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Color a Dinosaur
Console icon NES

Game icon

Developer

FarSight Studios

Publisher

Virgin Interactive

Genre

Painting, Other

Released

July 1993

Title screenshot
In-game screenshot
Title screenshot Ingame screenshot

Achievements

Author: Dexterspet (19)

There are 19 achievements worth 19 (19) points.

  • Please stop playing if you are not within the intended age group!

    1,824 (1,594) of 1,969 – 92.64%

    80.95% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    92.64% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Cycle through every available palette!

    1,664 (1,478) of 1,969 – 84.51%

    75.06% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    84.51% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • Wow! Sexy!

    (1) (1)

    Declare that you have finished coloring your very own dinosaur!

    1,853 (1,595) of 1,969 – 94.11%

    81.01% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    94.11% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Color every bit of Dinosaur 1. [Must color white if leaving white]

    1,487 (1,377) of 1,969 – 75.52%

    69.93% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    75.52% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Color every bit of Dinosaur 2. [Must color white if leaving white]

    1,451 (1,350) of 1,969 – 73.69%

    68.56% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    73.69% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Color every bit of Dinosaur 3. [Must color white if leaving white]

    1,431 (1,336) of 1,969 – 72.68%

    67.85% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    72.68% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Color every bit of Dinosaur 4. [Must color white if leaving white]

    1,423 (1,332) of 1,969 – 72.27%

    67.65% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    72.27% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Color every bit of Dinosaur 5. [Must color white if leaving white]

    1,415 (1,328) of 1,969 – 71.86%

    67.45% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    71.86% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Color every bit of Dinosaur 6. [Must color white if leaving white]

    1,418 (1,329) of 1,969 – 72.02%

    67.50% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    72.02% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Color every bit of Dinosaur 7. [Must color white if leaving white]

    1,414 (1,326) of 1,969 – 71.81%

    67.34% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    71.81% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Color every bit of Dinosaur 8. [Must color white if leaving white]

    1,406 (1,322) of 1,969 – 71.41%

    67.14% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    71.41% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Color every bit of Dinosaur 9. [Must color white if leaving white]

    1,406 (1,322) of 1,969 – 71.41%

    67.14% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    71.41% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Color every bit of Dinosaur 10. [Must color white if leaving white]

    1,407 (1,321) of 1,969 – 71.46%

    67.09% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    71.46% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Color every bit of Dinosaur 11. [Must color white if leaving white]

    1,421 (1,335) of 1,969 – 72.17%

    67.80% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    72.17% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Color every bit of Dinosaur 12. [Must color white if leaving white]

    1,409 (1,323) of 1,969 – 71.56%

    67.19% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    71.56% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Color every bit of Dinosaur 13. [Must color white if leaving white]

    1,411 (1,324) of 1,969 – 71.66%

    67.24% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    71.66% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Color every bit of Dinosaur 14. [Must color white if leaving white]

    1,408 (1,321) of 1,969 – 71.51%

    67.09% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    71.51% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode

  • Color every bit of Dinosaur 15. [Must color white if leaving white]

    1,414 (1,326) of 1,969 – 71.81%

    67.34% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    71.81% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
  • ...

    (1) (1)

    Color every bit of Dinosaur 16. [Must color white if leaving white]

    1,411 (1,324) of 1,969 – 71.66%

    67.24% of players have earned the achievement in hardcore mode
    71.66% of players have earned the achievement in softcore mode
💬Official Forum Topic

Recent Players

MentalDroidXYZ MentalDroidXYZ

08 Dec 2023, 3:16pm

Coloring a Fat Idiot Dummy Dumb Dumb Stupid DINOSAUR!?

Alberino Alberino

08 Dec 2023, 2:55pm

Coloring a Standard DINOSAUR!?

Nafania Nafania

08 Dec 2023, 1:35pm

Coloring a Standard DINOSAUR!?

IcySuicune IcySuicune

08 Dec 2023, 7:23am

Coloring a Grumpy DINOSAUR!?

Goatlious Goatlious

08 Dec 2023, 5:15am

Coloring a Fat Idiot Dummy Dumb Dumb Stupid DINOSAUR!?

