History VideoGame / JurassicParkIIIDinoDefender

Aimed primarily at younger players (in terms of atmosphere, [[NintendoHard if not difficulty]]), the player is a [[HeroicMime silent]], armored figure only referred to as “Dino Defender”, an employee for Jurassic Park. A massive typhoon has hit the famed dinosaur park, knocking out the power and setting the dinosaurs free. Now, Dino Defender has to travel across the island, turning on circuit breakers across the park to bring the power back, and capture any and all dinosaurs he can find.

The game certainly isn’t the worst, and is slightly better than most cheap licensed games of the time, but its unusual protagonist, brutal difficulty later on, and somewhat clunky handling left it largely forgotten, though it does have its fans.

* ArmorIsUseless: Despite wearing what looks like an advanced PowerArmor suit, the title character is killed by just about every hazard in the game. Even brushing up against some kinds of seaweed will cause your air to deplete while underwater.
* {{Checkpoint}}: The circuit breakers count as one, you’ll respawn at them after getting killed.

* CosmeticAward: Your reward for capturing all of a certain species of dinosaur is… a printable dinosaur fact card of that species.

* InstantSedation: Pteranodons and raptors are tranquilized using gas bombs that knock out the animal they hit on the spot. However, you can only carry up to two bombs at a time, and they don’t work on the animal they’re not meant for. The Compies get a similar “bomb”, but it captures them in a net, instead.
* JustifiedTutorial: The game has a tutorial level that’s explained in-universe as a training arena for the protagonist.

* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Touching a dinosaur triggers a short POV cinematic showing the dinosaur killing the viewer. Similar death screens show Dino Defender falling down a chasm and getting dragged away by a giant jellyfish, and there are many, many other ways to die that don’t get these cinematics.
* OffscreenStartBonus: Brutally inverted. The game starts you off on a sandy beach, facing right, with a Compy behind you on the left side of the screen trying to get your attention. Follow the Compy to the left, and… it leads you to an ambush of several more Compies, who will kill you on the spot.
* OneHitPointWonder Dino Defender will be instantly killed by almost every hazard on the island. The only exception is the Compies, but they drain your health so quickly that it barely matters. Underwater, however, he gains an air meter that gets drained faster by touching jellyfish and some seaweed.
* PuzzleBoss: A Spinosaurus is the FinalBoss, and they’ll confront you in the visitor’s center. The only way to beat them is to flick four switches that hold the nearby dinosaur skeletons up, sending them crashing down onto the predator.
* RaptorAttack: Velociraptors – based on the males from Jurassic Park III – can be found all across the game, and are the most common foes the game will throw at you.

* TerrifyingTyrannosaur: At least one T. rex can be found in the later levels, and she’s best avoided at all costs.

* ThrowingTheDistraction: Throwing a “Call Box” will lure the dinosaur the box was meant for to a certain location, letting the player set up a trap.

* TrialAndErrorGameplay: The game loves letting the player walk into traps without warning. Mercifully, there’s no life counter, so the player’s free to learn from their mistakes.
* VocalDissonance: Some of the dinosaurs sound nothing like they do in the Jurassic Park movies. The rex’s roar, in particular, is clearly an elephant call.

* PteroSoarer: Surprisingly, the Pteranodon in the game are more accurate than the ones in Jurassic Park III, being smaller and toothless. That said, they’re still extremely aggressive, and will attack you on the spot (though this may be justified by the fact that they seem to be nesting).

* KingOfTheDinosaurs: At least one T. rex can be found in the later levels, and she’s best avoided at all costs.

The following year, ''Jurassic Park III: Danger Zone'' was released, a digital board game you can play with friends. A massive earthquake hit the park, destroying the entire stock of dinosaur DNA. The player(s) needs to dart their selected dinosaurs and collect their DNA.

The following year, ''Jurassic Park III: Danger Zone'' was released, a digital board game you can play with friends.

* OneHitPointWonder Dino Defender will be instantly killed by almost every hazard in the game. The only exception is the Compies, but they drain your health so quickly that it barely matters.

* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Getting killed by a dinosaur triggers a short POV cinematic showing the dinosaur killing the viewer. Similar death screens show Dino Defender falling down a chasm and getting dragged away by a giant jellyfish, and there are many, many other ways to die that don’t get these cinematics.

A 2001 LicensedGame designed to cash in on the then-recent release of ''Film/JurassicParkIII'', by Knowledge Adventure for the PC.

The game certainly isn’t the worst, and is slightly better than most cheap licensed games of the time, but its unusual protagonist, brutal difficulty later on, and somewhat clunky handling ensure it’s mostly remembered by the most dedicated fans of the Jurassic Park franchise.

Aimed primarily at younger players (in terms of atmosphere, {{NintendoHard if not difficulty}}), the player is a {{HeroicMime silent}}, armored figure only referred to as “Dino Defender”, an employee for Jurassic Park. A massive typhoon has hit the famed dinosaur park, knocking out the power and setting the dinosaurs free. Now, Dino Defender has to travel across the island, turning on circuit breakers across the park to bring the power back, and capture any and all dinosaurs he can find.