Primal Rage 2
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| Primal Rage 2 | |
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 The game's title screen |
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| Developer(s) | Atari Games |
| Publisher(s) | Atari Games |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release date | Not Released |
| Genre(s) | Fighting |
| Mode(s) | 2 players, playing simultaneously |
| Input methods | Joystick, 4 buttons |
| Cabinet | Upright |
| Arcade system | Atari GT System |
Primal Rage 2 was a video game that was never released. It was the sequel to the hit game, Primal Rage, and Atari was going to produce it. The previous game had garnered so much success that a sequel was likely to come along. The game was to feature new characters that took on the form of humans and were called the Avatars. Another prehistoric fighter which took the form of a Smilodon, Slash Fang (originally called Saber Tooth, he has been around as long as the other gods have, but he never fought for any land.), was also planned to appear in the game as well. A boss monster known as Necrosan (What appears to be a living dragon skeleton.) which was originally planned for the original game was promised to appear. The original characters were going to remain as well.
The plot centered around in the years after the gods fought again. It turns out the meteor that crashed on Earth (now called Urth in the game) was actually an egg and hatches a being known as Necrosan. The gods fight it but their efforts become useless. Necrosan then imprisons them in a state of semi-suspended animation, forms minions of his own and starts to wreak havoc on Urth. The gods then choose human Avatars for themselves that take on a human form. The Avatars fight the minions of Necrosan, release the gods from their prison and battle Necrosan. The warriors would be Xiao Ming, avatar of Slashfang, Malyssa, avatar of Vertigo, Arik, avatar of Sauron, Keena, avatar of Talon, Shank, avatar of Chaos, Sinjin, avatar of Diablo, Kaze, avatar of Blizzard, and Tor, avatar of Armadon.
Much anticipation centered around the upcoming game. Unfortunately, it wasn't the same for the production. The game didn't get very far in production and Atari felt that the game wouldn't generate enough sales. They later announced the cancellation though not many people knew about it. After that, Primal Rage's popularity died down.
In recent years, posthumously screen shots have been released on the Internet of what was finished for the game and what was made of the game has also been passed around. Also, the characters of Slash Fang and Necrosan were released with the other god characters in the short-lived Primal Rage action figure series.
[edit] Primal Rage: The Avatars
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When Primal Rage 2 was cancelled, Atari allegedly felt it necessary to somehow present the story for the sequel in one form or another. Thus, in 1997, Primal Rage: The Avatars, written by John Vornholt, was published by Boulevard Books. The book's plot tells about what happened to the dinosaur gods 65 million years ago, and then moves into the main story of the gods' reign on Urth renewed, but then the beast Necrosan appears. The book focuses as well on fleshing out the world of Primal Rage, and does so by bringing "the Avatars" to the forefront of the story, they being the humans chosen by their respective gods to channel their awesome might. Each human character has his or her own personalities, often reflecting the gods themselves.
A number of details to the backstory of Primal Rage are made clear in The Avatars. According to John Vornholt's novel the events in Primal Rage take place in the year 1000 AC (After Cataclysm) or about the year 3000 AD according to the Gregorian calendar. The battles of the dinosaurs are referred to as "The Primal Rage". In the novel, the spell used to imprison the dinosaur gods is called the Bonds of Forbidding. Necrosan the skeletal dragon (who is referred to as Necronus on the introductory page) reactivates the Bonds of Forbidding to entrap the gods.
[edit] Trivia
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- Despite being a human female, Keena would have turned into a male creature--Talon.
- Even though the game was not officially released, it was sent out to certain test markets. One arcade in particular being Aladdin's Castle in Cincinnati, Ohio (Cincinnati Mills mall). Another place it was found was Carowinds as well as Galaxie Arcade in Carol Stream, IL.
