Jurassic Park
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(Super Nintendo - US, Action & Adventure)
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Developed_By:
Ocean Software
Published_By:
Ocean Software
Released On:
01 Jan 1993
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Years after the events of Jurassic Park, John Hammond sets his sights on reviving the theme park, enlisting Dr. Alan Grant's help to maintain order in the former park. However, a rival corporation, Biosyn Corp, also sends their own team to claim control of the park for themselves.
The game pits two players against each other in a battle to survive the park's escaped dinosaurs. As Player 1 and Player 2 navigate through the park, they must use a variety of weapons to take down both human opponents and deadly prehistoric creatures. With six weapons at their disposal, including an unlimited machine gun and cattle prod, players can choose the best approach to overcome obstacles.
The game features non-linear levels, allowing players to explore different paths to complete objectives in single-player mode or team up with a friend for co-op action in two-player mode.
UPC-A:
020295030100 (USA)
UPC-A:
020295030209 (United States)
UPC-A:
096427010807 (United States)
eBay Product ID:
2072 (United States)
eBay Product ID:
4615 (United States)
ASIN:
B00002STXL (United States)
Nintendo Media PN:
SNS-A2JE-USA (United States)
Part #:
SNS-J8 (USA)
Nintendo Media PN:
SNS-J8-USA (United States)
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Mouses Supported:
SNES Mouse
Multiplayer Game Modes:
Co-Op
Sound Capabilities:
Dolby Surround
Multiplayer Options:
Same/Split-Screen
Miscellaneous Attributes:
Battery Backed RAM
Number of Players Supported:
1 Player, 1-2 Players
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Manual
Game Guide
Extracted from the original game manual
In this action-adventure game, players assume the role of paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant after a catastrophic computer failure deactivates the security systems of Jurassic Park, releasing hundreds of deadly dinosaurs. To survive and escape Isla Nublar, players must navigate a perilous primeval environment filled with environmental hazards, electrified obstacles, and aggressive prehistoric predators. By utilizing computer terminals, manipulating electric fences, and avoiding lethal terrain, players must complete increasingly difficult tasks to secure their passage off the island.
Story
Welcome to Jurassic Park
Astounding biotechnical advances have brought back to life the most awesome creatures ever to walk the face of the earth and have made possible the most incredible animal preserve of all time... Jurassic Park! Humans and dinosaurs - thought to have missed meeting one another by over 60 million years - have been brought together on Isla Nublar, a tiny island off the coast of Central America.
As Dr. Alan Grant, world-renowned paleontologist, you have been invited to examine the cloned inhabitants of this mysterious, fog-shrouded island. The dinosaurs are monitored and controlled by a huge supercomputer, and you have been assured that you can explore the island and see these breathtaking behemoths in complete safety.
But now something has gone terribly wrong. A computer malfunction has deactivated all of the security systems - electrified fences and motion sensors are down - and hundreds of fearsome prehistoric predators have escaped their pens and paddocks to roam free on the island. Vicious raptors, spitters and tyrannosaurs have quickly overrun even the fortified visitor's center.
And millions of years of extinction haven't slowed these creatures' reflexes - they still know how to hunt! You'll need to accomplish a number of increasingly difficult tasks before you're free to attempt the toughest one of all: getting yourself safely off the island! Are you ready to face some of history's most powerful and deadly carnivores? The perilous primeval world of Jurassic Park awaits!
Obstacles
There are many things in Jurassic Park that will make your tasks difficult - some are geologic features and some are features of the security system. Some of these obstacles include:
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Electric Fences: These separate the dinosaurs and the different areas of the park. They can be either a help or a hindrance to you. To open a fence, unlock it from a computer terminal, then shoot at the wheel on the side of the gate. Fire as fast as you can to keep it open longer - the fences are spring-loaded and will slam shut! (Hint: use these to corral the carnivores.)
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Trees and Bushes: Raptors and other dinos can hide behind these and jump out at you. Surprise!
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Electrified Grates: Found on the roofs of buildings and on the ground, these are HOT! Touch one and you're toast!
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Rock Avalanches: Remember, you're just a dino doc, not a superhero - rocks will crush you flat.
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Fast-Flowing Rivers: Rivers snake their way across Isla Nublar separating dinosaurs and areas of the park. Like the electric fences, these can help you by stopping dinosaurs, but they can also stop you, since they can only be crossed at certain points.
