Jurassic Park (Mega Drive)
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: BlueSky Software, Sega of America | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensor: Universal City Studios, Amblin Entertainment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: GEMS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 scenes with little to no enemies present, which was not present in the following games released by BlueSky Software.
Levels
Jungle | |
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Power Station | |
River | |
Grant only. | |
Pumping Station | |
Canyon | |
Volcano | |
Grant only. | |
Visitor's Center | |
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.
Release
Within two weeks of release, Sega had sold 2.2 million copies of the game in the US, raising $13.5 million[10].
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
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Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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2MB | 1993-05-26[19] | Cartridge (US) | ||||||||||
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2MB | 1993-06-14[20] | Cartridge (EU) | ||||||||||
✔ |
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2MB | 1993-06-14[21] | Cartridge (JP) | ||||||||||
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2MB | 1993-04-29 | "Final Beta" | Page |
References
- ↑ File:JurassicPark MD JP Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-20 09:51)
- ↑ File:ElectronicsBoutique US August1993 Catalogue.pdf, page 1
- ↑ GamePro, "September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 28
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sega Power, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-01), page 22
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 MegaTech, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-19), page 18
- ↑ MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 40
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-15), page 63
- ↑ Megazone, "October 1993" (AU; 1993-xx-xx), page 36
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-15), page 11
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1993" (JP; 1993-08-07), page 20 (22)
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-15), page 70/71 (70)
- ↑ GamePro, "September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 26/27 (28)
- ↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 98/99 (98)
- ↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 40
- ↑ Player One, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 55-57 (55)
- ↑ Sega Force Mega, "Autumn 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 44-46 (44)
- ↑ File:JurassicPark MD US DebugMenu.png
- ↑ File:JurassicPark MD EU DebugMenu.png
- ↑ File:JurassicPark MD JP DebugMenu.png
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