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, Sega of America

Licensor: Universal City Studios, Amblin Entertainment

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^[2]	$54.99^[1]	1056
UK	1993	£49.99^[3]	1056
FR	1993	?F	1056
DE	1993	DM 130^[4]	1056
ES	1993	?Ptas	1056
PT	1993	?PTE$	MDJ1056
AU	199x	$129.95^[5]	FJUR00SMC
BR	199x	R$?	046040
AS	199x	?	1056-40
KR	199x	₩?	GM93029JG

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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.

Levels

	Jungle

	Power Station

	River
	Grant only.
	Pumping Station

	Canyon

	Volcano
	Grant only.
	Visitor's Center

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^[6].

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	^[7]
Beep! MegaDrive (readers) (JP)	63	^[8]
Consoles + (FR)	83	№24, p92/93
Computer & Video Games (UK)	65	^[9]
GamePro (US)	93	^[10]
GamesMaster (UK)	68	№10, p50
Hippon Super (JP)	50	№1993-09, p49
Joypad (FR)	85	^[11]
MAN!AC (DE)	43	No results^[12]
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, p42-45
Player One (FR)	82	^[13]
Sega Power (UK)	70	№48, p46/47
Sega Pro (UK)	85	№24, p38-40
Sega Force Mega (UK)	79	^[14]
Sonic the Comic (UK)	75	№8, p12

	71
Based on 18 reviews

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, KR
Cover

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"

Page

References

Jurassic Park (Mega Drive)

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)

[:File:GamePro_US_050.pdf_p28-1] GamePro, "September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 28

[:File:ElectronicsBoutique_US_August1993_Catalogue.pdf_p1-2] File:ElectronicsBoutique US August1993 Catalogue.pdf, page 1

[:File:CVG_UK_150.pdf_p63-3] Computer & Video Games, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-15), page 63

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1993-11.pdf_p40-4] MAN!AC, "11/93" (DE; 1993-xx-xx), page 40

[:File:Megazone_AU_32.pdf_p36-5] Megazone, "October 1993" (AU; 1993-xx-xx), page 36

[:File:CVG_UK_143.pdf_p11-6] Computer & Video Games, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-15), page 11

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-09.pdf_p22_.2820.29-7] Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1993" (JP; 1993-08-07), page 20 (22)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-8] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:CVG_UK_143.pdf_p70_.2870.2F71.29-9] Computer & Video Games, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-15), page 70/71 (70)

[:File:GamePro_US_050.pdf_p28_.2826.2F27.29-10] GamePro, "September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 26/27 (28)

[:File:Joypad_FR_023.pdf_p98_.2898.2F99.29-11] Joypad, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 98/99 (98)

[:File:Joypad_FR_023.pdf_p40-12] Joypad, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 40

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_035.pdf_p55_.2855-57.29-13] Player One, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 55-57 (55)

[:File:SegaForceMega_UK_04.pdf_p44_.2844-46.29-14] Sega Force Mega, "Autumn 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 44-46 (44)

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Contents

Gameplay

Levels

History

Development

Release

Legacy

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References