History VideoGame / PrimalRage

* TheRightOfASuperiorSpecies: Talon is a Virtuous Beast and a loyal defender of raptorkind. ''Humans'' are not his people; even his human followers are nothing more than cattle.

* GoldenEnding: Blizzard's ending seems to be the most positive, as he's [[TokenGoodTeammate by far the nicest of the gods,]] and his ending shows him just [[{{pun}} chilling]] with some of his worshippers.

** "The Feast of Sauron" ending picture, especially the UnluckyBastard in front.

* Blizzard -- The GodOfGood and [[BigGood leader]] of the Virtuous Beasts, Blizzard is an ape with icy elemental powers who wishes to return [[XtremeKoolLetterz Urth]] to its natural state, even if it involves killing every Destructive Beast in the process. He lives on the Cliff, an icy temple in what was once the Himalayas.

* Diablo -- The GodOfEvil and [[BigBad leader]] of the Destructive Beasts, [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans he intends to conquer the planet and cause pain and torment to all of those who inhabit it]]. He lives in a LethalLavaLand called the Inferno.
* Chaos -- The God of Decay and a Destructive Beast, Chaos is a WitchDoctor who attempted to turn himself into a being of greater power. The spell didn't work quite right and he was turned into a disgusting ape and was forced to live in his own filth for eons. He wishes to defeat his enemies and restore his former greatness. He lives in the Ruins, the remains of a long destroyed city.
* Vertigo -- The [[MadGod Goddess of Insanity]] and one of the Destructive Beasts, Vertigo is a sorceress from another dimension who was [[SealedEvilInACan banished to the Moon]] by Balsafas, until the meteor crash weakened the old shields enough for her to return. She lives in the Tomb (near [[LandmarkOfLore Stonehenge]]), and [[OmnicidalManiac intends to enslave and torture all of humanity for her own amusement]].

* AntiVillain: Chaos is by far the least unpleasant of the Destructive Beasts (in the attitude sense; he's the ''most'' unpleasant in the physical sense according to the novel). In his ending, he regains his human form and leads the human tribes in rebuilding the world. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking He's also]] [[DracoInLeatherPants actually handsome.]]

* DarkIsNotEvil: Chaos is classified as a Destructive Beast, but he's only fighting to break the dark spell he accidentally cast upon himself (the one that turned him into a filthy disgusting ape). Once he is freed from the spell, he leads his tribe to greatness.

* GoldenEnding: Blizzard's ending seem to be the most positive, as he's [[TokenGoodTeammate by far the nicest of the gods,]] and his ending shows him just [[{{pun}} chilling]] with some of his worshippers.

** Speaking of Talon, his Shredder Fatality became even ''gorier'' with updates. In prior versions, the victim did the stock animation collapse in a fountain of blood. Version 2.3 and the home ports(if you have the "gore" option set to on) left the victim standing, but lifeless, skinned and with ''lots'' of skeleton exposed.

* DystopiaJustfiesTheMeans: [[MadGod Vertigo]] seeks to drive the entire world hopelessly insane, while [[{{Satan}} Diablo]] wants to turn the world into a hellish realm of torment.

** Speaking of Talon, his Shredder Fatality became even ''gorier'' with updates. In prior versions, the victim did the stock animation collapse in a fountain of blood. Version 2.3 left the victim standing, but lifeless, skinned and with ''lots'' of skeleton exposed.

* Diablo -- The GodOfEvil and [[BigBad leader]] of the Destructive Beasts, [[OmnicidalManiac he intends to conquer the planet and cause pain and torment to all of those who inhabit it]]. He lives in a LethalLavaLand called the Inferno.

* FlawlessVictory: "TOTAL DOMINATION!"

* GiantAnimalWorship: The game features giant gods who take the form of apes and dinosaurs, and cultists and followers for both gods during the fight. You can pick them up and eat them for a small health bonus.

