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Posted May 21, 2015
It's a modern Stone Age game!

<span class="bold">Prehistorik &amp; Prehistorik 2, the two greatest platformers from a rather different time, are available now for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, DRM-free on GOG.com!

<span class="bold">Prehistorik and Prehistorik 2</span> are a legendary duo of caveman-related platformers, where all manner of rock and dinosaur things are welcome (encouraged even) to squash you, break you, and pretty much ruin your day. As a friendly neighborhood neanderthal with a large stick and grumbling stomach, your job is to continue moving to your left while clubbing wild creatures and collecting food items to feed your tribe. Simple enough. Back in its day, the platforming and puzzle mechanics were incredibly well received, transforming the game and its sequel into an instant classic among younger gamers. If you're looking for a bit of childhood nostalgia, or if just in the mood for a blast from a distant past, this is your chance to experience the games once again in all of their DOS glory.


Bash dinos, get yummy in <span class="bold">Prehistorik and Prehistorik 2</span>, available now, DRM-free on GOG.com!
Posted May 22, 2015
oh my god oh my god finally they are here!!! welcome!!!
both games are master pieces of the 2D- platform genre on DOS well maybe just only the 2nd is a masterpiece but I love the first one too.

Many people hates Titus just for Superman 64 but here is the truth Titus power
Post edited May 22, 2015 by nicohvc
Posted May 22, 2015
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Fever_Discordia: Wow, apparently Interplay should own all of Titus' old rights but it looks like this is the first thing they've actually decided to do something with...
Still, not a huge amount of 'must have' classics on the list, looking at it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_Software#Games_published
Be good if they do. I loved Quik as a kid. Hopefully this opens the door for it to become avaliable on GOG.
Posted May 22, 2015
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IAmSinistar: Maybe it is EGA mode.
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timppu: Mobygames seems to show only EGA pictures, so maybe it had only EGA graphics then. Yeah, in those cases I always preferred Amiga graphics. To me there isn't much of "PC gaming" before VGA and sound cards, I just didn't generally find CGA/EGA/beeper generation PC games interesting (mainly in the 80s I guess).

That is not to say that many times Amiga games could look better than their VGA counterpart. Lethal Weapon is one such game. The PC VGA version looks quite good and scrolls smoothly, but the Amiga version does have some extra graphical effects not present in the PC version (I recall at least related to the water).

Speedball 2 Amiga scrolls more smoothly than the PC VGA version, but I recall they otherwise looked quite identical.
you had amiga aswell?

lateron i bought the AMIGA cd32 when it was available
Posted May 22, 2015
Nice one, GOG! A true prehistoric release! :)

Also, BUMP:

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IAmSinistar: Vote up some Titus titles here:

<span class="bold">Titus the Fox</span> (game info)
<span class="bold">The Blues Brothers</span> (game info)
<span class="bold">Super Cauldron</span> (game info)
<span class="bold">Fire &amp; Forget II</span> (game info)
<span class="bold">Crazy Cars III</span> (game info)
<span class="bold">Knight Force</span> (game info)
Posted May 22, 2015
Also little bump

Trolls (1992) made by Microvalue, Hirographics

Mobygames page

YouTube intro
Post edited May 22, 2015 by Cadaver747
Posted May 24, 2015
Awesome! Now if you could get Ugh! as well. ;)

P.S.: Vote for it in the community wishlist if you also want it, it's there.
Post edited May 24, 2015 by BlueSharkCZ
Posted May 25, 2015
OhmyGodohmyGodohmyGodohmyGodohmyGod!!! Prehistorik was the very first PC game I ever played! And its sequel was one of my favorite platformers of all time! They're finally here, I can't believe it!
Posted May 25, 2015
Stupid friggin' Witcher 3. I totally missed this epic release because of it. You know, GOG, you could really leave SOME space for the announcements on the frontpage. Every time you make a big sale or something that covers up the entire screen on the frontpage I notoriously miss all the announcements. Please stop doing that!
Posted May 27, 2015
OMG ❤
finally
ツ
Posted May 27, 2015
Finally, Good Old Game! I played first Prehistorik on my Robotron!:-)
Posted March 07, 2016
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GOG.com: It's a modern Stone Age game!

