Primal Rage
| Primal Rage | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Atari Games |
| Publisher(s) | Arcade Atari Games Home versions |
| Producer(s) | Dennis Harper J. Cameron Petty Mark Stephen Pierce |
| Designer(s) | Frank Kuan J. Cameron Petty |
| Programmer(s) | Dennis Harper Frank Kuan |
| Artist(s) | Jason Leong Pete Kleinow |
| Composer(s) | Jeanne Parson |
| Platform(s) | 3DO, 32X, Amiga, Arcade, Jaguar CD, Game Boy, Game Gear, MS-DOS, PlayStation, Genesis, Saturn, SNES |
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| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Atari GT |
Primal Rage is a fighting game developed and released by Atari Games for arcades in 1994. The game takes place on a post-apocalyptic version of Earth called "Urth". Players control one of seven prehistoric beasts, that battle each other to determine the planet's fate. Matches feature many of the conventions of fighting games from the era, including special moves and gory finishing maneuvers. Ports were released for home video game consoles and personal computers. Efforts to perfectly emulate the arcade original have been unsuccessful due to the use of an unusual copy protection method. Toys, comics, a novel and other merchandise tie-ins were produced. More than 1.5 million copies of the game were sold.