This 1994 FightingGame is a little unusual in that there's no boss character to smack around; instead, there's a pseudo-BossRush at the end where you have to fight all seven characters again, one after the other. There was a planned upgrade that would've given the game a boss to defeat to beat the game but that went unreleased by Atari Games. There was also a planned sequel, simply called ''Primal Rage II'', that went unreleased due to there being [[FollowTheLeader too many]] {{Fighting Game}}s at the time. However, a single prototype of it has been obtained by the Galloping Ghost Arcade in Brookfield, Illinois. ''(Sadly, this means that this is the only place in the world where you can actually play the game.)'' [[http://shoryuken.com/2014/06/27/galloping-ghost-arcade-releases-over-five-hours-of-primal-rage-ii-gameplay-footage/ Footage can be found here.]] Eventually, in 2017, a special build of MAME was made just to play this game. It can now be played online [[https://www.letsplaysega.com/play-primal-rage-online/ here]], or downloaded [[https://www.myabandonware.com/game/primal-rage-2vr here]].

This FightingGame is a little unusual in that there's no boss character to smack around; instead, there's a pseudo-BossRush at the end where you have to fight all seven characters again, one after the other. There was a planned upgrade that would've given the game a boss to defeat to beat the game but that went unreleased by Atari Games. There was also a planned sequel, simply called ''Primal Rage II'', that went unreleased due to there being [[FollowTheLeader too many]] {{Fighting Game}}s at the time. However, a single prototype of it has been obtained by the Galloping Ghost Arcade in Brookfield, Illinois. ''(Sadly, this means that this is the only place in the world where you can actually play the game.)'' [[http://shoryuken.com/2014/06/27/galloping-ghost-arcade-releases-over-five-hours-of-primal-rage-ii-gameplay-footage/ Footage can be found here.]] Eventually, in 2017, a special build of MAME was made just to play this game.

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This FightingGame is a little unusual in that there's no boss character to smack around; instead, there's a pseudo-BossRush at the end where you have to fight all seven characters again, one after the other. There was a planned upgrade that would've given the game a boss to defeat to beat the game but that went unreleased by Atari Games. There was also a planned sequel, simply called ''Primal Rage II'', that too went unreleased due to there being [[FollowTheLeader too many]] {{Fighting Game}}s at the time. However, a single prototype of it has been obtained by the Galloping Ghost Arcade in Brookfield, Illinois. ''(Sadly, this means that this is the only place in the world where you can actually play the game.)'' [[http://shoryuken.com/2014/06/27/galloping-ghost-arcade-releases-over-five-hours-of-primal-rage-ii-gameplay-footage/ Footage can be found here.]] Eventually, in 2017, a special build of MAME was made just to play this game.

* MixAndMatchCritters: Armadon has a ''Centrosaurus'' head and frill, an ''Iguanadon'' bipedal body and thumb spikes, an ''Ankylosaurus'' tail club and armored back (although no known Ankylosaur's back was as spiky as Armadon's). Vertigo on the other hand doesn't look quite like ''any'' dinosaur (part raptor and part cobra) and Armadon (a bipedal ''Centrosaurus''/''Ankylosaurus''/''Stegosaurus''/''Iguanadon'' hybrid). As for Vertigo, she isn't shaped quite like any known dinosaur[[note]]she's actually most similar to primitive prosauropods like ''[[http://www.rareresource.com/anchisaurus.htm Anchisaurus]]''[[/note]], and has a cobra-like head and neck and a long snake like tail.

* MixAndMatchCritters: Armadon has a ''Centrosaurus'' head and frill, an ''Iguanadon'' bipedal body and thumb spikes, an ''Ankylosaurus'' tail club and armored back (although no known Ankylosaur's back was as spiky as Armadon's). Vertigo on the other hand doesn't look quite like ''any'' dinosaur (part raptor and part cobra) and Armadon (a bipedal ''Centrosaurus''/''Ankylosaurus''/''Stegosaurus''/''Iguanadon'' hybrid). As for Vertigo, she isn't shaped quite like any known dinosaur[[note]]she's actually most similar to primitive prosauropods like ''[[http://www.rareresource.com/anchisaurus.htm Anchisaurus]]'', and has a cobra-like head and neck and a long snake like tail.

