Franchise file / Michael Crichton
Jurassic Park
Dinosaurs, loose and on payroll
Michael Crichton's dinosaur park has been a game series since the 1993 film, starting with Ocean and Sega tie-ins and growing into Frontier's Jurassic World Evolution park builders.
- 1993
- First game
- 2
- Series
- Michael Crichton
- Creator
One world. Many eras.
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Film tie-ins. Each film brought a wave of action games and children's titles across consoles, PC and arcades. Sega's 1993 game let players take the velociraptor's side, a rare twist for a licence.
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The essentials
Chapters
Series (2)
Jurassic ParkGames based on the Jurassic Park films and Michael Crichton's novels, from 1993 onwards. They range from platformers and shooters to park builders and licensed Lego adventures.Jurassic World EvolutionPark management series from Frontier Developments, first released in 2018. You build and run a dinosaur attraction on Isla Nublar and beyond, and keep both the guests and the animals under control.
A legacy worth revisiting
Life finds a new genre.
The 1993 wave came from Ocean, BlueSky and Sega, each with a different take on the same film. Operation Genesis tried running the park in 2003, and Frontier returned to that idea with Jurassic World Evolution, where keeping the fences up is the whole job.
- 1993 to 2002
- Film tie-ins
- 2003 to present
- Park builders
Scenes that stay with you
Inside the world
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