Jurassic Park III: Dino Defender
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Jurassic Park III: Dino Defender, or just Dino Defender is a 2001 side-scrolling video game as franchise to the movie Jurassic Park III
. The player is depicted as a person in a bio-mechanical suit hired by Jurassic Park to bring power back to the electrified fences and capture all the free-roaming dinosaurs.
. It shows a typhoon raging across Jurassic Park and destroying the fences. The dinosaurs were let loose, and the player is briefed that one must trap all the dinosaurs "before they destroy each other". Since it's too dangerous to deliver it by hand, the helicopters drop gear in supply boxes onto Isla Sorna. "Call boxes" can be used to lure dinosaurs and various other weapons to tranquilize them. "Circuit Breakers" scattered around the island can be switched on to activate the island's electricity. In the first level, the player lands on a beach with a few compys on it. The first circit breaker is on the left, whereas the player must either avoid, distract, or capture the compys. Soon after, the player will run into some raptors in a small cliff. (There is a hidden 4th raptor here) The player advances to the right where they must swim to any underground cavern. (There are two compys up the cliff) Level 2 starts here. The player must advance downwards, capturing all dinosaurs in the way. Left of the first circit breaker is an elevator with another raptor on it. There is another part if the player wishes to capture the remaining raptors and/or compys. Up in the surface is another raptor and Stegosaurus. Level 3 begins here. The player goes up a cliff, jumping over many gaps and dinosaurs (Baby Pteranodon, Adult Pteranodon, Compys, and a raptor.) At the end of the cliff, the player is chased by baby Pteranodons, and encounters a Tyrannosaurus Rex. (The player freezes as to what Dr. Grant says in the movie) The Pterandons distract it while the player escapes. At the 4th level, the T-Rex chases the player and falls down a pit. The player goes down it to turn on the 1st circit breaker while warding off the king of the dinosaurs. Now the player goes into the jungle, encountering Brachiosaurus, Velcoraptor, Pteranodon, and Stegosaurus. After going down a waterfall, the player gets past (possibly the same) the T-Rex. At an elevator, a Spinosaurus arrives and the player escapes on vines. Level 5 starts here. The T-Rex and Spinosaurus face off, with the Spinosaurus fleeing. The player then is in the Tyrannosaurus pen (otherwise known as the Rex Maze) and escapes underground. The player navigates through the hot gas pipes and capturing more Velciraptors. On the other side is the Spinosaurus pen. (Otherwise known as the Spino Maze) The player escapes in the vister center with the dinosaur following. The player must pull switches to cause skeletons to fall on the attacking Spinosaurus. After killing it, a cutscene shows the ending of the game.
At some points in the game, the player will have to swim underwater. When a player is underwater, an "air" gauge appears, which slowly decreases. If the gauge runs out before the player breaks the surface of the water, he dies.
Once the player has completed the game, one is rewarded with trading cards showing the dinosaurs the player has captured, which can be printed out. You must capture all of the dinosaurs of that species to actually get the trading card.
Some other dinosaurs can kill the player; Stegosaurus can kill one with its tail and the Brachiosaurus drops branches down onto the player. In Level 4 the player must jump onto the Brachiosaurus head, however the dinosaur is moving and can knock the player off. The baby Pteranodon is almost like the adult, except they aren't as fast and, apart from the last two that the player meats, don't follow you.
, was produced by the same company and played like a board game. The player would roll a die. If they landed on different spaces, they had to play different minigames, such as one where the player must cross a ravine. It also used Trading Cards, and involved shooting dinosaurs to get DNA. If enough DNA was acquired of the target dinosaur, the player won and could visit Jurassic Park research labs.
Jurassic Park III
Jurassic Park III is a 2001 American science fiction film and the third of the Jurassic Park franchise. It is the only film in the series that is neither directed by Steven Spielberg nor based on a book by Michael Crichton, though numerous scenes in the movie were taken from Crichton's two books,...
. The player is depicted as a person in a bio-mechanical suit hired by Jurassic Park to bring power back to the electrified fences and capture all the free-roaming dinosaurs.
Plot
After the training mission, the player is shown a cutsceneCutscene
A cutscene is a sequence in a video game over which the player has no or only limited control, breaking up the gameplay and used to advance the plot, strengthen the main character's development, introduces enemy characters, and provide background information, atmosphere, dialogue, and clues...
. It shows a typhoon raging across Jurassic Park and destroying the fences. The dinosaurs were let loose, and the player is briefed that one must trap all the dinosaurs "before they destroy each other". Since it's too dangerous to deliver it by hand, the helicopters drop gear in supply boxes onto Isla Sorna. "Call boxes" can be used to lure dinosaurs and various other weapons to tranquilize them. "Circuit Breakers" scattered around the island can be switched on to activate the island's electricity. In the first level, the player lands on a beach with a few compys on it. The first circit breaker is on the left, whereas the player must either avoid, distract, or capture the compys. Soon after, the player will run into some raptors in a small cliff. (There is a hidden 4th raptor here) The player advances to the right where they must swim to any underground cavern. (There are two compys up the cliff) Level 2 starts here. The player must advance downwards, capturing all dinosaurs in the way. Left of the first circit breaker is an elevator with another raptor on it. There is another part if the player wishes to capture the remaining raptors and/or compys. Up in the surface is another raptor and Stegosaurus. Level 3 begins here. The player goes up a cliff, jumping over many gaps and dinosaurs (Baby Pteranodon, Adult Pteranodon, Compys, and a raptor.) At the end of the cliff, the player is chased by baby Pteranodons, and encounters a Tyrannosaurus Rex. (The player freezes as to what Dr. Grant says in the movie) The Pterandons distract it while the player escapes. At the 4th level, the T-Rex chases the player and falls down a pit. The player goes down it to turn on the 1st circit breaker while warding off the king of the dinosaurs. Now the player goes into the jungle, encountering Brachiosaurus, Velcoraptor, Pteranodon, and Stegosaurus. After going down a waterfall, the player gets past (possibly the same) the T-Rex. At an elevator, a Spinosaurus arrives and the player escapes on vines. Level 5 starts here. The T-Rex and Spinosaurus face off, with the Spinosaurus fleeing. The player then is in the Tyrannosaurus pen (otherwise known as the Rex Maze) and escapes underground. The player navigates through the hot gas pipes and capturing more Velciraptors. On the other side is the Spinosaurus pen. (Otherwise known as the Spino Maze) The player escapes in the vister center with the dinosaur following. The player must pull switches to cause skeletons to fall on the attacking Spinosaurus. After killing it, a cutscene shows the ending of the game.
