Jurassic Boy 2

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Jurassic Boy 2
System(s): Famicom, Game Boy Color
Publisher: Sachen
Developer: Thin Chen Enterprise, Ei-How Yang
Sound driver: Sachen
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code Rating TW 1994-02-25 NT$? ? TW 199x NT$? ?

Jurassic Boy 2, also known as simply Jurassic BoyMedia:JurassicBoy2 FC TW Box Front.jpg, is an unlicensed Famicom action platform game developed by Thin Chen Enterprise and published by Sachen exclusively in Taiwan in 1994. It was later ported to the Game Boy Color by Ei-How Yang.

The game puts players in control of a pink dinosaur named Chen who sets out to stop the mad scientist Dr. Crachi from kidnapping his family and obtaining the gene required to make "complete dinosaurs" in the future. The gameplay and level designs take direct inspiration from the original Sonic the Hedgehog, while the "2" in the game's title was included solely to capitalize on the popularity of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (as no "Jurassic Boy 1" was ever produced).

Story

“	In the year 2193, "Dinosaurs" become a popular subject again. Scientists all work to try and revive the dinosaurs. Nevertheless, they still lack a special gene. This causes all the dinosaurs they cultivate to be incomplete. Many countries then intend to buy dinosaurian fossils at high prices in order to get the gene. But it seems that it's not so easy. No one can do anything to resolve this problem until Dr. Crachi invents a "Time Space" machine in the year 2197.	„

Gameplay

The first world bears a striking resemblance to Emerald Hill Zone.

Jurassic Boy 2 is an attempt to bring Sonic the Hedgehog-style gameplay to Nintendo's 8-bit Famicom. However, the protagonist Chen cannot perform a Spin Attack like Sonic. The game features seven different Zones.

The Game Boy Color port features altered physics, allowing Chen to jump higher and move faster while mid-air. This version appears to have been designed exclusively with the Game Boy Color in mind - while technically compatible with the earlier black-and-white Game Boy, Jurassic Boy 2 runs at a much slower speed on these systems, and will not physically fit in the cartridge slot without modification.

Screenshots

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Physical scans

Famicom version

Famicom, TW
Cover

NES,

Game Boy Color version

Game Boy Color, TW
Cover
Cart

Game Boy Color, International?
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 491cd95e MD5 05b390a30fd49df561e3973b9843523a SHA-1 203523818a348361584cdebe47aeb860808757fc	384kB		Cartridge (TW)
?	CRC32 44827e74 MD5 073d9629a42758c2d772627d91483693 SHA-1 99bba44cd8ed5f4abc99ce81d97ee879d92069c1	2MB		Cartridge (TW)

References

Unlicensed Sonic the Hedgehog games Somari (1994) | World Heroes 2 (1994) | Sonyc (1995) | Sonic Jam 6 (1998) | Sonic 3D Blast 5 (199x) | Chaoji Yinsu Xiaozi: Super Sonik II (200x) | Sonic 3 Fighter Sonic (200x) Ball Bearing (1993) | Jurassic Boy 2 (1994) | Sonic Dragon (1995) Unlicensed Sonic the Hedgehog hacks of licensed games Sonic | Super Mario & Sonic 2 | Sonic the Hedgehog (1996) | Sonic 6 (1998)