Jurassic Park (arcade game)
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Jurassic Park is the name of a rail shooter arcade game
developed by Sega
in 1994. Gameplay
has much in common with the classic rail shooter Operation Wolf
, as players fend off their vehicle from dinosaur attacks with automatic weaponry, though a joystick
is used to play, rather than a light gun
. A follow up called The Lost World: Jurassic Park
reached arcades in 1997. The game circles around two Ingen Commandos who go to Isla Nublar to clean up the Island after the incident in 1993. They must avoid the dinosaurs and also many natural things such as boulders. Also there are many fences and barricades that are left over. The game ends with the commandos watching the dinosaurs being caged once again. The game is also notable for having a moving seat (Sega's "Magical Bench Seat Air Drive System", seen in Sega's previous 1991 light gun shooter Rail Chase), putting Jurassic Park into the unique category of "ride games".
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
developed by Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
in 1994. Gameplay
Gameplay
Gameplay is the specific way in which players interact with a game, and in particular with video games. Gameplay is the pattern defined through the game rules, connection between player and the game, challenges and overcoming them, plot and player's connection with it...
has much in common with the classic rail shooter Operation Wolf
Operation Wolf
Operation Wolf is a one-player shooter arcade game made by Taito in 1987. It spawned three sequels: Operation Thunderbolt , Operation Wolf 3 and Operation Tiger .-Description:...
, as players fend off their vehicle from dinosaur attacks with automatic weaponry, though a joystick
Joystick
A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Joysticks, also known as 'control columns', are the principal control in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or...
is used to play, rather than a light gun
Light gun
A light gun is a pointing device for computers and a control device for arcade and video games.Modern screen-based light guns work by building a sensor into the gun itself, and the on-screen target emit light rather than the gun...
. A follow up called The Lost World: Jurassic Park
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (arcade game)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a light gun arcade game from Sega. It was released in 1997. It was the follow-up to Sega's 1994 rail shooter based on Jurassic Park, itself named Jurassic Park...
reached arcades in 1997. The game circles around two Ingen Commandos who go to Isla Nublar to clean up the Island after the incident in 1993. They must avoid the dinosaurs and also many natural things such as boulders. Also there are many fences and barricades that are left over. The game ends with the commandos watching the dinosaurs being caged once again. The game is also notable for having a moving seat (Sega's "Magical Bench Seat Air Drive System", seen in Sega's previous 1991 light gun shooter Rail Chase), putting Jurassic Park into the unique category of "ride games".
List of Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs and Marine Reptiles
- TyrannosaurusTyrannosaurusTyrannosaurus meaning "tyrant," and sauros meaning "lizard") is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex , commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is a fixture in popular culture. It lived throughout what is now western North America, with a much wider range than other...
- VelociraptorVelociraptorVelociraptor is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that existed approximately 75 to 71 million years ago during the later part of the Cretaceous Period. Two species are currently recognized, although others have been assigned in the past. The type species is V. mongoliensis; fossils...
- GallimimusGallimimusGallimimus is a genus of ornithomimid theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. With individuals as long as , it was one of the largest ornithomimosaurs...
- TriceratopsTriceratopsTriceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur which lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 65 million years ago in what is now North America. It was one of the last dinosaur genera to appear before the great Cretaceous–Paleogene...
- DilophosaurusDilophosaurusDilophosaurus was a theropod dinosaur from the Sinemurian stage of the Early Jurassic Period, about 193 million years ago. The first specimens were described in 1954, but it was not until over a decade later that the genus received its current name...
- PteranodonPteranodonPteranodon , from the Late Cretaceous geological period of North America in present day Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota, was one of the largest pterosaur genera and had a maximum wingspan of over...
- AnkylosaurusAnkylosaurusAnkylosaurus is a genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur, containing one species, A. magniventris...
- BrachiosaurusBrachiosaurusBrachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America. It was first described by Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 from fossils found in the Grand River Canyon of western Colorado, in the United States. Riggs named the dinosaur Brachiosaurus altithorax,...
- IchthyosaurusIchthyosaurusIchthyosaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur from the Early Jurassic of Europe . It is among the best known ichthyosaur genera, with the Order Ichthyosauria being named after it...
Area 1
You begin Area 1 by driving through the Jurassic Park gates. Once inside the park you are chased by an adult T-rex and escape inside a cave where you fend off an attack by Velociraptors. After shooting open an exit from the cave you drive through a valley and encounter stampeding herds of Gallimimus and Triceratops and lose them in a river. You fight your way through the Dilophosaurus enclosure, shoot down Pteranodon who are diving at your car and suddenly get knocked off the road by a Triceratops and have to fight off Dilophosaurus as well as explosive roadblocks and Ankylosaurus.- TyrannosaurusTyrannosaurusTyrannosaurus meaning "tyrant," and sauros meaning "lizard") is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex , commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is a fixture in popular culture. It lived throughout what is now western North America, with a much wider range than other...