N1k0s N1k0s

07 Dec 2023, 10:20pm

Coloring a Fat Idiot Dummy Dumb Dumb Stupid DINOSAUR!?

Tuskingan Tuskingan

07 Dec 2023, 5:18am

Coloring an Ignorant DINOSAUR!?

Arcathlon Arcathlon

07 Dec 2023, 2:02am

Coloring a Fat Idiot Dummy Dumb Dumb Stupid DINOSAUR!?

Shoepert Shoepert

06 Dec 2023, 10:26pm

Coloring a DINOSAUR!?

Padddi Padddi

05 Dec 2023, 6:50pm

Coloring a Grumpy DINOSAUR!?

Recent comments

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DipDangus 8 Apr 2023 00:27
Prayers for the kids in 1993 who had to play this dull-ass game
sammytiel 24 Apr 2023 22:08
Mastered #2! This game was very tedious!
Personlol 25 Apr 2023 14:39
Mastered! I can't imagine having to play this for actual enjoyment though. Did love how incredibly stupid some of the dinosaurs looked.
Condilac 8 May 2023 13:44
Mastered!
Condilac 8 May 2023 13:44
Mastered!
Crab 17 May 2023 01:53
Mastered! My favorite part was coloring the dinosaur :)
Acellus2 29 May 2023 18:35
Mastered #5 . Epilepsy warning
Riddle 16 Jun 2023 04:46
I swear my child mastered this one
WertKrapata 27 Jun 2023 14:41
10/10 gameplay and story. Also an incredible achievement journey. I recommend this to everyone.
DesertWorms 31 Jul 2023 04:42
Mastered.
TheRoadkill 27 Aug 2023 22:40
So many orange dinosaurs...
toddbstreams 3 Oct 2023 00:59
Mastery #13: The back of the box says adults are allowed. :( Thanks for the set.
HOLYCRAPWHALES 4 Oct 2023 22:52
I mastered this earlier today during a meeting at work.

Setup:

I used retro arch on windows, can’t remember the core.

I recommend turning sticky keys off in windows settings assuming you are using the default key bindings. The Color pallets achievement triggers it and will pause your game wasting precious seconds of your life.

Meta Strategy:

For each dinosaur, you will want to press any single directional key (I chose up but as long as it’s just one you’re set) and a. After the animation is complete for colouring that dinosaur segment repeat those two key presses until you get the achievement.

Once you get the achievement for the Dino you can back out and choose the next. On hardcore mode this is where the biggest skill issue can come into play: forgetting which dinosaurs you have coloured. To combat this, I numbered each dinosaur from left to right and verbally said it’s number as I selected it.

The second way to combat forgetting which Dino you’ve coloured is by the achievement icon after you unlock it, the art in the achievement picture matches the dinosaur in case you’ve already forgotten it the moment the screen turns white.

If you are doing a soft core run, it might be faster to use a save state on the Dino select then loading it after you unlock the achievement , this will skip the animation and save you a few seconds.

The colour palette achievement can be tricky because the hardware might fight you. If your keybind for select is “shift” and you are using windows, you will trigger sticky keys feature when doing this achievement. I recommend either rebinding, turning off sticky keys, or setting your fingers above alt+n to close the dialogue when it appears so you can continue pressing shift.

Another option is switching to a different platform, like Steam Deck or Android, and doing the achievement there as sticky keys is win only.

That’s about it, sorry for the long explanation but it’s a tough game.
ThatRoadRunnerfan727 22 Oct 2023 16:21
Mastered!
MUPPY 25 Oct 2023 04:39
The tiny dinosaurs on the select screen are kinda cute, but then... ... ... ...
(Also I spent an embarrassing amount of time trying to align onto the 1 pixel pupils before learning there's a Better Way.)
Smaug 29 Oct 2023 10:11
This game is!! so!! AWESOME!! I'm so happy the dinosaurs went extinct because this game makes me hate them with a burning passion!!
Creativezito 12 Nov 2023 15:53
mastered!
STANKONIUS 27 Nov 2023 08:57
My proudest achievement.
Illumaniac 28 Nov 2023 06:50
The hardest achievements no jokes.
EldridgeCrimson 29 Nov 2023 13:10
This game put hair on my chest.