1993 · Data East
Jurassic Park
Known for Smart Missile, Control Room, Raptor Pit and T-Rex. Tropical sunset sky, silhouetted palm trees, park entrance gate with floodlights and dense jungle foliage.
- Year
- 1993
- Maker
- Data East
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- Dot matrix
- Players
- 4
Known for
- button
Smart Missile
- scoop
Control Room
- kicker
Raptor Pit
- Toy
T-Rex
- Captive ball
Captive ball
- Wizard mode
System Failure
- Multiball
Tri-Ball
On the playfield
Toy 1
- T-Rex
Orbits 2
- Helicopter Pad loop
- Visitor's Center
Holes 5
- Control Room scoop
- Power Shed scoop
- Bunker scoop
- Boat Dock saucer
- Raptor Pit kicker
Captive ball 1
- Captive ball
Bumper 1
- Turbo Bumpers
Target 1
- Dinosaur targets
Controls 2
- Smart Missile button
- Gun trigger plunger
Lights 1
- Danger light
On the backglass
Who and what
- creature Tyrannosaurus-like dinosaur head and neck filling the upper centre, mouth wide open showing two rows of white teeth and a dark pink tongue, yellow eye with black pupil, mottled olive and tan scaly skin
- creature Small juvenile dinosaur held in the arms of the man at lower left, head turned right, teeth showing
- creature Second small dinosaur head with open red-lined mouth poking up at bottom centre, between the man with glasses and the crouching boy
- man Lower left-centre, dark hair, dark sunglasses, white open shirt, cradling the small dinosaur in his arms
- woman Far lower left, long dark hair, dark jacket, facing right
- man Safari hat and red neckerchief, dark clothing, standing behind the man with glasses
Setting
- Tropical sunset sky
- Silhouetted palm trees
- Park entrance gate with floodlights
- Dense jungle foliage
Text on it
- DATA EAST
- JURASSIC PARK
- TM
How it plays
-
Modes 9
- Stampede
- Escape Isla Nublar
- Bone Busting
- Mosquito
- Raptor Rampage
- System Boot
- Spitter Attack
- Electric Fence
- Shootout
-
Multiballs 4
- Tri-Ball
- Six-Ball 6-ball
- Raptor Two-Ball 2-ball
- Super Egg Mania
-
Goals 3
- Chaos
- Mr. DNA
- Computer Screens
-
Awards 1
- Super Pops
-
Wizard modes 1
- System Failure
Made by
- Design
- Joe Kaminkow
- Design
- John Borg
- Design
- Ed Cebula
- Art
- Markus Rothkranz
- Software
- Neil Falconer
- Software
- Lonnie D. Ropp
- Software
- John Carpenter
- Sound & Music
- Brian Schmidt
- Music
- John Williams
- Display animation
- Jack Liddon
- Display animation
- Kurt Andersen
Reference
Linked terms
- Control Room also called Control Room scoop
- Power Shed also called Power Shed target
- Boat Dock also called Boat Dock shots
- T-Rex also called T-Rex feed also called Feed T-Rex
- Helicopter Pad also called upper loop also called Helicopter Pad loop
- Dinosaur targets also called Species
- Turbo Bumpers also called Pops
- Tri-Ball also called Tri-Ball Jackpot
- Raptor Two-Ball also called Two-Ball also called 2-Ball
- Super Egg Mania also called Egg Mania
- Mr. DNA also called Mr. DNA mystery award
- Computer Screens also called Screen
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- yellow
- green
- blue
- red
Fingerprint: Jurassic park, huge curved transparent ramp left mid-field across right, T-Rex skull painted left lane entrance, lower apron eight retro-computer instruction cards 1980s software windows, RAPTOR RAMPAGE FEED T-REX BONE BASTARDS labels, three cartoon khaki explorers row above cards, one shrugging arms spread, river valley mottled olive green tan, tropical ferns broad leaves, blue river winding center.
A huge curved transparent ramp arcs from the left mid-field across to the right, with a T-Rex skull painted at the left lane entrance. The lower apron is dominated by a bank of eight retro-computer-style instruction cards styled like 1980s software windows, labelled 'RAPTOR RAMPAGE', 'FEED T-REX' and 'BONE BASTARDS', next to a big orange-and-black 'SMART MISSILE PER GAME' display. Three cartoon explorers in khaki expedition gear stand in a row above the cards, one shrugging with arms spread. A mirrored 'JURASSIC PARK' logo band runs across the upper playfield behind the ramp glass.
