The Land Before Time ''The Land Before Time'' is an American animated film series and media franchise created by Judy Freudberg and Tony Geiss, distributed by Universal Pictures and centered on dinosaurs. The series began in 1988 with the eponymous '' The Land Bef ...

'' is a media franchise that began in 1988 with the release of the eponymous theatrical film directed by

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and featuring executive producers

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and

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. Since then, a number of spin-off material including a

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and a series of video games have been released. There have been 14 games based on the series, beginning with ''The Land Before Time Activity Center'', released in 1997 for

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, as well as a web game formerly hosted on

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's website. The educational games in the video game series go from ages 4–8. This series is aimed at players from infancy through first, second, and third grade (ages 4–8). Genres include

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s, and early

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s. All characters in these games are voiced by

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Titles

Educational games

Other games

Web game

A web-based

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game based on the 2007–2008

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called ''The Land Before Time: Adventure Valley'' was developed by Yamago, and was previously available on the

website. It consists of five levels, each one based on one of the main characters Littlefoot, Cera, Ducky, Petrie, and Spike. Players control each one using the

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, clicking it to either make them jump or interact with their environment. The game was eventually removed in early August 2009 when the ''Land Before Time'' TV show web page was taken down.

References

External links

Land Before Time game franchise
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