Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs

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Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs
Release Date:	May 19, 2002
Rating:	ESRB: (E)
Features:	Dinosaurs, Rampaging, New Zoos, Scenarios, Scenery, Dino Rescue Team, Scientists, & More researching

Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs, sometimes shortened to just Dino Digs, is a expansion pack for Zoo Tycoon. It was released on May 19, 2002 and was the first expansion pack for the Zoo Tycoon series. It was later followed by Marine Mania on October 17, 2002 (exactly 1 year after the original game), and was eventually bundled with it and the original game in a compilation pack called Zoo Tycoon: Complete Collection.

Animals

Dinosaur Digs adds 26 new prehistoric animals and 1 mythical animal to adopt.

The larger carnivores will ram down any non-electric fence, and a damaged electric fence will also be broken. A way to bypass this and use cheaper fencing is to surround an exhibit with water, although it will not work for ones that can swim. The escaped dinosaurs will harass and in some cases even eat guests.

Image	Animal	Biome	Cost	Era	Location
	Coelophysis	Rainforest	$1,700	Triassic	North America
	Herrerasaurus	Rainforest	$2,000	Triassic	South America
	Allosaurus	Rainforest	$4,500	Jurassic	North America
	Apatosaurus	Deciduous Forest	$5,000	Jurassic	North America
	Camptosaurus	Coniferous Forest	$2,500	Jurassic	North America
	Caudipteryx	Rainforest	$1,500	Jurassic	China
	Kentrosaurus	Coniferous Forest	$3,700	Jurassic	Africa
	Plesiosaurus	Saltwater	$2,800	Jurassic	Europe
	Stegosaurus	Coniferous Forest	$4,000	Jurassic	North America
	Ankylosaurus	Savannah	$2,700	Cretaceous	North America
	Deinosuchus	Saltwater	$10,000	Cretaceous	North America
	Iguanodon	Deciduous Forest	$3,700	Cretaceous	Europe
	Lambeosaurus	Coniferous Forest	$3,000	Cretaceous	North America
	Spinosaurus	Coniferous Forest	$4,100	Cretaceous	Africa
	Styracosaurus	Deciduous Forest	$2,600	Cretaceous	North America
	Triceratops	Savannah	$4,000	Cretaceous	North America
	Tyrannosaurus rex	Grassland	$6,500	Cretaceous	North America
	Velociraptor	Coniferous Forest	$3,500	Cretaceous	Asia
	Giant Tortoise	Tundra	$2,500	Ice Age	Australia
	Saber-Toothed Cat	Tundra	$2,500	Ice Age	North America
	Woolly Mammoth	Tundra	$3,200	Ice Age	Eurasia
	Woolly Rhinoceros	Tundra	$2,500	Ice Age	Europe

Bonus Downloads

Zoo Tycoon: Dinosaur Digs had a few bonus downloads released to accompany it. The bonus downloads would only be fully functional if the player had Dinosaur Digs installed.

Image	Animal Name	Biome	Cost	Era	Location	Download Name
	Gallimimus	Coniferous Forest	$1,250	Cretaceous	Asia	Gallimimus
	N/A	N/A	Varies	N/A	N/A	Dino Kids Theme Pack
	Giant Ground Sloth	Grassland	$2,000	Ice Age	South America	Megatherium
	N/A	Grassland	N/A	N/A	N/A	Carnivore Scenerio
	Plateosaurus	Deciduous Forest	$2,600	Triassic	Europe	Plateosaurus
	Macrauchenia	Grassland	$1,500	Ice Age	South America	Endangered Species Theme Pack
	Loch Ness Monster	Fresh Water	$2,600	N/A	Europe	Endangered Species Theme Pack

Animal Houses

Dinosaur Digs adds 2 new types of animal houses, which require research to both place and house alternate prehistoric animals.

Lepospondyl House

Animal	Image
Triadobatrachus
Karaurus
Diplocaulus

Pteranodon House

Animal	Image
Rhamphorhynchus
Pterodactylus
Dimorphodon

Updated Content

For the first time, an animal has received an updated appearance from an expansion. In this case, Triceratops became smaller and more brown in color.

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Trivia

• Dinosaur Digs is the only expansion pack to have no animals with sexual dimorphism.

Gallery

Scenario failure plaque

External Links

• Dinosaur Digs Webpage (Archive)