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The Carnivores games were a series of first-person shooting video games released by Action Forms: Carnivores, which was released in 1998, Carnivores 2, released in 1999, and Carnivores: Ice Age, released in 2001, all for the PC. In addition, Carnivores Cityscape (developed by a different company) was released in 2002.

Contents 1 Carnivores 1.1 Storyline 1.2 Gameplay 1.3 Deaths 1.4 Mistakes 1.5 Creatures 2 Carnivores 2 2.1 Gameplay 2.2 Deaths 2.3 Mistakes 2.4 Creatures 3 Carnivores Ice Age 3.1 Gameplay 3.2 Deaths 3.3 Mistakes 3.4 Creatures 4 Carnivores: Cityscape 4.1 Creatures 5 The Future Of Carnivores 6 References 7 External links

Carnivores
Developer	Action Forms
Publisher	Wizardworks, Inc. (now Atari)
Series	Carnivores series
Released	November 30, 1998
Genre	Fantasy First-Person Shooter
Mode(s)	Single player
Ratings	ESRB: T (Teen)
Platform(s)	Windows 95 Windows 98
Media	CD (1)
System requirements	IBM PC or compatible Pentium 150mhz processor 16MB RAM 85MB HDD CD-ROM Drive 100% DirectX compatible video card 100% DirectX compatible sound card
Input methods	Keyboard and Mouse

Carnivores is a Fantasy First-Person Shooter developed by Action Forms in 1998 for the PC. Carnivores, released shortly after WizardWork's successful Deer Hunter, "proves itself to be more than "just another Deer Hunter clone" by adding two major twists to the genre: allowing the hunter to hunt dinosaurs, and allowing the dinosaurs to hunt the hunter as well" as some critics say. The Carnivores 2 sequel gives slightly better graphics, a new format, more dinosaurs and weapons, brand new maps, and an improved AI. Carnivores Ice Age offers a whole new take on the series with animals from the Ice Age and levels to fit the theme.

Carnivores, once one starts playing, doesn't really provide much in the way of a story line - the player picks a weapon, a dinosaur, and a hunting area, and they hunt. This basic formula of the absence of a storyline in gameplay is continued by Carnivores' two sequels. However, there is an 'official' storyline behind the game, as provided below:

On a routine exploration mission in 2190 A.D., science vessel FMM UV discovered a planet with suitable climate for humankind. During the initial scouting expedition, this young planet, code-named FMM UV-32, was declared inhospitable for colony life, due to its unstable terrain and immense population of prehistoric reptiles. News of this amazing planet spread, and articles on the "Dinosaur Planet" lead an Earth corporation to purchase the rights to the planet and create DinoHunt Corp. DinoHunt creates the opportunity for paying customers to become dinosaur hunters for the first time in 50 million years. You are the newest client of DinoHunt Corp.^[1]

The gameplay of the original Carnivores remains constant throughout the series, with few changes. The game opens with a login screen, where users can make a new account or load a previous one. If creating a new account, they will be asked to read and approve a "waiver", stating that the player releases DinoHunt Corp. of any responsibility in the case the player is injured or killed (an interesting sidenote is that the player can't really be injured in any of the games - the closest the player can come is staying underwater or walking through lava, in which cases a health bar pops up; when attacked by dinosaurs, however, any hit is an instant death).

If accepted, the game proceeds to the main menu. If declined, the program exits. From the main menu players can view their hunting statistics, enter a hunt, view their trophies in the trophy room, change game settings, view the developer credits, or exit the game. In the hunt screen, you must pick a location, animal(s) to hunt, weapon(s), and supplies. Choosing any supplies decreases the total amount of points you can get on any hunt by a set percentage, except for the tranquilizer, which increases the amount of points obtained. Information on each item is provided. In Carnivores, what dinosaurs, areas and weapons the user can choose depends on that user's rank.

