Eyewitness Dinosaur Hunter - The Scary 90s Educational Game 

I was the lead designer on this game. Probably one of the happiest times of my life. Reading the comments really made me happy that I’d made a difference to so many kids. I wish we’d put a hidden team screen but we had no time in the end. Here’s to the team. Darren, Duncan, Ben I wish I could remember all your names but you know who you are. Shaun Adams

Who else completed the fossil game, watched them come to life and roam the dark halls and corners of the museum? I played it endlessly as a kid inspired to become a Paleontologist. Nostalgia Achieved! 🌟

omg that Eyewitness music brought back so many memories

If you complete the excavation minigame the dinasours come to life and roam the museum.

Massive nostalgia hearing that opening theme song. Also, I find it incredible that in less than 20yrs we went from these static-snapshot "3D" prerendered environments (which took the best SGi hardware of the era many hours to render each single frame!) to realtime, true-VR 3D games that look better and move at 100+fps. Of course we seem to have hit a huge plateau the last decade or so, but still.

I absolutely loved this game and thank god the algorithm showed me that I wasn't the only one today. I came to this game late. I was born in 2001 and probably picked this game up when I was maybe 6 years old. My grandparents lived in a town 45 minutes away but we were all very close so I would sleep over at their house maybe every other weekend. Since we were in the same county, many times I would take library books out of their branch and then return them at mine when they were due. One of them was a GIANT DK dinosaur encyclopedia. It was like the eyewitness one but bulking, on steroids, and he just ate 2 other eyewitness books. I got it out every time. Eventually I noticed there was a CD in the back of the book. We put it in the computer and it was this game. The time came to return the book, so the book (and CD) were returned. But to my little child brain's wonder, the game did not run off the CD, but it was installed thru the CD and did not require the disc to boot. So I played this game without end. I vividly remember one specific entrance into the arena having the T-Rex jumpscare roar at your face, so I avoided said entrance at all costs. One day I wasn't paying attention and entered thru that door. and man let me tell you. There weren't many more times in my childhood where I cried as hard and long as I did then.

I used to have this game on my dad's pc and only played it once because that part with the close up view of the Tyrannosaurus skeleton scared me really badly. Since then I always thought I was just over reacting but seeing it again now as an adult with its freaky lighting and ambiance I can see why I found it so frightening as a small child.

I miss games like this being our first experience of a multimedia pc. Sat in the corner of the living room with the massive wooden computer desk with all the floppy/cd rom slots on the shelves, looking at that 'massive' 17" crt monitor your parents paid extra for, listening to the hard disk clacking away and the cd rom spinning really loudly in that big grey box of wonder. How much of a fanfare it was to dial into the internet and what adventures it will take you on. Now? Tiktok, facebook, youtube, phub. All on a 7 inch phone screen

I played the crap out of this when I was a kid. Loved every second of it. Great review sir.

I was actually searching for an entirely different old dinosaur game that I remembered from my childhood but somehow I ended up here and god, that is some nostalgia right there. Even though that place is tiny compared to what I thought was an enormous maze as a child, the second the music started and that weird excavation game didn't work *again* and the nice lady explained things that I couldn't read at the time since I was like, 5, it all came back to me xD

This game seriously needs an updated remake.

Stuff like this was amazing back in the day. I lived in the middle of nowhere and couldn't even afford visiting any kind of museum. So when my parents managed to somehow get a few encyclopedia presentations like these, I felt like I was on a journey or quest. I most fondly remember two. One dinosaur themed, and one space themed. The second one introduced me to the majesty of the universe and was one of the most majestic things I saw when I was a kid.

I miss the days of pre-rendered point-and-click games. There was always something special about them to me.

Thanks for making this, Human!! As a child I absolutely loved everything DK put out. Being a kid, I took it for granted that they always produced so much awesome media of such exceptional quality aimed at children. As an adult, I can see the passion and care that went into making this. They really could’ve phoned it in, but they made something special instead. The volume of information and sheer number of unique animations tell me that these people really cared about what they were making. It’s been years, but immediately I was humming right along with that intro music like I heard it yesterday. Also, that Dino stationary was a pleasant surprise! I remember having tons of sheets of this in full color. I think DK must have sold it apart from the game, because I sure had a lot of it. Thanks for the wonderful video, I always drop whatever I’m doing to see a new upload from you!

Had a sudden flashback to this game from when I was about 6, that I thought was the coolest thing ever invented, spending hours getting sucked into the atmosphere, but couldn’t remember the name. I just searched “dinosaur fossil museum game from the 90s” and this is exactly that! The memory is as fresh as a daisy. I couldn’t quite figure out how to do the fossil game … Thanks for this nostalgia trip!

