Designasaurus


Designasaurus an educational game created by Ezra Sidran and published by Britannica Software. It was released for Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIgs, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS. The game is about creating a custom dinosaur and helping it survive. It is divided into three activities: "Walk-a-Dinosaur", "Build-a-Dinosaur" and "Print-a-Dinosaur".

Reception

In the 1988 CODiE Awards, Designasaurus won "Best Educational Program" and "Best Pre-school or Primary School Program."

Legacy

A sequel, Designasaurus II, was released in 1990 for MS-DOS. Aided by two paleontologists, Britannica Software was able to accurately include dinosaurs in the correct time periods they once existed.