Jurassic Park III Scan Command

This is where the fun comes in, as you use bar codes to help give them their characteristics. The software comes with a bar code scanner for the capture of these data-bits. It is about 18cm long, made of blue plastic, and looks rather like an oversized marker pen. It needs three AAA batteries to supply its power. The first barcode you need is in the game manual. Thereafter you can wander through the house and beyond, grabbing barcodes from wherever you like. The scanner can store up to 25 bar codes at a time, and you download them to the PC using a serial connection and then create the DNA and powerful dinosaurs. And let the action begin!

Jurassic Park III Scan Commandis a very clever idea. All the scanner really does is collect random sets of numbers, but it's neat, and once you get the hang of scanning, very easy. The multi-level game isn't bad, either.--Sandra Vogel

Plus FREE Dino Defender

A terrible storm has knocked out power in Jurassic Park and the huge dinosaurs are on the rampage. As a member of the elite Dino Defender squadron, it's your job to capture as many dinosaurs as possible while you try to restore power in this dramatic and exciting CD-ROM game.

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Backed by an army of genetically mutated dinosaurs, InGen's evil scientist, Dr Irene Corts, has taken over Jurassic Park. Now she'll stop at nothing to take over the world and keep her cloning operation a secret. You can take back the island, rescue her prisoners and save the world by building your own army of super-charged dinosaurs. Dr Corts must be defeated before it's too late

The adventure begins with a single Velociraptor. Upload special dinosaur DNA from ScanCommand's portable scanner. As you progress, collect and customise five more dinosaurs, including a T-Rex, Triceratops, and Spinosaurus. Command your dinosaurs across six levels with challenging terrains, such as a jungle, swamp, even the interior of a volcano. Guide your dinosaurs over a map of the island, solve tricky puzzles and advance to the next level. Along the way, you'll battle Dr Corts' ferocious, mutant dinosaurs in real-time on 3-D battlefields.

Jurassic Park III Dino Defender
An evil business tycoon has knocked down Jurassic Park's electric fences. Dinosaurs are roaming wild and preying on each other. As a member of the Dino Defenders emergency response team, your mission is to trap or tranquilize the frenzied dinosaurs and save the island. There are six levels of action to master, each inhabited by realistically rendered dinosaurs. You will have at your disposal equipment like steel-clawed gloves, a titanium helmet, a vocal synthesizer (whose purpose will become plain when you play), tranquilizer balls, and steel nets. There are also hidden items, secret paths, and video clips that play each time a new level is conquered.