The (Mostly) Terrible Games of Jurassic Park: A Retrospective (Full Spoilers) | MNTM

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Chapter Select:
00:00 Introduction
00:44 Jurassic Park (NES)
13:08 Jurassic Park (SNES)
30:49 Jurassic Park (SEGA Genesis)
51:47 Jurassic Park (SEGA Game Gear)
1:01:33 Jurassic Park (SEGA CD)
1:28:56 Jurassic Park (MS DOS)
2:14:55 PHOTOSENSITIVITY WARNING
2:15:09 Jurassic Park (Arcade)
2:19:15 End Photosensitivity Warning
2:19:21 Jurassic Park 2 - The Chaos Continues
2:49:12 Jurassic Park - Interactive
3:10:05 Jurassic Park Rampage Edition
3:33:04 Jurassic Park Paint and Activity Center & Jurassic Park The Ride Online Adventure
3:37:00 Conclusion
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[@z00mbi3s]

I will never forget my reaction when i first played Far Cry 1, i literaly said that there should be a Jurassic Park game on such engine allowing to explore the Isla Nublar with all the places we see in movie and even more. Still i hope for such game some day.

[@Kuikkamies]

Kudos for keeping the games' aspect ratios intact rather than stretching them into 16:9

[@Ji99i3]

It's absolutely nostalgia, but Jurassic park on the genesis with the Raptor is one of my childhood gems. I beat it later on with save states and felt pretty good because as a kid I couldn't pass the fourth stage

[@nignamedmutt7270]

I remember being able to get to like the third level as a raptor. Dr. Alan Grant I only ever got to the first boat stage(iirc the second level) and ONCE I managed to get past that level and soared all rhe way to the final visitor center level but died pretty early in it. After that I could never get past the first level with Dr Grant, and that's the closest I ever got to beating the game. Now Jurassic park RAMPAGE EDITION..... THAT was my fucking jam! I was always scared my mom would see the menu with the raptor, baring fangs dripping with glistening blood everytime I booted it up.

[@captainobvious81]

@@nignamedmutt7270 My stepmom was like that with games. She wouldn't even let me get Maximum Carnage until I explained that it was just a Spider Man game.

[@inkmime]

Even just two videos in and I can say you are strangely talented in finding and exploring games that aren't just bad but have a weird, distinct sadism to their design whether intentional or not. There is a special brand of misery you seem to have unearthed that I had never considered in a game before, mostly because I have not even a millionth of the willpower you seem to have. Good job on you, very entertaining, just make sure these games aren't killing you via high blood pressure.

[@monotonallizard]

It is very cathartic to rip them apart.

[@daseal1479]

Holy crap, those old Dino Valley toys, and similarly knock-off molds of JP Dino toys give me a ton of nostalgia. As well as the official Lost World and JP3 toylines.

[@monotonallizard]

Yeah, they were great.

[@Dinoslay]

Before Mattel got the license those toys were all that we had since during that time Hasbro’s contributions stank to high heaven.

[@angelmanfredy]

I was a tester on Jurassic Park (Genesis) and we all enjoyed it. Yes there were a ton of bugs especially with jumping, but the massive variety of environments and playing with the raptor was cool. It was hard (sometimes because of the bugs) but finding a way to win was a part of the fun (as you alluded, retro games were often very hard, purposefully. Not that I condone it, but it was that way for a several reasons (again, you probably know why). I wonder if you would have hated it as much in 1993? And, yeah, I remember is closing a lot of bugs or having to compromise on what a “fix” was (it had to be a release date issue).

[@monotonallizard]

That's cool, got any interesting anecdotes about the game? I probably would be more forgiving of the Genesis game if I had played it at release on a proper console, but I don't think my criticisms would change all that much, I'd probably just frame them differently. There's a Lost World game that I actually did play at release and have revisited for the next part of this retrospective and my nostalgia for it evaporated pretty quickly.

[@angelmanfredy]

@@monotonallizard the only anecdote I can recall now is the SEGA CD version was liked internally for its novelty. Your criticisms weren’t unfair but I do remember enjoying the game and other testers often “wanted” to be assigned to it. Thanks for all your hard work on this video. Must have been a huge effort.

