Jurassic Park (NES video game)

Jurassic Park

North American cover art
Developer(s) Ocean[1]
Publisher(s) Ocean[1]
Composer(s) Jonathan Dunn[2]
Series Jurassic Park
Platform(s) NES
Release date(s)
Genre(s) Action[1]
Adventure[1]
Science fiction[1]
Mode(s) Single-player

Jurassic Park is a 1993 video game based on the film and novel of the same name. It was developed and published by Ocean Software and released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Ocean also released Jurassic Park on the handheld Game Boy console. The Game Boy version is a port of the NES version.[3]

The object of the game is to survive in Jurassic Park, a theme park and zoo where dinosaurs have escaped from containment.

Plot

Much like the movie and novel which it is based on, Dr. Alan Grant is trapped at Jurassic Park located on Isla Nublar. The park's power has been cut out because of a computer malfunction, and the dinosaurs are roaming free. Grant must complete a series of missions that will eventually lead to him escaping the island without being killed by the dinosaurs. Grant must also rescue Lex and Tim, the grandchildren of the park's owner, John Hammond.[4]

Gameplay

The game is a top-down shooter. As Alan Grant, the player must complete six levels with objectives ranging from rescuing Hammond's grandchildren, destroying Velociraptor nests, turning the power back on and so forth.[4]

Each level consists of a varying number of stages where the player must collect a certain amount of dinosaur eggs and access cards to advance further into the level. The player must battle a varying amount of dinosaur foes such as Velociraptor, Dilophosaurus, and Compsognathus. Tyrannosaurus rex is also encountered as an end boss in a couple of levels. Dinosaurs such as the T. rex cannot be killed by the player, only avoided. Common dinosaurs can be killed by using guns, which are scattered throughout each level.[4]

There are also "mystery boxes" scattered throughout the game, which have ranging effects. Some will give the player additional health, temporary invincibility or an extra life. However, some will power down the player's energy or take away a life. The game gives the player three lives and four continues.[4] The game's ending consists of the player walking around a small stage filled with the game developers names and an exit where the player can end the game.

Reception

Skyler Miller of AllGame rated the game four stars out of five and wrote, "Jurassic Park is an uncharacteristically good movie adaptation [...]. As a late era NES game, the visuals are appropriately impressive, and pleasingly depict the various jungle environments and many types of dinosaurs you encounter."[5] In episode 20 of the 1MorePodcastle, the game is discussed in great detail as being bland, repetitive, and historically forgetful.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Jurassic Park Release Information at GameFAQs - Retrieved August 24, 2010
  2. ↑ Jurassic Park at MobyGames - Retrieved July 30, 2012
  3. ↑ Marriott, Scott Alan. "Jurassic Park (Game Boy) Overview". AllGame. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Jurassic Park (NES) manual" Vimm.net. Retrieved December 29, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Jurassic Park (NES) review". Skyler Miller. AllGame.
  6. ↑ http://1morecastle.com/2013/01/020-jurassic-scottie-pippen-park/
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