Dinosaurs For Hire

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Dinosaurs For Hire is a Sega Genesis game where dinosaurs exist in the 20th Century and are ready for hire as mercenaries. They must use their skills and expertise to perform risky missions for the people that hired them.

The primary characters were a T-Rex named Archie who dressed and acted like the Terminator, a Triceratops named Lorenzo prone to wearing hawaiian shirts, and a one-eyed Stegosaurus named Reese who wields heavy weapons. A fourth character, a pterodactyl, shows up from time to time to give mission briefings but was not a playable character.

It was based on a satirical comic by Tom Mason of the same name, 'Dinosaurs For Hire', and like the original material was heavy on parody and humor, such as the initial 'psych-out' opening for the game and the preponderance of ninjas as enemies.