[@rayishimura6701]

This might be the longest video of someone flexing that they read the Jurassic park novel

[@casedistorted]

I read it too :( a long time ago, like decades

[@monotonallizard]

I have the shortest video on my other channel too.

[@osurpless]

If they really wanted to geek out, they speak of it in cases of beer. Like Grant does for units of time.

[@swagwolfgang]

Its a great novel tbh

[@nonplayercharacter596]

And that they don't have original hardware

[@SIngli6]

Well I'll have to do it now.

[@TheThinkingDead]

What madness have you planned.

[@monotonallizard]

There's always the sequels.

[@flaminginferno6641]

You still haven't done it!

[@slappingshrimp4661]

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[@zerogamertodotutos6419]

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[@TheAlan136]

I loved the Sega Genesis and the SNES versions of the game. I remember the first time I actually beat the SNES version, it was such a wave of endorphins. For the longest time, I couldn’t find Dennis Nedry’s keycard, so I thought it was just more of the game messing with me using him, and when I finally found it, it felt like I got that little bastard.

[@NGRevenant]

loved the SNES version too, played it for hours and finished it multiple times. it was the closest thing I had to doom as a kid.

[@DocDevious23]

Stumbled across your channel via chance and I'm hitting the sub! I love a good deep dive video essay and a dry sense of humor. Can't wait to see what you do in the future!

[@monotonallizard]

Thanks!

[@BrianDavis13]

This is the first video of yours I've ever watched, and it's fantastic. You're very informative, and your sense of humor is excellent as well. In regards to Jurassic Park Interactive, I was drawn to it for the same reasons you were. The intro with the movie's music, the presentation based on the computer systems from the film, and the nice touches of the little videos and the pics of the dinos as well. I played Jurassic Park Interactive a lot years ago, and it's interesting that I developed a different strategy from yours, where I would do most of the rescues first, and then do the hacking. Besides being a countdown for how long you have to do the hacking, the time limit also affects the rescues, in that the longer you take, the more difficult they become. Therefore, my strategy was always to rescue as many people as I could, then leave one person one step away from the helipad, since the game ends as soon as there are no more people to save. After that, I could do the hacking games with most of the rescues done. The downside is that the last person was usually dead meat since the rescue sequence would be near impossible at that point. Finally, the T-Rex section is quite doable on the real console, since emulation doesn't run that game correctly, although like all the others, it becomes insanely hard the longer you take to get through the game. :D Also, I'm not sure if you are aware, but since you mentioned having to play through the PC game without save states, there are alternate builds of DOSBox that allow save states, although it's kind of a crap shoot as to whether they work, or do weird things to the game. Anyways, my apologies for the long comment, and thanks again for the awesome video! EDIT: Added some more info about the T-Rex chase.

[@PlaylistGeneral]

Dude, this is a tremendous amount of work. Thankfully, the remaining games are at least WAY more interesting. They still suck, but I grew up playing a lot of these shoddy JP games. The PS1 game kicked my ass. The GBA game I recall was short af but really fucking good! Also if you started a Patreon I'd be happy to contribute to helping you escape Sydney :P

[@monotonallizard]

Yeah, I grew up playing the Lost World and the JPIII games. There is a lot I have to say about some of them. Thank you for the offer of support!

[@BaconMinion]

When I was younger, I could never finish The Chaos Continues. After several years, I finally managed to do it... only to find out that there were extra missions on higher difficulties. So I forced myself to replay the game. On hard. It wasn't worth it.

[@rustyshackleford3160]

This video is honestly amazing. I love that you even bring in articles from classic video games magazines and the false advertising. That's some quality work and you should keep up the good work. These videos are better than Icons from classic G4TV

[@monotonallizard]

Thanks!

[@armoredchimp]

I just wanted to say you make high quality content and have very few subscribers, but I hope you aren't discouraged, keep making them, channels can explode out of nowhere and yours is really good!

[@noirlavender6409]

A nearly 4 hours video about jurassic park games: me, who never watched any of those movies: great.

