Designasaurus

Designasaurus
Apple II Cover art
Genres Edutainment
Developer(s) DesignWare (Designasaurus)
Visual Concepts (Designasaurus II)
Publisher(s) Britannica Software
Creator(s) Ezra Sidran[1]
Platforms Designasaurus: Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Commodore 64, DOS
Designasaurus II: DOS
First release Designasaurus
1988
Latest release Designasaurus II
1990

Designasaurus is a series of two games created by Ezra Sidran and published by Britannica Software. The first game was released on the Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Commodore 64 and DOS systems, while the second game was only released on DOS.

Gameplay

The games are about creating a custom dinosaur and helping it to survive. The first game is divided into three activities consisting of "Walk-a-Dinosaur", "Build-a-Dinosaur" and "Print-a-Dinosaur".[2]

Development

Aided by two paleontologists, Britannica Software was able to accurately include dinosaurs in the correct time periods they once existed.[3]


Reception

Awards

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Year Nominee/work Award Result
1988 Designasaurus CODiE Award for Best Pre-school or Primary School Program Won[4]
1988 Designasaurus CODiE Award for Best Educational Program Won[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Those are a few of their favorite games". Compute!. No. 96. ABC Publishing. May 1988. p. 14.
  2. ↑ Hudson, Steve (October 1989). "Designasaurus Amiga Review". Amiga Resource. Vol. 1 no. 4. Britannica Software. pp. 85–86.
  3. ↑ "Designasaurus version II". Compute!. No. 136. ABC Publishing. December 1991. pp. 133–134.
  4. 1 2 "SIIA Codie Awards Past Winners – 1988".
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