Setting
- Dense jungle ferns and broad tropical leaves
- River valley with blue water
- Red steel truss bridge
- Stone cliff faces at upper left
- Rocky outcrops and ferns on right side
Symbols
- Playing-card suit pips scattered on upper left
- Stars and black dot patterns on the upper left ramp glass
- Dinosaur skulls
- Card-suit pips on the ramp art
- Amber specimen jar motif
- Computer terminal / software-window graphic panels
- Red arrow and chevron shapes
- Target circles with concentric rings
Notable shapes
- Huge arcing translucent ramp
- Eight retro-computer instruction cards
- Orange-rimmed rectangular smart-missile display
- Two yellow triangular slingshots
- Round concentric-ring targets scattered across the river area
Art motifs
- Volcanic lava-orange glow at the top centre
- Fossilised bone iconography
- Retro 8-bit computer window graphics
- Airbrushed jungle foliage
- Painted chrome steel truss bridge
Themes
- Dinosaurs
- Jungle
- Paleontology expedition
- Amber specimen scanning
- Rampage
- Arcade adventure
Title on it
- Jurassic park
Text on it
- JURASSIC PARK
- 2 BALL
- RAPTOR RAMPAGE
- LITE EXTRA BALL
- FEED T-REX
- SYSTEM BOOT
- COMPLETE ALL SPECIMEN SCANS FOR MAXIMUM POINTS
- MULTI MISSIONS MILLIONS
- SNOOPER CAMERA
- ESCAPE VIA NUBLAR
- BONE BASTARDS
- SMART MISSILE PER GAME
- SHOOT AGAIN
- ELECTRIC FENCES
- SPOTTER ATTACK
- HOLD EITHER FLIPPER FOR INSTANT INFO.
- TO T-REX
- LOCK BOUNTY
- DINOSAURS
- RATED
- THE
- EARTH
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Central explorer in wide-brimmed brown hat, cream open shirt and khaki shorts, arms spread in a shrug, cartoonish painted face |
| Man | Explorer to his left in khaki pith helmet and vest, holding a coiled rope or cable |
| Man | Second explorer further left in pith helmet and khaki clothing, partly hidden by playfield hardware |
| Woman | Dark-haired woman on the right in a torn white shirt, grinning, framed by ferns |
| Creature | Large dinosaur skull with orange teeth and dark eye socket emerging from greenery on the right mid-field |
| Creature | Painted dinosaur skull and jaw motif at the left ramp lane entrance |
| Vehicle | Yellow and red dinosaur-shaped vehicle or jeep artwork on the left side ramp area |
A photographed early-1990s-style solid-state playfield seen through a smoked plastic ramp, with a jungle-park rampage theme. The upper half shows a river valley painted in mottled olive green and tan, ringed by dense tropical ferns and broad leaves, with a blue river winding down the centre and a red steel truss bridge crossing the middle. A large curved ramp arcs across the middle of the field with a painted dinosaur skull motif. On the lower apron sits a cartoon-ish explorer man in a brown wide-brimmed hat, cream shirt and khaki shorts, arms outstretched in a shrug. Beside him on the left stand two further explorers in khaki pith helmets and vests, one holding a coiled rope or cable. On the right, a dark-haired woman in a torn white shirt grins beside dense foliage. Above her a dinosaur skull with orange teeth emerges from the greenery. Lower playfield furniture is white-framed and plastic: two yellow-bodied slingshots with orange rubber, two yellow flippers with red rubber, round white bumper caps with red rings, and a grid of eight rectangular instruction cards with white faces and black lettering on red, yellow and green backgrounds. Dominant colours: yellow, green, blue, red.
