Jurassic Park (Mega-CD)

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

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Jurassic Park
System(s): Sega Mega-CD
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega Multimedia Studio
Licensor: Universal City Studios, Amblin Entertainment
Peripherals supported: CD BackUp RAM Cart
Genre: Adventure
Number of players: 1
Official in-game languages: English Deutsch Français Español 日本語
Release Date RRP Code JP 1994-09-30 ¥7,8007,800 G-6038 US 1993-12 $59.9959.99 4411 EU 1994-02 4411 DE 1993-11 DM 99.0099.00 4411-18 ES 1993 4411-06 FR 1993 4411-09 UK 1994-02 £44.9944.99 4411 AU 199x BR 199x 063030 AS 199x 4411
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Jurassic Park (ジュラシックパーク) is a Sega Mega-CD full-motion video graphic adventure game developed by Sega Multimedia Studio and published by Sega. Based on the June 1993 film Jurassic Park, the game was first released in the United States and Europe in December 1993, and was developed in coordination with the film's production team, notably enlisting the help of prominent dinosaur paleontologist Dr. Robert T. Bakker.

Story

Set after the events of the film, a group of scientists is sent to collect dinosaur eggs at InGen's Jurassic Park, a theme park that is populated with genetically engineered dinosaurs and is located on the fictional island of Isla Nublar. After the group's helicopter crashes on the island, a survivor – controlled by the player – receives a video message from Emily Shimura, a computer expert. Shimura states that the crash was the result of sabotage orchestrated by InGen's corporate rival, Biosyn Corporation, which paid to have a bomb attached to the helicopter.

A second helicopter is sent to rescue the player, but it is also compromised by Biosyn, which has sent out its own team to steal the dinosaur eggs. When Biosyn's helicopter arrives, the company's agents are tranquilized by the player, who uses the helicopter to escape the island.

Gameplay

Kiosk

Inventory

Dinosaur eggs

Jurassic Park is a point-and-click adventure game, with a strong emphasis on action sequences that require split-second timing. The player must search Isla Nublar to retrieve eggs from seven different dinosaur species and place them in an incubator at the Jurassic Park visitor center. The eggs must be collected within a 12-hour limit. The time ticks down faster than real-time, and traveling costs time. At least one egg from each dinosaur species must be collected to finish the game. Eggs must be deposited in the incubator before they die.

The game is played from a first-person perspective, giving the player a panoramic view of the surroundings as well as various tools to interact with, and a trio of weapons to contend with dinosaurs. The player can move the cursor around with the D-pad. It changes to an arrow when the player can travel in a direction, which can be done with . The player has an inventory of items, which can be invoked with . The player can pick-up, inspect, or use items with . Because none of the weapons (a stun gun, tranquilizer darts, and gas grenades) are lethal, each situation is in the form of a puzzle disguised as combat which requires more than just shooting to survive.

Paleontologist Robert T. Bakker makes video appearances throughout the game to provide the player with hints and dinosaur information, via special Dinosaur Field Kiosks that are located near dinosaur paddocks. Shimura also provides the player with information through video messages.

Areas

	Starting Area
	Brachiosaurus
	Gallimimus
	Dilophosaurus
	Compys
	Compy eggs can be found in the Dilophosaurus and Velociraptor Areas.
	Triceratops
	Tyrannosaurus
	Velociraptor
	Escape

Visitor's Center

	Main Room
	Control Room
	The player can use the computer to view video messages from Shimura, which progress the plot of the game, and to save the game.
	Hatchery/Nursery
	The Hatchery/Nursery room contains the egg incubator, where the player can deposit the collected dinosaur eggs. It also contains a computer with a map of the island, a first aid kit that the player can use to replenish lost health, and a cabinet with a tranquilizer gun and ammunition for it.
	Game Warden's Room
	The Game Warden's Room contains a cabinet with a gas grenade launcher and ammunition for it. There is also a computer with surveillance cameras for the park. If the player inserts the Triceratops CD into it, it reveals a passcode used in the Triceratops Area.

Development

Dr. Robert T. Bakker advises the staff of Sega Multimedia Studio during a production meeting.

Sega enlisted the support of Dr. Robert T. Bakker, a prominent paleontologist who advised the production of the Jurassic Park film, for the Mega-CD tie in. He wrote a "field guide" for the seven species of dinosaur featured in the game, and features as part of the production's full motion video segments. To better explain to the designers and animators how dinosaurs likely moved, Bakker dissected a chicken at the Sega Multimedia Studio offices to show how the leg joints operated.

