Jurassic Park for DOS

[Jon]

Alright, as you know there have been many games based on Jurassic Park for console systems (Nintendo, Sega, 3DO), but has anyone ever seen the PC version?

Well now you have! A friend of mine, David, sent me the zipped up game for a Dos-PC, but he was unable to get it to work on his Windows-based system. Windows XP (and Windows 9X/NT) allow(ed) 16K per DOS application regardless. A month later, I found a DOS emulator that allowed you to provide the right amount of memory to run this game. Believe it or not I was only 586K for which the game needed to run in DOS.

Okay. Enough of that. Below are the required files & emulator.

Required Files:

Dos-Box for Windows, v 0.62: http://www.jpdatabase.net/db_games/s_jpdos/...2-installer.exe.

Dos-Box for other platforms (Apple, Linux), go here: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/download.php?main=1

Jurassic Park, v 1.35: http://www.jpdatabase.net/db_games/s_jpdos/jurassic.zip

...Okay, now to get it running...

Extract jurassic.zip to the main drive (or where ever you want) such as C:\jurassic.

Install Dos-Box. Launch Dox-Box.

IMPORTANT: Mount the dictionary with a drive letter...So if you extracted jurassic.zip to C:\jurassic\ and want to use drive letter C - follow this:

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MOUNT C C:\jurassic

Otherwise, follow this general example:

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MOUNT <Insert a Letter A - Y> <Dictionary you are calling here>

Once mounted call up the letter you mounted: EG; C: <Enter>From C:\ (or whatever you are using), Type: jp or JP.EXE <Enter>Now, you're in the game!

If the game runs slow, follow the README for steps on how to increase the speed. Note, if you are running a 1GHz or faster, don’t expect the game to run fast. I know this for a fact since it runs slow on all my Desktops and Laptop. It's in the coding the game sine it was made on a 286-based machine.

The best thing to do is either increase the CPU usage of Dos-Box: Ctrl + F12; (Decreasing CPU usage: Ctrl + F11) - I found running at 5500 Cycles works better on a 1.6GHz Centrino. I have yet to test it on another Pentium or AMD. If you have found a working CPU usage, post a reply.

*or*

Increase Skip Frames: Ctrl + F8 (Decrease Frame Skips: Ctrl + F7)

Well, that’s all! Have fun!

If you need help, go here: http://www.jpdatabase.net/db_games/s_jpdos/...ssic%20park.htm

[JPjunkie]

I love this game. I remember it being played on a new computer at Wal-mart one day.

It orginally was made for the Amiga systems.

Really great game. Good info!

[JPXTom]

Wow, awesome! I always wanted to try this! Thanks!

[Terrorvogel]

Hey, this sounds yust cool!
But, I've gut yost one Problem: How can I enter this two signs in the DOS-BOX?

: and \

I hope anyone can help me?! /blink.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":blink:" border="0" alt="blink.gif" />

[Jon]

For that, there is an FAQ on the official Dos-Box site. It has something to do with non-US standard keyboards.

[Terrorvogel]

On the Dos-Box-Site which I've found I can't find anything about that! It is called:
http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/apps/DosBox/de/

Please, could you send me the correct adresse?
By the way: Cool Jurassic Park page!!!!

[Terrorvogel]

Okay, I've fixed the problem, but I still can't star the game! If I enter C:\jurassic or C:\jurassic\JP.EXE on the sreen appears:
illegal command...

[Jon]

you have to follow the directions I typed up.

Z:\> Mount C C:\jurassic <enter>
Z:\> C: <enter>
C:\> JP <enter>

[the ARK]

I once spent 2 days straight trying to get this game to work. /tongue.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" />

[Jon]

Well it works perfectly now! /smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":)" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />