version is a port of the NES version, but includes the addition of a database, providing information on the game's dinosaurs. Development and release Ocean Software, a British video game development company, paid an undisclosed six-figure sum to secure the rights to the Jurassic Park license to develop a game based on the film. To aid Ocean Software in creating the game, Universal Studios provided the programmers with various materials related to the film, including the script and photos of the sets. In the United States, Jurassic Park was released in June 1993. Reception Jurassic Park received praise for its graphics, especially its dinosaurs. Paul Rand of Computer and Video Games called it "a sound game that's a little different from the usual platform stuff movie licences always seem to become". Nintendo Power praised the game for its open world, its controls, and its recreation of certain situations from the film, but also wrote that it contained fewer elements of the film than expected. Reviewing the Game Boy version, Nintendo Power criticized the aiming as awkward, but otherwise praised the gameplay, feeling that it has a sense of danger from the film. In a later review, Skyler Miller of AllGame wrote: "Jurassic Park is an uncharacteristically good movie adaptation [...]. As a late era NES game, the visuals are appropriately impressive, and pleasingly depict the various jungle environments and many types of dinosaurs you encounter". Nintendo Power rated Jurassic Park the fourth best NES game of 1993. See also List of Jurassic Park video games References External links Jurassic Park at MobyGames 1993 video games Jurassic Park video games Video games based on adaptations Nintendo Entertainment System games Nintendo Entertainment System-only games Ocean Software games Top-down video games Video games developed in the United States Video games set in Costa Rica Video games set on fictional islands