Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis

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Created on 06 June 2011 15:54 | Add a comment
This is considerably the best Jurassic Park game out there. You can create a massive park with the Dinosaurs of your choice in it! But there are many other things you can do - just read below
NOTE:If you are going to buy this game, read this through thoroughly. Also, this is for the PC, and it does not list everything.

Dinosaurs


Your main attraction! Dinosaurs are crucial to your park, so look after them!
The first thing you need to know is their Diet. Carnivores are recognisable by their teeth, and (usually) red colour. Herbicores, are green or another close colour and don't look threatening. Small carnivores can be fed goat, and the larger can be fed cows. However, Tyrannosaurus and the likes need larger prey such as Herbivores, or will go on a rampage (NOT good). Herbivores like trees and plants, but you can feed them Paleo bales or plain bales. Herbivores like to have trees around them, it reassures them which might prevent a rampage. Remember to put a water source - a small one can kill!
Next, fencing comes to mind. All dinosaurs need fences, whether it's Herbivore or Carnivore. Most Herbivores need low security fences, however some require medium fences (fences can be upgraded in the Research lab). Carnivores always need Medium or high, however low can be used for some small Carnivores, NEVER for Velociraptors though (they jump 'em). Large Carnivores always need a high Security fence, except a Carchadontesaurus.
Diseases are extremely important! One disease can wipeout your ENTIRE dino population. To make sure they don't die from one, research the disease in the Research lab. If the disease your dinosaur has caught you have not researched, then keep him sedated until the disease has been researched.
The life span of a dinosaur depends on how much DNA you had when you created him. For instance, 50% DNA might last only six months, whereas 100% might last 5 years! Having larger amounts of DNA is better, but it can cost. for example, it took me $40,000 atleast to get 50% DNA for a Velociraptor. $40K is a lot in Jurassic Park, took me a month (10 mins) to collect! To get DNA you need fossils. Fossils can be acquired from the fossil hunting teams, more teams get you fossils quicker. You can also buy fossils. Once you have one you can extract it in the Genetics Lab. The amount of DNA depends on the quality. Low is about 6%, medium (about 10%) and high about 20%. You can also get it from Amber, which you should sell if it is of unique quality ($23K). If not, extract.

Visitors


Visitors are the people that earn you most of the money, so make sure you know what they like!
Mainstream aren't picky, so they don't especially care what's in your park as long as there's Dinosaurs.
Thrill seekers like all the icky, gory stuff like a Carnivore tearing another dinosaurs throat out.
Fun lovers like the opposite, Herbivores in herds playing together, safaris in the herds, and so on.
Dino Nerds are very annoying. They are the majority of visitors and like everything "like it was". Dinosaurs have to be from the same eras in a cage, herbivores have to be in herds, that sort of thing.

Buildings
Your park needs buildings. There are many types of building, so read on!
Attractions are buildings that earn you money, although not as much as the entrance. The main attraction is a Viewing Vent. These are built into the side of the fence. Next, there is a Viewing tower, which views dinosaurs from the air. There is the Viewing Dome, a two part building, one is the entrance and the other is the dome, which is inside the fence. Balloon tours are basically moving Viewing towers. To tell it where to go you have to set way-points, which you cannot exceed 1000 metres with, or five waypoints. Nearly the same is the Land Tour. This is nearly exactly the same but it cannot go through fences, and it needs plenty of room to turn within the fences. Both the tours can take pictures.

Amenties
These include things such as Restrooms, Souvenir Stands, Kiosks, Rest Areas and Entrances. As you can understand, Restrooms are vital to all Visitors, Souvenir stands sell toys, Kiosks sell food, Rest areas are places where visitors regain energy, and Entraces let visitors in and out. You can charge visitors on all of these except the Rest area.

Security
The Dinosaurs are on the rampage! Who you gonna call? Security! These are the most vital parts of your park.
The Ranger Station is a Helicopter Station. You can fly the Helicopter, shoot in it, rescue visitors, use a muster and among other abilities. It can also fly another Ranger station and land (if no one is there already).
Dinosaur Repellers are useful for keeping dinosaurs out of areas you don't want them in. Every so often they need to recharge.
CCTV cameras are useful for keeping an eye on Dangerous Dinosaurs.
Visitor shelters are Buildings which keep visitors in your park in weather problems. They hold up to forty people.
Machine-Gun Turrets are extremely useful. If your saving visitors from a pack of Velociraptors, these turrets waste them instantly! They hold up to 100 bullets, but cost 10 Grand!

Cleaning Stations
The buildings which keep your park clean. They each can hire five people before you have to build a new one. One way to keep your stations down is to place bins by Kiosks and in places where your path gets dirty.

Tips for Building


Make sure the ground is flat. Mountains get in the way of buildings.
Make sure you have full rivers, trees, and make it as large as possible.
Make your park symmetrical. It makes putting new stuff in easy!
Have one hatchery in one cage away from everything. Sedate and move your dinosaurs to your destination from there.
I hope this helps!


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