<s>
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1994	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
video	O
game	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1993	O
film	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
elements	O
from	O
Michael	O
Crichton	O
's	O
1990	O
novel	O
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
,	O
which	O
the	O
film	O
is	O
based	O
upon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
scientists	O
is	O
sent	O
to	O
collect	O
dinosaur	O
eggs	O
at	O
InGen	O
's	O
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
,	O
a	O
theme	O
park	O
that	O
is	O
populated	O
with	O
genetically	O
engineered	O
dinosaurs	O
and	O
is	O
located	O
on	O
the	O
fictional	O
island	O
of	O
Isla	O
Nublar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
group	O
's	O
helicopter	O
crashes	O
on	O
the	O
island	O
,	O
a	O
survivor	O
–	O
controlled	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
–	O
receives	O
a	O
video	B-Application
message	I-Application
from	O
Emily	O
Shimura	O
,	O
a	O
computer	O
expert	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
is	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
strong	O
emphasis	O
on	O
action	O
sequences	O
which	O
require	O
split-second	O
timing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
must	O
search	O
Isla	O
Nublar	O
to	O
retrieve	O
eggs	O
from	O
seven	O
different	O
dinosaur	O
species	O
and	O
place	O
them	O
in	O
an	O
incubator	O
at	O
the	O
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
visitor	O
center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
is	O
played	O
from	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
,	O
giving	O
the	O
player	O
a	O
panoramic	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
surroundings	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
various	O
tools	O
to	O
interact	O
with	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
trio	O
of	O
weapons	O
to	O
contend	O
with	O
dinosaurs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
1992	O
,	O
Sega	O
spent	O
an	O
estimated	O
$1	O
million	O
to	O
purchase	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sega	O
had	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
logo	O
and	O
some	O
sounds	O
from	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
but	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elements	O
from	O
Michael	O
Crichton	O
's	O
novel	O
,	O
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
,	O
were	O
added	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
video	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
entirely	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
by	O
Sega	O
of	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
point-and-click	O
games	O
were	O
popular	O
on	O
PCs	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
less	O
common	O
on	O
home	B-Device
video	I-Device
game	I-Device
consoles	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
(	O
FMV	O
)	O
sequences	O
were	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
using	O
Cinepak	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
started	O
with	O
30	O
hours	O
of	O
footage	O
and	O
scanned	O
portions	O
of	O
it	O
into	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
team	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
geographical	O
textures	O
and	O
colors	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Background	O
sketches	O
were	O
created	O
by	O
artist	O
Mimi	O
Doggett	O
,	O
and	O
were	O
then	O
converted	O
into	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
and	O
sprites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Afterwards	O
,	O
the	O
footage	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
compressed	B-General_Concept
to	O
be	O
playable	O
on	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
dinosaur	O
designs	O
and	O
other	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
to	O
adhere	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
's	O
limited	O
16-color	O
palette	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
games	O
to	O
utilize	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
QSound	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joel	O
Easley	O
of	O
Scripps	O
Howard	O
News	O
Service	O
considered	O
it	O
the	O
best	O
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
game	O
released	O
up	O
to	O
that	O
point	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
games	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roy	O
Bassave	O
of	O
Knight-Ridder	O
News	O
Service	O
considered	O
the	O
SNES	O
version	O
of	O
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
to	O
be	O
superior	O
,	O
and	O
criticized	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
for	O
the	O
slow	O
loading	O
times	O
needed	O
to	O
generate	O
each	O
new	O
area	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
explores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
was	O
"	O
definitely	O
the	O
most	O
educational	O
and	O
entertaining	O
"	O
video	O
game	O
adaptation	O
of	O
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
as	O
much	O
a	O
classroom	O
tool	O
as	O
an	O
enjoyable	O
game	O
,	O
"	O
although	O
the	O
magazine	O
noted	O
that	O
younger	O
players	O
"	O
may	O
be	O
bored	O
by	O
its	O
detailed	O
gameplay.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Game	B-Device
Players	I-Device
considered	O
it	O
a	O
good	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
"	O
kinda	O
short	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
1994	O
,	O
U.K.	O
magazine	O
Mega	O
placed	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
number	O
9	O
in	O
their	O
Top	O
Mega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
.	O
</s>