Playfield
- turquoise
- green
- orange
- brown
Fingerprint: Jurassic Park, enormous screaming Tyrannosaurus head bursting from rock face at top-left red mouth yellow eye dominating upper playfield, grid of playing-card-shaped drop targets in lower center labeled with mode names standing upright, two bright yellow-orange jaw-shaped plastics flanking card grid with rows of white teeth, WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH banner in cream on dark green, jungle-river setting turquoise-green-ochre-orange with comic-book realism
The most memorable feature is the enormous screaming Tyrannosaurus head bursting out of a rock face at the top left, its red mouth interior and yellow eye dominating the upper playfield. Second is the playfield's unusual drop-target bank: instead of plain targets, the lower centre is covered in a grid of printed playing cards, each carrying a different mode name, arranged like a hand of cards standing upright. Third, the two bright yellow-orange plastics flanking that card grid are shaped like open dinosaur jaws with rows of white teeth. Fourth, the top banner WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH in cream capitals on dark green. Fifth, a large explorer figure in a pith helmet and khaki shirt aiming a rifle on the right side of the playfield.
Setting
- Dense jungle foliage and ferns
- Blue river running across the centre of the playfield
- Rocky cliff faces and stone outcrops
- A wooden expedition gate and rope bridge at upper right
- Pale sky at the very top
- Paper instruction cards taped across the black lower apron
Symbols
- Playing cards
- Rifle
- Pith helmet
- Rope bridge
- Waterfall
- Fern fronds
- Sawblade-tooth plastics
- Card-suit style icon circles
Notable shapes
- The gaping t-rex head emerging from a rock face
- Two yellow-orange jaw-shaped plastics with white teeth flanking the card bank
- A grid of upright playing-card targets
- A red round shoot again button between the flippers
Art motifs
- Outlined comic-book painting
- Airbrushed rock and water textures
- Printed card-grid drop targets
Themes
- Dinosaurs
- Jungle expedition
- River
- Palaeontology adventure
Title on it
- Jurassic park
Text on it
- WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH
- JURASSIC PARK
- RAPTOR RAMPAGE
- LITE EXTRA BALL
- FEED FREX
- STOMP
- CATCH THE FLY
- SEEK N DESTROY
- ESCAPE VELOCIRAPTOR
- MULTI KILL
- MULTI WEAPON
- RAPTOR ATTACK
- ELECTRIC FENCES
- SMART MISSILE PER GAME
- SHOOT AGAIN
- 2X SCORE
- NEED 2 X'S FOR PADDLE BOUNTY WHEN LIT COLLECT
- SMALL DIAMOND FOR INSTANT ACTION
- FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
- 504-1 PLAYFIELD
- 75c - 2 PL
- $1.00 - 3 PL
- 3 BALLS PER GAME
- HOLD FLIPPERS FOR INSTANT ACTION WHEN LIT
- SEE DISPLAY FOR REPLAY VALUE
- MINIMUM CHARGES - 3c
- LIFE SKILL TREE
- ADJUSTMENT
- GAME OVER
- TILT
- CREDIT
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Animal | A huge tyrannosaurus-like head, red mouth interior, rows of white teeth, yellow eye, bursting through a grey-brown rocky outcrop at upper left |
| Animal | A grey-green dinosaur standing among ferns at the top right corner, head lowered |
| Animal | A second dinosaur head or skull motif embedded in the rock artwork below the large t-rex |
| Man | An adult male explorer in a khaki shirt and pith helmet on the right side, aiming a long rifle, painted in a comic-realistic style |
| Man | An adult male in a tan shirt and dark trousers crouching left of centre, holding a long pole or rifle |
| Creature | A green reptile head motif near the left side of the river |
A brightly coloured, heavily illustrated playfield seen through glass under a cabinet, with a jungle-and-river setting in turquoise, green, ochre and orange. At the very top, above the playfield proper, a banner reads WHEN DINOSAURS RULED THE EARTH in cream block letters on a dark green band. A huge red-and-black Tyrannosaurus-like head with a gaping toothed jaw and a yellow eye bursts through a rocky outcrop at upper left, backed by a jungle of ferns, a waterfall and a distant blue-grey dinosaur. A wooden expedition gate and a rope bridge span the upper-right area, with a grey-green dinosaur emerging from foliage at the top right corner. Across the middle runs a wide blue river with light-blue current lines. On the right, a man in a khaki shirt and pith helmet stands aiming a rifle, and a second crouching man in a tan shirt and dark trousers holds a pole further left; both are painted in a comic-book realistic style. The lower half is packed with playing-card-shaped drop targets printed like an array of labelled buttons, flanked by two yellow-orange sawblade/dinosaur-jaw plastics. Two yellow flipper bats with red rubber rings sit low centre above a red SHOOT AGAIN button. Paper instruction cards and a white pricing card are taped to the black metal apron.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- orange
- yellow
- black
- white
Fingerprint: Gigantic Tyrannosaurus head with wide-open toothed mouth rearing from sunset behind title, enormous white-outlined red-striped JURASSIC PARK lettering arched across middle, row of torch-bearing visitors and man cradling small dinosaur at bottom, palm-tree silhouettes framing fiery orange sky, cinematic dinosaur action
A gigantic Tyrannosaurus head with a wide-open toothed mouth rearing out of the sunset behind the title, dominating the upper two-thirds of the glass. The enormous white-outlined red-striped title lettering arched across the middle is nearly as wide as the glass itself. A row of torch-bearing visitors and a man cradling a small dinosaur across the bottom, with a floodlit entrance gate glowing at lower right. Palm-tree silhouettes and a starburst low sun frame the fiery orange sky.