[@dimitriwarchief301]

Ah you read the books then?

[@M-Try]

I just found your channel, your videos are great! thanks for putting the effort into making them

[@monotonallizard]

Thank you!

[@kali_muon]

the content you make is fantastic! definitely deserves way more views than it has.

[@monotonallizard]

Thanks!

[@Finarvas]

Great video. Impressive to slog through all of these games! I really liked the SNES version as a kid, even though I found the fps section to be really scary back then. Im pretty sure i remember that if you dont have the night vision goggles you just hear a raptor roar and die when entering those rooms. A friend had what I guess is the Amiga version of the DOS game, I think we were impressed by the graphics but found the game way hard. Would be interesting to see your opinion on Trespasser.

[@monotonallizard]

I'm looking forward to Trespasser too.

[@ravajbains8672]

Dude mad respect for making this epic video... Keep it up! I've subscribed!

[@SuperSaiyanMax]

Great video, looking forward to your thoughts on some others like Trespasser. I had fond memories of the SNES title so it was nice to see it at the top of your list here, though admittedly that doesn't say much. The open overworld and first person segments were amazing to me as a kid. I tried playing some of these other titles a few years back and I don't think I even managed to beat the first level of JPII: The Chaos Continues. You're certainly next level for actually seeing it through to the end. Keep up the good work.

[@monotonallizard]

Thanks! I'm looking forward to Trespasser too.

[@waynelipman8558]

Great video. I must disagree with you on the original genesis game and Rampage edition, two of my absolute favorites on the system and indeed, of the franchise. Though I will admit it's probably due to nostalgia and sinking so many hours into it them in my youth. Now that being said, your critiques are not without merit, as I've encountered the same issues you had. All considered however, I'd recommend a playthrough of Rampage Edition to any fan of the franchise. Going forward, when you eventually get to Tresspasser for the PC, I'd recommend playing the game without the fan mods and patches. At least for the first level or so and then install the fan patches. I only say this so you can really get an appreciation for just how broken the game was when it launched. And even with the fan fixes and mods, it's still in a sorry state. Again, great video. Well presented and I was very entertained throughout the entire video. Looking forward to the next installment.

[@waynelipman8558]

Also, the John Hammond memoirs that you get through Tresspasser are the best part of the game and are worth listening to on their own. Anyone interested can search up John Hammond memoirs and theres a few videos of them all stitched together.

[@monotonallizard]

Thanks! I've been running up against my own nostalgia for a couple of Lost World and JP III games that I've jumped into to get working so I know where you're coming from. That's not a bad idea regarding Trespasser, I'll consider it.

[@hiltwo]

I see you are a man of culture :) I love the Mega Drive games as well and still have my childhood copies. Still play them a few times a year. Rampage Edition is also my favorite.

[@ThatExplo]

I unironically thought I was listening to tehsnakerer until I checked the channel name- Nice video man! 😉

[@monotonallizard]

Thanks! Yeah, Tehsnakerer is great.

[@HighTreshold]

Dude this is the best video I´ve found in a while. You earned a new sub!

[@cristpfer]

what a great video

[@dhawkes5096]

Really enjoyable video :) you definitely wouldn't get the same experience of the Arcade machine playing it at home as it featured a hydraulic chair (the whole cabinet was made to resemble a land cruiser) which would move in sync of the action on screen. Which adds a lot to the presentation when I was able to play it once back in the day.

[@ACougarSwagnum]

FANTASTIC VIDEO MAN ! As entertaining as old Spoony videos, happy subscriber, binger and liker of videos !

[@theonlybilge]

BE

[@ACougarSwagnum]

@@theonlybilge I really am the 'BEST EVER'? Thank you !

[@theonlybilge]

I was trying to make a joke about Spoony, you know, when he yelled BETRAYAL, before he developed lyme disease, super AIDS, the flu, the common cold, ebola, etc.

