Jurassic Park Interactive
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| Developer(s) | Universal Interactive |
| Publisher(s) | Universal Interactive |
| Platform(s) | 3DO |
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| Genre(s) | Action/First-person adventure |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Distribution | CD-ROM |
Jurassic Park Interactive is an action video game based on the 1993 movie Jurassic Park. It was released in 1994 exclusively for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer by Universal Interactive. It had originally been intended as the 3DO pack-in title for the console's October 1993 launch, but delays in development pushed the release date back.[1]
Though footage from the film is included in the opening sequence, actual shots of actors' faces are noticeably edited out because none of them ever signed a release granting their likeness in a videogame. As a result, look-alike actors portray the characters in further game cutscenes and images.
Gameplay
The game's interface is set as a computer screen that allows the player to navigate a map of the island, as well as a collection of five minigames programmed by Dennis Nedry. Players have to locate various guests on the map, then engage in a short first-person action level that either involves outrunning a Tyrannosaurus in a jeep, escaping from a small building containing raptors, or shooting approaching dilophosaurs with a charged electric gun. The end of the game comes once the player successfully relocates all of the island's guests to the helipad dock and locates outside help by breaking through the minigames.
Depending on the difficulty level chosen (Normal, Hard, or Expert), more guests are shown on the map to be saved, and less time is allowed in total to break through the minigames. In the minigames the player controls feather-light jeeps and microchips that blast floppy disks that read "DUMP".
Actors in cutscenes
Jason Ford as Robert Muldoon
Sam Taylor as Dr. Alan Grant
Joan Harris as Dr. Ellie Sattler
Frank Paturzo as Dr. Ian Malcolm
Les Hedger as John Hammond and Dennis Nedry
Denny Delk as the game announcer[2]
Reception
Reviews were mixed, with Famicom Tsūshin scoring the game a 22 out of 40,[3] but Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it an 7.75 out of 10, praising the full motion video sequences, the use of music from the film, the innovation of the main levels, and the nostalgia value of the Nedry minigames.[4] They later rated the game 9 out of 10 in their 1995 Videogame Buyer's Guide. GamePro's review asserted that the music is the game's only good point, lambasting the long load times, substandard graphics, simplistic and boring gameplay, and unvarying video sequences.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Matthews, Will (December 2013). "Ahead of its Time: A 3DO Retrospective". Retro Gamer (122) (Imagine Publishing). pp. 18–29.
- ↑ Jurassic Park Interactive manual
- ↑ 3DO GAMES CROSS REVIEW: ジュラシック・パーク・インタラクティブ. Weekly Famicom Tsūshin. No.330. Pg.78. 14 April 1995.
- ↑ "Review Crew: Jurassic Park". Electronic Gaming Monthly (Ziff Davis) (60): 38. July 1994.
- ↑ "ProReview: Jurassic Park Interactive". GamePro (IDG) (61): 70–71. August 1994.
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