Jurassic Park (SNES video game)
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| Developer(s) | Ocean Software |
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| Designer(s) | J.H. Beard C. Kerry |
| Composer(s) | Jonathan Dunn |
| Series | Jurassic Park |
| Platform(s) | SNES |
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| Genre(s) | Action-adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Jurassic Park is an action-adventure video game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), based on the 1990 novel and 1993 film of the same name.
It was developed by Ocean Software and released in 1993 in North America and PAL regions, and published and released by Jaleco in 1994 for Japan. Most of the game is viewed from a top-down view. When the player enters a building, the gameplay perspective shifts to a first-person view. Other versions of Jurassic Park, by Ocean Software and by Sega, were released as well.
In May 2015, approximately 300 copies of the game were put up for sale in an eBay listing, at a total price of $1,500.
Jurassic Park is based on the novel and film of the same name. Following a computer system failure, Dr. Alan Grant and others become trapped on an island theme park populated with dinosaurs.
The player controls Grant, and begins the game armed with a cattle prod, although the game also features five other weapons: tranquilizer gun, shotgun, bolas, gas grenade launcher, and missile launcher. The game features seven different dinosaur enemies, as well as giant dragonflies. The player is given five lives, and two continues when all lives are lost. Grant's health is represented by a red health bar. Food and first-aid kits located throughout the game can replenish the player's health.
Motion sensors set up around the island allow characters in the game to communicate advice to the player, although some advice is deliberately malicious. If Grant loses a life, the player is restarted at the last motion sensor with which Grant came into contact.Mr. DNA, a character from the film, provides dinosaur facts to the player if the game is paused or remains idle for too long. The player must open and close multiple gates to travel around the island. The game's music changes depending on the player's location in the park. The player is also required to collect dinosaur eggs throughout the game.
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