Rex! Your Interactive Pet Dinosaur
Dinosaurs aren't extinct. They can live, play and grow on your computer. Nuture and care for Rex as you guide him through complete life-stages of infancy, adolescence and adulthood. Teach Rex to play fetch…
Rex! Your Interactive Pet Dinosaur is a simulator developed by Expert Software, released 31 December 1997 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Rex! Your Interactive Pet Dinosaur is
Rex! Your Interactive Pet Dinosaur is a simulator game developed by Expert Software and released in 1997. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Dinosaurs aren't extinct. They can live, play and grow on your computer. Nuture and care for Rex as you guide him through complete life-stages of infancy, adolescence and adulthood. Teach Rex to play fetch, color cave paintings, sing, dance and more. Explore 6 unique environments with Rex incuding caves, forests, deserts and more. Watch as Rex grows and develops a unique personaility. Your interaction with Rex influences how he will behave and respond. Own up to 5 different dinosaur pets - each with their own unique personality.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are educational, kids and sandbox. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Rex! Your Interactive Pet Dinosaur launched on 31 December 1997, within three weeks of Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo and Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 2 (1998), Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes, Gran Turismo, Klonoa: Door to Phantomile.
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