[@ACougarSwagnum]

@@theonlybilge BE TRAYAL !! Man idk why I remember some tuber channels tried to paint that really only slightly awkward bit as such a weird 'faux pas' of Spoony to have done Lyme disease and super AIDS are actually really misunderstood diagnoses Oh and I guess I tried to reply in the most obtuse way to get a reply, because I am never sure on what new acronyms or trend words are being used by John Q young people thank you for not making fun of me lol ... happy trails, man love watching old Spoony, he low key had lightning in a bottle in just how early his level of comfortably/communication/entertainment level for early YT

[@theonlybilge]

@@ACougarSwagnum Yeah, he just acted like a bit of a dipshit (and probably wasn't on the right medication or the right dosage), and the X-COM game he was mad about wasn't a strategy game (which is why people like X-COM), so his frustration at that was fair. What was really funny was Lard Kat (who ended up being a bit of a sex weirdo) getting extremely angry at Noah on a stream, even though his failings probably came about because he just wasn't as popular and he got butthurt about that.

[@HeavensRedemption]

Love this video, and finally getting the game I've wanted sense I was kid lol so hope to hear your thoughts on jurassic park survival!

[@inquizition9672]

You summed up the entire Jurassic Park video game franchise so well with, "at least they got the Chaos Continues part right". Why is it too much to ask developers to create fair and, dare i say, FUN video game adaptations of popular films??? As much as I wanted to love the JP video games, I couldn't because of how little care was taken in ensuring the games could be beaten by a 10 year old. I've seen the endings to all those games now, 30 years later thanks to the internet, and I can't believe how little I actually missed by not being able to beat them all those years ago. Great video!

[@ratze7723]

You really earned my sub and like ;) Good Work!

[@Anx13tyPrime]

Jurassic Park was the start of me falling out of love with my Amiga and wanting a SNES; the Amiga version was a bad port of the MS DOS version, lacking any music (from my memory). Then I played the SNES version at a friend's house and was absolutely blown away by how much more fun it was.

[@RoqueFortStu]

The Amiga 500 version did have music, but that didn't really improve it

[@DrTelf]

Just found your channel after your Men in Black video, loving your work so far. Just a little tip, in the GameGear JP title, you can cling to ceilings and platforms and shimmy along/pull yourself up, making the harder jumps in the lava and cave levels a cakewalk.

[@catudadu7926]

This is awesome. Would love to see more like it even though it's a nightmare to put together.

[@FTZPLTC]

Man, finally finding out what those letters were for has just closed a 30 year chapter of my life I never knew existed.

[@WayneBristol]

"This game is eggs." Perfect summary.

[@Ninetailedfox5]

I can’t believe I watch this entire thing. Great job bro you earned a subscriber.

[@liamturner1342]

the photosensitivity warning just won you a new subscriber, good job :D

[@victormagoo9348]

can´t belive i woke up to this and the video wasn´t even close to finishing

[@spennser]

hope you do the rest! i'd love more examples of each games music and sound effects in future videos, if i could give any feedback.

[@styrkur9210]

got this in my recommended, love long form gaming vids. Looking forward to getting through this

[@tyrotheram3505]

Great vid! Can’t wait to see more of your content

[@hiltwo]

Making my way through your video and really enjoying it, thanks for making it! Seeing as the Jurassic games for Mega Drive are childhood favorites (still have my copies), I wanted to comment on some things in hopes you'll revisit them some day. It's sure not meant in defence of the games, as you make very valid points and the games are far from perfect. Here goes: - 32:02 The Triceratops will get annoyed with your presence if you hang around too long/close. Just get past him fast enough by jumping on his back and on the next platform and you should be good. - 33:55 Diagonally shoot the Dilo before climbing the ladder. - 35:17 Very unfair indeed. But if you keep moving, it'll take longer and you'll take more damage. I think. - 36:00 There's a ledge here you can use to climb over the opening, rather than getting a lucky jump in there. - 45:30 You don't have to kill all the enemies. Grant doesn't have to be at the exit for the level. If he's not there, Grant was probably off-screen but still close enough to want to run off. Just head for the exit. - For Rampage Edition, there is a bit on the Raptor's story in the manual. But it pretty much comes down to having to find a safe place to nest eggs. - 3:21:15 Not even sure you are supposed to be able to make that jump, LOL. I always use the small platform on the left and jump up/right from there. - 3:16:00 You don't have to backtrack. Instead, you need to jump off the Triceratops a bit before reaching the edge. Otherwise if the Trike is standing at the edge), you'll keep mounting the Trike when trying to make the jump. In any case, it's a very hard jump to make. The other route is indeed a lot easier, though. - I love the addition of ancient ruins. I think Rampage Edition was the first Jurassic game to feature them, but I'm not sure. It was carried over in Trespasser. - As the Raptor, simply double-press jump to summersault at the helicopters. You have to do it twice to defeat them. - As Grant on the gallimimus, press duck to pass under the trap nets.

