Old School Jurassic Park

TyrannoTrevor

CompsognathusMember0 XPAug-14-2012 10:47 PMI know everybody else's minds, as far as games are concerned, are probably on the most recent Jurassic Park game. I haven't played it, but I've watched enough Youtube videos of it to know that I'm not missing much. But as for me, I know of plenty of games from the titular series that are phenomenal! And I've prepared a list! I love lists... -Jurassic Park, Sega Genesis (Or Super Nintendo if you were a square and didn't want to see the rad T-Rex in front of the Sega logo). This game is probably one of my favorite Sega games of all time. Somewhat reminiscent of the X-Men games, which have you navigating somewhat linear terrain and fighting dinos as Dr. Grant. But you got to choose to play as a raptor too! And as a kid, that blew my little mind. Not to mention how eerie and cool the dinosaur animations and music are. -Jurassic Park: RAMPAGE EDITION!, Sega Genesis (Or SN...once again, if you were a freedom hating square.) Pretty much copy-paste what I just wrote above, but with new levels, more action, more weapons, and the ability to ride dinos as Grant. It's awesome. -The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Playstation. This game took the original formula of the Sega games, and upped the ante by throwing in even more diverse environments, obviously better graphics, that sweet gratifying sound of entering in cheat codes successfully, and playing as even more characters including The King...The King of Kings...dundun...dundun...on your knees dog*insert Motorhead song here*. Playing as the T-Rex is awesome, but after recently playing it, I have no idea how I ever beat this entire game. It's ludicrously difficult. Also, super cool concept art. -Warpath: Jurassic Park, Playstation. Super fun fighting game featuring tons of awesome dinosaurs with variable skin tones, and even a museum for you to read about them! Brutal, multiplayer, AND educational! Who'da thunkit? -Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis, Xbox, PS2, PC. I originally had this for PS2, then Xbox, and now PC. This one is my absolute favorite. You get to build your own Jurassic Park. If that doesn't make you giggle like a school girl who just walked into class and saw the TV that means you get to watch a movie today instead of do classwork, I don't know what will. You get to customize the shape/size of the island, including mountains, rivers, and foliage. You get to customize the layout of your park including various rides. And most importantly, you get a wide variety of dinosaurs to breed, or engineer I suppose (after acquiring their DNA of course!). It's strategic and incredibly gratifying to live out your dream of being the prodigal son of John Hammond. Not to mention that if you get it for PC you get to throw mods in the mix. BUY IT! BUY IT NOW!!! Or you know...later? It's rather expensive now, but if you're lucky, you might score a good deal on Amazon or eBay. So go forth, forget about the tragedy of recent and play the good games of the past that we still got out there! Luckily the series has been rather good at producing quality games, and hopefully there are even better ones in store for us in the future! Fingers crossed for a sequel to Operation Genesis....

Cyberdeath

CompsognathusMember0 XPAug-14-2012 11:21 PMhere here! i played Jurassic Park for genesis and loved it! such great memories! thanks for reminding me!

Chris

IndoraptorAdmin29152 XPAug-14-2012 11:53 PMYou know what's sad? I never played Operation Genesis. I need to get my hands on a copy and catch up! I've seen YouTube vids of it and it looks awesome! As for the latest JP game, I too have not played it, and after reading the reviews and seeing the gameplay, I must agree with you Trevor, it doesn't look like an incredible game. Unfortunate really. Hopefully we get another game like Genesis in the coming years! Imagine how cool that would be with the new age graphics that the new Xbox and Playstations (and PCs) bring to the table!

TyrannoTrevor

CompsognathusMember0 XPAug-15-2012 11:55 AMNo problemo Shawluv! I still have a beat up Genesis, so I play it occasionally and it's still tons of fun. And Chris, you definitely should! I sold my last two copies because I thought I was bored of it, but it keeps you coming back for more. Sometimes you just get the craving to build your own island. And maybe tear down a fence or two and see what happens...I'm a malevolent park designer bwahahaha! I personally would like to see a RPG that takes place on one of the islands where surviving is pretty much your main goal using only what little is left on the island. Kind of like Trespasser (another awesome one I forgot to mention!). Probably never gonna happen, but a boy can dream can't he?

shambs

CompsognathusMember40 XPAug-15-2012 7:00 PMI love OP genesis and Albertosaurus running around (the allosaurus too btw :P)

LV-666

CompsognathusMember0 XPAug-17-2012 11:21 AMI dont know if you knew this Trevor but much like every other game from a movie back then the SNES and Sega versions were two completely different games! So i think you mightve missed out on a little...You freedom hating square!

TyrannoTrevor

CompsognathusMember0 XPAug-19-2012 2:39 PMI forgot all about that! But I was too busy hating freedom by hating freedom haters to remember to write it down. The top down one where you had to collect eggs or some such nonsense and shot dinos with what I imagine was a souped-up cattle-prod? I think I remember it...also JP2 for SNES which looked pretty cool.

TyrannosaurusImperator

CompsognathusMember0 XPAug-23-2012 8:55 PMThe Lost World-Trespasser for the PC. As flawed as it was. It was my first real enjoyment out of a JP Game. I still play it. with it's fan pacthes, and mods. Other than that, my real childhood memory comes from the Sega Genesis, I still too this day remember the T-Rex saying "SEGA" in a deep voice. AH.....nostalgia trip

Mosasaurus

CompsognathusMember0 XPApr-08-2013 1:11 PMI have played the board game i used to own but lost it in a move. From what i remember the games was fun but of course it was not as fun as watching the movie. It was a good game from my childhood.

1jamesmk

CompsognathusMember0 XPJun-02-2013 5:07 PMSo many memories! I never played trespasser but I watched the whole thing on youtube. When john hammond explains his story it hits right you right in the childhood (in a good way, makes you all giddy inside.) and makes you wanna go out and make your own park (if only, if only).