The House of the Dead...with Dinosaurs! The Lost World: Jurassic Park! Sega's Model 3 Arcade HIT!

[@RotaryCookie]

The Carnotaurus had chameleon-like camouflage abilities in The Lost World novel, hard to gameify that so I reckon going invisible was the compromise to keep things exciting while retaining the theme from the book 👍🏻

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Learned something new today :)

[@claimhsolais3466]

In regards to the "invincible" dinosaur, the green Carnotaurus: Back in the original novel, it was revealed that JP's dinosaurs are actually hybrids of various creatures, such as birds and reptiles, since much of their original DNA was destroyed. In other JP media, they expanded the idea in more depth, by specifying which species they used in order to "glue together" their DNA. Amongst those, were chameleons, were they can blend with their involvements, hence appear as invincible. The same idea was later reused for Jurassic World, but very few people actually know that Lost World the arcade game did that first! Thanks for your video, I'm a huge Jurassic Park fan so naturally I love it!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

So much Dino lore I never knew existed

[@claimhsolais3466]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Just saying I've been following the channel ever since you started posting on obscuregamers. I respect your efforts and I do hope that eventually Jurassic Park Survival for the PS2/XBOX would surface, one of the most elusive unreleased games ever.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

You never know. Lots of stuff has been surfacing lately

[@AmirMoosavi]

Played the Special Edition in Burjuman Mall in Dubai back in '97 or '98. As a kid it was daunting and frightening climbing into the massive cabinet where the doors shut.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

That’s one I wish still existed somewhere. I don’t know of a single special edition can put there any more

[@alexgeorge501]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Hope one day someone tracks down an intact arcade board from that "Special Edition"

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I wish. I haven’t heard anyone even having any leads

[@alexgeorge501]

@@VideoGameEsoterica When you get a lead be sure to let us know!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Will do

[@srvuk]

Looks great. Whilst invisible Dinosaurs may seem odd, that man and dinosaur never co-existed either, artistic licence is a good thing.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha yes maybe I’m nitpicking

[@markh384]

A truly stunning game. I remember playing this in the 1990's in the arcade! Really addictive game too and outstanding at the time. Thanks for your excellent reviews.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Glad you enjoyed it and yes it’s an awesome game

[@Jabjabs]

And yet again you have a game I have not thought about for about 25 years. Little did I know at the time but we had the best arcade ever.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

That era IMO was the best. 90s 3D arcade games on custom hardware that could blow away what we had at home was the best time

[@micThurrr]

I wish this came to the dreamcast

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Me too. Me toooo

[@sadierobotics]

Jurassic World actually added an invisible dinosaur! They made a hybrid dinosaur with chameleon DNA that basically gives it active camouflage like a Predator. I think the carnotaurus is going with a similar idea: either it was spliced with chameleon DNA (instead of frog DNA like the othe dinos) or it just naturally has chameleon-like camouflage (we wouldn't be able to tell from fossils).

[@sega_kid4288]

Chameleons don’t turn “invisible” and their color does really have to do with camouflage as much as it has to do with its temperature and emotional state.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Man what can’t dinosaurs do

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

My emotional state is chameleon today lol. Tired

[@weinerschnitzel7]

You should read the Jurrasic Park and The Lost World novels, or the audio books. All of the dino lore you are looking for is there. Carnotaurus was a big part of the 2nd novel, and the movie completely diverted from it

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I just want some stegosaurus content. The king of dinosaurs lol

[@DRAGONKZ]

Great review! I managed to pick up one of these cabinets last year and feel privileged to have it in my lineup!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Awesome grab!

[@beez1598]

I pumped so many quarters in this game back in the day.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It deserved all of them

[@guillaumeverdin]

They used to have a cabinet in a game center in Paris (the only one still existing there afaik) but I don't think they still had it last time I was there, a few years ago already...

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

It’s getting harder and harder to find

[@thrillhouse_vanhouten]

I have fond memories of playing this at the mall, back when malls had arcade machines. True story: one time I was at the mall killing time before I was supposed to start work at noon, and I put a dollar into this machine and started playing a credit. As I was doing so, an announcement came over the PA saying that in recognition of November 11th (Remembrance Day), the mall would now observe a moment of silence. The moment of silence was ruined by the bombastic sounds of this game echoing through the solemn halls. It was very embarrassing.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I miss the days of arcades just being everywhere

[@ViegasSilva]

3:30 paleontologist

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

What did I say?

