The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Sega Genesis video game)

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The Lost World: Jurassic Park
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Developer(s) Appaloosa Interactive
Publisher(s) Sega
Producer(s) Steve Hutchins
Designer(s) David Curtis Hill
Mihály Brudnyák
Programmer(s) Ignác Fetser
Composer(s) Attila Héger
Series Jurassic Park
Platform(s) Sega Genesis
Release
  • NA: September 16, 1997 [1]
  • EU: 1997
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

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 in North America. [1] By this time the Genesis was near the end of its commercial lifespan, and months went by between new software releases for the console. [2]

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. [3]

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. [4]

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. [4]

Reception

The Lost World: Jurassic Park on the Sega Genesis received generally favorable reviews. [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Game Informer considered the game to be more entertaining than the PlayStation/Saturn version and praised the graphics that push the Genesis to its limits, but noted that the slowdown becomes frustrating when there is a lot of action on screen. [5] GamePro 's Lawrence Neves found the game's visuals unimpressive by Genesis standards, citing muted colors, simple backgrounds, and small sprites. Neves also described the gameplay as boring. [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 ""The Lost World: Jurassic Park" Now Found on Sega Saturn". Business Wire . September 23, 1997. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2022– via The Free Library.
  2. ↑ "News Bits". GamePro . No. 105. IDG. June 1997. p. 20.
  3. 1 2 Neves, Lawrence (January 1998). "The 16-Bit Gamer's Survival Guide: The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Genesis ProReview)". GamePro . No. 112. IDG. p. 106.
  4. 1 2 "The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Genesis) manual". ReplacementDocs.com. pp. 3, 8, 10–13. Retrieved December 30, 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Genesis At a Glance: The Lost World: Jurassic Park". Game Informer . No. 54. Sunrise Publications. October 1997. p. 64.
  6. 1 2 Herránz, Sonia (October 1997). "Novedades - Mega Drive: The Lost World: Jurassic Park". Hobby Consolas (in Spanish). No. 73. Hobby Press. pp. 112–113.
  7. 1 2 Montón, Raúl (October 1997). "Mega Drive a fondo: The Lost World: Jurassic Park". Superjuegos  [ es ] (in Spanish). No. 66. Grupo Zeta. pp. 110–111.
  8. 1 2 Cordon, Ivan (November 1997). "Mega Drive: Lost World Jurassic Park 2". Ação Games (in Portuguese). No. 121. Editora Azul. p. 14.
  9. 1 2 "Sega Power Review - Mega Drive: The Lost World: Jurassic Park 2". Sega Power (in Greek). No. 3. December 1997. pp. 48–49.
  10. ↑ Marjorie Bros. (November 1997). "Mega: The Lost World: Jurassic Park". Super Game Power  [ pt ] (in Portuguese). No. 44. Nova Cultural  [ pt ]. p. 35.
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