Jurassic Park is a 1994 rail shooter video game developed by Sega AM3 and published by Sega for arcades, based on the 1993 film of the same name. The player(s), equipped with the joystick(s), must shoot dinosaurs that appear on-screen throughout the game. The game's graphics blend two-dimensional sprites and three-dimensional polygons to give the sense of movement, making it the first game of its genre to include 3D environments. The arcade cabinet resembles the rear of the first-gen Ford Explorer XLT tour vehicles used in the film. The game includes a moving seat, The player(s) fend(s) off a vehicle from dinosaur attacks with infinite automatic weaponry. A joystick is used to play, rather than a light gun. Dinosaurs include Tyrannosaurus, Velociraptor, Dilophosaurus, Gallimimus, Brachiosaurus, Ankylosaurus and Triceratops as well as the non-dinosaur creatures such as ichthyosaurs and pterosaurs. Tyrannosaurus is the only boss enemy in the game.
Fences and large rocks that block the path of the player(s) must be shot at to avoid running into them. The game ends with the dinosaurs being caged once again.
Edge called the game a "shameful Line of Fire/Rail Chase-style shoot 'em up". Reviewers for Games World: The Magazine rated it 63 out of 100, and also compared it to Rail Chase. They commended the graphics but found that the gameplay soon becomes repetitive.
Shacknews reviewed the game in 2016, and found the graphics outdated compared to other arcade games of the mid-1990s. Shacknews considered the gameplay to be "pretty mindless" for an on-rail shooter, stating that the game could have used more time in development. In 2021, Daniel Kurland of Comic Book Resources called it an "excellent cooperative experience" and stated "the Jeep-like arcade cabinet is a simple but effective touch".
See also
- Jurassic Park
- List of Jurassic Park video games