The Adventures of Dino Riki

a.k.a. 新人類 The New Type / Shinjinrui: The New Type / Adventures of Dino Riki / Adventures of DinoRiki

published by Hudson / Rixsoft in 1987-02-10, developed by Hudson, running on Nintendo Entertainment System

type: shooter
genre: Scrolling shooter
setting: Prehistoric
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player

languages: eng jpn

2.4/5

Personal review

"The Adventures of Dino Riki" is a shoot'em up game similar to the earlier released King's Knight from Square. Instead of controlling the typical spaceship or airplane you are in control of a caveman, throwing rocks and other weapons against prehistoric creatures. The gameplay is similar to every other vertical scrolling shooters, with the exception of some very difficult jumping sequences, which are actually the worst part of an otherwise overall interesting and well playable game. After four levels the game repeats itself continuously, which was normal in very early Famicom/NES games but not really acceptable anymore in 1987.