Gameplay
The six levels of Dino Defender consist of fast-paced quick thinking challenges. The player must move around obstacles and find supply boxes, switch on circuit breakers and avoid dinosaurs. To collect gear to capture/tranquilize a certain dinosaur, the player must find a 'supply box' which contains a certain number of both 'call boxes', which are small microphones that play a dinosaur call, causing dinosaurs of that species to investigate. The other supply is gear, which can be a net, a tranquilizer or a distractor flare, which can be used to capture or distract dinosaurs.At some points in the game, the player will have to swim underwater. When a player is underwater, an "air" gauge appears, which slowly decreases. If the gauge runs out before the player breaks the surface of the water, he dies.
Once the player has completed the game, one is rewarded with trading cards showing the dinosaurs the player has captured, which can be printed out. You must capture all of the dinosaurs of that species to actually get the trading card.
Main Dinosaurs
These dinosaurs are the only ones that can be captured. (With the exception of Spinosaurus) If the player touches the dinosaur or goes to a certain area, a cutscene of the dinosaur that kills the player shows it eating the screen. (Or showing the dinosaur with the screen disappearing in the dinosaur's mouth.) The background also changes, depending where the player is playing (Except for Compsognathus, Pterandon, and Tyrannosaurus)- CompsognathusCompsognathusCompsognathus was a small, bipedal, carnivorous theropod dinosaur. The animal was the size of a turkey and lived around 150 million years ago, the early Tithonian stage of the late Jurassic Period, in what is now Europe. Paleontologists have found two well-preserved fossils, one in Germany...
(Levels 1-3) - VelociraptorVelociraptorVelociraptor is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod dinosaur that existed approximately 75 to 71 million years ago during the later part of the Cretaceous Period. Two species are currently recognized, although others have been assigned in the past. The type species is V. mongoliensis; fossils...
(Levels 1-5) - PteranodonPteranodonPteranodon , from the Late Cretaceous geological period of North America in present day Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota, was one of the largest pterosaur genera and had a maximum wingspan of over...
(Levels 3-4) - TyrannosaurusTyrannosaurusTyrannosaurus meaning "tyrant," and sauros meaning "lizard") is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex , commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is a fixture in popular culture. It lived throughout what is now western North America, with a much wider range than other...
(Levels 3-5) - SpinosaurusSpinosaurusSpinosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur which lived in what is now North Africa, from the lower Albian to lower Cenomanian stages of the Cretaceous period, about 112 to 97 million years ago. This genus was first known from Egyptian remains discovered in 1912 and described by German...
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Minor Dinosaurs
- StegosaurusStegosaurusStegosaurus is a genus of armored stegosaurid dinosaur. They lived during the Late Jurassic period , some 155 to 150 million years ago in what is now western North America. In 2006, a specimen of Stegosaurus was announced from Portugal, showing that they were present in Europe as well...
(Levels 2 and 4) - BrachiosaurusBrachiosaurusBrachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America. It was first described by Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 from fossils found in the Grand River Canyon of western Colorado, in the United States. Riggs named the dinosaur Brachiosaurus altithorax,...
(Level 4) - PteranodonPteranodonPteranodon , from the Late Cretaceous geological period of North America in present day Kansas, Alabama, Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota, was one of the largest pterosaur genera and had a maximum wingspan of over...
(Baby) (Level 3)
Non-Dinosaurs
- FishFishFish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
- various fish are seen swimming in the background. - JellyfishJellyfishJellyfish are free-swimming members of the phylum Cnidaria. Medusa is another word for jellyfish, and refers to any free-swimming jellyfish stages in the phylum Cnidaria...
- found in most large bodies of water. They take no notice of the player, and cannot be incapacitated or killed. If the player makes contact with them while underwater, his or her air gauge will decrease much faster. - SeaweedSeaweedSeaweed is a loose, colloquial term encompassing macroscopic, multicellular, benthic marine algae. The term includes some members of the red, brown and green algae...
- while this is not an animal at all, the players air reserve will decrease faster when coming in contact with seaweed moving in the underwater currents. Like the jellyfish, the seaweed, and the danger it poses, cannot be removed.
Sequel
Later the same year, a second game called Jurassic Park III: Danger ZoneJurassic Park III: Danger Zone! (video game)
Jurassic Park III: Danger Zone! is a video boardgame based on Jurassic Park III for the PC. It was released on June 29, 2001. It was developed concurrently with the previously released Jurassic Park III: Dino Defender....
, was produced by the same company and played like a board game. The player would roll a die. If they landed on different spaces, they had to play different minigames, such as one where the player must cross a ravine. It also used Trading Cards, and involved shooting dinosaurs to get DNA. If enough DNA was acquired of the target dinosaur, the player won and could visit Jurassic Park research labs.