Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park is an action-adventure video game for the Super NES based on the movie adaptation of the book by Michael Crichton. It was developed by Ocean Software and released in 1993 in North America and PAL…
Jurassic Park is an adventure developed by Ocean Software, released 1 October 1993 on Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
What Jurassic Park is
Jurassic Park is an adventure game developed by Ocean Software and released in 1993. It was published by Jaleco. It is available on Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Jurassic Park is an action-adventure video game for the Super NES based on the movie adaptation of the book by Michael Crichton. 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. The game is significant for combining two different perspectives and for being an early game mastered in surround sound (Dolby Pro Logic).
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Jurassic Park series
Jurassic Park is the third of 80 entries we hold in the Jurassic Park series. The next entry was Jurassic Park in 1993. Its critic score of 40 is 29 points below the series average of 69. The highest-rated entry is Jurassic World Evolution: Complete Edition at 85.
How it was received
Jurassic Park holds a critic score of 40 out of 100. That places it above 4% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1993 averaged 64, so it scored 24 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Jurassic Park launched on 1 October 1993, within three weeks of Sonic CD, Disney's Aladdin, Ridge Racer and Myst. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Sonic CD, Disney's Aladdin, Ridge Racer, Myst.
Official trailer
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