This game scared the crap out of ne at 19 years old even more so than DOOM but my god I loved it, so immersive and well put together, it was ahead of its time.

That music at the beginning gave me chills man. So cool. I used to play this !

Apparently, everybody who played this during their childhood wanted to become a paleontologist (myself included). Jurassic Park was my fav movie.

I remember going to the Royal Tyrrell Museum in 2018 and they still had computer kiosks set up to allow kids to play Microsoft Dinosaurs, a similar piece of edutainment software from 1993, despite the fact that all these titles are now factually out of date. We really need a modern equivalent.

I spent ages trying to get DK to put Dinosaur Hunter on newer versions of Windows but couldn't get any joy. It was, is, a wonderful thing. The visuals, animal sounds, music and shop were all amazing. Really wish it was downloadable.

Omfg! I loved Dinosaur Hunter. I still have all the dinosaur sounds imprinted in my head - no matter how bad they were even for that time's standards. I'm from Brazil and one thing that I found out much later in life was that they mistranslated Edmontonia to Edmontosaurus. When I first saw Edmontosaurus, I was like: 'That's not it???' XD

This game had such an adventurous exciting feeling back then as a kid. I only had very vague memories of it but seeing it again now the vivid memories come back. Some of the dinosaur pictures (I specifically remember the Giganotosaurus picture) were the same as in a dinosaur book I remember reading a LOT as a kid and taking a lot of my dinosaur knowledge from. There was also a second CD where you could walk around in various 3D landscapes with dinosaurs. That intro also gave me a nostalgia flash with the music.

I was literally just watching your vids. Great to see something new!

My mom got this for my brother right around when I was born in ‘96 because she was worried he was spending too much time playing video games while she dealt with a new baby. Her way of having him learn while still giving him computer time. Course it didn’t work. Six years later though, we still have the same computer and I find the game, insisting on playing it. I spent hours in that virtual museum lol mom was happy someone got use out of it

What I find most funny looking back at this game as an adult having played it a TON as a child is that the Triceratops design model the game used is EXACTLY like the Jurassic Park Triceratops toy (minus the giant wound on the toy’s side) from 1993. If you don’t believe me, look at the triceratops model in this game then go look up the Kenner Jurassic Park Triceratops toy from ‘93.

It's kind of astonishing now to look back and see how unnerving this game's atmosphere was, but I loved it so much that I don't think I ever even noticed as a kid. Microfolie's encyclopedia-games on prehistoric life (originally in French) were also great -- "The Ocean of Origins" was my favorite -- but much harder to find on the web. I wonder how many people went into life sciences thanks to these games? I sure did.

jesus that intro slammed me with nostalgia

Holy shit I haven't seen footage of 3D Dinosaur Adventure in over 20 years. I used to play the shit out of that game as a kid. Thanks for reminding me of the name and giving me a nostalgia trip. This channel remains my favorite when it comes to old PC 90's content. Keep it up! :)

I remember playing this when I was young (probably somewhere around the age of 4). The atmosphere was a bit scary for me, and I remember my first time after creating a dinosaur being jump-scared by one of them popping up in one of the randomest locations. But if I’m going to be honest, it does seem like this game had a similar atmosphere to Minecraft caves before that game even came out, and I’ve gotten quite used to that game’s atmosphere. So, yeah. This game has a big level of nostalgia for me.

So great to see another ARealHuman upload!

Honestly I don’t remember having all that much trouble with the excavation sequences as a kid, but if I tracked it down as an adult and got it running I suspect it’d be a different story. Nostalgia comes for us all. (Then again Heterodontosaurus could be particularly tricky. Arm bones and teeth.) Since you didn’t resurrect one of the dinos to demonstrate beyond that joking Dark Souls jumpscare, I’ll add that once you did manage it they would in fact roam around the museum and you could sometimes see a cutscene of one walking by when you entered a particular room. They’d leave you alone, but it always startled me even when I got a bit older and noticed they only appeared in specific spots. Dilophosaurus in particular spooked me, as I recall. But yeah, even with (or because of) the slightly ominous vibes of the museum, it was one of my favorite games for a long time. I appreciate your observations about how cool it was as a kid, because that was my experience as well. I would definitely go for a remake in VR with the paleontology updated - as one commenter said, the field has definitely moved on in the decades since, but you can’t fault DK for not knowing the future - and from what I recall it was pretty up-to-date with its research for 1996. (Actually, what would be really cool would be a release that updates all the science and such but keeps the mood and as many of the original exhibits and interactive bits as possible, albeit updated so that Iguanodon hand is now a breakdown of how its fingers form a hoof or the coelurosaurs all sporting feathers, and then there’s a second mode that’s the original in all its 5.2 MB of glory, itself turned into an exhibit in how our understanding has changed in this time.)

