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Carnivores (series)
File:Carnivores Logo.png
Basic Information
Type(s)
Series
Action Forms, Sunstorm Interactive, Beatshapers
WizardWorks Software, Infogrames, Tatem Games, Beatshapers
Hunting, First-person Shooter
Microsoft Windows, iOS and PlayStation Portable

The Carnivores games are a series of hunting first-person shooting video games where player has to stalk and hunt several prehistoric species ranging from dinosaurs to quaternary large mammalians (depending on the title). The first three were developed for the PC by Action Forms and released by WizardWorks Software between 1998 and 2001. The fourth game, Carnivores: Cityscape, was developed by Sunstorm Interactive and published by Infogrames in 2002. The fifth game, Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter, is a port of Carnivores 2 to the iOS by Tatem Games and the PlayStation Portable by Beatshapers, released in 2010.

List of Games in series[]


Original release date(s):[1]
November 30, 1998 (NA)
1998 (PAL)
Release years by system:
1998—Windows[1]
Notes:
  • Developed by Action Forms and published by WizardWorks Software[1]
  • It is the first game in the Carnivores series
  • It was created using the AtmosFear game engine
  • It received scores of 7.1 and 7.3 out of 10 from GameSpot and IGN respectively[2][3]

Original release date(s):[4]
October 31, 1999 (NA)
Release years by system:
1999—Windows[4]
Notes:
  • Developed by Action Forms and published by WizardWorks Software[4]
  • It was created using the AtmosFear game engine
  • It received a score of 7.3 out of 10 from both GameSpot and IGN[5][6]
Carnivores: Ice Age

Original release date(s):[7]
January 15, 2001 (NA)
Release years by system:
2001—Windows[7]
Notes:
  • Developed by Action Forms and published by WizardWorks Software[7]
  • It was created using the AtmosFear game engine
  • It received scores of 5.4 and 5.1 out of 10 from GameSpot and IGN respectively[8][9]
Carnivores: Cityscape

Original release date(s):[10]
March 25, 2002 (NA)
Release years by system:
2002—Windows[10]
Notes:

Original release date(s):
January, 2010 (NA)
Release years by system:
2010—iPhone
Notes:
  • Developed by Action Forms/TatemGames and published by Tatem Games
  • It was created using the AtmosFear game engine ported to iPhone

Original release date(s):
July, 2010 (NA)
Release years by system:
2010—PSP minis
Notes:
  • Developed and published by Beatshapers
  • It was created using the AtmosFear game engine ported to PSP
  • The game is different than iPhone version - numbers of dinosaurs on single area is limited to 5.

See also[]

  • Deer Hunter, another hunting series published by WizardWorks Software
  • Chasm: The Rift, Action Forms' original first person shooter game.

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Carnivores for PC - Release Summary. GameSpot. Retrieved on 2009-05-06
  2. Carnivores for PC. GameSpot. Retrieved on 2009-05-06
  3. Carnivores. IGN. Retrieved on 2009-05-06
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Carnivores 2 Release Information for PC. GameFAQs. Retrieved on 2009-05-06
  5. Carnivores 2 for PC. GameSpot. Retrieved on 2009-05-06
  6. Carnivores II. IGN. Retrieved on 2009-05-06
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Carnivores: Ice Age Release Information for PC. GameFAQs. Retrieved on 2009-05-06
  8. Carnivores: Ice Age for PC. GameSpot. Retrieved on 2009-05-06
  9. Carnivores: Ice Age. IGN. Retrieved on 2009-05-06
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Carnivores: Cityscape Release Information for PC. GameFAQs. Retrieved on 2009-05-06
  11. Carnivores: Cityscape for PC. GameSpot. Retrieved on 2009-05-06
  12. Carnivores: Cityscape. IGN. Retrieved on 2009-05-06

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