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Jurassic Park
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥6,8006,800 G-4109
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$54.9954.99[3] 1056
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		1056
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
BR 		046040
Sega Mega Drive
AS 		1056-40

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, A is for switching weapons and B is for firing the selected weapon. As the Velociraptor, A is for bite attacks and B is for claw attacks. Combining these with directional keys results in a variety of attacks. Both characters jump with the C 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[4].

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

  • ES print advert 1

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    ES print advert 1 (Variation)

  • EstosSiQueSonReyes ES PrintAd 1993-12.jpg

    ES print advert 2

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #49: "August 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #143: "October 1993" (1993-09-15)
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Print advert in Joypad (FR) #23: "Septembre 1993" (1993-0x-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in Play Time (DE) #1993-10: "10/93" (1993-09-08)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
83 №24, p92/93
65 №143, p70/71[12]
93 №50, p26/27[3]
68 №10, p50
85 №23, p98/99
43 №1, p40[1]
45 №15, p70
64 №13, p30/31
83 №5, p26/27
77 №21, p42/43/44/45
82 №35, p55/56/57
70 №48, p46/47
85 №24, p38/39/40
79 №4, p44-46[13]
75 №8, p12
Sega Mega Drive
 73
Based on
15 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[14]
Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)
85
[15]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
75
[16]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
60
[17]
Consoles + (FR)
83
[18]
Cool Gamer (RU)
70
[19]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
65
[12]
Digitiser (UK)
47
[20]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
93
[21]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
80
[22]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[23]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
78
[24]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
55
[25]
Game Power (IT) PAL
83
[26]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
93
[3]
Gamer (GR)
75
[27]
Gamers (DE)
73
[28]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
81
[29]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
50
[30]
Hyper (AU) PAL
62
[31]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-U
85
[32]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
43
[1]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
64
[33]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
83
[34]
Mega Action (UK) NTSC-U
83
[35]
Mega Force (FR)
80
[36]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
73
[37]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
73
[38]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
77
[39]
Megazin (SI)
78
[40]
Megazone (AU)
69
[41]
Player One (FR)
82
[42]
Power Up! (UK)
80
[43]
Power Unlimited (NL)
91
[44]
Score (CZ)
59
[45]
Sega Magazin (DE)
76
[46]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
70
[47]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
85
[48]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
64
[49]
Sega Force Mega (UK) NTSC-U
79
[50]
Sega Force (SE)
85
[51]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
88
[52]
The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Yearbook (1994) (UK) PAL
82
[53]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
63
[54]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
75
[55]
Todo Sega (ES) PAL
90
[56]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
77
[57]
Video Games (DE) PAL
66
[58]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[59]
Sega Mega Drive
 74
Based on
49 reviews

Jurassic Park (Mega Drive)

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, AU

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Cart
Mega Drive, BR
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Cart
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Manual
Mega Drive, Asia PAL
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
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Chinese Manual
Mega Drive, Asia NTSC
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
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Chinese Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

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

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 File:MAN!AC DE 1993-11.pdf, page 40 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MAN!AC DE 1993-11.pdf_p40" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ File:CVG UK 150.pdf, page 63
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 File:GamePro US 050.pdf, page 28 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 050.pdf_p28" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ File:CVG UK 143.pdf, page 11
  5. ↑ Sega Visions, "August/September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 10
  6. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 12
  7. ↑ Sega Visions, "October/November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 100
  8. ↑ Consoles +, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 2
  9. ↑ Player One, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-08-xx), page 10
  10. ↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-10-08), page 8
  11. ↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 15
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 File:CVG UK 143.pdf, page 70 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 143.pdf_p70" defined multiple times with different content
  13. ↑ File:SegaForceMega UK 04.pdf, page 44
  14. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 107
  15. ↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 73
  16. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-08), page 65
  17. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "September 1993" (JP; 1993-08-07), page 22
  18. ↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 92
  19. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 110
  20. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1993-08-17)
  21. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "September 1993" (US; 1993-08-24), page 63
  22. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 30
  23. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 324
  24. ↑ Famitsu, "1993-09-03" (JP; 1993-08-20), page 38
  25. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 10: September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 15
  26. ↑ Game Power, "Ottobre 1993" (IT; 1993-xx-xx), page 70
  27. ↑ Gamer, "Dekémvrios 1993" (GR; 1993-xx-xx), page 1
  28. ↑ Gamers, "Oktober/November 1993" (DE; 1993-09-24), page 48
  29. ↑ Game Informer, "September/October 1993" (US; 1993-0x-xx), page 42
  30. ↑ Hippon Super, "September 1993" (JP; 1993-08-03), page 49
  31. ↑ Hyper, "December 1993" (AU; 1993-xx-xx), page 42
  32. ↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 98
  33. ↑ Mega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 30
  34. ↑ Mega Action, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 80
  35. ↑ Mega Action, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 26
  36. ↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-10-08), page 112
  37. ↑ Mega Fun, "11/93" (DE; 1993-10-20), page 90
  38. ↑ Mega Fun, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-22), page 23
  39. ↑ MegaTech, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-20), page 42
  40. ↑ Megazin, "Letnik 1, Številka 3, November 1993" (SI; 1993-xx-xx), page 29
  41. ↑ Megazone, "October 1993" (AU; 1993-xx-xx), page 34
  42. ↑ Player One, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 55
  43. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, September 18, 1993" (UK; 1993-09-18), page 1
  44. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Nummer 3, Oktober 1993" (NL; 1993-09-29), page 22
  45. ↑ Score, "Leden 1994" (CZ; 1994-01-03), page 38
  46. ↑ Sega Magazin, "November/Dezember 1993" (DE; 1993-11-03), page 22
  47. ↑ Sega Power, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 46
  48. ↑ Sega Pro, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 38
  49. ↑ Sega Zone, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-xx), page 28
  50. ↑ Sega Force Mega, "Autumn 1993" (UK; 1993-09-16), page 14
  51. ↑ Sega Force, "6/93" (SE; 1993-09-30), page 6
  52. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 74
  53. ↑ The Official Sonic the Hedgehog Yearbook (1994), "" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 36
  54. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  55. ↑ Sonic the Comic, "September 4th 1993" (UK; 1993-09-04), page 12
  56. ↑ Todo Sega, "Octubre 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 50
  57. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 97
  58. ↑ Video Games, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-29), page 95
  59. ↑ VideoGames, "September 1993" (US; 1993-0x-xx), page 46



Jurassic Park games for Sega systems
Arcade
 Jurassic Park (1994) | The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) | The Lost World: Jurassic Park Special (1997)
Sega Mega Drive
 Jurassic Park (1993) | Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition (1994) | The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Sega Master System
 Jurassic Park (1993)
Sega Game Gear
 Jurassic Park (1993) | The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Sega Mega-CD
 Jurassic Park (1993)
Sega Saturn
 The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Windows PC
 Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis (2003)
Pinball
 Jurassic Park (1993) | The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
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