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Primal RagePrimal Rage is a fighting game (similar to Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat) that was for the arcade systems and than released on many home consoles such as PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. It was produced by Atari. The game's concept is that earth has been devastated by a meteor strike. Now, seven god-like dino-beasts are waging war to take control of "Urth". The game has been withdrawn, re-programmed and re-released numerous times; the first being due to complaint about Chaos's golden shower fatality. In one of Midway's latest releases, Midway Arcade Treasures 2, Primal Rage was included with a bunch of other Midway arcade games. The characters (the italic blurb in quotation marks below each character are the profiles that accompany the action figures) Armadon: a ceratopsian dinosaur, the God of Life. Armadon fights to defend Urth and prevent the dino-beasts utterly destroying it. "Guardian of the delicate and fragile ecological balance, Armadon was the last of the dino-beasts to emerge from his subterranean confines. Connected with Earth's lifeforce and energy flow, Armadon ascended to save the planet from the dino-beasts who want ultimate control over it. Ironically the battle for power raging among the beasts has caused a nearly irreversible terminal imbalance on the planet they are fighting to rule. Unable to tolerate the titans' destruction of the planet, Armadon's mission is to put an end to the battle for supremacy and the immense devastation caused by it." Blizzard: one of two ape dino-beasts, the God of Good. A noble and heroic beast, Blizzard wishes to undo the damage caused to Urth by both the meteor and the warring gods. "In order for life to continue its natural progression, a delicate balance must be struck. This is the atmosphere that Blizzard has fought for millions of years to maintain. Enraged by the massive destruction he saw when he emerged from his primal slumber, Blizzard has embarked on a relentless execution mission. As guardian of natural evolution, Blizzard is determined to return Urth to its former state. As leader of the Virtuous Beasts (Armadon, Blizzard, Sauron, & Talon) Blizzard battles to return the balance to the Urth, even if it means destroying each and every dino-beast in the process!" Chaos: the second of the two ape dino-beasts, the God of Decay. Formerly a scientist, Chaos was transformed into his current state by accident. Chaos is the grossest of the dino-beasts, with moves like Fart of Fury and Power Puke. His Golden Shower fatality (where Chaos dissolves the flesh from his victim with a geyser of acidic urine) was deemed so disgusting that the game was pulled from the market and replaced with a version lacking this fatality. "In his quest for control and domination over the world, Chaos has become his own worst nightmare. Right after the Cataclysms, he existed as a renegade scientist who wanted to take control of the new Urth. But his desire to dictate the process of human evolution proved to be his undoing when he conducted a genetic experiment that went horribly wrong. Instead, he was turned into a hideously disgusting beast." Diablo: one of the two T-Rex dino-beasts, God of Evil. This flame-spewing demonic dinosaur leads the evil dino-beasts and desires to transform Urth into a nightmarish hell. "Now that Diablo, leader of the Destructive Dinos (Chaos, Diablo, & Vertigo), has been released from his fiery prison deep within the Urth, he seeks to turn the world into a raging inferno. Determined to pursue his vision for Urth as a dominion of evil, Diablo thrives on inflicting immense pain and agony on his enemies. His followers and foes alike believe that Diablo is evil incarnate. Annihilation of all other dino-beasts is essential for Diablo to continue his reign of terror and carry out his gruesome vision for Urth." Sauron: the second of the two T-Rex dino-beasts, God of Hunger. Sauron's immortality only lasts whilst he devours human flesh and he also suffers from an insatiable appetite, many fans believe that he should be on the evil side instead of the good. "For some dino-beasts, immortality comes at a price. For Sauron, the cost is nothing less than an insatiable appetite. From his first appearance on the new Urth, one of the Virtuous Beasts, attracted many believers. All of Urth is the battlefield for Sauron, as he towers into war after war, in his quest for domination! Waging war with the primal titans is what Sauron lives for, for in their defeat is tomorrow's lunch." Talon: based on Deinonychus, God of Survival. One of the good dino-beasts, Talon is the patriach of a huge family of raptors, fiercely protective, it is for their sake that he plunges into the war. The fastest character in the game. "Talon is in his most vicious state when it comes to the defense of his raptor clan. Before the Cataclysms, Talon's home was peaceful and harmonious; but now Talon and his followers have been thrust into an unfamiliar life of power struggles, battling between tribes and dino-beasts." Vertigo: a unique beast based on a King Cobra and a Sellosaurus, Goddess of Insanity. The only female dino-beast, the storyline of the game states that it was due to her being imprisoned in the moon that the dino-beasts were forced into suspended animation until the meteor struck. "Total insanity governs Vertigo's every action. With her mesmerizing powers of mind control and mastery of the unknown, she has attained mythical proportions among her followers. Vertigo's followers are loyal and their devotion is complete, fanatical and blind. She believes the defeat of all other dino-beasts can only be accomplished by utilizing her sorcery and the power of her devout followers... if she doesn't destroy their minds first."
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