History VideoGame / JurassicParkArcade

[[spoiler: '''SHOOT AT THE HEAD!''']]]]

* DungFu: In the first half of ''The Lost World'' game's 2nd stage, you will come across a ''Mamenchisaurus'' that is about to take a dump, and you must shoot it literally in the ass to avoid getting hit; failing to do so causes you to lose control of your vehicle and land into a patch of sticky mud, forcing you to fend off a pack of raptors before you can leave.

For the Creator/DreamWorksInteractive game created for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation and UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn, see ''VideoGame/TheLostWorldJurassicPark''.

A motion ride RailShooter that supposedly takes place after ''Film/JurassicPark1993''. For some odd reason, you head back to the island and brave the dangers of the rampant dinosaurs in the search for... something. They never really tell you. The game controls with two joysticks to move the crosshairs around to show the dinosaurs while the seat moves with the action on screen, similar to Sega's previous rail shooter, ''VideoGame/RailChase''. The game was, and still is, noticeable for being seen in many a Chuck E Cheese's.

* TheWorfEffect: The T. rex section sees the T. rex throwing the ''Spinosaurus'' off a cliff to demonstrate how dangerous it is. Oddly enough the set up for the levels seems to intend for the ''Spinosaurus'' to be taken last and its section is the most difficult one out of all the levels.

!! Jurassic Park (1994)

A motion ride RailShooter that supposedly takes place after the first ''Film/JurassicPark'' movie. For some odd reason, you head back to the island and brave the dangers of the rampant dinosaurs in the search for...something. They never really tell you. The game controls with two joysticks to move the crosshairs around to show the dinosaurs while the seat moves with the action on screen, similar to Sega's previous rail shooter, ''VideoGame/RailChase''. The game was, and still is, noticeable for being seen in many a Chuck E Cheese's.

!! The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

!! Jurassic Park III (2001)

!! Jurassic Park (2015)

See also ''VideoGame/DinoStrikeWii' for the Wii, a SpiritualSuccessor to the series.

* FakeDifficulty: The first game, in keeping with the design philosophies of many early 90's arcade games, has instances where you will take damage no matter how well you play. It's often cleverly hidden under the fast and hectic pace of the game in general or by having dozens of enemies on screen (such as the hit you WILL take after the triceratops herd burts through the trees), but it becomes obvious in the T-Rex fights, where you will be shooting at the head and it will blatantly NOT take damage as it gets free hits on you.

* FakeDifficulty: The first game, in keeping with the design philosophies of many early 90's arcade games, has instances where you will take damage no matter how well you play. It's often cleverly hidden under the fast pace of the game in general, but it becomes obvious in the T-Rex fights, where you will be shooting at the head and it will blatantly NOT take damage as it gets free hits on you.

* FakeDifficulty: There is ''no way'' to avoid getting hit in the first game.

For the Creator/DreamWorks game created for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation and UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn, see ''VideoGame/TheLostWorldJurassicPark''.

* BareYourMidriff: The female mercenaries in the fourth game.

* AlternateContinuity: All four games exist in their own separate continuities, both from the novels/movies and from each other.

Not surprisingly with the coming of the [[Film/JurassicWorld fourth Jurassic Park film]], a new arcade was commissioned to be released alongside with it, this time being developed by ''Raw Thrills''. It was a mounted gun game and much more faster paced than its predecessors. The plot revolves around you and an [=InGen=] security team trying to return order to the park by catching the three most dangerous dinosaurs -- a Triceratops, a T-Rex, and a Spinosaurus -- but first braving the dangers of various other dinosaurs and non-dinosaurian wildlife before you can get the chance.

* NightmareFuel: The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMqjplQnFkU&list=PLb2gX2J7qrPFmMee0H-CyxQ96t745tCFg&index=15 "Continue"] music in the 1994 game.

* SeldomSeenSpecies: ''Mamenchisaurus'', ''Deinosuchus'', ''Geosternbergia'', (though these were known as ''Pteranodon'' at the time) ''Anhanguera'', ''Dimorphodon'', and ''Pterodaustro'' are featured in the second game.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: The first game especially. It's virtually impossible to get through it without taking a hit.