After the player has selected their settings, they can hunt. During the hunt, the player is provided with an on-screen compass and a wind direction indicator, which can be activated or deactivated with the CAPS-LOCK key. Sometimes the player spawns near a huntable animal, which is bad if the animal is a carnivore. The player can also draw weapons (with the number keys), look at the island map (TAB), or use binoculars. When a kill is made, the player's trophy is picked up by a ship, unless tranquilizer mode is used. If the player is killed, all points and trophies earned in that session are lost. The player can choose to exit the map or respawn on the map anytime by pressing ESC-Y or ESC-R, respectively. If the player dies, he must choose to either exit or respawn. The player can be killed by drowning, burning in lava, or by being attacked. The player can't be killed by falling from any height, so climbing mountains is an often-used strategy when hunting carnivores.

There are many ways the player can die in Carnivores, as listed below:

Drowning-The player's body is lying down on the ocean floor.

Burning in Lava-The player's body is lying on the lava.

Allosaurus attack-The player's body is on the ground, eaten.

Velociraptor attack-The same as an Allosaurus attack.

T-Rex Attack-The player's legs is in the T-Rex's jaws, which shakes him around and slams him on the ground.

Triceratops attack-The triceratops runs towards the players and gets stabbed by the horns, although it just shows the player's body on the ground.

The Allosaurus is too small and its spine is incorrectly aligned with the ground.

The Velociraptor is too big.

The Stegosaurus is also too small, and it, along with Pachycephalosaurus, are portrayed as harmless.

The Parasaurolophus is portrayed as 100% Bipedal, not the Half quadreped/Bipedal posture in reality.

The biggest Tyrannosaurus rex (around 55-56 feet and more than 12 tons) is much bigger than the real thing which grows to about 43 feet long, and weighs 3-4 tons.

Dinosaurs are not harmed by lava.

When the player drowns or gets killed in water, the corpse doesn't float, but rather sinks to the bottom.

• Moschops
• Gallimimus
• Dimorphodon
• Parasaurolophus
• Stegosaurus
• Pachycephalosaurus
• Allosaurus
• Triceratops
• Velociraptor
• Tyrannosaurus Rex

Carnivores 2
Developer	Action Forms
Publisher	The Wizardworks Group, Inc. (now Atari)
Series	Carnivores series
Released	October 22, 1999
Genre	Fantasy First-Person Shooter
Mode(s)	Single player
Ratings	ESRB: T (Teen)
Platform(s)	Windows 95 Windows 98
Media	CD (1)
System requirements	IBM PC or compatible Pentium 200mhz processor 24MB RAM 200MB HDD 2X CD-ROM Drive 100% DirectX compatible video card 100% DirectX compatible sound card
Input methods	Keyboard and Mouse

The storyline of Carnivores 2 is almost identical to that of the first one, and the game gives the impression that the DinoHunt Corp. has found new dinosaurs and built new technology.

Gameplay in Carnivores 2 is very similar to that in the original Carnivores, except that Carnivores' ranking system has been replaced by a point system in Carnivores 2. Note that the point system isn't new to Carnivores 2, it was just hidden behind Carnivores' ranking system such that when a player accrued a certain number of points, they gained a rank. The player starts with 100 points, and the selection of a starting area, dinosaur(s) and weapon(s) use some of these points. In addition, the player may choose what time of day to hunt, from Dawn, Day, or Night. The only difference between each time of day is the atmosphere; carnivores, for instance, are just as active in the Day as at any other time.

Much like it's predecessor, Carnivores 2 has all the deaths from the first game, and a few more:

• The Spinosaurus and the Ceratosaurus Kills you just like an Allosaurus or Velociraptor.
• The Chasmosaurus tramples you just like the Triceratops from the first game.
• the t-rex kills you just like in the first game.

Also like it's predecessor, Carnivores 2 does have inaccuracies:

• The Ankylosaurus, and the Spinosaurus, are too small.
• Ankylosaurus is portrayed as harmless.
• The Ceratosaurus is too big.
• Brachiosaurus in the game is portrayed as living in lakes, which by now is inaccurate.
• The Brachiosaurus never dies, no matter how many times the player shoots it.
• The chasmosaurus looks more similar to Triceratops, although in a different style than the triceratops of Carnivores 1.

