When you hear ‘Cadillacs and Dinosaurs’ you expect cars and reptiles, and that’s what you get.
These features of the game are really what make it special, but something must be said for the style and setting. How cool is that? The weaponry is generations beyond anything else in a beat em up game. Upon using a continue you start out with a rocket launcher to even the odds. What is cool is that when you’re out of bullets they can still be used the butt of the rifle can be used to strike foes, pistols can be thrown, etc. They’re very common but feature limited ammunition.
You can find pistols, semi automatic rifles, shotguns, and even rocket launchers. While these are present here there’s a distinct focus on guns which really does affect gameplay. Most similar games only feature melee items such as lead pipes and knives. These are dropped by enemies or found in barrels, and can be picked up by the player to be used against foes. What really sets Cadillacs and Dinosaurs apart from the crowd however are the weapons. This wasn’t an original feature (the arcade game Growl did this years earlier with wild animals) but there’s a strong emphasis on it here. They start out green when docile but turn red when agitated and attack both players and enemies. That’s pretty wild for 1993! Additionally there are dinosaurs in most stages that function as environmental hazards. The first and most significant feature is that this game allows for three players simultaneously. There are a lot of elements that set this one apart from the crowd. Lose both lives and you must insert another coin. When your life bar runs out you lose your one additional life (more are gained as you reach milestones for points) and are thrown right back into the mix. You move your character in all eight directions and defeat enemies by generally using punches and kicks. You’re given your choice if four playable characters with the typical strong/slow and weak/fast set up we’re all accustomed to by now. This game at first appears to be a pretty typical beat em up. Pretty unique for a beat ’em up game, right? You even find point value items like baseball mitts. There are lots of guns, and recovery items are food like pizza and hot dogs. What I found hilarious is the fact that they really tried to Americanize everything. In that sense Cadillacs and Dinosaurs certainly feels like an early 90s Japanese game. It’s a pretty goofy scenario, and all of the plot twists are crazy. The group punches and kicks their way through eight stages (each contains several acts within) to stop the black marketing gang from profiting off of the dinos. Dinosaurs run rampant in this time period, and an evil gang has been poaching them. You play as one member (of your choosing) of four from a ragtag group of friends in the twenty sixth century. The story is a little convoluted to be honest. Don’t feel bad if you’ve never heard of it the property was and still is awfully obscure. I’m sad to say that I’ve been missing out Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is one of the best offerings in the genre.Ĭadillacs and Dinosaurs is based off of an old comic book and television series. I hear it mentioned often, and just had to try my hand at this odd sounding title. Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is a beat ’em up released exclusively in the arcades that flew under my radar because of the fact that there has been no home release. It brings me back to a simpler time now that every developer out there is trying to overcomplicate what once did, and still does, work.
I love this kind of game it’s nice just to sit back and mindlessly beat up oncoming thugs sometimes. I’ve played all the Final Fights, Streets of Rages, and a lot in between. Players can also find and use various firearms, throwing weapons such as rocks and explosives, and melee weapons such as clubs.I consider myself pretty well versed in the world of beat ’em up games. Each character has two special moves including one that depletes a character's health upon contact with an enemy and when two or more players play together, they can trigger a team-attack. The player has access to several attacks. Up to three players can play at once, guiding their selected characters through eight stages, battling various enemies and bosses. The game has 4 playable characters: Jack Tenrec, Hannah Dundee, Mustapha Cairo and Mess O'Bradovich. The continuous hunting process has made the dinosaurs violent and now they have started attacking villages and people. The story starts 500 years after the 20th century (the 26th century), when an ensemble gang called the Black Marketeers begin hunting the dinosaurs to serve their unknown purpose. The plot is based on the comic "Cadillacs and Dinosaurs" and takes place in the "City In The Sea" and its neighboring nearby jungle. Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is a 2D side scrolling beat 'em up.
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