  primal rage is a versus fighting game developed and released by atari games to arcades in 1994. the game takes place in a post-apocalyptic version of earth called "urth". players control one of seven large beasts that battle each other to determine the fate of the planet. matches feature many of the conventions of fighting games from the era, including special moves and gory finishing maneuvers. various ports were released for home consoles and personal computers. efforts to perfectly emulate the arcade original have been unsuccessful, due to an unusual copy protection method that the developers used. toys, comics, a novel (primal rage: the avatars by john vornholt) and other merchandise tie-ins were also produced. ==storyline== a massive meteor strike has devastated the planet earth. human civilization comes to an end in the ensuing cataclysms, and humanity regressed into tribes of stone age dwellers. primordial rainforest has covered the land, and the continental landmass has shifted into the shape of a fire-breathing dinosaur skull. the planet is now primitively referred to as "urth" by the survivors of the cataclysms. seven fearsome creatures emerge from their 
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