• Moschops
• Dimetrodon
• Gallimimus
• Dimorphodon
• Pteranodon
• Brachiosaurus
• Parasaurolophus
• Stegosaurus
• Ankylosaurus
• Allosaurus
• Chasmosaurus
• Velociraptor
• Spinosaurus
• Ceratosaurus
• Tyrannosaurus Rex

Carnivores Ice Age
Developer	Action Forms
Publisher	Wizardworks, Inc. (now Atari)
Series	Carnivores series
Released	January 12, 2001
Genre	Fantasy First-Person Shooter
Mode(s)	Single player
Ratings	ESRB: T (Teen)
Platform(s)	Windows 95 Windows 98
Media	CD (1)
System requirements	IBM PC or compatible Pentium 200mhz processor 32MB RAM 200MB HDD 2X CD-ROM Drive 100% DirectX compatible video card 100% DirectX compatible sound card
Input methods	Keyboard and Mouse

For the Ice Age sequel, the storyline is an addition to the original storyline. DinoHunt Corp. scientists discover Ice Age animals living in the Arctic regions of planet FMM UV-32, and they set up a separate hunting program for big game living there. It also features better gameplay and a new supply drop feature, which can be used once per hunt and refreshes the player's supplies. One more addition is the existence of a "secret animal" that can be unlocked by obtaining 1,000 points.

Unlike the first two games, Carnivores Ice Age has all new death sequences:

• The Brontotherium stomps you to death
• The Giant Boar shakes the player with it's tusks
• The Dire Wolf, Cave Bear, And Smilodon shake the player in their mouths
• The Wooly Rhino Gores The player with it's horns, then trys to shake the corpse off
• The Megaloceros Gets the player stuck in it's antlers
• The mammoth kills you just like the T-Rex
• The Yeti Grabs the player by the legs, and smashes him in the ground very hard.

The Brontotherium, and Megaloceros are supposed to be harmless, but are actually dangerous in-game, making Carnivores Ice age the only game in the series where any animal you hunt (not counting the ambient animals) is dangerous.

It is unknown whether or not the Yeti is as dangerous as portrayed in the game, but it's still considered a cryptid.

The Brontotherium is portrayed with hair in the game, when in reality it's the complete opposite.

The Brontotherium is incorrectly spelled; it is spelled "Brontoteriy" in-game.

• Brontotherium
• hog
• Dire Wolf
• Archeopteryx
• Pig
• Wooly Rhinoceros
• Diatryma
• Megaloceros
• Smilodon
• Wooly Mammoth
• Cave Bear
• Yeti

This game, as its name suggests, takes place in the city of a future world. The storyline is as follows: DinoCorp has done rather well for itself after discovering a planet filled with living dinosaurs remarkably similar to those of ancient Earth. After initial scientific research was completed, DinoCorp decided it was the perfect place to let people go after the ultimate 'big game'. For years they allowed the wealthy to travel to the planet and hunt what they billed as the "ultimate prey for the consummate hunter". With most of the interested hunters gone after some unfortunate accidents, new business has been reduced to a crawl. So they decided to bring the show on the road.

Months of planning went into the project and the plan was easy enough; bring a scientific transport ship and fill it with a large array of dinosaur species. Next, take it to all the Earth colonies as a traveling road show to make some much needed revenue, and hopefully drum up some new business for the hunting division. Everything went according to plan...almost.

After several successful stops the transport ship DinoCorp VII crashed on the outskirts of Crater City, a remote Earth colony; there has been no successful contact with the crew. Players have the opportunity to play as either a hunter or a carnivorous dinosaur, and fight their way from the ship's crash site, to the city, sewers, subway, and a DinoCorp complex. It did poorly compared to its namesakes, as the gameplay and storyline have the characteristics of a B-Movie.

• Coelophysis
• Oviraptor
• Nanotyrannus
• Suchomimus
• Giganotosaurus
• Tylosaurus (non-playable)
• Tapejara (non-playable)
• Alphadon (non-playable)

Although the games themselves are out of print, they can still be purchased on sites like eBay and Amazon, and Carnivores 2 is a downloadable product on the Atari website.[1] It's highly unlikely that there will be a new game in the franchise due to the Closing of WizardWorks (now Atari). Dispite all this, there is a fairly strong and loyal fanbase for the Games called The Carnivores Saga, were they produce Mods, Discuss Ideas for the games, and (recently) produced a Fan-Made game (Litteraly a Huge modding project).

• Carnivores
• Carnivores 2
• Carnivores: Ice Age
• Carnivores series at MobyGames