* SavageSpinosaurs: The third game naturally has a ''Spinosaurus'' as RecurringBoss. The 2015 game also has it as one of the three boss dinosaurs the player is charged with capturing. Despite the T. rex section having it beat the ''Spinosaurus'', the ''Spinosaurus'' section is actually the most difficulty.

* TemperCeratops: The ''Triceratops'' enemies are herbivores, but they will be just as persistent about trying to kill you as the predatory dinosaurs.

* TheWorfEffect: The T. rex section sees the T. rex throw defeat the ''Spinosaurus'' to demonstrate how dangerous it is. Oddly enough the set up for the levels appears to intend for the ''Spinosaurus'' to be talked last and its capture is the most difficulty.

* MixAndMatchCritters: The ''Carnotaurus'' in ''The Lost World'' is a Chameleon-saur, an ability it had in [[Literature/TheLostWorld1995 the novel]].

* SeldomSeenSpecies: ''Mamenchisaurus'', ''Deinosuchus'', ''Geosternbergia'', ''Anhanguera'', ''Dimorphodon'', and ''Pterodaustro'' are featured in the second game.

* FinalBoss: The final fight with the ''T. rex in the original. The male ''T. rex'' in the second game, and the ''Spinosaurus'' in the third game. The player can go after the dinosaurus in any order in the fourth game but the set up encourages going after the ''Spinosaurus'' last. Between that and its difficulty it is the closest thing the game has to a final boss.

* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Averted. In the original game after bumping into a ''triceratops'', the entire herd relentlessly pursues you. The ''Brachiosaurus'' enemies on the other hand don't actually attack you so much as they just get in the way. The second game has ''Mamenchisaurus'' and ''Pachycephalosaurus'' attacking you, and an ''Ankylosaurus'' is a boss in the third game. The fourth game oddly has the ''Brachiosaurus'' trying to eat you, despite being a herbivore. The ''Triceratops'' returns and acts as a boss, and is just as relentless in attacking the player as the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' and SavageSpinosaurs.

* FinalBoss: The final fight with the T. rex in the original. The male T. rex in the second game, and the ''spinosaurus'' in the third game. The player can go after the dinosaurus in any order in the fourth game but the set up encourages going after the ''spinosaurus'' last. Between that and its difficulty it is the closest thing the game has to a final boss.

* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Averted. In the original game after bumping into a ''triceratops'', the entire herd relentlessly pursues you. The ''brachiosaurus'' enemies on the other hand don't actually attack you so much as they just get in the way. The fourth game oddly has the ''brachiosaurus'' trying to eat you, despite being a herbivore. The ''triceratops'' returns and acts as a boss, and is just as relentless in attacking the player as the ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' and SavageSpinosaurs.

* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: The in the 2015 game, the T. rex throws the ''spinosaurus'' off a cliff. The ''spinosaurus'' returns for its segment without a scratch on it.

* RecurringBoss: The T. rex in the original game is fought multiple times, acting as the only enemy that can be considered a boss. The female T. rex is fought twice in the second. The ''Spinosaurus'' takes this role in the third game.

* TookALevelInBadass: The ''Triceratops'' in the 2015 game. In the original arcade game, the triceratops were generic enemies. In the 2015 game, it's a boss that can only be defeated by trapping it and can't be beaten by shooting it.
* TheWorfEffect: The T. rex section sees the T. rex throw defeat the ''spinosaurus'' to demonstrate how dangerous it is. Oddly enough the set up for the levels appears to intend for the ''spinosaurus'' to be talked last and its capture is the most difficulty.

* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Averted. In the original game after bumping into a ''triceratops'', the entire herd relentlessly pursues you. The ''brachiosaurus'' enemies on the other hand don't actually attack you so much as they just get in the way. The fourth game oddly has the ''brachiosaurus'' trying to eat you, despite being a herbivore. The ''triceratops'' returns and acts as a boss, and is just as relentless in attacking the player as the TyrannosaurusRex and SavageSpinosaurs.

* LightningBruiser: The TyrannosaurusRex that chases the player in the original game can run fast enough to keep up with their vehicle and takes a massive amount of damage before going down.

* CarnivoreConfusion: The fourth game inexplicably has brachiosaurs, which should be '''herbivores''', bite at you and some of the human [=NPCs=], with one grabbing one of the latter and apparently '''eating''' him after it goes off-screen.