[@monotonallizard]

Glad you liked it! I probably won't go back to any of the games I played for this video but ducking under the gates while riding the gallimimus does make a lot of sense than just hitting them.

[@ABGABGABG1]

Dude awsome video! Very well done, you sure get my damn sub! Thanks for the work.

[@TheRenofox]

That was a truly impressive video. Playing through several Ocean games must have been just as arduous an undertaking as early expeditions to deepest parts of Congo were.

[@mrhater2284]

This is insane amount of effort to review some old games. Bravo man

[@monotonallizard]

Thanks!

[@pleaseforgetme4985]

It’s criminal that this has less than 1000 views. Very entertaining video

[@monotonallizard]

Thanks!

[@KamenRiderAliks]

This was great! I hope you someday cover the Lost World arcade game someday.

[@spookyghost9653]

I was watching a Scott the woz video and accidentally hit next on KZbin, now I’m stuck here and I’m not going back till this video is done

[@jacob9538]

i love watching commentary on crappy old video games minus all the shouting and theatrics of most of the other channels, well done.

[@rain6353]

Jurassic Park on the Sega was the first Genesis game we got. Fairly sure it came with the console in a bundle. I personally loved it, and loved Ramage edition even more when I played it on Sega Channel. First one wasn't perfect, but 6 YO me learned to master the thing. Picked it up again last year and I pretty much recalled everything. Was wild. Great video and thanks for the nostalgia blast.

[@invghost]

If you dislike the Dead Rising games due to the time limit, check out 3. It has a time limit, however it only passes when you get to certain story segments. There isn't a time limit like in 1 and 2.

[@averagewhiteguy2]

Nice. Loved the video! One thing I wanted to comment on. At around 1:17:00 during the SEGA CD point and click game, you mentioned the time limit being stressful causing you not to enjoy it. I totally agree. However, the example you gave, Dead Rising, surprisingly never made me feel that way. It is in fact, my favorite game of all time, and I HATE timed games. I don't think I could ever get into a timed point and click adventure game though.

[@nickdirienzo2849]

I love Garth Marenghi's DarkPlace. Nice use of clip!

[@Adam-01]

As a fellow (kind of) retrospective guy I really appreciate your work. Keept it up!!!

[@Gruntvc]

I still like the two SNES Ocean games, especially the Contra influenced Jurassic Park 2 The Chaos Continues, and the Rampage Edition of the Sega Genesis game. My favorite is probably still The Lost World Jurassic Park for PS1 as you got play as dinosaurs too. Dang shame no one has tried to make a Trespasser-like single player focused FPS today.

[@monotonallizard]

A modern take on Trespasser would be great, yeah.

[@Pain-420x69]

Bro, this is a work of art, hella impressive and such a joy to watch

[@monotonallizard]

Thanks!

[@ScrambledAndBenedict]

The thing about Ocean is, to quote the AVGN, they were basically the British LJN. They pretty much spent their entire existence churning out about 200 or so awful adaptation games, and maybe like 5 of them were decent.

