Flying a pterodactyl is just a fun thing to do in your spare time. I haven’t tried it yet, but I definitely want to. The other cool thing about this game is the 3-D glasses part. It causes a lot of damage if done right-and the neat thing is watching robots explode or dinosaurs fall just because you screamed at them. The other cool weapon is the pterodactyl’s shriek that you have to charge up by holding down the fire button. Who knew that watching a brontosaurus writhe in pain could be so satisfying? It’s just so weird, you have to love it, like being in Jurassic Park–with a pterodactyl-and missiles. Imagine firing a guided missile at a brontosaurus that wails in pain as it keels over backwards. This pterodactyl is different though-it comes equipped with high-tech weapons. You just swoop over the egg, and it automatically ends up in your possession, then you flap on over to the wormhole, and like a pneumatic cosmic canister, the worm-hole swooshes the egg back to earth. I just wanted some adventure and something different. The sci-fi back story of collecting eggs is pretty cool, something about in-bred dinosaurs and evil plans for the eggs, but I didn’t pay much attention to that. It’s different than other stuff that’s out there (pterodactyls! I mean, come on!). This is a different and challenging game. It sounds like a strange breakfast-but what it really is-is just a video game with the odd task of flying a pterodactyl in an other worldly yet familiar Easter egg hunt.

I’m thinking this game must be pretty spectacular in 3-D mode. It’s funny to watch your awkward pterodactyl flight movements-like watching ducks goof around a local pond or something, only you get to control this bird-like dinosaur-and if you’re not careful you crash into trees, tree stumps, rocks, the ground, dinosaurs and sentry-like robots that shoot at you and want to kill you. Part of the fun of this game is the awkwardness of flying a pterodactyl Mastering the fine art of flying and swooping can be tricky.

But I was pleasantly surprised and have kept it: call it serendipity. I found this game by accident as it was left on a computer that I bought recently.

Nanosaur 2 hatchling