Setting
- Tropical sunset sky
- Silhouetted palm trees
- Park entrance gate with floodlights
- Dense jungle foliage
Symbols
- Tyrannosaurus head
- Two juvenile dinosaurs
- Palm trees
- Flaming torches
- Starburst sun
- Floodlit entrance gate
- Yellow-outlined corner logo
Lettering
- Huge condensed white sans-serif capitals with a red inner stripe and thick black outline and drop shadow, arched across the centre; small yellow stacked capitals inside an outlined emblem in the top left corner
Themes
- Dinosaurs
- Jungle
- Adventure
- Film adaptation
- Tropical island
Title on it
- Jurassic park
Text on it
- DATA EAST
- JURASSIC PARK
- TM
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Creature | Tyrannosaurus-like dinosaur head and neck filling the upper centre, mouth wide open showing two rows of white teeth and a dark pink tongue, yellow eye with black pupil, mottled olive and tan scaly skin |
| Creature | Small juvenile dinosaur held in the arms of the man at lower left, head turned right, teeth showing |
| Creature | Second small dinosaur head with open red-lined mouth poking up at bottom centre, between the man with glasses and the crouching boy |
| Man | Lower left-centre, dark hair, dark sunglasses, white open shirt, cradling the small dinosaur in his arms |
| Woman | Far lower left, long dark hair, dark jacket, facing right |
| Man | Safari hat and red neckerchief, dark clothing, standing behind the man with glasses |
| Man | Older grey-bearded man in a pale yellow open shirt, centre of the group |
| Woman | Blonde with shoulder-length hair, standing just right of centre |
| Child | Dark-haired boy crouching at bottom centre-right, lit from below |
| Man | Tall, dark curly hair, open shirt, at the right end of the group, holding a flaming torch |
| Other | Several silhouetted visitor figures walking through the floodlit gate area at lower right, some carrying torches |
A painted backglass with a huge open-mouthed Tyrannosaurus head bursting up from the centre-left, its yellow eye and rows of white teeth set against a blazing orange and yellow sunset sky streaked with red clouds. A white starburst sun sits low on the left horizon behind black palm-tree silhouettes, and tall dark palm fronds and foliage frame the right edge. Across the middle, enormous white block capitals with a red inner stripe and heavy black drop shadow spell JURASSIC PARK, arched slightly over the scene. Below the title a montage of about ten human figures runs along the bottom: a man in a white shirt and dark glasses holding a small raptor dinosaur in his arms at lower left, a dark-haired woman in a dark jacket, a figure in a safari hat and red scarf, a grey-bearded older man in a pale yellow shirt, a blonde woman, a crouching boy, and a tall man in an open shirt at right, several carrying flaming torches. A second small dinosaur head with a red interior mouth peeks up near the bottom centre. The lower right shows an illuminated park entrance gate with a lit sign panel, floodlit floodlights, and silhouetted visitors walking towards it. A small yellow-outlined maker's logo sits in the top left corner. Style is airbrushed cinematic poster illustration with strong warm-to-dark contrast.