Jurassic Park for the NES was developed and published by the British company Ocean Software and released in the US in June 1993, alongside Steven Spielberg's film. Ocean paid an undisclosed six-figure sum for the licence, and Universal gave the programmers the film script and set photographs to work from.
It is a top-down action game. As Dr. Alan Grant, the player has to rescue Lex and Tim, get the park's computers running again and destroy Velociraptor nests with time bombs. Each of the six levels requires collecting a set number of dinosaur eggs and access cards, and the T. rex appears as an end boss that can only be avoided, never killed. The music was composed by Jon Dunn.
A Game Boy version followed in August 1993. In November 2023 both the NES and Game Boy games were included in Limited Run Games' Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection, which was taken off sale on 31 March 2026.12
Names and releases
| Region | Title on the box | Platform | Date | Publisher | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | Jurassic Park | NES | June 1993 | Ocean Software | 1 |
| NA | Jurassic Park | Game Boy | August 1993 | Ocean Software | 1 |
| EU | Jurassic ParkUK | Game Boy | October 1993 | Ocean Software | 1 |
| EU | Jurassic ParkUK | NES | November 1993 | Ocean Software | 1 |
| WW | Jurassic Park Classic Games CollectionNES version as 'Jurassic Park 8-BIT' and Game Boy version as 'Jurassic Park PORTABLE'; also PS4, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S; delisted 31 March 2026 | Switch | Nov 22, 2023 | Limited Run Games | 2 |
Also known as: Парк Юрского периода RU3
Box art by region
NA Jurassic Park 
EU Jurassic Park
Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: libretro-thumbnails.
Version differences
Reception
Critics praised the graphics, especially the dinosaurs. Computer and Video Games gave the NES version 82/100 and the Game Boy version 89/100, and Nintendo Power ranked it the fourth-best NES game of 1993.1
Sources
Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13
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