<s>
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1993	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
BlueSky	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
includes	O
elements	O
from	O
Michael	O
Crichton	O
's	O
1990	O
novel	O
,	O
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
,	O
on	O
which	O
the	O
film	O
is	O
based	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
financial	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
and	O
its	O
merchandise	O
,	O
Sega	O
released	O
a	O
sequel	O
video	O
game	O
titled	O
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
:	I-Application
Rampage	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
is	O
a	O
standard	O
side-scrolling	O
action	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
with	O
platform	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
features	O
a	O
then-uncommon	O
variation	O
in	O
action	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
giving	O
players	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
using	O
two	O
characters	O
that	O
played	O
independently	O
to	O
one	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
playable	O
as	O
either	O
paleontologist	O
Dr.	O
Alan	O
Grant	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
Velociraptor	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
playing	O
as	O
Grant	O
,	O
his	O
objective	O
is	O
to	O
navigate	O
through	O
seven	O
areas	O
of	O
Isla	O
Nublar	O
,	O
and	O
make	O
it	O
safely	O
to	O
the	O
Visitors	O
Center	O
to	O
escape	O
via	O
helicopter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Velociraptor	B-Device
player	O
character	O
can	O
jump	O
higher	O
than	O
Grant	O
,	O
and	O
run	O
much	O
faster	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
can	O
only	O
attack	O
from	O
close-range	O
using	O
its	O
teeth	O
and	O
claws	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Raptor	O
's	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
elude	O
(	O
or	O
eliminate	O
)	O
the	O
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
security	O
guards	O
,	O
and	O
corner	O
Grant	O
at	O
the	O
Visitors	O
Center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Acclaim	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
Activision	O
had	O
both	O
bid	O
for	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
produce	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
,	O
but	O
lost	O
to	O
Sega	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Doug	O
TenNapel	O
,	O
who	O
created	O
Earthworm	B-Application
Jim	I-Application
,	O
was	O
the	O
lead	O
artist	O
for	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
by	O
Sega	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
using	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
computers	O
at	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
new	O
development	O
facility	O
;	O
such	O
computers	O
were	O
previously	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
computer-generated	O
dinosaurs	O
for	O
the	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
$	O
75,000	O
Velociraptor	B-Device
puppet	O
from	O
the	O
film	O
was	O
also	O
used	O
for	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
game	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
featured	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
presence	O
of	O
procompsognathus	O
and	O
pteranodons	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Jungle	O
River	O
attraction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
used	O
the	O
film	O
's	O
original	O
planned	O
ending	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
Grant	O
would	O
eliminate	O
the	O
velociraptors	B-Device
by	O
manipulating	O
a	O
Tyrannosaurus	O
rex	O
skeleton	O
in	O
the	O
visitor	O
center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
film-based	O
video	O
game	O
to	O
give	O
players	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
playing	O
as	O
a	O
protagonist	O
or	O
antagonist	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
on	O
August	O
10	O
,	O
1993	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
to	O
utilize	O
Sega	O
's	O
new	O
ratings	O
system	O
,	O
receiving	O
a	O
GA	O
(	O
General	O
Audiences	O
)	O
rating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
William	O
Schiffmann	O
of	O
the	O
Associated	O
Press	O
favorably	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Flashback	B-Application
,	O
and	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
winner	O
"	O
,	O
writing	O
that	O
"	O
playing	O
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
is	O
as	O
much	O
fun	O
as	O
seeing	O
the	O
movie	O
—	O
maybe	O
better	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joel	O
Easley	O
of	O
Scripps	O
Howard	O
News	O
Service	O
considered	O
the	O
game	O
too	O
easy	O
,	O
and	O
criticized	O
the	O
background	O
graphics	O
,	O
although	O
he	O
praised	O
the	O
"	O
awesome	O
"	O
designs	O
of	O
the	O
main	O
characters	O
and	O
T	O
.	O
rex	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
cool	O
"	O
ability	O
to	O
play	O
as	O
either	O
Grant	O
or	O
the	O
Velociraptor	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pat	O
Ferguson	O
,	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
industry	O
analyst	O
,	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
character	O
choices	O
"	O
the	O
great	O
hook	O
here	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
Sega	O
"	O
has	O
combined	O
all	O
the	O
best	O
of	O
16-bit	O
video	O
games	O
in	O
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
later	O
review	O
for	O
AllGame	O
,	O
Christopher	O
Michael	O
Baker	O
praised	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
play	O
as	O
either	O
Grant	O
or	O
the	O
Velociraptor	B-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
sound	O
effects	O
and	O
intelligence	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
dinosaurs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Informer	O
declared	O
the	O
Genesis	O
version	O
of	O
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
somewhat	O
superior	O
to	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	I-Application
in	O
a	O
2012	O
comparison	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
