Nanosaur 2 9+

I played the first Nanosaur a bunch as a little kid and really liked it. It was very simple but I loved dinosaurs and the gameplay was good enough. I never played Nanosaur 2 until now, but I would say that it is the better game of the two. The gameplay is just a bit more engaging since you fly in this one and have more to interact with. The frame rate for this version is super smooth on my 2020 iPad Pro and the gyro controls aren’t too bad. The game also looks very sharp to me.
Here’s where it falls on its face though… The camera literally makes me sick when I try to play this game with a controller. When you turn in any direction, the camera will pan toward that direction, and it does that movement quite quickly. That means that whenever you make a quick adjustment to dodge some trees or any number of other things that you’re trying to avoid, the camera kind of jerks around in this crazy way that is super difficult to look at after very long. Anyway, great game, awful camera. Please fix that Pangea :D

I’ve been playing this game since I got my first iMac, when I saw that it came pre-installed. On Macs and Apple TV, there is a 3D version that works great with the appropriate 3D glasses. There are not any adds, it’s always free. There are not many forums for this game so you have to hunt for and map the stollen eggs on your own while avoiding velociraptors, pterodactyls, giant sand worms, mounted guns and droid lasers. The game music is great. I play this game to both be challenged and to relax. I would give 5 stars if they would update to allow gyroscopic flight control with game controllers other than the Apple TV remote. Using a keyboard or controller works very well. This is a great game that really deserves a modern update.

Nanosaur is the coolest original mac game and its sweet they app’ed it. The game is a thrill! Compelling game and fantastic gameplay but you get dizzy. I can beat a level but in in-order to save any of your game progress you have to beat two levels at the same time. They are tough and semi long, thats my setback about the game. Ive always wanted to make it through and discover more of the story. I infrequently play and always anticipate beating it next time.