11:27 Yes! I remember if you had eyewitness cat, bird or both you could take the elevator to the next game!

What made it more horrorific was this game... CHUGGING on my computer. Running in black and white.

Randomly stumbled on this video. All I could remember about this game is that it scared the absolute shit out of me as a child and had been on the back of my mind ever since Very happy to finally find it again!

I never thought it was scary I was absolutely enthralled with it as a kid. The graphics were cutting edge at the time lmaoo

LFG realhuman vids are top notch

Oh man, I never thought I'd see this old thing again, thanks for the memories

I loved that game as a kid! Imagine if they made a modern version of it!

One of the first "video games" I had and loved. (I didn't get a game console until I was 12.)

3D dinosaur adventure! retexturing those dinosaurs was all I'd do. I was a simple child.

I was not expecting this much nostalgia Dinosaur Adventure 3D was my shit as a child. Love your videos.

I loved these 3d dinosaur games when i was a kid, brings back memories. Glad to see you're still doing videos, keep it up!

I had this as a kid, along an Optimus Pascal magazine, and the software was called Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs.

So happy you are back!

It’s always wonderful seeing your video notification in my inbox great videos

This was my first computer game and I completely forgot about it until recently, questioning if it was even real or just a dream. Thanks for reminding me of nostalgia I forgot I had.

I loved this as a kid, getting all those fossils built and having dinosaurs all over the museum is a core childhood memory. I think this game is primarily responsible for my love of the crunchy 90s PC vibe - especially where museums and tribal theming is concerned.

Very nice vid. I do need to check this out, if I can get my DOS box to work. This game is very exactly "MYST but dinosaurs" and I am absolutely smitten with the combination and the execution. 🥰

I still remember sh@tting my pants whenever a raptor used to pass by

Never played the games sadly, but we would borrow the VHS tapes from the library, but before watching them I would make a pillow fort to hide in from the intro, especially the eye at the end

Holy shit I finally found this. Such a trip through memory lane. Thanks for posting!

I am from Russia, and as a child I loved encyclopedias and films about dinosaurs very much. I don't remember how I got the CD with this game, but I was very fascinated by it. Unfortunately, the disc is lost, and in a fit of nostalgia, I decided to find it on the Internet, I found out the name only with the help of this video. Now I have found the game file, I will try to install it on Windows 10, I hope it will work. As for the game itself, it goes through some puzzles, I just listened to lectures, but I did not understand what kind of elevator was in the central hall, above the place of the scanner. Thanks to the developers for the childhood!

One part that I do remember making me jump slightly was going into World of Dinosaurs and seeing the TRex display actually move and look down at you whilr roaring. God this brings me back...

We are blessed with a new upload less gooo

I think I remember playing it back in the day when I was really little

These games were my childhood. Loved your review of them! It was incredibly nostalgic.

Loved this, honestly. You're really good at making these kinds of batteries-included walkthroughs.

Always great to see an upload from you, looking forward to your next one

I am falling through time and rediscovering my will to live whenever I hear Eye Witness music. It's like I'm 6 yro and studying to be an archeologist again.

Yea i was not much for education games but this one had a really nice atmosphere and i loved completing skeletons.

I literally would not go in the arena for *ages* because of that Dino stalking us at the beginning

I remember there was a extra game where you explore environments dinosaurs used to lived.

I loved this game as a kid! Especially the version of it where you could use 3D glasses!

I miss stuff like this from the 90s

Oh yah this brings me back to 5. Played this at daycare. Love the eternal startup 😂 computer doing massive work to pop that Dino out.

Dude I just wanna say I love your content wit a passion, I’ve always been interested in late 90s/early 00s horror media especially games. So finding a channel like yours is like a gold mine. Keep doin yo thing bro 👍🏿

Great to know where that track comes from! I had grown up with the 3d adventure from 93, never knew of the first feature. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

Thanks for making this. You are one of my favorite channels.

After all these years I finally found it. Like Odysseus Returning to Ithaca, the memories have returned.

I remade the resurrected dinosaur clips from this retro software. For one reason, this software along with the documentary and the Jurassic Park/World franchise got me into liking Dinosaurs as my favorite real life animals along with modeling and animating them.

