Dinotopia: The Timestone Pirates
{{Short description|2002 video game}}
{{Other uses|Dinotopia (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Dinotopia: The Timestone Pirates
|image = Dinotopia - The Timestone Pirates Coverart.jpg
|developer = RFX Interactive
|publisher = TDK Mediactive
|designer =
|engine = Proprietary
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|April 30, 2002{{Cite web |last=Harris |first=Craig |date=2002-04-30 |title=Dinotopia Ships |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/04/30/dinotopia-ships |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=IGN |language=en |archive-date=2023-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328132624/https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/04/30/dinotopia-ships |url-status=live }}|EU|October 18, 2002}}
|genre = Action
|modes = Single-player
|platforms = Game Boy Advance
}}
Dinotopia: The Timestone Pirates is a platform based video game for Nintendo Game Boy Advance, developed by RFX Interactive and published by TDK Mediactive. It is set in James Gurney's Dinotopia.
Plot
Clayton has finished his Skybax training when his friends Hyla, a human female, and Krekor, a Hadrosaur, inform him of a threat to Dinotopia. A band of pirates are stealing and hiding Tyrannosaurus eggs all over the island, attempting to draw the creatures from their nesting grounds so they can search for an artifact of some sort. Clayton is given a Sunstone Prod, a device similar to a staff, to use against the pirates as he hunts for the eggs.
As the game progresses, it becomes apparent that the pirates are after the Timestone, a mythical artifact said to slow time around whoever holds it. Clayton must race to find all of the remaining eggs and locate the Timestone before the pirates do.
Each level takes place in a different part of Dinotopia. After three sections of each level, Clayton faces an extra challenge, usually a boss to fight, and then must return the eggs he recovered to the Tyrannosaur nesting area without getting killed before proceeding to the next level.
Gameplay
For the first two levels Clayton uses his Sunstone Prod with three different sunstones: Laser Sunstone, which shoots a laser at enemies, Flash Sunstone, which temporarily blinds enemies, and Earthquake sunstone, which eliminates all visible enemies. Clayton can also swing the Prod like a club at close range.
At the third level, the gameplay changes as Clayton flies in Canyon City, pilots the Remora underwater and runs with Kreekor in the Diamond Caverns. In the final challenges of the second and fifth levels, Clayton must use his prod against his mechanized enemies, but cannot use any sunstones.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| GR = 59.22%{{cite web|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/gba/554988-dinotopia-the-timestone-pirates/index.html|title=Dinotopia: The Timestone Pirates for Game Boy Advance|publisher=GameRankings|accessdate=2014-01-19|archive-date=2013-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103014625/http://www.gamerankings.com/gba/554988-dinotopia-the-timestone-pirates/index.html|url-status=live}}
| MC = 64/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/dinotopia-the-timestone-pirates/critic-reviews/?platform=game-boy-advance|title=Dinotopia: The Timestone Pirates Critic Reviews for Game Boy Advance|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=2014-01-19|archive-date=2016-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309122458/http://www.metacritic.com/game/game-boy-advance/dinotopia-the-timestone-pirates/critic-reviews|url-status=live}}
| Allgame = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=38299&tab=review|title=Dinotopia: The Timestone Pirates - Review|last=Beam|first=Jennifer|publisher=Allgame|accessdate=2014-01-19|archive-date=2014-12-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141212050748/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=38299&tab=review|url-status=dead}}
| GI = 6/10{{cite magazine|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200206/R03.0804.1150.45761.htm|title=Dinotopia: The Time Stone
| GSpot = 5.8/10{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/dinotopia-the-timestone-pirates/1900-2872463/|title=Dinotopia: The Timestone Pirates Review|last=Tracy|first=Tim|publisher=GameSpot|date=2002-06-26|accessdate=2014-01-19|archive-date=2014-01-19|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140119043557/http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/dinotopia-the-timestone-pirates/1900-2872463/|url-status=live}}
| GSpy = 64%{{cite web|url=http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/june02/dinotopiagba/|title=Dinotopia: The Timestone Pirates (GBA)|last=Murphy|first=Kevin|publisher=GameSpy|date=2002-06-10|accessdate=2014-01-19|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050112003641/http://archive.gamespy.com/reviews/june02/dinotopiagba/|archivedate=2005-01-12|url-status=dead}}
| NP = 2.8/5{{cite magazine|title=Dinotopia: The Timestone Pirates|magazine=Nintendo Power|volume=156|date=May 2002|page=140}}
}}
The game was met with mixed reception, as GameRankings gave it a score of 59.22% while Metacritic gave it a score of 64 out of 100.
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References
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External links
- http://www.dinotopia.com/interactive.html ---An article about the game on the Dinotopia official website.
- [http://www.gamefaqs.com/gba/554988-dinotopia-the-timestone-pirates/data Release Information on GameFAQs]
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Category:Game Boy Advance games
Category:Game Boy Advance-only games
Category:RFX Interactive games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games about dinosaurs
Category:Video games based on novels