Jurassic Park Video Games - Jurassic Park III (2001)

Jurassic Park III (2001)

To coincide with the third film in the series, Jurassic Park III — the first film not based on a Michael Crichton novel and not directed by Steven Spielberg — a number of software related merchandise items for the PC, Arcade and Game Boy Advance were released.

A side scrolling platformer primarily aimed at a younger audience was released, titled Jurassic Park III: Dino Defender, and its accompaniment Jurassic Park III: Danger Zone!, developed and published by Knowledge Adventure for PC. The game possessed noticeably brighter graphics and a lighter atmosphere than the previous platformers in the series.

A 3D action game titled Jurassic Park III: Scan Command, was also developed and published by Vivendi Universal Games for PC. This game came with a barcode scanner accessory which was used to scan barcodes which were then converted to DNA pieces in the game. The plotline was rather strange for a Jurassic Park story. It revolved around an evil scientist at InGen taking over the park with an army of dinosaurs and clones of people called Primos that were recreated from an ancient tribe that once resided on the island and referred to the dinosaurs as the "Great Protectors". In the game a group of kids try to save the park by using dinosaurs which can be controlled by a radio transmitter that submits commands to the dinosaurs to fight the evil scientist's dinosaurs. The DNA pieces were used to modify the player's dinosaurs. The player controlled multiple dinosaurs, and issued commands in real-time during fights.

A light gun game for arcades was released under the name Jurassic Park III, only this time published by Konami, and features a motion sensor system similar to that of Police 911.

A number of other games were released on the Game Boy Advance:

• Jurassic Park III: Island Attack was developed by Mobile21, published by Konami Corporation, and released prior to the film's first screening. The game was an isometric action adventure game, where one plays Dr. Alan Grant trying to escape the island by reaching the rescue boat on the other side by means of traversing the 8 different game environments. The game allows the player to choose to run from many of the enemies encountered, or collect and use items to destroy them. The levels were also long and considerably hard.
• Jurassic Park III: The DNA Factor was released on the 30 July to coincide with the release of Jurassic Park III. It was developed by Konami Computer Entertainment Hawaii and was a side scrolling platformer with many puzzle solving elements. The game allows you to choose from a professional photographer or pilot to search the island for DNA of dinosaurs featured in the Jurassic Park series. Each level involves fighting dinosaurs while searching for all of the DNA to open the exit. Then, using that DNA collected, you must correctly create different species of dinosaurs, which becomes increasingly complex as the game progresses.
• Jurassic Park III: Park Builder was released on the 30 September by Konami Computer Entertainment. The game operated like many Sim or God games, such as SimCity and Theme Park World where the user views the game from an omnipotent perspective tailoring a virtual amusement park, that includes building rides, shops, food outlets, dino facilities and more.

Announced in 2001, Jurassic Park: Survival was a third-person adventure game in development by Savage Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. However due to conflicts with Vivendi Universal over payments, the title was canceled.

Jurassic Park: Dinosaur Battles (PC): A game similar to Scan Command, Dinosaur Battles was a game where a group of teens were taken to Isla Sorna on an expedition led by Harrison Manly to view wildlife at Casablanca Nature Reserve. However, Manly decides not to use a map and wounded up on the island Isla Sorna. Soon they are attacked by a dinosaur. The children become scattered around the island and Manly flees the island on a motorized raft. You play as an agent of which the government or company is unknown. You para-sail to the island with a Dino-voc, a device similar to the scanner, in which you control your dinosaur with. You walk through the island rescuing the scattered children while facing dinosaurs controlled by the same evil scientist from Scan Command. You also find new dinosaurs when progressing to the next world (part of the island). The dinosaurs grow progressively harder. Eventually you will have Velociraptor (original starter dino), Stegosaurus, Triceratops, Ankylosaurus, Tyrannosaurus, and Spinosaurus. Knowledge Adventure produced the game. Another version of the game without the Jurassic Park name and a few cut scenes, was created by Knowledge Adventure and Jump-Start.