Jurassic Park (Mega Drive)

For other games with the same name, see Jurassic Park.

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Jurassic Park
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer: BlueSky Software
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1993-08-27 ¥6,800 G-4109 US 1993-08-10 $54.99 1056 UK 1993 £49.99 1056 FR 1993 ?F 1056 DE 1993 DM 130 1056 ES 1993 ?Ptas 1056 PT 1993 ?PTE$ MDJ1056 AU 199x $? ? BR 199x R$? 046040 AS 199x ? 1056-40
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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.

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 scenes with little to no enemies present, which was not present in the following games released by BlueSky Software.

History

Development

A nod to Disney's Aladdin.

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.

Release

Within two weeks of release, Sega had sold 2.2 million copies of the game in the US, raising $13.5 million.

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

Magazine articles

Main article: Jurassic Park (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Jurassic Park (Mega Drive)/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication Score Source Beep! MegaDrive (JP) 60 №1993-09, p20 Beep! MegaDrive (readers) (JP) 63 №, p85 Consoles + (FR) 83 №24, p92/93 Computer & Video Games (UK) 65 №143, p70/71 GamePro (US) 93 №50, p26/27 GamesMaster (UK) 68 №10, p50 Hippon Super (JP) 50 №1993-09, p49 Joypad (FR) 85 №23, p98/99 MAN!AC (DE) 43 №1, p40 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) 45 №15, p70 Mega (UK) 64 №13, p30/31 Mega Action (UK) 83 №5, p26/27 MegaTech (UK) 77 №21, p42/43/44/45 Player One (FR) 82 №35, p55/56/57 Sega Power (UK) 70 №48, p46/47 Sega Pro (UK) 85 №24, p38/39/40 Sega Force Mega (UK) 79 №4, p44-46 Sonic the Comic (UK) 75 №8, p12

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Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart File:Jurassic Park MD US Manual.pdf Manual Poster

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU
Cart

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, Asia PAL
Cover
Cart Manual Chinese Manual

Mega Drive, Asia NTSC
Cover
Cart Manual Chinese Manual

Mega Drive, FR
File:Jurassic Park MD FR Manual.pdf Manual

Mega Drive, SE (rental)

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 7b31deef MD5 fee5032759c495abc72e405c63c90e1f SHA-1 e7a1f49d362b5c7e13d9c7942d4a83fe003cfbd2	2MB	1993-05	Cartridge (US)
✔	CRC32 448341f6 MD5 d60d4f1a43f4beb1e5a108a8611e560e SHA-1 2dca183ddb79805b6300d8fcca1163fce88dd9db	2MB	1993-06	Cartridge (EU)
✔	CRC32 ec8e5783 MD5 161b4f3d69d02e9ca4a1937595d2d1ba SHA-1 d5d0e2ed4c00435ec4a343583bb399b07927de21	2MB	1993-05	Cartridge (JP)
?	CRC32 cf890eed MD5 5baa7d4047ad269043a85090ff44c611 SHA-1 ac2097b5f2a30787d7ca1ed8ab4eac7f4be77f0f	2MB	1993-05		"Final Beta"

References

Jurassic Park games for Sega systems
	Jurassic Park (1994) | The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) | The Lost World: Jurassic Park Special (1997)
	Jurassic Park (1993) | Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition (1994) | The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
	Jurassic Park (1993)
	Jurassic Park (1993) | The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
	Jurassic Park (1993)
	The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
	The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)