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Mountain Ranges with Sheer Cliffs: See notes under Rock Avalanches and figure out what happens if you fall.
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Ocean: It's a long way to Tipperary and you won't want to try to swim it. Try a helicopter instead.
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Deadly Dino Dragonfly: This is one big bug. It will follow you and injure you by stinging. Good thing it's not a mosquito, or some future geneticist might dig your DNA out of amber millions of years from now and put your clones in Paleontologist Park.
Controls
Control Pad (Exterior)
Moves you in 8 directions.
Start Button (Exterior)
Start or pause.
Y Button (Exterior)
Fire second weapon.
B Button (Exterior)
Jump.
X Button (Exterior)
Pick up object.
A Button (Exterior)
Fire first weapon.
Control Pad (Interior)
Press up to move forward, down to move backward. Right and left to rotate right & left.
L Button (Interior)
Rotate left, or fire first weapon or open door.
R Button (Interior)
Rotate right, or fire second weapon.
Start Button (Interior)
Pause.
Y Button (Interior)
Fire second weapon.
B Button (Interior)
Open a door.
A Button (Interior)
Fire first weapon.
How to Play
Getting Started
Turn off your Super NES. Insert the Game Pak and plug controller one into port one and Super NES Mouse into port two, if desired. Turn power on and press START to begin game.
Option Screen
The Option Screen allows you to change the following game features:
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START: Starts the game with the options that are displayed.
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HI SCORE: Displays the hottest dino-hunters.
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MUSIC ON/OFF: Toggles music on and off.
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STEREO/SURROUND/MONO: This game features Dolby Surround™ Sound. In order to utilize this feature you will need to connect your Super NES control deck to a receiver equipped with Dolby Surround™ (refer to your Super NES manual). When activated, the system will place a sound effect in the room relative to its position on screen. Although the sound field actually extends beyond the screen so you can hear an object before it is visible. Don't worry if you don't have a Dolby Surround™ system as you can still enjoy the game in fabulous stereo sound.
Lives
You begin with five lives. If you don't make it off the island, you can continue the game twice, the first time with four lives, the second time with three lives.
Continue Screen
If you become a victim of Jurassic Park, the Continue Screen is displayed with a countdown. Press any button before the countdown ends to begin at your last level. Otherwise, you're extinct.
High Score Entry
If you've really earned that degree, Doctor, you can enter your score in the Hi Score Table. Select your ID by pointing at a letter, then pressing any button to enter it. Choose "END" when you're finished. The Hi Score Table will then be displayed.
Playing the Game
As a world-renowned paleontologist, you have been invited to a special preview of Jurassic Park. Imagine being able to study a live animal that you thought you'd only see as bone fragments. But your dream of a lifetime has become a nightmare since a system failure released the dinosaurs from their carefully-constructed pens. Now they have overrun the island, and you've got some serious work to do before you can get yourself off the island.
To accomplish your tasks, you'll have to get into certain buildings, each of which requires a specific access card (see "Objects to Pick Up," page 16). If you have the correct access card, you will be able to enter or leave a building by walking up to the door.
Isla Nublar Locations
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CAUTION BIOLOGICAL HAZARD AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY
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MONT HAMMOND
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EAST FOREST
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NORTHWEST FOREST
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EAST AQUEDUCT
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CONSTRUCTION TRENCH
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EAST LAGOON
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SOUTHWEST FOREST
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EASTERN MOUNTAIN RANGE
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NUBLAR MONT
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A Jurassic Park Gates - main visitor entrance to park.
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B Visitor's Center - contains all guest facilities and park control room.
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C Raptor Pen
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D Supply port - east
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E North utility shed
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F Beach utility shed
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G Nublar utility shed
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H Helipad
Game Objectives
You must achieve each of these objectives in this order before you can escape from Jurassic Park.
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Activate Motion Sensors: None of the motion sensors, including your personal one, are working because the main power is out. You must reach the main generator and power up the computer to activate the sensors.
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Secure Visitor's Center: Raptors are somehow getting into the Visitor's Center - which was supposed to be the safest building! You must get access to the Center, find out how the clever creatures are getting inside, and stop them... fast!
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Stop Escaping Raptors: The Velociraptors are causing trouble again! Now they have gotten onto a supply ship that is leaving for the mainland - imagine what will happen if they reach the shore! You must find your way aboard the ship and destroy them.
