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Eco: Saurus

In this simple point-and-click adventure game intended for young children, travel around an island populated with dinosaurs and pick up trash in order to recycle it into parts for a spaceship.

31 December 1991

Eco: Saurus is an adventure developed by First Byte, released 31 December 1991 on DOS.

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What Eco: Saurus is

Eco: Saurus is an adventure game developed by First Byte and released in 1991. It is available on DOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Zug the Megasaurus's alien friend, M-Kar, crash lands on Eco Island. Needing to build a new spaceship, they decide to build a recycling machine to recycle trash found all over the island into spaceship parts. They thus recruit an Environmental Conservation Official, or Ecosaurus -- the player -- to pick the trash up and sort it into the appropriate bins.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are educational and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Eco: Saurus launched on 31 December 1991, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2 and Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.

Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.

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When did Eco: Saurus come out?
Eco: Saurus was released on 31 December 1991 for DOS.

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