Jurassic Park: The Game

How to Play

Windows

The game has been tested on Windows 7 64-bit, Windows 8, Windows 10 and Windows 11, it works fine, the game supports widescreen resolutions up to 4K. You may experience some small troubles when you play the game on modern systems, check our Guide and Notes for details

Install & play guide:

• Mount the ISO image with disc image utility, like WinCDEmu, UltraISO, Alcohol 52%/Alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools Lite, etc. Or extract the files from ISO image with WinRAR or similar tool
• Install the game (if autorun doesn't work - simply launch the installation from Setup.exe inside the disc). It is recommended to install the game not in default path, but in some other, non-system folder, like C:/Games/Jurassic Park The Game
• Launch the game and play. If the game doesn't work - run it in compatibility mode with Windows XP or another old version of Windows OS (Windows 2000, Windows 7, etc.). To do that right click on exe-file -> Properties -> Compatibility -> Set "Run this app in compatibility mode with Windows XP" and "Run as administrator"

The ISO image is for 2012 retail DVD release by Kalypso, it includes the latest version of the game with all fixes. This version is DRM-Free, you can simply install & play. The game is multilingual, with English, French & German languages, the language can be selected in the main menu

Notes:

• If the installation doesn't start - try to launch Setup.exe in compatibility mode with old version of Windows (98, 2000 or XP)
• It is recommended to install all versions of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable and NET Framework for the correct work of the game. Also it is recommended to install K-Lite Codec Pack for the correct work of in-game videos
• The game works on DirectX 9, so if you're using Windows 8, 8.1, 10 or 11 - you need to enable DirectPlay: Go to Control Panel, and select 'Programs'. Select 'Turn Windows features on and off', click on 'Legacy Components' and check the box 'DirectPlay'. Select OK, once the installation is done, restart your computer
• If you get the error "Sorry, this account is not authorized to access this game" - use NoCD, simply replace the exe-file in Jurassic Park The Game/GameData folder
• If the game doesn't start - unplug gamepad or any other controllers connected to your computer, leave only mouse & keyboard
• If the game doesn't run or you see only the black screen after the start: add JurassicPark101.exe (or JurassicPark100.exe, depends on the game version) in Jurassic Park The Game/GameData folder to the list of DEP (Data Execution Prevention) exceptions, here's the guide with pictures how to add any app to DEP exceptions list
• At the first start the game asks you how you want to play: with mouse & keyboard or with controller. However, the game doesn't let you to change the control mode at the next launches. To do that you need to edit the Windows Registry: press Win+R, type regedit.exe to run Windows Registry editor, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Telltale Games\JPGameplay path and set your control mode - for keyboard and mouse, set InputSelect to 1 and Controls to true; for controller, set InputSelect to 0 and Controls to false. Repeat these steps if you need to change the control mode again; here's also a guide with pictures
• Sometimes changing the screen resolution hard locks the game, so you cannot launch it again. To fix it you need to restore default screen resolution in Windows Registry: open Windows Registry editor (press Win+R -> type regedit.exe), go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Telltale Games\JPGraphics path and delete the registry entries for the resolution's 'X' and 'Y' values. It will restore the screen resolution settings to default
• If the next episode/scenario is still locked after you completed the previous one - you can unlock them in Windows Registry. To unlock a new episode in scenario, open Windows Registry editor (press Win+R -> type regedit.exe), go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Telltale Games\JPScore"*" (where "*" is the numbered scenario), create a new chain with the number of the episode to unlock and change the value to 0. To unlock a new scenario: go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Telltale Games\JPScenario, create a new chain "Unlocked Episode "*" (where "*" is the number of the episode) and create a key "JPScore "*" in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Telltale Games (where "*" is the numbered scenario). Here's also the guide with pictures
• There's a bug in game when mouse cursor or action icons in Quick Time Events may disappear. If you don't see mouse cursor or action icons - use the fix for disappearing mouse cursor, simply copy the exe-file to Jurassic Park The Game/GameData folder; that fix was made for digital download version but should work with retail release too. If it didn't work - while in game press Spacebar or Esc to pause the game, select Load and press "Yes" to reload the latest checkpoint, the mouse cursor and actions icons should appear again
• The game natively supports high and wide screen resolutions up to 4K. If you want to play in ultrawide screen resolution - use Telltale Widescreen Patcher. Check this page to see the example screenshots how the game looks in ultrawide resolution
• There could be a bug in game when you can't select higher than 1280x1024 screen resolution in settings. But you can change it manually in Windows Registry: open Windows Registry editor (press Win+R -> type regedit.exe), go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Telltale Games\JPGraphics or HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Telltale Games\JPGraphics and change ResX and ResY values for required screen resolution (i.e. your desktop resolution). After that the game should launch in new screen resolution, check this guide for more details
• If you have a random FPS drops - open in-game settings and change Graphical Settings from Highest to High. It will disable depth-of-field effect in the game but framerate will be more stable
• The game has many unofficial translation patches: Spanish, Italian, Polish, Russian and Brazilian Portuguese. If you have Steam version of the game, we recommend to check Steam guides for instructions how to install translation patches on Steam version
• The game has support of controllers, but the game probably won't work with all types of controllers. If the game doesn't recognize your controller or you see the error "Gamepad is not working" - try to put dinput8.dll in Jurassic Park The Game/GameData folder, next to exe-file, it should help. That dll-file is from Windows 7 installation DVD, but it should work on later Windows OS too; check this guide for more details
• If it didn't help - try to use one of the additional tools from PCGamingWiki guide for controllers. For example, on some systems the game doesn't recognize X360 gamepad, so you will have to use x360ce or similar utility
• Don't forget to check PCGamingWiki if you have troubles!

Mac

Notes:

• The installer is for digital download version, this version includes English, French & German languages, the language can be selected in menu. Please note that the Mac version is compatbile only with 32-bit macOS and does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later. Visit MacintoshGarden for more details about Mac version
• There's also an unofficial Italian translation patch that translates in-game texts & textures. Also it seems that translation patches of other languages, available for Windows version, should work on Mac version too, but we couldn't test it