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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1993 video game}}<br />
{{Infobox video game<br />
| title = Color a Dinosaur<br />
| image = Coloradino-box.jpg<br />
| developer = [[Jay Obernolte#Business|FarSight Studios]]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.gamesarefun.com/gamesdb/game.php?gameid=2528| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040312133855/http://www.gamesarefun.com/gamesdb/game.php?gameid=2528| url-status = dead| archive-date = 2004-03-12| title = Developer information| publisher = Games are Fun| access-date = 2008-10-17}}</ref><br />
| publisher = [[Virgin Interactive|Virgin Games]]<ref>{{cite web| url = https://raptr.com/game/NES/Color_A_Dinosaur| title = Publisher information| publisher = [[Raptr]]| access-date = 2008-10-17| archive-url = https://archive.today/20131004172014/http://raptr.com/game/Color-A-Dinosaur?platform=NES| archive-date = 2013-10-04| url-status = dead}}</ref><br />
| designer = [[Jay Obernolte]]<ref name="gamefaqs"/><br />
| composer = [[Tommy Tallarico]]<br />
| producer = Erik Yeo<br>Stephen "The Doc" Clarke-Wilson<br />
| platforms = [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]<br />
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|July 1993<ref name="gamefaqs">{{cite web| url = https://www.gamefaqs.com/console/nes/data/587195.html| title = Release information | website = [[GameFAQs]]| access-date = 2008-08-15}}</ref>}}<br />
| genre = [[Educational game|Drawing and creativity]]<ref>{{cite web | url = http://cheats.ign.com/objects/007/007075.html| title = Genre information | website = [[IGN]]| access-date = 2008-11-02}}</ref><br />
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Color a Dinosaur''''' is a 1993 [[coloring book]] [[video game]] developed by [[Jay Obernolte#Business|FarSight Studios]] for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]. It was created with a budget of $30,000 and produced on the cheapest cartridge that [[Nintendo]] made, and only sold in [[Walmart]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Scullion |first=Chris |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_NES_Encyclopedia/wJ75EAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22farsight+studios%22&pg=PA52&printsec=frontcover |title=The NES Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System |date=2019-03-30 |publisher=Casemate Publishers |isbn=978-1-5267-3782-3 |pages=52 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Gameplay==<br />
[[Image:NES Color A Dinosaur.png|thumb|250px|left|Player can select from a variety of colors.]]<br />
The player colors various [[dinosaur]]s by using the provided dinosaur images and palettes. Players can either color using the free form mode or in the automatic mode where they only choose a color.<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=Basic summary of game |url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/color-a-dinosaur |access-date=2008-10-17 |publisher=[[MobyGames]]}}</ref><br />
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Intended for ages 3 to 6, the game lacks sophisticated features such as animation and [[minigame]]s, and the basic colors are either brightly colored patterns or limited variations of pink or red. An extra set of patterns can be accessed by pressing the ''Select'' button.<ref>{{cite web |date=25 April 2007 |title=Additional information |url=https://oldskoolcrimes.blogspot.com/2007/04/color-dinosaur.html |access-date=2008-10-17 |publisher=[[Blogspot]]}}</ref><br />
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==Reception==<br />
The September 1997 issue of ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' presented the votes of 12 staff members to list their top 100 games of all time.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Nintendo Power]]|title=100 Best Games of All Time|page=88|date=September 1997|volume=100}}</ref> This list also includes their 10 worst games of all time, placing ''Color a Dinosaur'' at 9th.<ref name="np-reception">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Nintendo Power]]|title=100 Best Games of All Time|page=97|date=September 1997|volume=100}}</ref> The article described the game as "''[[Mario Paint]]'' without anything fun in it", and that "even the producer of the game (Seth, wherever you are) would roll his eyes when reminded of this prehistoric patsy."<ref name="np-reception" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1993 video games]]<br />
[[Category:Children's educational video games]]<br />
[[Category:Drawing video games]]<br />
[[Category:FarSight Studios games]]<br />
[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games]]<br />
[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System-only games]]<br />
[[Category:North America-exclusive video games]]<br />
[[Category:Single-player video games]]<br />
[[Category:Video games about dinosaurs]]<br />
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]<br />
[[Category:Video games scored by Tommy Tallarico]]</div>imported>Unrulyevil5