that wanted to succeed with what little they had, but the stakes were just too much against them. Such a shame.

[@thekoifishcoyote8762]

Fun fact: "rex" means king so the title actually makes sense

[@Pepe-pq3om]

King in Latin

[@Malayan-dude-69]

So basically dino king. And years later we have the goated Dinosaur King

[@planetschlock]

The t-rex and triceratops are absolutely adorable.

[@EeveeEsp]

lmao that T-rex ate all the cheeseburgers and I love him for it 😂

[@Hollowshy]

Cheeseburgers and large sticks are one heck of a diet.

[@alexojideagu]

It's actually closer to what a real t rex looked like

[@beauwalker9820]

​@@alexojideaguthey were chonky?

[@alexojideagu]

@@beauwalker9820 Yes! compared to how we see in movies. Someone remade the Jurassic Park attack scene with a bigger T-rex on youtube.

[@caitchri2426]

I love thinking about Dino’s being chunky and possibly hairy/feathery.

[@leandrusi4533]

-We have Primal Rage at home Primal Rage at home:

[@oflameo8927]

We could make a Dino Rex 2 that fixes these problems.

[@rcarfang2]

they did. its called Primal Rage.

[@dariogonzalez8989]

​@@rcarfang2Primal Rage has its own problems, unfortunately.

[@ArjunTheRageGuy]

If a sequel of that exists, I can imagine the bonus stage part that was shown in the vid, to be like those Rex games made by Gametornado; L. A. Rex, New York Rex, London Rex, Rio Rex, Miami Rex, and Mexico Rex.

[@CameronMcCaffrey-e7p]

It would be amazing if that were to happen. The Taito F2 hardware is well documented in MAME (see taito_f2.cpp). Actually, the Slapshot driver (slapshot.cpp) could be even more interesting for a potential "Dino Rex 2"; it's basically Taito F2 with the F3 palette chip (TC0650FDA), effectively doubling the max colors onscreen, and can throw a lot of data around (see Operation Wolf 3 for an excellent example).

[@bigdaddydons6241]

Check out jurassic Park warpath for the ps1

[@Benzinilinguine]

"Look, all we ever found were BONES. You cant DISPROVE that T-Rex were not all thicker than a Snicker and there weren't 'more of them to love'."

[@faceheadman]

"the original plan was to make a helicopter shmup" ???

[@KentaroMiyamoto21]

That's one weird evolution.

[@angelriverasantana7755]

The creator of Dino Rex was Takatsuna Senba, he made Gun Frontier and Metal Black for Taito and Dino Rex was meant to be his 3rd shmup for them. Buuuut because SF2 was a big deal, the Taito execs made Senba and co turn the whole thing into a fighter. Needless to say, it was a mess and Senba left Taito mid-development, seeing his project getting all butchered like that

[@faceheadman]

@@angelriverasantana7755 Yeah you can piece together kinda what happened just by some of the sprite style, very gunfrontier era looking. (and the fact the rastan sprite is ripped straight from an existing game raised some red flags) its just funny hearing it said like that. Neat info btw

[@angelriverasantana7755]

@@faceheadman Rastan was ripped from Warrior Blade, to be exact

[@faceheadman]

@@angelriverasantana7755 maybe some of Senba's plans went into Grid Seeker

[@slashsteel1]

When you told me that you were working on a new video on a bad game, the first game that popped up in my head was Dino Rex.

[@SuperLlama42]

I love that fat T-Rex and I want to take him home with me

[@JabbaSlug]

even the cretaceous had chubby chasers smh

[@overthegardenwall7143]

There is an idie game in development that may or may not involve dinosaurs with bladed weapons called "Dinoblade" that may or may not be fighting related.

[@ghostkai8713]

Time to see the greatest piece of mid to ever be attached to dinosaurs

[@swempytimes]

I loved primal rage growing up and it's cool to see this game came out the year I was born. Nice video, thank you

[@flep7240]

Those dinos are straight from my nightmares

[@SuperNova-uv5ws]

Okay but the Bonehead tribe's daughter Doot could absolutely get it

[@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785]

100 % would smash! 😍

[@Maicon-b1b]

😂

[@Supaserrin]

10:58 Hearing you talk about playing the game once to see the funny comedic value, while at the same time the dinosaur does the greatest running animation of all time is just "chef's kiss".