Wow! Nostalgia! xD I remember how my family had from this series the Space & Universe, and the World History. Both were Finnish dubbed, because they were educational.

Wow this is hella nostalgic. I remember playing this as a child! It was so damn cool, and definitely a bit eerie with some pretty spooky parts.

dude, this game influenced my dreams for life, i swear.

You know, I think you'd enjoy Titanic: Adventure Out Of Time. And *I'd* enjoy you doing a video on that game, so it works out really well!

Idk how I discovered your channel but fr you put some incredibly well edited and very entertaining stuff! Keep it up!

Ah, the 90s were beautiful. 😌

I loved eye witness books.

Damn, I remember this now! Our school's "gaming" computer has a bunch of educational point and click games, and this dinosaur game definitely had the reputation of being the scariest game by far. Oddly enough, I don't remember if the language in the game got localized to Danish, so we might have been playing without being able to understand much of anything that was being explained. I guess all the dinosaur names are the same anyway, so we would have gotten the gist of it.

I absolutely LOVED this as a kid. I was dinosaur obsessed.

Me hiciste recordar mi infancia.. yo amaba este museo virtual 🥲😍 y también me daba algo de miedo jajaja pero lo amaba! ❤❤❤ es por este "juego" que desde muy pequeña soñaba con ser paleontóloga :,) .. al final no lo fui, pero sí me quedé con una gran pasión por los dinos y la paleontología :) ❤

This game as well ad 3D DInosaur Adventure were my entire childhood. edit: Dude, you missed the scariest part of the game. That Megasaurus or whatever in the wall, it comes to life and randomly roams the halls of the museum if you complete its "task".

love your stuff from the first video and always stop what im doing to watch the most recent one. keep up the great work big future ahead for you my friend

Your videos are always fun to watch, keep up the good work!

This was so nostalgic, thank you!

So happy to see a new upload keep up the great work

Just finding this channel now. I'm surprised how long you've been creating quality videos but still haven't gotten a huge traction in views or subs. You definitely deserve more. Hope you come back from your hiatus and I hope the RU-vid algorithm blesses your channel.

so nice to see another video, these games would've scared the pants off of me as a kid

man i loved playing this. Edit: It's a real shame you didn't successfully excavate at least one dino, you didn't get to even talk about the dino tracker :P

Honestly I was looking for this game for ages, we used to have it years back on PC super early 2000s and I remember it scared me so bad at parts that I ended up being stalked by imaginary dinosaurs for a few years after, including a shadow one that somehow felt more malicious than the rest. That has since stopped but I could never forget this game and I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who was scared by this as a kid LOL

Made me think of Trespasser. Could be a weird fit for your unusual channel.

I had this game but was too scared to progress as a kid because of the single raptor that walks by the arena door at the beginning

this channel is a gem. thank you

I think I had an eyewitness one about oceans? I remember it had a plesiosaur (or some other marine reptile) that really freaked me out!

Thanks very much for sharing this mate. I do feel strongly that DK should upload all there ol PC games on their website for free so that people and especially children and play around with these old games.

I like a lot of your reviews. I like that you cover things you are interested and possibly games from your youth (like this game?). I look foward to more reviews from you. I have made a list of games below that I hope you may review one day. This is not a request but just a thought I had on my mind ever since your Bladerunner Review. You put so much work into your reviews you really deserve a lot more subscribers. 1.Tex Murphy Games 2.Myst 1 to 5 3.System Shock 2 3. Phantasmagoria 1 and 2 4. Night Trap 5. Realms of the Haunting 6. Gabriel Knight Games as well as the 20th anniversary remake 7. The 7th Guest 8. The 11th Hour It would be great to hear your reviews and thoughts on any of the games i have listed. You do a fantastic job at covering the story, gameplay, sound, and your own thoughts about the games stories and such. Keep up the great work. I look foward to see whatt you decide to review next.

3d Dino adventure was my jam.

I still have the original CD-ROM in portughese. Me and my friends discovered this game at school and yeah we were all afraid of the raptor killing us on the corridors. I was looking for this video cus the Eyewitness song is on tiktok now and it opened an old memory in my mind.

A neat video about a neat edutainment game.

i love your videos man! You deserve so many more followers!

I remember this game... I remember it was a mix of fascination and fear when playing haha For me, it was the Trex skeletons and the pitch black hallways when combined with the music and lighting... I think it took me ages to get enough courage to go down the pitch black corridor at the start haha :)