[@DecayingReverie]

I haven't played many Jurassic Park games, though one of the first movies I ever saw in the theater was Jurass Park 3 when I was 6. I played one game on the Gameboy Advance where you would alternate between sidescrolling levels and a weird puzzle thing that I think was like breakout. I had Dino Defender and Danger Zone that I played all the time on PC. Dino Defender is ass, but with a bit of charm. Danger Zone is pretty fun with a friend. I also had a Jurassic Park barcode scanner where supposedly certain barcodes unlock new dinosaurs you could make fight in a game that came with it. I could never get the game to work. There was also a Park Builder game a long time ago before the new one. I found you through your Hitman retrospective. You're doing a great job. I love the balance of game analysis and comedy. It reminds me a little bit of Power Pak or Hbomberguy which are some of my favorite styles of videos.

[@monotonallizard]

Thanks! I played a tonne of Dino Defender and Danger Zone too.

[@ProWrestlingReality]

Great video love these style videos I was born in 93 so jurassic Park was something I just never got into I still haven't even watched it but in the 90s I did have the SNES game growing up and loved how scary it felt back then 😅

[@andthatswhyidontlike]

Fantasist video mate but I can’t believe you talked about snes Jurassic park without mentioning the music, those tunes are insane.

[@homerhat420]

Always need more sleepy time videos.

[@arkadykoshka7660]

The SEGA Game Gear version was my first video game ever when I was a kid and I'm so delighted to see you cover it and find it charming! It absolutely is a little hidden gem of a game and it's hard to find people who remember it so this was a wonderful bit of nostalgia. Great video!

[@monotonallizard]

Thanks!

[@uoyalz]

This is a really good video, you're getting a sub. On the side note, the Jurassic Park Classic Game Collection is coming out in about a week, containing some of the games featured in this video lol. Any chance of seeing a review for that collection?

[@monotonallizard]

Thanks! I might take a look at it but probably not until the very end of the Jurassic Park retrospective and that's years away.

[@uoyalz]

@@monotonallizard Fair enough. Looking forward to the retrospective. This is one of those time KZbin recommended some good stuff for me lol.

[@kenhammscousin4716]

2:04:59 "How many of these things did you clone, John??" Ok you've been through 5 games, the movie and the book. You know the dinosaurs are breeding. 😂😂

[@theilloverlord]

I remember playing the game gear, chaos edition, and CD alot due to having all the sega stuff as a hand me down when my brother got a playstation then a year after that a ps2. We would still play chaos edition and game gear all the time tho. We used the turbo 6 button controller for chaos and mostly used the darts cuz when you turn on turbo, it turn it to a minigun and we would go insane with it shooting everything. We tried the CD but since my brother was like 10 or something and I was like 5 a point and click was too big brain. We would even still play with the game gear on long trips even with gameboy colors because game gear had a tv addon but we would still play jurassic park on it. I absolutely love the music of the intro.

[@ringtail99]

are you going to do a part2? i loved this video so much you got a new subscriber

[@monotonallizard]

Yes, I've started work on the second video but it's a huge project so it won't be out for many months yet.

[@ringtail99]

@@monotonallizard thanks for the reply amazing video just amazing each game covered to the fullest favorite of part 1 is Jurassic Park (SNES) it manages to combine both styles of gameplay to a te how the dinosaurs don't re-spawn unless you die with the exception of the raptors the 3d involvements are detailed to match the flim perfectly the hole map being connected is great to my favorite part about it is how it makes you feel like your getting things under control has you progress

[@AkiDave]

This video is great! 💙

[@mercurioslevin1877]

yeah the whole lysine contingency was doomed to fail as it turns out that pretty much all life on earth already has this "issue" but Lysine is found in a hell of a lot of plants and fruits etc which passes into the animals that eat them and in turn into any carnivore that eats said animal. This would mean that in order for the contingency to work all plant life on the island would have to be removed and all dino's forced to eat from set prepared feeding locations so to remove any chance on them finding a food/lysine source that was not controllable by the parks staff even then it would still fail as soon as the dino's started to hunt each other.

[@angelmanfredy]

Regarding Jurassic Park for the Genesis, keep in mind that Sega visions hast to wrap up all their copy and visuals well before the game ships so it’s not always up-to-date with the actual game. Usually it is because things don’t change too drastically, but yes, a very fair guess is that they had to cut levels to ship the game on time. The vet about the dinosaurs having special AI is probably just marketing BS, which wasn’t totally uncommon back then. If you recall madden football back in the 90s had “liquid AI”. That doesn’t mean anything really.

