Jurassic Park (arcade game)

Jurassic Park
Developer(s)Sega-AM3
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)Juro Watari
Kenji Kanno
Programmer(s)Takeshi Goden
Toshikazu Goi
Kenji Yamamoto
Mari Tsuruzoe
Hideshi Kawatake
Akira Ōe
Composer(s)Saeko Sasaki
Maki Morrow
SeriesJurassic Park
Platform(s)Arcade
Release1994
Genre(s)Rail shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemSega System 32

Jurassic Park is a rail shooter arcade game developed and released by Sega in 1994. It is based on the 1993 film of the same name. The game cabinet resembles the rear of the first-gen Ford Explorer XLT tour vehicles used in the film. The player(s), equipped with the joystick(s), must shoot dinosaurs that appear on-screen throughout the game.

The game includes a moving seat,[1] also used in Sega's 1991 light gun shooter Rail Chase. The seat is powered by hydraulic pistons to move the seat according to action on the screen. The game's graphics blend two-dimensional sprites and three-dimensional polygons to give the sense of movement. Jurassic Park was the first game of this genre to include 3D environments.[citation needed]

The game was followed by two arcade sequels, The Lost World: Jurassic Park in 1997, and Jurassic Park III in 2001. Another arcade game, titled Jurassic Park Arcade, was released in 2015 and is based on the first three films in the Jurassic Park series.

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