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Three Dirty Dwarves

Four genetically altered geeks have opened the trans-dimensional gates to reality and summoned a rag-tag posse of filthy orc dwarves to rescue them from their maniacal captor. Run amuch with up to 3 players…

31 December 1996

Three Dirty Dwarves is an arcade developed by Appaloosa Interactive, released 31 December 1996 on Sega Saturn, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Three Dirty Dwarves is

Three Dirty Dwarves is an arcade game developed by Appaloosa Interactive and released in 1996. It was published by Sega. It is available on Sega Saturn, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on TrueMotion.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Four children genetically engineered by the army grow up to be child geniuses instead of perfect soldiers, prompting General Briggs to use them to manufacture weaponry. To escape, the children play their favorite role-playing game and lead the party - a trio of slow-witted but heroic dwarves - to a gateway into the real world. The dwarves' equipment burns up during atmospheric entry. They land in a sporting goods store and make use of the equipment inside for their weapons and armor. The monsters from the role-playing game world have followed the dwarves into the real world, and the dwarves must battle their way through them to find the children and confront General Briggs
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Three Dirty Dwarves launched on 31 December 1996, within three weeks of Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8 and Money Puzzle Exchanger.

Released around the same time: Mario Kart 64, Wild Arms, Mega Man 8, Money Puzzle Exchanger.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Three Dirty Dwarves come out?
Three Dirty Dwarves was released on 31 December 1996 for Sega Saturn, DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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