The Lost World: Jurassic Park (handheld game)

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

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Developer(s) Aspect (Game Gear)
Tiger (Game.com)
Torus (Game Boy)
Publisher(s) Sega (Game Gear)
Tiger (Game.com)
THQ (Game Boy)
Series Jurassic Park
Platform(s) Game Boy
Game Gear
Game.com
Release date(s) Game Boy
  • NA December 1997
  • EU 1997
Game.com
  • NA Fall 1997
Game Gear
  • NA August 26, 1997
Genre(s) Action
Mode(s) Single-player

The Lost World: Jurassic Park is a video game developed by Aspect Co. and published by Sega and released for the Sega Game Gear in August 1997.[1] It was the final game released in North America for the Game Gear, and is loosely based on the film of the same name. A Game Boy version, designed by Torus Games and published by THQ, was released later that year. Another version of the game was also released by Tiger Electronics for their Game.com handheld console.[2] Each version features side-scrolling platform-based gameplay.

In the Game Gear version, several organizations have sent hunting teams to Isla Sorna to capture the island's dinosaurs and sell them.[3] The player controls a hunter,[1] 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,[3] 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.[4]

In the Game Boy version, a research team goes missing after being dispatched to Isla Sorna. Smugglers then invade the island to seize the dinosaurs. The player's character must locate and tag dinosaurs for research purposes, locate and free the research team, and prevent the smugglers from removing the island's dinosaurs. The game features 14 levels,[5] in which the player's character must collect dinosaur eggs from jungles and a laboratory.

In the Game.com version, the player chooses to play as either Sarah Harding or Roland Tembo. The game features six levels, each one referred to as an Area. Each Area begins as a three-dimensional driving mini-game. The player chooses a vehicle, such as a motorcycle or Humvee, and must avoid being hit by dinosaurs while driving forward through a field. The second portion of each Area plays as a side-scroller, in which the player's character must avoid dinosaurs while attempting to reach the end of the level.[6]

Other versions

For the other games based on The Lost World: Jurassic Park, see The Lost World: Jurassic Park (video game).

A number of other games were released under the title The Lost World: Jurassic Park for other systems, as well as an arcade game and a pinball game. These games were developed separately by different companies and featured completely different gameplay styles.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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.
  2. ↑ "The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Game.com) back cover". GameFAQs.com. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Something has survived.". Sega of America. Archived from the original on February 23, 1998.
  4. ↑ "The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Game Gear) gameplay". YouTube.com. July 30, 2010. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  5. ↑ "The Lost World: Jurassic Park". THQ. Archived from the original on January 17, 1998.
  6. ↑ "The Lost World: Jurassic Park (Game.com) gameplay". YouTube.com. October 17, 2011. Retrieved January 10, 2015.

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