What is the Genesis Archives?
The Genesis Archives is a non-official / fan encyclopedia for the 2003 game "Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis".
The objective with this site is to hold most, if not all information ever given related to the game since the beginning of development to release. That includes the released content that comes in the multiple versions of the game, aswell as cut content, development notes, and other type of stuff.
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We hope to bring these archives in a clean-looking way to help immortalize this wonderful game and its legacy, we plan on adding all the content possible over time to get this site as complete as it can be!
Operation Genesis:
"Hello! My name is John Hammond, and i'm in charge of INGEN, the company that you now work for!"
Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis is a game from the Jurassic Park franchise released in 2003 for PC, PS2 and XBOX, developed by the now closed Blue Tongue Entertainment.
JPOG, for short, is a park building simulator that the main objective is to build the most successful Jurassic Park possible, facing the challenges that the dinosaurs, the islands, and the investors may throw at you.
You can read more about the game here:
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Characters:
"Urgent message from Dr. Sattler!"
As you progress on the construction of the park, you will need help of known characters of the movies, each one of them play a vital role in your campaign and it's important to check each one of them regularly. There are 10 Characters in the game, those being: Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler, John Hammond, Robert Muldoon, Jane Powers, Henry Wu, Peter Ludlow, Ray Arnold, Ranger Pilot and Park Manager's Assistant.
You can read more about the characters here:
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Dig Sites:
"Our agent at the Fossil Market has reported that a new shipment has just arrived."
You can't have dinosaurs without fossils right? The very first step on this process is reaching for Dig Sites that are supervised by Dr. Grant, with them, you can send teams to do excavations in search of fossils and ambers, but you can probably have bad luck and get something more shiny instead..
You can read more about the dig sites here:
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Dinosaurs:
"Ladies and Gentlemen, we wish to announce, that the jurassic carnivore: Ceratosaurus, is now on display, please enjoy!"
The De-Extinct Prehistoric Fauna, or just Dinosaurs for short, are for sure the heart and soul of Jurassic Park! With 25 species on release, and even more that were sadly cut, you can build the Jurassic Park of your dreams with the iconic movie dinosaurs such as the Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops or Velociraptor, or perhaps rely on the new species the game adds such as Torosaurus, Albertosaurus, Dryosaurus and more!
You can read more about the dinosaurs here:
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Research:
"Update: Your Scientists have developed a vaccine for Dino-Flu."
With the assistance of Dr. Henry Wu, you must do the proper research to make a functional park. Research includes various things such as vaccines for diseases, new attractions, new security protocols, and so goes on. Without them, the park would fall faster than it was raised.
You can read more about the research here:
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Exercises:
"Any port in a Storm"
Need some help on your first steps into creating a dinosaur safari island? Not a problem, the Exercises are here for you, formed by 9 different levels, in which 4 are tutorial guides, you can put your skills into practice and learn about the basics of the gameplay, a good way of getting into the game for the new players
You can read more about the exercises here:
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Missions:
"Good job, you've got the rifle!
Now drive to the visitor shelter indicated on the radar and rescue
Mr. Hammond."
Prepare your equipment, either your rifle, your camera, or the helicopter, you're going on a mission!
The JPOG Missions section has 10 different missions that have 4 unique types of gameplay applied to them, each one with their own objective and scenario. A quite interesting way to test your skills on photography, driving, or shooting.
You can read more about the missions here:
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Timeline:
"65 Millions of Years in the making!"
By the time this is being written, JPOG is 17 years old, that's quite a long period of time for a game, specially one that didn't got post-release support. Despite that, JPOG still holds a large amount of History to be shown during its development and anticipation days, that is listed in the Timeline section of the Site, where you can read in detail the major events that happened during JPOG's Build up, since the announcement, to the creation of this site!
You can read more about the Timeline of JPOG here:
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Soundtrack:
"FlyBy"
Composed by Stephan Schutze, the Operation Genesis' Soundtrack is a marvelous addition to the Jurassic Franchise collection of Scores, calm and peaceful, but also dangerous and adventurous, the tracks get the right tone for the right moments, and help to make the gameplay such a good experience.
You can read more about the soundtrack here:
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Cut Content:
"Let your visitors test their aim in the ultimate shooting gallery. You must stock only carnivores."
From the Hunting Platform, to Hotels, Petting Zoos, Pterosaurs, Baryonyx, VET Trucks, and many other stuff that sadly never made it into the main game, this section focuses on holding all the cut content into one page. Perhaps in an alternative timeline, the community got the full game, who knows.
You can read more about the cut content here:
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