[@blakegriplingph]

Sega Model 3 was way ahead of its time. It helps that the board's basically a cost-reduced version of those professional flight simulator cabinets.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Model 3 has held up better over the decades since it’s release than any other piece of arcade hardware from that era IMO

[@METR0lD]

Sega were the kings of the arcade back in the day for me. Even their more middling games like this were still a good time.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Middling? Middling?? That cheese has gone to your head son

[@METR0lD]

😏

[@RetroLunatics]

Great review as always

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Glad you enjoyed :)

[@hexebyte_music]

Omg, now I NEED an Escape From NY Sega light gun game in my life. 😭

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Seriously we all do

[@ajdothack]

I have this pcb I love it, found it on my local arcade dumpster brand new :v, fun faq the inputs for the guns are analog can be wired to mechanical guns or old pc joystick, great review!!!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

You found it in a dumpster????

[@ajdothack]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Exactly as it sounds. Well next to it, Was on the floor, took it home and after some tlc is on perfectly working condition.

[@SRC267]

Waiting for this to be fixed in MAME, it freezes on my phone at the start of the first level

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Supermodel is what you want

[@JoeMilazzo]

What light gun are you using for this one? How do you play? On the computer or casted to a CRT? @@VideoGameEsoterica

[@beingsupersonic7499]

I was thinking the same about the graphics. If I had to try and pinpoint it I’d say it’s the use of colour, it has a fairly drab palette coupled with the lack of detail in parts. Regarding the phasing Dinosaur maybe Curien has been experimenting on it, a shared universe!🤣

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Curien is always up to no good

[@caio_mancinigtr]

awesome! so youre playing with a gun4ir right? I have a guncon 3 here. is there a way to make it work in emulators? cheers dude!

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

There is but I haven’t done it in forever. But you can somehow use it as a mouse cursor

[@AfterBurnerTeirusu]

Not related to JP3, but the og Data East Jurassic Park pinball has a great soundtrack. (and a lot of collectors are ruining them with audio mods which replace it with the movie score lol)

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Pinball is such a blind spot for me. I suck at it

[@Slammer661]

are you using mame to emulate this?

[@richarddukard8989]

What are the chances that model 2 games can get ported to the mister?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

50/50 in my opinion

[@Slammer661]

How many light gun jurassic park games are there? I remember when I was a kid playing one inside a jeep model arcade. That shit was so fun, took alot of my money. I remember a desert level

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

From Sega or in general?

[@Slammer661]

In general for Jurassic park

[@Slammer661]

I think this is the game I payed as a kid at the arcades

[@VMC_Boy]

That is indeed the one. You would almost expect a racing game looking at the outside. I haven't played a huge number of arcade games but remember this one fondly.

[@Ragesauce]

Played this at an arcade with my mom.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

I bet she schooled you on shooting Dino’s

[@Ragesauce]

@@VideoGameEsoterica Yea she used to shoot real ones as a kid.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

🤣

[@sunderark]

What a coincidence. I played this at an arcade with your mom too.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

🤣 nice

[@manofsteelix]

Need a pocket core for this haha

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Lol if only

[@ImmortalGodEmperor]

so now I'm curious, what _is_ your favorite movie?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

So hard to answer. Changes by my mood

[@RyRyTheBassGuy]

Never got to play this in the arcades since it was a dollar game. Should've sucked it up at least once.

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yeah they weren’t cheap to play

[@troymcdonald]

Playing with a Sinden… Where is the boarder?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Did I say Sinden? I was using GUn4IR. Maybe I misspoke. I have a Sinden as well

[@troymcdonald]

@@VideoGameEsoterica yeah ya did.. 🤣 I’m waiting for mine to arrive and I was like…?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Haha I get confused when talking about it some days

[@troymcdonald]

@@VideoGameEsotericatotally understand. Keep up the great vids. 😊

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Plenty more coming

[@alidashti2633]

I want to play this game is thee a way ?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Supermodel emulator

[@KayMayhem777]

😳Excuse me sir, but WHAT did you say you were using to play this again??? All I heard was" I'm using ascendant, but you can use a mouse, (A GUN FOR HIRE??), or any modern pointing device. Oh yea, and what about the Steam Deck controller, and touch pads if i don't have a mouse?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

GUN4IR. It stands for gun for infrared

[@KayMayhem777]

@VideoGameEsoterica Thanks so much for clearing that up and I'm assuming the "ascendant" you're using is what looks to be a PS4 or PS5 controller after a google search? (I don't own either consoles.)

[@simon41978]

Could Dreamcast have handled it?

[@VideoGameEsoterica]

Yes. We have other Model 3 to DC games. Might be a tiny downgrade but absolutely doable