The Mega Drive / Genesis also received a Lost World game from SEGA. If you can look past its flaws and the occasionally unfair difficulty, you're in for a treat. This is an often overlooked game that is very entertaining. Your not without defence, however, as you're also given a gun and later a bazooka, which will make easy pickings of most enemies. What will annoy is again the number of enemies that will swarm on you and take you out. You are given a Bionic Commando style rope gun in these sections which allows you to swing between platforms and it controls very well. The human sections are by far the most fun. Because of the T-Rex's large size, dead enemies return much closer to you than the other characters, making fights a frustrating experience. The re-spawning enemies are much more of a problem here. There's little platforming here as you basically attack men with guns and hope your life-bar can handle it.
These levels require a lot more fighting if you don't want to be overwhelmed by the frequently re-spawning enemies.ĭespite the huge appeal of controlling palaeontology's greatest discovery, the T-Rex is perhaps the least entertaining of the levels. The raptor is similar, but his attacks have a lot more bite. Sure you can have a munch on other small beasts but your best bet is to dodge as many as you can and get to the end. The compy is a tiny creature so your attacks aren't very strong. You can play as a gun-toting human, a tiny compy (or compsognathus if you can pronounce it - I can barely type it), a vicious velociraptor and, for the very first time, a huge Tyrannosaurus Rex!Įach play very differently. You are basically tasked with making sure various dinos and humans survive to the end of each level. In fact, there's no plot here whatsoever. The game's plot has even less to do with the movie than the arcade game. What we got was by no means a bad game, but there are a lot of flaws that mar what could've been a classic and gritty platform game amongst the many bright and cartoony contemporaries. Jurassic Park: The Lost World arcade gameĭreamWorks Interactive and Electronic Arts had the rights to release their own game for the 32bit generation. SEGA uses the license very well here so it's a shame that no home port came about. The simple game-play and bombastic nature is what made them perfect for sucking up your loose change. It's to be expected to have very little depth in this genre and The Lost World is no exception. Funnily enough in both iterations, this huge ocean dweller completely steals the show. In one particularly memorable boss battle, you fight a Mosasaur, a sea creature that wouldn't be seen on the big screen until Jurassic World. The plot diverts drastically from the movie, which gives the developers much more scope for invention. One alternative path requires you to shoot a Brachiosaurus in order to dodge his incoming bowel movements. This adds to the replay value greatly and also leads to some humorous asides.
There are moments on each of the five levels that allow for diversions and alternative paths in a similar way to House of the Dead 2. The full 3D environments allow for a lot more detail on screen with a level design that feels true to the film and like a real location. The Lost World is a light gun shooter, much like the first game. Unfortunately, no home version of their Jurassic Park arcade games exist. This board would also bring such classics as Virtua Fighter 3 and SEGA Rally 2 to your local bowling alley, many would see perfect ports on the ill-fated Dreamcast. SEGA again had the arcade rights to the license and this time they took advantage of their impressive Model 3 hardware. Let's start with the game that not many will be familiar with.
Are they as varied and vibrant as those that came before? Let's find out. Much like the first movie, there were many games based on the blockbuster. Released in the summer of 1997, The Lost World may have it's detractors but it's filled with memorable and iconic directorial touches that still leaves me in awe. I still have a soft spot for Steven Spielberg's sequel to Jurassic Park.
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