<span class="bold">Prehistorik &amp; Prehistorik 2, the two greatest platformers from a rather different time, are available now for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, DRM-free on GOG.com!

<span class="bold">Prehistorik and Prehistorik 2</span> are a legendary duo of caveman-related platformers, where all manner of rock and dinosaur things are welcome (encouraged even) to squash you, break you, and pretty much ruin your day. As a friendly neighborhood neanderthal with a large stick and grumbling stomach, your job is to continue moving to your left while clubbing wild creatures and collecting food items to feed your tribe. Simple enough. Back in its day, the platforming and puzzle mechanics were incredibly well received, transforming the game and its sequel into an instant classic among younger gamers. If you're looking for a bit of childhood nostalgia, or if just in the mood for a blast from a distant past, this is your chance to experience the games once again in all of their DOS glory.

Bash dinos, get yummy in <span class="bold">Prehistorik and Prehistorik 2</span>, available now, DRM-free on GOG.com!
Dear GOG team,

I'm currently having issues with this game. I am a Windows 10 user and having problems starting the game. The screen resolution changes and comes up with black screen. The game simply freezees and when I hit CTRL+Alt+Del I can only return to Windows after choosing restart computer option.

Can you please advise on how to get the game working again? Thank you.
Posted March 07, 2016
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hakande84: Dear GOG team,

I'm currently having issues with this game. I am a Windows 10 user and having problems starting the game. The screen resolution changes and comes up with black screen. The game simply freezees and when I hit CTRL+Alt+Del I can only return to Windows after choosing restart computer option.

Can you please advise on how to get the game working again? Thank you.
Since Prehistorik games are really old and use Dosbox, maybe your monitor doesn't support resolution they run in. You could also try changing output mode (surface, overlay, opengl and so on) in Dosbox settings.

Anyway, those are only my guesses. You can contact support about your problem with Prehistorik games using this form: https://www.gog.com/support/contact/technical_issues_with_games/prehistorik_12
Post edited March 07, 2016 by InkPanther
Posted March 07, 2016
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hakande84: I'm currently having issues with this game. I am a Windows 10 user and having problems starting the game. The screen resolution changes and comes up with black screen. The game simply freezees and when I hit CTRL+Alt+Del I can only return to Windows after choosing restart computer option.
Assuming somebody else doesn't help you here, try messing with some settings "DOSBox Configuration" application settings (Start Menu > "GOG.com" > *game* > "DOSBox Configuration"), like perhaps the Graphic Mode or - under Advanced Settings - Window Resolution.

If that doesn't help, contact Support.
Posted March 08, 2016
Thanks everyone for sharing your solutions. I'll try them right now.
Posted January 20, 2019
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hakande84: Dear GOG team,

I'm currently having issues with this game. I am a Windows 10 user and having problems starting the game. The screen resolution changes and comes up with black screen. The game simply freezees and when I hit CTRL+Alt+Del I can only return to Windows after choosing restart computer option.

Can you please advise on how to get the game working again? Thank you.
This is an easy issue that I faced (it's more of that I wanted to force my desktop's resolution, but this might solve your issue, too).
First, you need to get into the games directory.
Usually it'll be stored in a folder with the game's name under "[system drive]:\GOG Games\[game name]"
That is unless you have GOG Galaxy, and installed using that, then it'll be at "[Galaxy install directory]\Games\[game name]"

Go in there, and there should be a config file named "dosbox[game name without spaces].conf"
What you're looking for is a line that has this text "fullresolution=desktop"
Change the value of "fullresolution" from it's original value of "desktop" to "[width]x[height]" and it should force that resolution in full screen.

If the resolution doesn't look quite right, then there's another line you can change that might help.
In the same document look for a line that says "aspect=false". This corrects the aspect ratio in DOSbox.
You can try setting the "aspect" value to "true" if things don't look right for you.

This is already detailed in the Dosbox configuration files, and applies to every DOSbox-based game here.
Post edited January 20, 2019 by camedei666
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