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Destroy Raptor Nests: Through a miscalculation by the genetic engineers, the raptors have begun to breed in underground volcanic caverns. You must find the nerve gas bomb and go into the caves to destroy these nests before the raptors spread even further!
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Radio for Help: The computer's back on line, the raptors have been slowed down (for now), but it's a long swim home and this is no time to relax. You need to find the communications room and radio the mainland to send a helicopter to pick you up.
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Reach the Helipad: The helicopter is on its way. Now all you have to do is get to the helipad to be picked up and flown to safety. Will you make it off this tourist trap?
Motion Sensors
Electronic motion sensors are located throughout Jurassic Park. This is how the computer was supposed to keep track of the dinosaurs. When the motion sensors are working, they can detect all moving objects on the island, and can even identify the different types of dinosaurs running free in the park.
Only when these are in operation will your personal short-range motion sensor work. Your personal motion sensor will not work when you are inside a building, but the exterior motion sensors still work, and can be accessed through computer terminals.
If you lose a life, you will return to the last motion sensor you touched.
Communications
When you patch into the main communications network, a translucent window appears over your screen, showing the character talking to you.
Why a translucent window? So you can see the action in progress - dinosaurs don't stop hunting just because you're on the phone! You can make a communication screen solid by pressing the start button, but
Items & Weapons
Cattle Prod
This basic weapon throws out a bolt of electricity which will first stun a dinosaur, then destroy it. It uses energy quickly and must recharge.
Shotgun
The shotgun fires three rounds simultaneously. One or two hits will injure a dinosaur, while three hits will destroy smaller dinosaurs.
Missile Launcher
Upgraded by boxes of missiles, this weapon will destroy a small dinosaur with a single hit.
Tranquilizer Gun
Tranquilizer darts can be collected and used on all dinosaurs, but are most useful for slowing down the enormous tyrannosaur.
Gas Grenade Launcher
Fires stun gas grenades that release a fast-spreading cloud of gas, which is effective against groups of dinosaurs.
Bola
Explosive bolas will spread out and wrap around a dinosaur or a group of dinos, trapping them and then exploding to destroy them.
Dinosaur Eggs
These can be found anywhere on the island and are needed to complete your objectives.
Access Cards
These include security card keys to open doors and personal ID cards, which display their function and a route map when picked up.
Extra Life
Collect to increase your number of lives.
First Aid Kit
Collect to heal your injuries and restore some of your energy.
Batteries
These batteries allow your night vision goggles to turn on automatically when you enter a darkened room.
Nerve Gas Bomb
You will need to find and collect this bomb in order to wipe out the raptor nests.
Food
Collect to restore some of your health.
Bonus Points
Collect to increase your score.
Enemies & Characters
Compsognathus (Compy)
These small carnivores will only attack in packs, weighing you down by their sheer numbers. Their venomous bites will weaken and eventually paralyze you.
Pachycephalosaurus (Headbutter)
These territorial dinosaurs will charge at you with great speed if disturbed, inflicting damage with their bony heads until you leave their territory.
Gallimimus (Ostrich)
These mild herbivores will not attack you but are easily disturbed and quick to stampede, running extremely fast and injuring you if you do not get out of the way.
Velociraptor (Raptor)
These highly intelligent and cunning pack hunters can run up to 60 miles per hour and fell a man in one swipe with their razor-sharp claws.
Dilophosaur (Spitter)
These animals seem playful, but they can spit a blinding, paralyzing venomous projectile at you with speed and accuracy.
Triceratops
Nearly the size of an elephant, these three-horned dinosaurs are easily startled and will charge you.
Tyrannosaurus Rex (T-Rex)
This classic blood-thirsty carnivore stands eighteen feet tall with powerful jaws that can swallow a man whole.
Tips & Maps
Signs
You'll find signs around the island pointing to different landmarks or dinosaur locations.
Attack patterns
Learn the attack patterns of dinosaurs and which weapons are most effective against which dino.
Ground shake
When you feel the ground shake, run for your life!
Map
Make yourself a map to keep track of where things are, like computer terminals.
Elevators
Use elevators to get around inside buildings.
Steps
Look for steps to take you onto roofs of buildings and up mountains.
Forest maze
In the forest maze, jump over poisonous vines.
Electrified grates
You can jump across electrified grates - but you'd better jump far enough!
Triceratops
Don't try to outrun or shoot at the triceratops - just stay out of its way!
Characters
Don't believe everything you're told - one of the characters may not be what they seem!
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