Production credits

• Executive Producer: Tom Reuterdahl
• Producer: Scot Bayless
• Creative Manager: Jerome Domurat
• Art Manager: Mimi Doggett
• Sound Manager: David Javelosa
• Product Manager: Pamela Kelly
• Programming: Gordon Haberfelde, Rob Lamb, Doug Lanford, Dave Marshall, Martin Power, Rex Sabio
• Design: Adam Sevillia, Douglas Eidsmore, Eric Quakenbush, Chris Shen
• Art: Jon Bell, Dick Holmes, Brian Kumanchik, Clifford Lau, Kristin Mallory, Mike Mangano, Russell Barba, John Broenen, Marilyn Churchill, Matt Crane, Eric Fisher, Alyson Markell, Marty Murphy, Bruce Kreuger, Debbie Kramer
• Video: Clifford Lau, Eric Quakenbush, Byron Werner
• Manual: Carol Ann Hanshaw
• Sound: Barry Blum, Brian Coburn, Tom Miley, Spencer Nilsen
• Testers: Eric Rawlins, David Forster, Dianna Boundy, Michael Baldwin, Stanley Weaver, Joe Cain, Dan Caraballo, Jason Epps, Ari Warner, Ivan Fong, Jim McCarthy, Max Loeb, Jason Kuo, Conan Tigard, Bill Person, Eric Fong, Blair Bullock
• Special Thanks To: Dr. Robert Bakker, Ed Annunziata, Sharon Bone, Nick Shaw, Steve Patterson, Chuck Romberger

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In-game credits

Sega Jurassic Park CD Team

• Executive Producer: Tom Reuterdahl
• Producer: Scot Bayless
• Creative Manager: Jerome Domurat
• Art Manager: Mimi Doggett
• Sound Manager: David Javelosa
• Product Manager: Pamela Kelly
• Programming: Gordon Haberfelde, Rob Lamb, Doug Lanford, Dave Marshall, Martin Power, Rex Sabio
• Design: Adam Sevillia, Douglas Eidsmore, Eric Quakenbush, Chris Shen
• Art: Jon Bell, Dick Holmes, Brian Kumanchik, Clifford Lau, Kristin Mallory, Mike Mangano, Russell Barba, John Broenen, Marilyn Churchill, Matt Crane, Eric Fisher, Alyson Markell, Marty Murphy, Bruce Kruger, Debbie Kramer
• Video: Clifford Lau, Eric Quakenbush, Byron Werner
• Testers: Eric Rawlins, David Forster, Dianna Boundy
• Sound: Barry Blum, Brian Coburn, Tom Miley, Spencer Nilsen
• Special Thanks: Dr. Robert Bakker, Ed Annunziata, Sharon Bone, Nick Shaw, Stephen Patterson, Chuck Romberger

Japanese Localization Team

• Project Manager: Adam Sevillia
• Japanese Liaison: Yukimi Shimura
• Programming: Dave Marshall, Jean Yu, Gordon Haberfelde
• Art: Mimi Doggett, Jerome Domurat, Dick Holmes, Ken Richardson
• Bilingual Assistant: Jill Alexander
• Japanese Script Translation: Kazuko Smith
• Voice Over Recording Director: Bobby White
• Audio Engineering: Barry Blum, Byron Werner
• Japanese Voice Artists: Goh Misawa, Mako Hattori, Max Kirishima
• Sega Of Japan Representative: Hiroshi Aso, Ryoichi Hasegawa

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In-game credits (JP)

Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

ES print advert (1-1)

ES print advert (1-2)

Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #16: "December/January 1993/1994" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

• Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) #16: "January 1994" (1993-12-21)
• GamePro (US) #54: "January 1994" (199x-xx-xx)
• Sega Visions (US) #17: "February/March 1994" (199x-xx-xx)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-09: "September 1994" (1994-08-08)
also published in:

• Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-10: "October 1994" (1994-09-08)

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Print advert in Score (CZ) #10: "Říjen 1994" (1994-10-01)
also published in:

• Score (CZ) #11: "Listopad 1994" (1994-11-01)
• Score (CZ) #12: "Prosinec 1994" (1994-12-01)
• Score (CZ) #13: "Leden 1995" (1995-01-01)
• Score (CZ) #14: "Únor 1995" (1995-02-01)
• Score (CZ) #15: "Březen 1995" (1995-03-01)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Publication Version Score Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 68 Consoles + (FR) 74 Computer & Video Games (UK) 87 Digitiser (UK) PAL 71 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 68 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 70 Game Players (US) NTSC-U 80 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 93 Gamers (DE) 60 GamesMaster (UK) PAL 81 Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL 69 Hyper (AU) 82 Joypad (FR) PAL 80 Mega (UK) NTSC-U 84 Mega Force (FR) PAL 85 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 75 Mega Power (UK) NTSC-U 87 MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U 79 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 73 Player One (FR) PAL 80 Play Time (DE) PAL 75 Play Time (DE) PAL 85 Sega Magazin (DE) 89 Sega Magazine (UK) PAL 92 Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U 86 Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U 87 Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-U 76 Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video! (FR) 92 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 78 Supergames (AR) 70 Super Juegos (ES) 82 Todo Sega (ES) 93 Video Games (DE) NTSC-U 66 VideoGames (US) NTSC-U 90

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Jurassic Park (Mega-CD)

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Images

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  A development book from Jurassic Park's production.

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  A Jurassic Park production meeting.

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  Eric Quakenbush at Jurassic Park's Winter CES 1994 booth.

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	528,557,904		CD (EU)	4411
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	528,557,904		CD (JP)	G-6038
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	528,557,904		CD (US)	4411
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1		1993-08-03					Page