Data East’s Jurassic Park, released in 1993, was the original pinball adaptation of the dinosaur blockbuster — a fast, gun-toting crowd-pleaser designed by a team including Joe Kaminkow, John Borg, and Ed Cebula, years before Stern’s acclaimed 2019 take on the license. A shaker motor, a captive ball, and a gun-grip launcher give it plenty of theatrical punch, with a six-ball multiball that brings genuine chaos to the island.
The scoring revolves around the Tri-Ball and the dinosaurs. You build toward Tri-Ball, then shoot the left loop for jackpots, hit the CHAOS shots, feed the Rex, and combo the loop and ramp for more — a satisfying, repeatable loop. The game hands you one Smart Missile per game, a button that can instantly start multiball or save a draining ball, though it’s disabled the moment you hit an outlane, so timing is everything. There’s a fun video skill shot, too: pull the gun trigger to gun down a charging T-Rex on the display for ten million.
Lighting all eleven system CRTs enables System Failure, a 45-second six-ball blowout worth a million per target hit, and you’re guaranteed Tri-Ball by ball three no matter what. Loud, brisk, and dripping with early-90s blockbuster energy, the Data East Jurassic Park is a fan favorite of its era — a gun-blazing dinosaur romp that still delivers a roaring good time.