[@futurewario9591]

HAPPY 🦕 DINOSAUR 🦖 MONTH

[@PandaXs1]

"reminds me of just how far fighting games have come since then" probably should have also mentioned how far fighting games had come up to then as well lol.

[@kabirdas2786]

😂😂😂LOL I am screaming laughing in my bed lol

[@ali6ism]

Sadly enough I would've been playing this if I'd known about it back then. As an 80's kid I was used to playing crappy games and just accepted it...even pit fighter

[@gregorymirabella1423]

8:12 hey, it doesn't do nothing. now your opponent can't use it.

[@ryanmz]

I like your humor, editing style, and direction. Keep going in the games verticals you enjoy the most.

[@Totallynotmskaven]

Accurate T.rex: [horrifying low pitched deep rumbles] Dino-rex T.rex: ŘËĖËĘÆÅÄ

[@SalvableRuin]

You have no idea what a t-rex sounded like. Jurassic Park is not a documentary.

[@surgeonsergio6839]

Allosaurus had never seen such bulls**t before!

[@KryselITG]

Mom can I have Primal Rage? We have Primal Rage at home, sweetie. Primal Rage at home:

[@JuanMendoza-qd5lm]

Literally says that in the Video Description.

[@michaeldougherty6036]

I don't know what I love more; the Fattysaurus-Rex, or the hysterically flailing Triceratops.

[@davidsenra2495]

Primal Rage was pretty decent tho. I know it's not considered good nowadays, but I had a lot of fun with it during my childhood.

[@Majin_God_Vegeta]

the arcade version actually still aged pretty well and holds up to this very day just like the retro mortal kombat series, but the console and pc version are a dump graphically and horribly unplayable everyone should just stick with the arcade version instead.

[@michaelmccoy1794]

Would love a modern rebooting of Primal Rage. 😊

[@_Jay_Maker_]

Honestly, it still is pretty good, it's just that the Negative Edge button inputs on basically _everything_ make it finger-cramp hell. The only issue is that every single version of that game that exists outside of legitimate arcade cabinets are flawed ports, due to the original code being unrecoverable. The copy protection the developers put on it was so convoluted that _they_ can't even unlock it, making true 1-1 ports essentially impossible. For now, anyways.

[@cannz9134]

Chaos was the best imop because he seemed faster than blizzard

[@umbrellacorp.]

Me too. And the fatalities were Awesome. 😎👍💯

[@vjpearce]

1: I never thought I'd see a T-rex doing squats while jumping. 2: That Triceratops "running" is the funniest thing I've seen in a while. 3: I was disappointed that there was no Stegosaurus on the roster.

[@Khann_2102]

They kinda look uncanny, especially T-Rex

[@dragon-id5uj]

yeah? you mean to say you've seen actual living dinosaurs to compare them to?

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

The T-rex looks like Barney

[@PollenEye]

They remind me of the Harryhausen era of monster movies. On one hand that's pretty cool, on the other it absolutely does not work for a fighting game lol

[@MegaZeta]

@@dragon-id5uj I have and yeah the comment’s right

[@arostwocents]

The graphics are awesome ❤ probably realistic sounds for the dinos with how birdy we know they are now. Roars like a tiger is pretty unlikely for a large bird tbh. The girls who walk them in make it look like a prehistoric Pokémon battle 😂❤ It's crazy they didnt just flip the models for reverse sides. Its not like it needed new graphics. Inexplicable

[@arostwocents]

The game clearly is bad but it definitely would have won 50p for a go at it with those graphics 😂

[@alainadingee2322]

Mom can we get primal rage? No honey, we have primal rage at home. *primal rage at home:*

[@orenges]

Recently found out there's a new dinosaur species discovered called "Lokiceratops"

[@ajahfool5892]

Another fire video bro🔥🔥. Plus 10:26 took me out when wesker hit dancing spider man with a wake up raw S😭😭

[@micheal7932]

I've actually seen this game before, it was while browsing Spriter's Resource... 10:58 I was not expecting them to move like that.

[@Shyuthrosnaevin]

6:02 LMFAO that is hilarious

[@axeoseilez3207]

Omg I remember seeing this game in a jmcup tournament its so bad.

