Stoneage Blast is, as is seemingly the trend with flash games that have dino-related contents, a horizontal shooter where you and your “prehistoric beast” must safe Earth from alien attack.
You ride your flying, fire breathing fantasy dino through an assumed 5 levels (sadly, due to my poor shmup skills, I only reached the end of level 2. Though I will be finishing it off later in the week when I have more time) gaining points and weapon powerups. Each level follows the standard shmup format of patterned waves of enemies followed by an end boss. Some enemies when killed drop power ups for your weapon/dino, which increases the spread and damage of your shots. Every time you take damage a powerup is lost.
This leaves a very interesting dynamic where by you actively try to kill enemies (as oppose to avoid them), all the while trying to take no damage. Hopefully resulting in having an awesomely suped-up flying dino to battle the stage’s end boss.
Oh, and the music and art style are surprisingly awesome. I would give this game a “RAWR” out of ten, even though the dino isn’t specifically a dino. But I’m willing to let that slide. Go play it!
