Download Dinosaur Discovery (BBC Micro)

Egghead 2025-07-17 0 point

Thanks Dino, I would never have found that without you. I too remember never being able to finish this game because we never had the tide times chart.

I was surprised to learn this game was Australian - no wonder it's so hard to track down. I played it at school in the mid 90s on what I thought was Macintosh hardware. The colours weren't so garish and red in my memory either as the screenshots here. I wonder if this got a port at some point.

Dino 2025-01-28 0 point

I found a pdf of the Tide Times chart without which you cannot complete the game. This was originally supplied only in hard copy. To access the pdf I found you will need to register for for the MbeeTech Repository. Link and info in the forum:

https://microbeetechnology.com.au/forum/thread-15.html

Then when you get access, look in the Documentation/Manuals/Education folder for dinosaur_discovery_teachers_manual.pdf

Finding this was harder than the game but worth it - I finally finished the game 35 years later!

Gem 2024-06-28 0 point

Loved this game as a child!
Could never finish it though as I couldn’t get past the currents. Would actually love to play again :-)