Eyewitness Dinosaur Hunteris aneducationalvideo gamein the Eyewitness Virtual Reality series, developed byDKMultimediaand released forWindowsin 1996.

Gameplay

The player explores the museum, using apoint-and-clickmethod.The museum is in the shape of theEyewitnesslogo. The outercorridor contains a timeline showing the evolutionary branches of certaindinosaurs, the east room contains maps and images of what the world looked likeduring the period in which dinosaurs existed, and the west room is amulti-level excavation site where the player can dig forfossils.Uponcompletion of a skeleton, the dinosaur will "come to life" and roamthe museum. The rest of the museum contains various exhibits,

The game was considered advanced for its time, describedasvirtual reality, although today the term is restricted to much moreadvanced programs.Childhood Educationjournal described it ashaving a "feeling of walking through an actual museum" despite thesimple point-and-click system used.The Culture of Designsaidthe game's developers went to "extraordinary lengths" to make themuseum believable.

TheNew York Timesdescribed the game ashaving a "clear, clean interface and design". EdmontonJournalpraised how it combined "old-fashioned reading and modelbuilding".