[@IkesDaddelbox]

The Game Gear version is almost identical to the Master System version. Just that in the MS version you play as Alan Grant in his iconic outfit, and in the GG version he looks like some random military man. Yeah, that's weird, it's weird. This game is weird. Also, I grew up with the Mega Drive version and I absolutely loved it back then, I have strong nostalgic feelings for it. It gets easier if you treat it like a cinematic platformer, like Abe's Oddysee or Flashback. Which, admittedly, aren't for everyone. But yes, it's a tough game to go back to and enjoy. Grant feels stiff and the raptor feels like it's running on soap. Also, 33:54 you can aim up and shoot the head. ;)

[@williansnobre]

59:29 You can hold the Up button in order to hold on to the ceiling in that area so you can just drop on the plataform when it is in pusition. If you ignore the whole Alan Grant saves the day thing, this Game Gear/Master System game is a prequel to Jurassic World.

[@ROOKTABULA]

The Sega Cd game was AMAZING at the time it came out. The Q Sound encoded on the speakers was so amazing. Surround sound with a 2 speaker system. One of the few reasons I was glad to have bought that add on. The fact that you needed a walkthru for it shows how much softer and 'hand hold-y' games got afterwards. I dont' miss the insanely hard ones with the anti-logic puzzles (those were for masochists) but games did require a player to think and intuit more than most games now.

[@parks-n-places]

Maybe I just over played the Genesis version but all the difficulties he had I solved. Like shoot Dilophosaurus at an angle. In the pipe level there's a rod you can grab above the holes in the pipe. If you jump on the Brachiosaurus head when he goes down then jump into the second pipe on the right the next time he comes up you can ride him down and he won't submerge under water making the leap to the right pipe much easier. Again on the pipe level when amending the vertical pipe when the lights are flashing and you have to leap up the foot holds and climb two ladders before the timers up and the hatch closes, you can get it every time standing in the middle. Just jump straight up and Grant will always land on the footholds or grab the ladder. I know too much about this game. Damn how many hours did I waste growing up.

[@Dinoslay]

2:13:15 Yeah, about that. You know those “crocodiles” in the sewers? They’re supposed to be the same baby T.Rex. Still interesting to know that they planned it to be an enemy in the wider isometric section of the level. Same with the raptors.

[@arvinrunstein5707]

Great commentary. Love it

[@monotonallizard]

Thanks!

[@RoyalKnightVIII]

3:29:00 this is an interesting detail. Some later games will try to play with this idea. The telltale game would posit that those islands were not uninhabited And while this isn't a game change the European dub of the lost world has the workers on the boat speak in quechua. Which is a strange but interesting detail considering how far they would be from quechua speaking lands

[@brycevo]

You spared no expenses with this retrospective.

[@SilvarusLupus]

You talking about not liking games with forced time limits really got me. Even games like Persona 3/4/5 are really stressful for me let alone games with an active ticking clock.

[@nickdirienzo2849]

Sega J.P. pissed me off to no end as a child, but I still liked it for some reason...

[@StarRightStarTight]

Woooah - man that SNES Jurassic Park soundtrack is legitimately fire. Triceratops Trot? Throw that on in the club and watch the place start hopping.

[@seanstephenson7081]

I had Jurassic Park SNES when it first came out when I was a kid it was a very interesting yet frustrating game, the problem is no saving.. interestingly enough the SNES mouse is compatible with the 3D shooter first-person levels in the SNES Jurassic Park game.

[@rowantritton8659]

I've got a boxed copy of Ocean's PC release around here somewhere, it broke me as a kid

[@KamenRiderGumo]

Had the NES game as well as the Game Boy cartridge growing up (they were identical save for color, oddly; even level layouts seemed like a 1:1 copy, which meant I got a LOT of practice on those levels). The soundtrack lives rent-free in my head and I am not complaining about that.

[@alang.bandala8863]

Why this hasn't more views?

[@monotonallizard]

Just got to share it around.