* Chaos -- The God of Decay and a Destructive Beast, Chaos is a WitchDoctor who attempted to turn himself into a being of greater power. [[NauseaFuel The spell didn't work quite right and he was turned into a disgusting ape and was forced to live in his own filth for eons]]. He wishes to defeat his enemies and restore his former greatness. He lives in the Ruins, the remains of a long destroyed city.

* [[AnIcePerson An Ice]] [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Ape]]: Blizzard.

* BreathWeapon: Diablo's [[PlayingWithFire Torch]], Chaos' [[NauseaFuel Power Puke]], Sauron's [[MakeMeWannaShout Sonic Roar and Primal Scream]], Blizzard's Freeze Breath, and Vertigo's Voodoo Spit.

%%* FragileSpeedster: Talon.

* MixAndMatchCritters: Vertigo (part raptor and part cobra) and Armadon (a bipedal ''Monoclonius''/''Ankylosaurus''/''Stegosaurus'' hybrid).

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot

* HomeRunHitter: Blizzard's Too Da Moon Fatality, where he knocks his foe airborne with a mighty punch.

* AnimalisticAbomination: The gods themselves resemble dinosaurs and prehistoric beasts, but are powerful beings of unmeasurable power that were even responsible for the extinction of the actual dinosaurs.
* AntiHero: The four Virtuous Beasts. Note that the separating of the dino gods into the "Virtuous Beasts" and "Destructive Dinos" was created purely for the toyline (it was aimed at kids, after all) and has no bearing to the video game or novel storyline, which explains both Sauron's and Talon's douchebaggery. It should also be noted that these are essentially {{Kaiju}}. The "heroic" ones (save for Blizzard, who is actually interested in teaching his followers... in the novel) are more concerned with protecting their territory and facing off against earth-destroying evils than they are with something that is little more than food to them.

** The toyline by Playmates, being aimed at kids, toned down or outright moved many of the nastier aspects of the gods and even lumped then into the heroic "Virtuous Beasts" against the evil "Destructive Dinos" when in the game its pretty much BlackAndGreyMorality at best. Chief among these is the toyline bios playing up Talon's protectiveness towards his raptor clan and ignoring his treatment of humans, and making no mention of Sauron constantly eating his own followers.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Blizzard and Chaos are both giant apes. (Chaos was supposed to be an even more disgusting thing than a regular ape, but yay creator laziness.)

* GiantAnimalWorship: The game features giant gods who take the form of apes and dinosaurs, and features cultists and followers for both gods during the fight. You can pick them up and eat them for a small health bonus.

* MightyGlacier: Sauron and Armadon. Armadon, at least, can fire projectiles, and Sauron has AOE attacks.

* RecycledInSpace: It's ''MortalKombat'' [-WITH [[EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs DINOSAURS]] AND [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys GIANT GORILLAS!]]-]

* StockDinosaurs: Talon is a ''Deinonychus'' ([[VindicatedByHistory complete with feathers, but on his head]]), Diablo and Sauron are [[TyrannosaurusRex Tyrannosaurs]], and Armadon is a [[MixAndMatchCritters mix-and-match dino]] with a Ceratopsian's head, an Ankylosaur's Armor, and Stegosaur's [[ComicStrip/TheFarSide thagomizer]].
* StrippedToTheBone: A few fatalities do this, and also during the final BossRush after defeating an opponent it quickly decays and leaves behind its skeleton.

This FightingGame is a little unusual in that there's no boss character to smack around; instead, there's a pseudo-BossRush at the end where you have to fight all seven characters again, one after the other. There was a planned upgrade that would've given the game a boss to defeat to beat the game but that went unreleased by Atari Games. There was also a planned sequel, simply called ''Primal Rage II'', that too went unreleased due to being [[FollowTheLeader too many]] {{Fighting Game}}s at the time. However, a single prototype of it has been obtained by the Galloping Ghost Arcade in Brookfield, Illinois. ''(Sadly, this means that this is the only place in the world where you can actually play the game.)'' [[http://shoryuken.com/2014/06/27/galloping-ghost-arcade-releases-over-five-hours-of-primal-rage-ii-gameplay-footage/ Footage can be found here.]] Eventually, in 2017, a special build of MAME was made just to play this game.