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CD-Rom from original game developers

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Ok, so random post, but I thought someone here might appreciate this.

I was just going through a box of stuff from my family's storage and came across a CD with a Jurassic Park logo on the front. I put it into my computer and it triggered a memory.

When I was like 12 or 13 I emailed one of the developers of Trespasser and they sent me a CD with poster art, sound clips and trailers. Just a random mix of things.

I was in New Zealand so it was a crazy thing to get posted in the 90s when post was much slower and CDs weren't easy to burn.

Anyways, I thought that someone might want the files in case they were rare.
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Sounds interesting. Definitely worth a look at least. This looks like something tatu or madppiper would handle...
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Welcome to TresCom!

YES! We are very interesting to take a look at this. :)

PS: I've sent you a PM!
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Welcome, Mr Bones, to Jurassic TresCom. That sounds quite interesting! What was your experience of the game growing up?
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Thanks all!

Tatu has been in touch and I'll supply the files. :)

I was so excited about the game growing up, hence how I somehow made contact with the game developers.

I remember playing the game and loving it despite it being an absolute nightmare to run on a PC at the time hahaha.

Still a brilliant game though, so forward thinking and immersive. Attenborough's dialogue is stunning.

I used to frequent the Trespasser sites back in the day. Like waaaaaay back in the day.

Wouldn't it be great if Universal could deliver a great JP game like this today.
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Well, welcome to the Asylum... once you're inside, you can't get out anymore.
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Welcome, and thanks for seeking us out :)
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Marty_Bones wrote:Thanks all!

Tatu has been in touch and I'll supply the files. :)

I was so excited about the game growing up, hence how I somehow made contact with the game developers.

I remember playing the game and loving it despite it being an absolute nightmare to run on a PC at the time hahaha.

Still a brilliant game though, so forward thinking and immersive. Attenborough's dialogue is stunning.

I used to frequent the Trespasser sites back in the day. Like waaaaaay back in the day.

Wouldn't it be great if Universal could deliver a great JP game like this today.
Again thank you for this!
Sadly it didn't have as many content as I was hoping for. However, it appears this was sent in 1997 based on what is on it, so very early.

https://www.trescom.org/download/fan-se ... evelopers/ (115.39 MB)

However, it did have a bit higher resolution of this image (along with no watermark):
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New:
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The rest of the contents:

- One Trespasser art (Higher resolution that we previously had!)
- A scan of the CGW (Computer Gaming World) cover of the March 1997 issue (Earliest known proper Trespasser preview.)
- Two sound effects of Raptor Growl and Raptor Breath dated 1996
- Movie trailers for Jurassic Park and Lost World: Jurassic Park (Appears to be in-house rips due to how some trailers have in-house information that shouldn't be included in trailers shown to public).
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Martin, thanks for sharing! :) And a cool little item to have, better hold onto it ;)
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tatu wrote:
Again thank you for this!
Sadly it didn't have as many content as I was hoping for. However, it appears this was sent in 1997 based on what is on it, so very early.

https://www.trescom.org/download/fan-se ... evelopers/ (115.39 MB)

However, it did have a bit higher resolution of this image (along with no watermark):
Click on Image
(Click on thumbnail for full size)
Image
New:
Click on Image
(Click on thumbnail for full size)
Image
I wish we could get the level (or whatever you want to call it) where those screenshots were taken...
The rest of the contents:

- One Trespasser art (Higher resolution that we previously had!)
- A scan of the CGW (Computer Gaming World) cover of the March 1997 issue (Earliest known proper Trespasser preview.)
- Two sound effects of Raptor Growl and Raptor Breath dated 1996
- Movie trailers for Jurassic Park and Lost World: Jurassic Park (Appears to be in-house rips due to how some trailers have in-house information that shouldn't be included in trailers shown to public).
Great, I'll take a good look at them. And thanks for sharing!
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Just had a look/listen. Nice stuff! I miss when that was the standard resolution size. Anyway, those raptor sounds are nice. Perhaps someone can put them into a mod at some point. I'm surprised they are neither found in Tres nor the films.
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No worries team!

Sorry there wasn't more on there. Like I said to Tatu, those video files of the trailers took up the majority of the CD.

A pretty cool timecapsule though. And something I thought the Trespasser community would appreciate.

Don't worry, the CD sits in storage with a bunch of other random JP stuff.
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Marty_Bones wrote:Don't worry, the CD sits in storage with a bunch of other random JP stuff.
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Greetings from New Zealand, are you still here? Thanks for posting this!
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Oh, that brings me to ask, how is the virus doing there? Last I heard the country was still doing well from an early strick travel lockdown, without much need for measures after that.
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