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Walking with Beasts: Operation Salvage
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Game information
CreatorAbsolute Studios and BBC Multimedia
No. of players1
TypeStrategy
PlatformsWindows 95 and Above
Release dateOctober 21st, 2001

Walking with Beasts: Operation Salvage is a PC-ROM tie in to the series Walking with Beasts. It was only released in Europe.

Animals[]

Plot[]

The game is set in 2027 where time travelers are sent to different times and places in prehistory by The World Wildlife Bionetwork. A female agent named Vega has defected to a rival organisation who is trying to capture the beasts. The player's job is to find her, as well as destroy enemy equipment and free captured beasts.

Levels[]

Gastornis

Level 1[]

Godinotia

Location: Southern Russia

Leptictidium

Era: 49 Million years ago

Terrain: Thick forest

Time allocated: 30 minutes

Propalaeotherium

Animals featured: 

Missions:

  • Retrieve clips detailed on the right hand panel (These clips vary each game)
  • Destroy enemy transporter and at 25% of all enemy units
  • Scan 4 new species of beast for the PDP database
  • Free any trapped beasts

Level 2[]

Location: Southern Russia 

Era: 49 Million years ago

Terrain: Thick forest surrounding a lake

Time allocated: 30 minutes

Animals featured: 

Ambulocetus 2

Missions:

  • Retrieve clips detailed on the right hand panel (These clips vary each game)
  • Destroy enemy transporter and at 30% of all enemy units
  • Scan 1 new species of beast for the PDP database
  • Free any trapped beasts

Intelligence:

  • We understand from an intelligence report that the Coordinator has laid a minefield around their Transporter - however we do not know the location of the Transporter at this stage.

Level 3[]

Location: Mongolia

Era: 35 Million years ago

Terrain: Scrubland

Time allocated: 30 minutes

Andrewsarchus

Animals featured:

Missions:

  • Retrieve clips detailed on the right hand panel (These clips vary each game)
  • Destroy enemy transporter and at 35% of all enemy units
  • Scan 4 new species of beast for the PDP database
  • Free any trapped beasts

Intelligence:

  • We believe a large beast entrapment area lies to the west of the region.
  • There is a deep ravine running north to south. Only crossable in a single location, be wary of the enemy here

Level 4[]

Location: Egypt

Era: 35 Million years ago

Terrain: Scrubland, Coastal

Time allocated: 45 minutes

Animals featured:

Missions:

  • Retrieve clips detailed on the right hand panel (These clips vary each game)
  • Destroy enemy transporter and at least 40% of all enemy units
  • Scan 2 new species of beast for the PDP database
  • Free any trapped beasts

Intelligence:

  • Beast data required includes Basilosaurus, the largest mammal ever. If this beast feels threatened, your explorer will be be placed in serious jeopardy
  • Intelligence informs us of a strong concentration of the enemy in the southwest. There may also be several trapped beasts on the eastern side of the lake.

Level 5[]

Location: Mongolian Plateau

Era: 25 Million years ago

Terrain: Desert, Scrubland, Large River

Chalicotherium

Time allocated: 45 minutes

Cynodictis

Animals featured:

Entelodon
Hyaenodon
Indricotherium

Missions:

  • Retrieve clips detailed on the right hand panel (These clips vary each game)
  • Destroy enemy transporter and at least 45% of all enemy units
  • Scan 5 new species of beast for the PDP database
  • Free any trapped beasts

Intelligence:


  • You  will encounter some of the largest ever land mammals in this location: proceed with extreme caution.
  • Intelligence informs us that the enemy's transporter is on the opposite side of the river from your beam in area

Reception[]

It received mixed to negative reviews.

Screenshots[]

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