[@RanaRandom]

4:56 I played the *GameBoy* version so I understand your frustration 42:10 My favorite game. This part took me ages, urg (still does, shhh)

[@milkdetrop5506]

omg did you beat the gamegear game without climbing ? i didnt know it was possible but yea if you hold up while jumping you can grab on platforms and ceiling i recently just played it for the first time and loved that game the 2 game gear games are really good

[@ootdega]

The Fragnostic has a video where he 1cc's the arcade game. He explains how it all works really well. It is, in fact, impossible not to take damage, but you _can_ manage to avoid _enough_ of it to barely scrape by on one credit. The T-rexes actually _can_ be knocked back. It just takes constant concentrated fire directly at their face, and even then it's barely manageable with one player. But it can be done. God I miss his channel.

[@fmlemokid761]

Of all the things , a dinosaur sneezing on me was my biggest worry , everything else I was like "I'll survive NBD" but the sneeze and I was like "ewww just eat me"

[@claudioadriano5422]

This is perhaps the best video ever made about the awful Jurassic Park games! I only knew the ones from Snes. They could struggle to make a good top-down or platform game but they fail miserably. Would the Master System version be the best JP game released at the time?

[@TheT3rr0rMask]

Chaos Continues is honestly a solid enough Contra clone. Has great atmisphere, graphics and animation, having semi-open levels w/objectives is cool for the time. Not as run n gun since you need to stop a lot for combat but it's fun, especially in co-op, and runs wicked smoothly for a SNES action game. It's not Contra 3 but always enjoy playing it when I do.

[@Fettman89]

The one thing I will say you get from the Arcade game in an arcade, that you can't from home is the awesome cabinet it had, it was a sit in machine that looked like the tour vehicles, and had a big screen where the windshield would have been.

[@monotonallizard]

Good point.

[@IAMimprov]

The Gameboy version of the chaos continues is actually good I was disappointed it wasn't in the video. If you do a follow up you should play it.

[@GeordiLaForgery]

also Lost World on game gear.

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

Ocean games were notorious for looking great but always playing like ass because European review magazines put emphasis on graphics over gameplay back in the day, so whenever a game they made actually felt "fun", it seemed like it was accidental.

[@theonlybilge]

I can _smell_ the easy joke about ""games" "journalists"" I could make, but I'm not sure what exactly.

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

@@theonlybilge I tend to be far more kind to critics considering you're hired to churn out articles at a rapid pace and from a certain point of view that almost always contrasts with the gaming public at large but European PC reviewers back in the 80s and 90s were... Interesting, to put it mildly.

[@spiderjerusalem100]

I had the SNES version as a kid back in the 90's and i remember not being able to figure out what the hell i was supposed to be doing. I was a pretty dumb kid. Might have to revisit it, it looks alright.

[@felisasininus1784]

Gaming intelligence is built on experience, not born with. You weren't a dumb kid just because you couldn't figure out a game. edit: Me for example... I couldn't even beat RE4 when I was around 12. And now I'm getting S+ rank on Professional in RE4 remake. I wouldn't call myself a dumb kid either.

[@GeistInTheMachine]

Good stuff!

[@monotonallizard]

Thanks!

[@leonm5062]

Ocean's pc jurassic park was my first computer game ever, i have great nostalgic feeling for it, I loved the music and art, but I never ended it as a child because of that evil t-rex, it was hard as hell. After years i found version for new windows with saves and managed to end it. All your criticisms are very valid though, but the atmosphere was still awesome.

[@vahlok1426]

The reason why the cursor in the arcade game kept wanting to reset its position is because the physical cabinet used joystick style gun controllers, and they were essentially spring loaded to reset themselves to a neutral position when you let go.

[@marvinnope6050]

I Remember Playing Jurassic Park 2 with my Older Brother, back in the Day it was the Hardest Game for me.

[@NGRevenant]

I'm pretty sure a big influence on The Chaos Continues was the SNES Alien 3 game by probe. The character animations are almost identical.

[@manfredalbrechtfreiherrvon4042]

i remember owning jarassic park on the NES and playing the hell out of it as a six year old. I think I only ever got to the second level.