[@tysondennis1016]

Primal Rage but on drugs

[@blushingmushroom1949]

... ancient games like this? I wonder how he would feel about Pong being a self contained game system...

[@umdadvocate]

Dang Holloshy can sing! 0:13

[@LatestHour]

This is like a Behind the Music about Barney's traumatic past.

[@jackman9061]

The Triceratops is curb stomping that other dino, that's kinda funny

[@SonicHaXD]

If T-Rex from Dino Rex has a million fans, then I'm one of them. If T-Rex from Dino Rex has one fan, then I'm THAT ONE. If T-Rex from Dino Rex has no fans, that means I'm dead XD

[@niyo2765]

I love it when the dinosaurs just go "LETS BREAK IT DOWN" and proceed to have a seizure A hilarious thing to witness all around

[@GaidenDS10]

Pressing down to jump!? That’s some AVGN moment right there folks!

[@incredibleflameboy]

I remember seeing Dino rex in arcades I might have even played it once or twice but if I did play it I can't remember the gameplay. It's the colour pallets that I remember the most.

[@chitan1362]

I need a gif of the running triceratops NOW

[@audreyazwell]

My therapist: "Audrey, 'Caked-Up/Evil Inbred Barney' isn't real, he can't hurt you" Caked-Up/Evil Inbred Barney: 1:37

[@AllBladesCut]

Evo when

[@hammerhead8318]

6:40 😂😂😂 when the grey dinosaur lifts his haunches and then lowers them again

[@fsfredrikson]

Ah, yes. Poverty Primal Rage.

[@TarkLN24]

Poverty rage

[@lepuke6854]

You and Ricky Berwick should get together, eat Reeses and play this game.

[@skeepodoop5197]

If I had to make a roster for a modern Dino Rex sequel, here's the Dinosaurs/Prehistoric Animals I'd use: 23 Returning Dinosaurs: -Tyrannosaurus. -Triceratops. -Pachycephalosaurus (Stygimoloch is an alternate skin, since they're actually the same species) -Allosaurus. -Ceratosaurus. -Monoclonius New ""Dinosaurs"": -Utahraptor -Ankylosaurus -Stegosaurus -Quetzalcoatlus -Therizinosaurus -Spinosaurus -Amargasaurus -Deinocheirus -Palaeoloxodon -Dilophosaurus -Parasaurolophus -Iguanadon -Megalosaurus -Suchomimus -Erythrosuchus -Deinosuchus -Titanoboa DLC -Diplodocus -Titanis -Pterygotus -Gorgonopsid -Giganotosaurus

[@lumine6336]

Wait…if the trainer is from Rastan saga, does that make Dino rex the first crossover in a fighting game? It predates fighter’s history and fatal fury special by a couple of months, and those are the earliest I knew off. What a scary thought

[@tylersingleton9284]

From the thumbnail I thought it was going to be Barney Carnage. Now that was a fun game.

[@opadrip]

What a great video to start Dino Month with

[@WalldoTheWInner]

A lot of kids probably got this instead of Primal Rage for their birthday 😅

[@TheGamingBurger734]

I FUCKIN LOVE CHUNKY REX, I WANT TO RIDE HIM TO BATTLE AS HE BELLY FLOPS EVERYTHING HE SEES!!!!

[@MegaZeta]

horny on main

[@thesocialmediagame]

This content is the right amount of funny, edition and informative 👌👌 Subtle and never speeds down or deviates to get to the point

[@procow2274]

Eaten by what if your trainer loses?

[@Jesusesfanboy]

Trex sounds like a screaming little girl 💀💀💀

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

Why does the Triceratops in this game sound like Guesra from Ultraman? Did they seriously run out of animal sounds?

[@trinitynguyen-su8wh]

I would totally want to see this game remade

[@TheDragonKing-op9rc]

the game is so nostalgic for me it was the first dino related game i played when i was younger and i loved it

[@claysoggyfries]

Primal Rage the prequel

[@RaginKavu]

Mom, can I get Primal Rage for Christmas? No, son, we've got it a home:

[@ministeriodamotivacao]

The idea is great. But the work... HOLYCOW

[@brentsanderson6566]

bro this is so good! your editing is incredible

[@SylveonTrapito]

There was a big Fightcade tournament of this game years ago.

