Color a Dinosaur (NES) Playthrough
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- Опубликовано: 24 апр 2024
- A playthrough of Virgin's 1993 NES game, Color a Dinosaur.
Color a Dinosaur's box loudly makes the claim that "this kind of fun won't go extinct!"
As disheartening as it is to admit, that's not entirely untrue. It's a grossly misleading statement, but it stands to reason that something that never actually existed - in this case, the capacity to provide "fun" - can not cease to exist. It's not a lie in the strictest sense, but it does lead to a divide-by-zero style logical exception. Does that pose the game a disingenuous attempt to swindle well-meaning parents? Well... the game's credits include Jay Obernolte (a CA congressman) and Tommy Tallarico (a world-class liar turned pariah), so gauge their credibility however you see fit.
But whatever. Color a Dinosaur doesn't warrant much attention or consideration. The game gives you sixteen line drawings of cartoon dinosaurs, and you point your cursor and hit A to fill an area with one of three colors.
And such colors they are! Do you love the indistinct orange/blue smears of the Apple II? Do you pine for the days of eye-searing CGA neons? Perhaps you're looking for a reliable way to self-diagnose conditions such as glaucoma and epilepsy at home? Color a Dinosaur caters impressively well to nobody's tastes.
What's more, according to the manual, the game's biggest features include the ability to use your VCR to "save" your pictures and the option to choose whether the cursor moves freely or snaps between predetermined targets.
If you really like playing with the bucket fill tool in Microsoft Paint, you might get a laugh out of how thoroughly Color a Dinosaur screws up every aspect of such a simple concept.
A nice box of Crayola crayons and a coloring book trumps this in every way and at a fraction of the price. It makes me wonder why anyone at Virgin would've ever greenlit something this unappealing and this unnecessary.
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I don't know how anyone looked at this game and thought, "Yeah, I believe in this product enough to justify the manufacturing costs."
You *_could_* say the same thing for Mario Paint and Art Alive, but those games are actually entertaining.
Don't be ridiculous, this is probably one of the best games on the NES. You know? Especially when compared to some of the other garbage we had on that thing back in the day💁♂️
If you have seen that "four-colour theorem" tool-assisted run of this, somehow this should get hacked as a puzzle game. In short: every colourable portions, using one of four colours, must not have neighbouring portions match colours.
@@Dorian_Scott Mario Paint has this but in that it isn't the whole thing and it's done way better.
On a similar note, don't look up how much this game sells for unless you want to spend the next five minutes simultaneously facepalming and staring in despair.
As a kid I never could make it past the stegosaurus. Finally someone did a play through so I could see what the other levels looked like!
_"Can I play 'Mario Paint'?"_
_"We have 'Mario Paint' at home!"_
*Mario Paint at home:*
On NES ^_^
Haha. I think the NES prototype of SimCity is a way better art game than Color a Dinosaur.
Yeah my kids love Mario Paint and ACME Animation Factory, I'm sure they'll enjoy this one too. And I'll enjoy the 30 minutes peace!
I feel truly terrible for that poor child.
@@ElephantMariotheRHDNhater3293 They'd have more enjoyment with a physical coloring book and a box of crayons.
The playthrough we never knew we needed. This channel is a gem.
Tommy T's greatest accomplishment
His mother must be proud of him..,
But for real, I wonder if title music could resemble like a more light hearted Earthworm Jim tune.
Like some level named like
"Jim takes a toaster in the bath to delivery breakfast to God"
or something lol
27:22
I could never beat this game. The final boss here always kept eating me. You made him look easy!
😁🙃.
I don't blame you. Those eyes, it's like staring into the abyss and seeing my reflection staring back.
Man this game really pushes the limits of the NES hardware
i truly believe that tommy tallarico actually composed this one
Lol yeah, the music is atrocious.
Lmao I had the same exact thought as I was writing the description.
A lot of his actual works are terrible, and this is no exception, so yeah, I can see that
Ironically, if you know the ins and outs of how the NES's graphics chip worked, this is actually quite impressive from a purely technical standpoint. Of course, just because it made a neat tech demo doesn't mean it's something that should have been packaged and sold to unsuspecting consumers.
Yoooo fire play through, I’m going to love watching you color for almost 30 minutes! This is why I subscribed
We need a Switch version of this game🥰
Just sat through the entire longplay browsing GameFAQs with the video in the corner of the screen and all I can say is that this is Tommy Tallarico’s best work he’s ever done. 😏
3:13 Me when chicken tendies are ready
They are in this exact shape.
Personally I would've gone for the celebrity endorsement and called this one "Robert Bakker's LSD-Infused Pastel Nightmare".
About time you stepped up to a real gaming challenge!
That's what I've been saying🤣
If I remember correctly this company also developed Action 52 on the megadrive
Yup. Makes a statement, doesn't it?
You colored the sh*t out of that dinosaur.
Thanks, man. A lot of blood and sweat went into that.
This late release for the NES is making the console sweat, look all those colors and great dinosaur graphics, might be the prettiest game on the system.
Flipnote Studio has a dad ^
Back when you had to decide between Master Video Painter vs This
Y'know, maybe putting a coloring book program on a system that can only display 8 colors at a time wasn't the best idea...
So you win by coloring eery dinosaur. Cool. Seems fun and relaxing.
AVGN thought this title was the worst coloring game before he found LJN Video Art.
Regardless, this here is indeed bad, but at least it is still somewhat playable.
Another game I didnt know existed that my young kids are going to enjoy, even if its only for 30 minutes. Thanks Alex!
When the _LJN Video Art_ somehow manages to surpass your game for the NES, you've fucked up. At least on that you actually kinda got to do the lineart yourself...
Playing around with these simple "art" games was such a cool novelty way back in the nes days.
Someone needs to speedrun this.
Sweet; I've been stuck on Stage 3 for months
As bad as this is, at least it’s better than the Intellivision Amico. 😏
Ahhhhhh no! Goddammit, Tommy Tallarico! Please just piss off already!
god, finally some GOOD games.
This is one of the games of NES.
color me yoshi
My favorite part was when he colored the dinosaur
Good job coloring the most adorable of the dinosaurs at 15:31. Aww look at it lol
At least Videomation for the NES lets you colour everything -- including dinosaurs.
Right? I thought it sucked, but it was way better than this.
Glorious video.
Now play it using the Four Color Theorem
My God, I'm just a man! 😂
Will the Konami Code work on this game though?
I'd be scared to try. It'd probably be the video game equivalent of saying Candyman three times and getting your skin ripped off.
😮 you beat this without cheats ? You got some serious skill
Well they can't be accused of false advertising lol
Just think, the people who made this game breathe the same air you do! 😅
April Fool's Day was 24 days ago, NintendoComplete. :v
I mean, they're not wrong. You DO get to color a dinosaur in this game...its not misleading in its title...
Credit where credit is due...huh...
Can't believe Virgin Games of all companies made this...
Didn't Tommy T. compose the soundtrack to Earthworm Jim 2?
And yoshi????
YEE
Ill color barney the dinosaur
Mario Paint Epilepsy edition
Is this a platformer?
"Playthrough" I guess is correct, albeit a somewhat liberal use of the term here.
I only used it for lack of a better term :) hahaha. It's not a game, it's not educational, and the NES didn't have apps, so...
@@NintendoComplete Demonstration, maybe?
What even is this game...
Once you've played and cleared this game, you've pretty much seen all video games can offer. From this point on, it all downgrades and becomes repetitive.
“Even Color A Dinosaur, which I thought was the worst game ever-even THAT had a Paint Bucket Tool!”
-Angry Video Game Nerd, LJN Video Art episode