Nanosaur

About

Nanosaur is a third-person shooter with a prehistoric twist. You play as a time-traveling dinosaur agent tasked with gathering five species' eggs before an asteroid wipes out the era. Use a jetpack with limited fuel to navigate jungles, fight creatures with a fusion blaster, and avoid hazards like lava and rolling boulders. Each level marks the nearest time portal with a compass, but survival means scavenging ammo, health, and shields scattered across maps. The clock ticks down as you balance combat, exploration, and resource management. The game’s oddball concept and 90s charm stand out. Developed by Pangea Software in 1998, it ran on Mac and PC long before cross-platform was standard. Though its graphics feel dated, the blend of action and time pressure holds up for retro fans. With single-player focus and a runtime under two hours, it’s a brisk run through a niche genre. Community reviews on forums note its cult status, with some praising its creativity and others calling it a product of its era. Still, the fusion blaster’s varied ammo types and the jetpack’s fuel mechanics offer enough depth to keep runs feeling distinct.

Storyline

A future civilization of intelligent dinosaurs, the Nanosaurs, sends an agent back in time to the prehistoric epoch in order to retrieve eggs of five different dinosaur species. However, the agent only has twenty minutes to complete his mission before the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs strikes the Earth.