Have you ever seen something that was just too awesome? Like something where your like “Oh man thats so ridiculously awesome I'm not sure how to feel about it”, and then you realize that its just pure win and kick assery? Well I recently had one of those moments. We have a little classic arcade where I live called Mike and Andy's Classic Arcade and that is where I played an amazing game called Prehistoric Isle 2. I'm not really sure what the plot to Prehistoric isle 2 is or if it even has one, but it is one of the more insane games I have ever played. Heres the basic idea of the game, you are a airplane, er well I guess technically your a airplane pilot and you shoot lasers out of your airplane at dinosaurs. No you did not just imagine that, YOU SHOOT MOTHERFUCKIN' LASERS AT MOTHERFUCKIN' DINOSAURS!! You might be wondering, “well these are dinosaurs, how are they supposed to fight back against your awesome laser shooting airplane?” glad you asked. You see these are not regular dinosaurs, these dinosaurs can shoot fireballs!

So obviously the fact that I was shooting lasers at dinosaurs was the first thing I noticed about the game and after I had stopped being amazed by this and quit laughing I was ready to kill some dinosaurs. The game plays like most 2D shooters of the day, you move around the screen and shoot and try not to get hit. Thats pretty much about it. I mean yeah you've got your power ups and stuff but thats about as deep as it gets. That might sound like I'm dissing the game but you have to keep in mind, YOUR SHOOTING DINOSAURS WITH LASERS THAT COME OUT OF AIRPLANES!



Now I've never player the first Prehistoric Isle and they did not have it at the arcade unfortunately but this is how I imagine it went down. “You are Buzz McFlamethrower and you are a retired marine who has faded away into the unknowns. One day the evil dictator Schnoz Flangerydang has began cloning evil dodo birds and polar bears and has them attacking the entire world! The United States government calls you in and briefs you on it and its up to you to get in your helicopter and save the world!” On an unrelated not I just realized helicopter only has one “L” in it, I always thought it had two … huh.

So after my friend and I played this game for awhile we finally reached the final level. We had fought every kind of twister messed up dinosaur imaginable and we could only imagine what the game would throw at us for the final boss. Would it be a giant purple Spinosaurs, an huge hoard of Velociraptors, a carnivorous Brontosaurs? Nope, it was a giant fucking squid! Yeah thats right! Ultimate twist ever in a video game, you fight dinosaurs the whole time until you get to the very end, then its a giant squid. Hows that for a surprise? We eventually beat the evil squid and saved the day but by the time we had finished that game I had to take a breather and let my brain recharge before I had another round of Track and Field. I mean how did they expect me to react after playing through something that epic!?

Needless to say this was one of my much much better trips to the arcade, you just don't discover a game that intense everyday you know? I did a little research and it seems the game was also released on the Neo Geo for those of you who are interested. I would give this game 5 chainsaws out of 5. Has anyone else played this game or can anyone top this one in terms of just pure awesome and win? Next time I go to Mike and Andy's I know which game I'll be playing first!