Developer(s) Appaloosa Interactive Series Jurassic Park Genre(s) Action | Publisher(s) Sega Platform(s) Sega Genesis | |
Release NA: September 16, 1997
EU: October 1997 | ||
The Lost World: Jurassic Park is an action-adventure video game developed by Appaloosa Interactive, and published by Sega for the Sega Genesis. It was released on September 16, 1997.
Contents
The Lost World: Jurassic Park is based on the film of the same name, which in turn is based on the novel by Michael Crichton.
Gameplay
Unlike the previous Jurassic Park games for the Genesis, the game features a bird's-eye view perspective similar to Jurassic Park on the Super NES.
The player assumes the role of an unnamed character who must capture dinosaurs on Isla Sorna, while stopping rival hunters from transporting dinosaurs to the mainland. The game consists of nineteen missions spread across four sections of the island, referred to as Sites One through Four. Boss levels must be played at the end of each Site in order to advance to the next Site.
Two players can work together in Cooperative Mode, or work against each other in Competitive Mode. Weapons such as a taser, tranquilizer gun, shotgun and grenades can be used against hunters and dinosaurs. At times, the player can control vehicles such as an SUV and a hovercraft.
Reception
Game Informer gave the game an 8.25 out of 10 and wrote, "We can honestly say that this game is more fun than the PlayStation/Saturn version. [...] We'd love to see more titles like The Lost World for Genesis. It's entertaining and pushes the Genesis to its limits." Game Informer also praised the game's graphics, but noted "when there's a lot of on-screen action, the slow down does become frustrating."
Other versions
A number of other games were released under the title The Lost World: Jurassic Park for other systems, as well as an arcade game and a pinball game. These games were developed separately by different companies and featured completely different gameplay styles.