[@bbqsauce890]

my first encounter with this game was like last year when me and my younger-older brother discovered it on the 500 in one plug and play arcade thing that comes preloaded with loads of old games, we couldn't figure out the controls other than the basic movement and basic attacks, it was so fun, never knew there was an arcade mode, we jumped straight into PVP lol

[@Yaya90H]

Very well made video. Comment for the algorithm. Good luck hollowshy

[@gazwilliams-nc7jp]

Lets be honest, the purple/pink Dino is 100% a reference of Barney, pretty sure Barney was at the height of popularity around this time

[@ali6ism]

6:45 that huge dinosaur is twerking lol

[@gabdlc_]

I'VE FINALLY FOUND IT! I remember playing this at my dad's laptop when I was a kid. Never knew the name (nor searched for it) but I'm glad I got this on recommended!

[@randalfthewizard6446]

Oh yeah this thing!!! I played it on a custom arcade cabinet with like a billion games at a community center once and figured I’d never find out what it was I couldn’t figure out how to do anything and thought I was just bad at the game

[@justinbisonette1947]

What is looks like is the fighting video game version of old claymation dinosaurs movies.

[@calfriedman6981]

Wow this is really well edited!

[@garretteverett2613]

The parasaurolophus in the background looks so much better than the actual fighters.

[@Minvoke]

This looks awesome ngl id play

[@GameMusic4All]

To my knowledge Warner Bros owns the Primal Rage IP. I used to hope Netherrealm might do something with it

[@sonyslyer9946]

This is such a cool trip down history lane and this is just proto Primal Rage ❤😂 I love it! Great video! Hope to see more from you!

[@daboz8753]

Oh yea, I had those rubber dinosaur puppets back in the day…didn’t know they stared in this game and made fart sounds though.

[@Preston241]

9:16 “…gave me her blessing. Due to the blessing wine.”

[@gaminglakitu]

Dino Rex is probably only as janky as it is because this game was actually supposed to be a shooter (Taito's strongsuit), but when fighting games started taking off, Taito wanted something to capitalize off of their rise, but couldn't make anything new quick enough, so they canceled this dinosaur shooter and turned it into a fighter as quickly as posdible

[@DrErikNefarious]

Dinorex crawled......no........fumbled around like a gmod ragdoll so Primal Rage could walk

[@dragonkingofthestars]

god damn! those dinosaurs be looking like they be stepping out of the Crystal Palace!

[@Joshtubeofficial]

Fun fact: the triceratops roar is also used in many ultraman and Godzilla kaijus

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

Yeah, no. You're wrong. It's used by Guesra in Ultraman. No Godzilla Kaiju sound like that.

[@Joshtubeofficial]

​@@chadgorosaurus4898 what about kemulars roar?

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

@@Joshtubeofficial it was reused for Hedorah with edits

[@Joshtubeofficial]

​@@chadgorosaurus4898then technically they used ultraman, Godzilla and gamera roars tho?

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

@@Joshtubeofficial Ultraman doesn't roar lol

[@explosive_shart9405]

The triceratops running on its back legs was a cursed image.

[@Purplesubmariner]

Does anyone else remember "This Dinosaur Is Dumb" flash cartoon from Albino Black Sheep, or is it just me?

[@jngo172]

Could you please make a video on the most fun fighting game you’ve never heard of (very different from all those “best fighting game you’ve never heard of” videos, as in, the gameplay is very fun and unique.)

[@armorbearer9702]

I bet you gave it a one for the decent looking backgrounds. It is the only salvageable part of this game.

[@gavinlew8273]

Management: I want a dinosaur fighting game! Team: Yes...

[@ROBLOXTHANOS]

It doesn't really look that bad for its time...

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Dino Rex T-rex = Barney “I love you, you love me….” “Super-dee-DOOPER!”

[@alexojideagu]

The fat t rex is actually closer to what they really looked like

[@Rexog90]

Not with that posture

[@arostwocents]

Have you covered the incredible OMF2097?

[@lumtaroc]

This game is actually good. I like it. They had great ideas. its like early primal rage with more interactive environments and cooler bonus stages and great story. Very cool. I love the waterfall level.

[@lesterforney6200]

The dinosaur roars sounds like the sound effects guy went up to his four-year-old and said. Hey junior what do you think this dinosaur sounds like?