The Lost World: Jurassic Park (handheld game)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park | |
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Publisher(s) | Sega (Game Gear) Tiger (Game.com and R-Zone) THQ (Game Boy) |
Series | Jurassic Park |
Platform(s) | Game Boy, Game Gear, Game.com, R-Zone |
Release | Game BoyGame.com
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Genre(s) | Action |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Lost World: Jurassic Park is the title of several different video games released for handheld video game consoles in 1997. Four versions, each with their own gameplay variations, were developed and published by various companies for the Sega Game Gear, Nintendo's Game Boy, and Tiger Electronics' game.com and R-Zone consoles. Each version is based on the 1997 film of the same name.
Gameplay
The
In the Game Gear version, several organizations have sent hunting teams to Isla Sorna to capture the island's dinosaurs and sell them.[1] The player controls a hunter,[4] who is sent to investigate the current state of the island, and to prevent the hunting teams from achieving their goal. Twelve levels are featured,[1] each one accessed by a world map. In two of the game's later levels, the player plays as a Compsognathus rather than the hunter.[5]
In the Game Boy version, the player's unnamed character
In the game.com version, the player chooses to play as either
In the R-Zone version, the player must survive against Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, and Velociraptor in various jungle island levels. The player can use a motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle.[10]
Development and release
In June 1997,
By December 1997,[13] Tiger Electronics had developed and published their own Lost World video game for their game.com handheld console.[14][15] Tiger also released a version of the game for their R-Zone handheld console in 1997.[10][16] THQ's version, developed by Torus Games,[2] was released in December 1997.[7][17]
Reception
Publication | Score |
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AllGame | (Game.com)[14] |
Nintendo Power | 4.5/10 (Game Boy)[8] |
The Electric Playground | 6.5/10 (Game Boy)[6] |
Nintendo Power, reviewing the Game Boy version, criticized the game's dinosaur and human characters for seeming "overly small." Nintendo Power wrote that the game was unnecessarily awkward because of "poor hit detection and delayed trigger actions while using weapons." Nintendo Power criticized the "Very standard" sound effects and music, but complimented the "nice addition" of a password feature, and ultimately concluded that the game "gives players an easy-to-grasp game world for some Jurassic fun. Once you get beyond the control issue, The Lost World can provide a nice escape."[8]
Victor Lucas of The Electric Playground reviewed the Game Boy version and stated that he was impressed with the game despite it being "far from the quality you'd find in a Nintendo developed platform game for the Game Boy". Lucas praised the game for its variety of dinosaurs, but criticized its simple musical score and "irritating" Compsognathus enemies. Lucas also noted that there was "slippery-slidiness involved in coming to a complete stop. There will be plenty of times that you'll overstep a nasty ledge because of this. The fact that your character can grab and hang onto these ledges is a definite plus in the control department, however."[6]
Brett Alan Weiss of
See also
- Jurassic Park video games
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (video game), a listing of games based on The Lost World: Jurassic Park
References
- ^ a b c "Something has survived". Sega of America. Archived from the original on February 23, 1998.
- ^ a b c "The Lost World". Nintendo.com. Archived from the original on February 5, 1998. Retrieved June 17, 2016.
- ^ AllGame. Archived from the originalon December 11, 2014.
- ^ a b "Universal Pictures and Sega bring The Lost World: Jurassic Park to Sega Saturn, Sega Genesis, Game Gear and the arcade". Sega of America (press release). June 19, 1997. Archived from the original on February 23, 1998.
- ^ "The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Game Gear) gameplay". YouTube.com. July 30, 2010. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e Lucas, Victor (February 10, 1998). "The Lost World (Game Boy) review". The Electric Playground. Archived from the original on May 21, 1998.
- ^ a b "The Lost World: Jurassic Park". THQ. Archived from the original on January 17, 1998.
- ^ a b c d e "The Lost World: Jurassic Park". Nintendo Power. January 1998. pp. 88–93, 99. Retrieved May 13, 2016.
- ^ a b "The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Game.com) gameplay". YouTube.com. October 17, 2011. Archived from the original on 2021-12-13. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
- ^ a b "The Lost World: Jurassic Park (R-Zone) advertisement". Tiger Electronics. 1997. Archived from the original on June 18, 2016.
Enter the R-Zone's "The Lost World: Jurassic Park"! Race for your own survival across a jungle island teeming with dinosaurs! Your choice of motorcycle or all-terrain special vehicle. T-Rex, Triceratops, Raptors and more!
- ^ "THQ's Dinomite Deal". Next Generation. June 4, 1997. Archived from the original on June 5, 1997.
- The Free Library.
- ^ "Video Zone". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 10, 1997. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ^ AllGame. Archived from the originalon November 15, 2014.
- ^ "The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Game.com) back cover". GameFAQs.com. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
- ^ "The Lost World: Jurassic Park (R-Zone)". IGN. Retrieved August 4, 2015.
- ^ "Lose this game and you're lunch". GamePro. December 1997. p. 69. Retrieved July 6, 2017.