Jurassic Park (Mega Drive)
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- For other games with the same name, see Jurassic Park.
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| Publisher: Sega Developer: BlueSky Software System(s): Sega Mega Drive ROM Size: 2MB Sound Driver: GEMS Genre: Action Number of Players: 1
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Jurassic Park (ジュラシック・パーク) for the Sega Mega Drive is a platform game developed by BlueSky Software and published by Sega in 1993. It is a based on the film of the same name.
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Gameplay
In Jurassic Park, the player can play as either Dr. Grant or a Velociraptor, each with varying gameplay objectives. As Dr. Grant, 
is for switching weapons and 
is for firing the selected weapon. As the Velociraptor, is for bite attacks and is for claw attacks. Combining these with directional keys results in a variety of attacks. Both characters jump with the 
button.
The final stage of Dr. Grant features a puzzle boss fight that is difficult to understand without having seen the movie.
The game has a lot of slowdown, even in secenes with little to no enemies present, which was not present in the following games released by BlueSky Software.
History
Development
For a while, BlueSky Software were producing two games concurrently - Jurassic Park, which saw the lion's share of the team's attention, and a version of Disney's Aladdin, with both projects sharing some staff. BlueSky's version of Aladdin was inevitably canceled and replaced by a re-worked version by Virgin Games, however a homage to this period can be seen in the North Western part of Jurassic Park's map, where an upside-down genie lamp is disguised as a mountain range.
Legacy
The split gameplay of Jurassic Park was continued in Sega-produced Jurassic Park games to follow, namely Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition released the following year and The Lost World: Jurassic Park for the Sega Saturn.
Production Credits
Developed By: Blue Sky Software
Produced By: Jesse Taylor, SEGA OF AMERICA
Lead Programmer: Keith Freiheit
Programmers: Brian Belfield, Heinrich Michaels, David Cartt, Karl Robillard, Rich Karpp, Jason Weesner
Art Director: Dana Christianson
Lead Artist: Douglas Tennapel
Artists: Mark Lorenzen, Elizabeth Anderson, Matt McDonald, Rob Cuenca, Kevin McMahon, Ellis Goodson, Tom Moon, Jeff Jonas, Joe Shoopack
Sound and Music: Sam Powell
Special Thanks: Jennifer Haney, Mark Dobratz
Lead Tester: Vince Nason, SEGA OF AMERICA
Tested By: (SEGA OF AMERICA), Jason Kuo, Richie Hideshima, Jeff Todd, Dave Forster, Tony Lynch, Dermot Lyons
Promotional Material
US print advert
ES print advert 1
ES print advert 1 (Variation)
ES print advert 2
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Jurassic Park (1994) | The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) | The Lost World: Jurassic Park Special (1997) | |
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