Trespasser (video game)

Trespasser
Developer(s)DreamWorks Interactive
Publisher(s)Electronic Arts
Producer(s)Seamus Blackley
Designer(s)Austin Grossman
Programmer(s)Andrew Grant
Mark Langerak
Artist(s)Terry Izumi
Kyle McKisic
Philip Salas
Composer(s)Bill Brown
SeriesJurassic Park
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
Genre(s)Action-adventure, first-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Trespasser is a 1998 action-adventure video game developed by DreamWorks Interactive and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows. The game serves as a sequel to the 1997 film The Lost World: Jurassic Park,[2][3] taking place a year after the film's events. Players control Anne, the sole survivor of a plane crash that leaves her stranded on a remote island with genetically engineered dinosaurs. It features the voices of Minnie Driver as Anne and Richard Attenborough as John Hammond, reprising his role from the film series.

The game engine of Trespasser was advanced for its time and required a fast and powerful computer to adequately display the game's detailed graphics without pixelation artifacts.[4] Upon release, the game received mixed to negative reviews and disappointed many critics,[5] with GameSpot declaring it "the worst game of 1998".[6] The mixed reception is believed to have been caused by rushing the development to reach the 1998 release date and the game's overly ambitious and advanced nature.[7]

  1. ^ "Trespasser to Intrude on Gamers". GameSpot. October 22, 1998. Archived from the original on February 21, 2001. Retrieved October 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "E3: a whiz-bang preview of next year's digital thrills". CNN. June 21, 1997. Archived from the original on April 15, 2000.
  3. ^ "Trespasser to Intrude on Gamers". GameSpot. October 22, 1998. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
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  6. ^ Worst Game of the Year – GameSpot.com
  7. ^ "Jurassic Park: Trespasser remake aims to make good on long-lost promises". joystiq.com. Retrieved March 14, 2015.