Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues is a video game, a non-canonical

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 continuation of the Jurassic Park

Jurassic Park (franchise)

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 series for the SNES

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 and Game Boy

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. The game predicts that faith in the Jurassic Park concept is undiminished after the first game's events, and that International Genetics Technologies

InGen

InGen is a fictional genetic engineering company appearing in the Jurassic Park franchise of novels, films and other media.-Narrative:...

 intends to reestablish control. In the meantime, the island is vulnerable to outside attack.

Jurassic Park 2 featured a cinematic opening (complete with audio dialogue, a rarity at the time) explaining that the main competitor of InGen, Biosyn, is sending in troops and scientists in an attempt to gain control of Isla Nublar for their own purposes. The instruction booklet indicates that InGen CEO

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 John Hammond has personally asked Dr. Alan Grant (First Player) and a soldier named Michael Wolfskin (Second Player) to bring the island under control after Biosyn's attack. The game is based on an original sequel story to the original Jurassic Park film.

Gameplay

Jurassic Park 2 follows up its impressive cut scene with conventional side-scrolling run and gun style. The player(s) can select their level from a list and play through the game's stages in any order; however, "emergency" missions also appear after each level is completed, and the order of these stages does not change. Some stages offer a simple flat design, some have a platforming

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 focus and others feature a maze of doorways which must be navigated to locate the exit.

Grant and Wolfskin can choose among three lethal weapons (rifle, machine gun, shotgun), and three non-lethal weapons (electric stun gun, tranquilizer gun, and gas grenade launcher). The lethal rounds are effective against humans and dinosaurs, while the non-lethal rounds are designed to incapacitate dinosaurs without killing them, so as to preserve InGen's investment; if the number of dinosaurs killed with lethal weapons by the player becomes too high, the game will end. Non-lethal rounds do not affect humans, while killing Raptors with lethal rounds will not affect the number of dinosaurs killed.

Missions

• Raptor Attack: The InGen field HQ is being compromised by a large influx of Velociraptors. The only practical solution will be to Infiltrate the installation and activate the Security Gas System to stop and cull the infestation.
• T-Rex Carnage: Biosyn have freed the Tyrannosaurus
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  , and it must be stopped before it causes too much damage.
• Blockade: Clear out an InGen
  InGen
  InGen is a fictional genetic engineering company appearing in the Jurassic Park franchise of novels, films and other media.-Narrative:...
  
   installation occupied by Biosyn attackers and safeguard sensitive data.
• High Ptera: Reach the top of a mountain and secure the mainland communications radio tower for repairs, while limiting deaths of pterodactyls.
• Search and Destroy: Locate a Velociraptor nest, illegally established by Biosyn, within a volcano
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   and destroy it using explosives.
• Protect the Gallimimus: Biosyn have been slaughtering Gallimimus for their research on dinosaur DNA and are plotting to airlift some live specimens out of Isla Nublar. Protect the Gallimimus
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  herds and foil their inhumane theft operation.
• Biosyn field HQ: Thanks to the information of an InGen Scout, Grant and Wolfskin now know the location of Biosyn's field HQ on Isla Nublar and must move in to evict them by force.
• Disarm the Bombs: The Biosyn Task Force, routed by the loss of their field HQ, have initiated a "last-ditch" operation: Destabilize Isla Nublar's volcano cave network with time bombs and destroy Jurassic Park in a volcanic eruption.
• T-Rex Scuffle: A malfunction in the time bombs has sealed the fate of Isla Nublar and evacuation is the only course left to Grant and Wolfskin. Unfortunately for them, the renegade tyrannosaurus rex is in pursuit which has made a final battle with the apex predator due. This mission is only available in Normal and Hard Mode.
• Escape: Fleeing from Isla Nublar inside an Agusta A109, Grant and Wolfskin must fend off an intercepting CH-147 staffed by vengeful Biosyn soldiers and armed with bombs, missiles, and a vulcan. Only available in Hard Mode.

Reception

The game has received a mixed to positive reception over the years. Praise is commonly given to its fast paced side-scrolling game-play, comic book-style animated intro, play control, two-player co-op feature, sound effects and level graphic design. However, criticism has been given to it's lack of passwords or save system. The player(s) are only given six continues (which act as "lives".) to complete the game. And combined with the fact that there are no mid-level checkpoints, many consider this game to be much more difficult to complete then its predecessor , especially on Hard Mode. Overall, the game has developed a cult following over the years and is somewhat considered to be an over-looked gem in the SNES library.