Primal Rage (1994)

Atari Games

3DO Interactive Multiplayer · Amiga · Arcade · Atari Jaguar CD · DOS · PlayStation · Sega 32X · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · Sega Saturn · Super Nintendo Entertainment System

2.75 from 394 ratings

732 members have it in their collection · 5 playing now · 46 backlogged · 47 wish listed

How long? Main story 10h (from 1 logged playthrough)

Primal Rage is a one-on-one fighting game featuring dinosaurs and giant apes as the fighters. The graphics are done with digitized stop-motion animation. Gameplay is similar to Mortal Kombat in that it is viewed from a side perspective, and features deadly finishing moves at the end of the match.
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Details

Developers
Atari Games
Publishers
Playtronic, Sega, Tec Toy, Time Warner Interactive
Genres
Fighting
Themes
Science fiction
Franchises
Primal Rage
Series
Primal Rage

Release dates

  • Aug 1994 (Full Release) (North_America) Arcade
  • Aug 25, 1995 (Full Release) (North_America) DOS, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Aug 25, 1995 (Full Release) (Europe) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System
  • Nov 01, 1995 (Full Release) (Europe) DOS
  • Nov 14, 1995 (Full Release) (North_America) PlayStation, Sega 32X
  • Nov 14, 1995 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation
  • Dec 1995 (Full Release) (North_America) Amiga
  • Dec 1995 (Full Release) (Europe) Atari Jaguar CD
  • Dec 21, 1995 (Full Release) (North_America) Atari Jaguar CD
  • 1995 (Full Release) (North_America) 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
  • 1995 (Full Release) (Europe) 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Amiga
  • 1995 (Full Release) (Brazil) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
  • 1995 (Full Release) (Australia) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
  • Jun 06, 1996 (Full Release) (Europe) Sega 32X
  • Jun 14, 1996 (Full Release) (North_America) Sega Saturn
  • Jul 17, 1996 (Full Release) (Europe) Sega Saturn
  • Dec 13, 1996 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation
  • 1996 (Full Release) (Australia) Sega Saturn
  • Mar 26, 2026 (Full Release) (Japan) Sega Saturn

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Rating distribution

5 stars
17
4 stars
50
3 stars
172
2 stars
127
1 star
28
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scoopings

Review scoopings 3/5 · Oct 19, 2025

Absurd Look And Sound, But Glitchy And Poor Gameplay

Preliminary: Very strange, very glitchy, absurd Look. But oddly endearing. And the first fight was enjoyable... As with most fighting games, it got too hard very quickly.

Look: 8/10 So absurd

Sound: 8/10

Play: 6.5/10 Despite its copious faults, I did get through a fight... And had fun with it. And would have fun with another human player

Feel: 6.5/10 …

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Preliminary: Very strange, very glitchy, absurd Look. But oddly endearing. And the first fight was enjoyable... As with most fighting games, it got too hard very quickly.

Look: 8/10 So absurd

Sound: 8/10

Play: 6.5/10 Despite its copious faults, I did get through a fight... And had fun with it. And would have fun with another human player

Feel: 6.5/10

Attachment: 6.5/10 I do wanna show my brother lol.

Overall: 7.1/10 (This is my new method, to help rationalize in my mind these "honorary 3 stars" :-p They arent' even honorary, just putting my faulty rating system to work)

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ApramPepo

Review ApramPepo 3/5 · Oct 9, 2024

It gives you Seizure after a few minutes.

Continuing the path of discovering odd balls in the playstation 1's library, here is another fighting game from the mid 90s that screams edginess, cool, blood, hardcore, and whatever else. I will admit, it is fun for a few minutes of gameplay, but please don't go play more than 10-15 minutes maximum. the graphics are not mean for the human …

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Continuing the path of discovering odd balls in the playstation 1's library, here is another fighting game from the mid 90s that screams edginess, cool, blood, hardcore, and whatever else. I will admit, it is fun for a few minutes of gameplay, but please don't go play more than 10-15 minutes maximum. the graphics are not mean for the human eyes. it will give you a headache, and close to a seizure if you're into this game enough.

It is still fun game, though. just that, everything else surrounding it is terrible.

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