- VelociraptorVelociraptorVelociraptor is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that existed approximately 75 to 71 million years ago during the later part of the Cretaceous Period. Two species are currently recognized, although others have been assigned in the past. The type species is V. mongoliensis; fossils...
- GallimimusGallimimusGallimimus is a genus of ornithomimid theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. With individuals as long as , it was one of the largest ornithomimosaurs...
- TriceratopsTriceratopsTriceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur which lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 65 million years ago in what is now North America. It was one of the last dinosaur genera to appear before the great Cretaceous–Paleogene...
- DilophosaurusDilophosaurusDilophosaurus was a theropod dinosaur from the Sinemurian stage of the Early Jurassic Period, about 193 million years ago. The first specimens were described in 1954, but it was not until over a decade later that the genus received its current name...
- PteranodonPteranodonPteranodon , from the Late Cretaceous geological period of North America in present day Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota, was one of the largest pterosaur genera and had a maximum wingspan of over...
- AnkylosaurusAnkylosaurusAnkylosaurus is a genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur, containing one species, A. magniventris...
Area 2
You enter Area 2 as you make your way into the Brachiosaurus enclosure, where you have to shoot down the Brachiosaurus and Ankylosaurus who are blocking your path. You ride up the spine of one Brachiosaur and land on the road where you can shoot at Icthyosaurs that are jumping over you as well as a few Pteranodon. Once you make your way out of the enclosure you come into a canyon where you are hindered by more Pteranodon, Brachiosaurus, and boulders. You eventually get sneezed on by one of the Brachiosaurs and are blown off course, eventually coming face to face with the Tyrannosaurus which you lose by driving over a cliff.- BrachiosaurusBrachiosaurusBrachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America. It was first described by Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 from fossils found in the Grand River Canyon of western Colorado, in the United States. Riggs named the dinosaur Brachiosaurus altithorax,...
- IchthyosaurusIchthyosaurusIchthyosaurus is an extinct genus of ichthyosaur from the Early Jurassic of Europe . It is among the best known ichthyosaur genera, with the Order Ichthyosauria being named after it...
- AnkylosaurusAnkylosaurusAnkylosaurus is a genus of ankylosaurid dinosaur, containing one species, A. magniventris...
- PteranodonPteranodonPteranodon , from the Late Cretaceous geological period of North America in present day Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota, was one of the largest pterosaur genera and had a maximum wingspan of over...
- Bosses :Tyrannosaurus Rex
Area 3
You enter Area 3 as you make your way into the Velociraptor enclosure as you shoot down log roadblocks and Raptors until you make your way underground where you are driving on a bridge surrounded by lava. You must shoot down molten fireballs and more raptors until you make your way above ground on the volcanic side of the island. There you must shoot stampeding Triceratops, more fireballs, avalanches, a giant rolling boulder, and more Pteranodon as you fall into a watery cave full of stalactites and broken logs. You finally escape out of a waterfall.- VelociraptorVelociraptorVelociraptor is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that existed approximately 75 to 71 million years ago during the later part of the Cretaceous Period. Two species are currently recognized, although others have been assigned in the past. The type species is V. mongoliensis; fossils...
- TriceratopsTriceratopsTriceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur which lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 65 million years ago in what is now North America. It was one of the last dinosaur genera to appear before the great Cretaceous–Paleogene...
- PteranodonPteranodonPteranodon , from the Late Cretaceous geological period of North America in present day Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota, was one of the largest pterosaur genera and had a maximum wingspan of over...
Area 4
You enter Area 4 as you make your way into the Visitor's Center. Inside you meet more Raptors, and as you enter a containment room Velociraptors, Gallimimus, Pteranodon, Triceratops, and Dilophosaurus, escape from their cages and attack you while you try to remove the Jurassic Park jeeps and gasoline barrels in your way. You go up stair and escape from the Visitor's center where you are then attacked by two adult Tyrannosaurs. After you have defeated them you have completed your mission and beaten the game.- VelociraptorVelociraptorVelociraptor is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that existed approximately 75 to 71 million years ago during the later part of the Cretaceous Period. Two species are currently recognized, although others have been assigned in the past. The type species is V. mongoliensis; fossils...
- GallimimusGallimimusGallimimus is a genus of ornithomimid theropod dinosaur from the late Cretaceous period Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. With individuals as long as , it was one of the largest ornithomimosaurs...
- PteranodonPteranodonPteranodon , from the Late Cretaceous geological period of North America in present day Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota, was one of the largest pterosaur genera and had a maximum wingspan of over...
- TriceratopsTriceratopsTriceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur which lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 65 million years ago in what is now North America. It was one of the last dinosaur genera to appear before the great Cretaceous–Paleogene...
- DilophosaurusDilophosaurusDilophosaurus was a theropod dinosaur from the Sinemurian stage of the Early Jurassic Period, about 193 million years ago. The first specimens were described in 1954, but it was not until over a decade later that the genus received its current name...
- Bosses: Tyrannosaurus Rex