Dinosaur Hunter

Bring Long-Extinct Creatures Back to Life!

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Rewind History! Oh about 200 million years! And comeface to face with the terrifying T-Rex the vicious Velociraptor or the captivating Pterodactyl. In fact you'll get this close to 50 different species in all - to see where they roamed what they killed and how they survived.

Get up closeand personal with different species of dinosaurs, follow in the footsteps of famous paleontologists, travel the world in search of fossils, and even dig up and assemble your own animated dinosaurs. It's all there beneath the Eyewitness Museum, plusplenty of 3D models, interactive exhibits, animations and video, even simulated dinosaur sounds.

Enter the subterranean world beneath the Eyewitness Museum and travel a quarter of a billion years into the past, when dinosaurs like the terrifyingTyrannosaurus and the vicious Velociraptor stalked the prehistoric earth. In this spectacular 3D environment, you'll learn about dinosaurs by searching for fossils to assemble and bring to life as fully animated dinosaurs. On your way to the DinosaurExcavation Site, travel through time tunnels, visit the Arena, watch videos and animations, take interactive quizzes, and even listen to specially simulated dinosaur sounds.

More than just a guide to these fascinating creatures, EyewitnessVirtual Reality Dinosaur Hunter lets you become an intrepid dinosaur hunter as you explore the prehistoric past.

Discover the savage secrets of Earth's most ferocious creatures!




Inside the Dinosaur Arenazoom in on brilliantly rendered, fully animated 3D dinosaurs in the Arena, and learn all about dinosaur behavior, anatomy, and movement through interactive exhibits.

Time tunnels take you from the Triassic through the Cretaceousperiods. Along the way, watch videos and animations and ma

Imagine a museum with the bells and whistles of a futuristic society, built back in the Cretaceous period. That's what DK Interactive's Dinosaur Hunter feels like. Granite slabs roll back to reveal maps, a mighty Megalosaur hides in a crevasse, and foreboding ambient sound echoes through the vaulted halls. If you manage to excavate a dinosaur and bring it back to life, roars and heavy footfalls add to the tension. This virtual-reality CD-ROM could be retitled "Jurassic Park meets the Smithsonian."

Dinosaur fans will delight in the 50 different species in this virtual museum. Yes, you can find Velociraptor and T-rex here, but you can also find obscurities like the thick-skulled Pachycephalosaurus and the horse-sized vegetarian Psittacosaurus. Each dinosaur display comes with an extremely handy audio pronunciation key, well-rendered illustrations, and handfuls of facts. Explorers move through the museum by clicking the cursor after it transforms into a directional arrow; folks who like to see the big picture can install a "you are here" map so they won't get lost.

Dedicated dinophiles should visit the Excavation Site and rebuild dinosaurs with missing bones. Be forewarned: paleontology isn't for the impatient. This virtual dig is nearly as slow moving and challenging as the real thing. But do stick with it, there's a payoff for the persistent. When you reassemble a dinosaur in this virtual world, it grows flesh, comes to life, and wanders the museum. In our house, we have yet to find out what happens when we add Tyrannosaurus to the Triceratops we already have roaming the halls. (Ages 8 and older) --Anne Erickson

Dinosaurs are perennial favorites of children everywhere, and this CD-ROM provides everything they ever wanted to know about these awesome creatures. As they explore the atmospheric corridors of this prehistoric museum, they can investigate huge 3-D models, watch fascinating animations, answer quiz questions, and use a huge array of interactive consoles. They can even search for buried bones and bring dinosaurs back to life in the dinosaur excavation pit. Plus the Dino Online Web site gives users up-to-date dinosaur news and even more information.