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'''Dinosaur Detective Agency''' is a platformer arcade game released for Amiga<ref>[https://www.emuparadise.me/Amiga_ROMs/Dinosaur_Detective_Agency/5975 Page about this game for Amiga on Emuparadise] Retrieved 18 Jun '17</ref> and DOS.
'''Dinosaur Detective Agency''' is a platformer arcade game released for Amiga<ref>[https://www.emuparadise.me/Amiga_ROMs/Dinosaur_Detective_Agency/5975 Page about this game for Amiga on Emuparadise] Retrieved 18 Jun '17</ref> and DOS.


==Availability==
==Availability==
Although there is no direct proof of the existence of the DOS port of the game, the DOS port is largely referenced on many websites on the Internet<ref>[http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2472549/remember-dinosaur-detective-dos-game.html Can't remember the name of an old dinosaur detective DOS game - tom'sHARDWARE] Retrieved 18 Jun '17</ref><ref>[http://www.lemonamiga.com/?game_id=1988 Dinosaur Detective Agency (Amiga) - Manual. IBM PC port is referenced] Retrieved 18 Jun '17</ref><ref>[http://www.abandonsocios.org/index.php?topic=12776.0 Thread about this game on abandonsocios.org (Spanish)] Retrieved 18 Jun '17</ref><ref>[http://www.old-games.ru/forum/threads/kollekcionirovanie-originalnyx-versij-staryx-igr.27184/page-105#post-1390660 "Dinosaur Detective Agency -! About them, too, you know exactly what was the PC-version" @ old-games.ru (Russian)] Retrieved 18 Jun '17</ref>. The year of game's release is unknown, but since the Amiga version was first published in the year 1993,<ref>[http://hol.abime.net/359 Page about Amiga version of the game on Hall Of Light] Retrieved 18 Jun '17</ref> it can be assumed that the DOS port was released around the same time period.
The DOS port is largely referenced on many websites on the Internet<ref>[http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2472549/remember-dinosaur-detective-dos-game.html Can't remember the name of an old dinosaur detective DOS game - tom'sHARDWARE] Retrieved 18 Jun '17</ref><ref>[http://www.lemonamiga.com/?game_id=1988 Dinosaur Detective Agency (Amiga) - Manual. IBM PC port is referenced] Retrieved 18 Jun '17</ref><ref>[http://www.abandonsocios.org/index.php?topic=12776.0 Thread about this game on abandonsocios.org (Spanish)] Retrieved 18 Jun '17</ref><ref>[http://www.old-games.ru/forum/threads/kollekcionirovanie-originalnyx-versij-staryx-igr.27184/page-105#post-1390660 "Dinosaur Detective Agency -! About them, too, you know exactly what was the PC-version" @ old-games.ru (Russian)] Retrieved 18 Jun '17</ref>. The year of game's release is unknown, but since the Amiga version was first published in the year 1993,<ref>[http://hol.abime.net/359 Page about Amiga version of the game on Hall Of Light] Retrieved 18 Jun '17</ref> it can be assumed that the DOS port was released around the same time period.
 
The game can be found on the eXoDOS website. <ref>[https://exodos.the-eye.eu/public/eXoDOS/Games/Dinosaur%20Detective%20Agency%20%281994%29.zip Download link for the game, on the eXoDOS website] Retrieved 05 Mar '20


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

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Title screen (Amiga)

Status: Found

Date found: Unknown

Found by: Unknown

Dinosaur Detective Agency is a platformer arcade game released for Amiga[1] and DOS.

Availability

The DOS port is largely referenced on many websites on the Internet[2][3][4][5]. The year of game's release is unknown, but since the Amiga version was first published in the year 1993,[6] it can be assumed that the DOS port was released around the same time period.

The game can be found on the eXoDOS website. <ref>Download link for the game, on the eXoDOS website Retrieved 05 Mar '20

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