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The US-only Game Gear rendition of Jurassic Park: The Lost World takes the accolade of being the final release for the handheld. So what does this make the Mega Drive and Game Gear tie-ins of The Lost World? They came as a surprise, certainly, as both systems had been written off as dead long ago. The SaturnвЂ™s Lost World tie-in from 1997 вЂ“ a shoddy 2.5D platformer вЂ“ can actually be considered a late release for the system as support came to a halt the following year. The majority of the budget must have been blown on the license.Д«y the time The Lost World arrived in cinemas, it was clear the Saturn had no chance of catching up with the PSoneвЂ™s sales. ItвЂ™s also worth noting that the 3DO had its own JP game, and an incredibly weird one at that вЂ“ it was a half-baked mini-game collection mostly comprising of Space Invaders and Asteroids clones.

Both were panned as being blatant cash-ins and as such, neither is particularly well remembered. This one did away with the dark and moody visuals SEGAвЂ™s first game featured in favour of a bright and colourful comic book vibe. Jurassic Park 2: The Chaos Continues was a run and gunner released on SNES and Game Boy in time for Christmas 1994, where it joined Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition on Mega Drive.

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So lucrative was the JP license that both Ocean and SEGA squeezed additional worth out of it while waiting for 1997 sequel The Lost World. SEGA had apparently pumped a ridiculous amount of money into it, presumably intending it to become a much needed Mega CD system seller. The Mega CD version meanwhile was a slow-paced point вЂnвЂ™ click adventure with a degree of educational value due to the vast amount of dinosaur trivia. The Mega Drive hosted a 2D platformer with digitised sprites, in which it was possible to play as either a human or a velociraptor. The Master System and Game Gear JP games, on the other hand, were painfully generic, and so itвЂ™s fair to say SEGA focused their attention on the Mega Drive and Mega CD tie-ins.

Although the lack of a save facility in the SNES version did lead to frustration, reviews were mostly positive. Ocean opted for a top-down adventure/shooter hybrid that also featured some ambitious indoor first-person shooting sections.

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Ocean handled the Amiga, PC and Nintendo versions while SEGA both developed and published their iterations internally. Unsurprising, given that every format going received a JP tie-in.

The Jurassic Park video games were likewise hyped as the second coming, taking the cover of just about every magazine at the time. Although the PSone did come packed with a reasonably impressive dinosaur tech demo, we can chalk this up to the unwavering excitement of the вЂ90s gaming press. The PSone, Saturn and Ultra 64 (as it was then known) were on the horizon and it was often stated that the next batch of consoles would be able to offer Jurassic Park quality visuals. The special effects, in particular, set a new benchmark.

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Shops were filled with dinosaur related goods, and the filmвЂ™s buzz lasted long after the movie left cinemas. It was more than just a summer blockbuster it was a cultural phenomenon, ushering in waves of merchandise and single-handedly kick-starting the вЂ90s dinosaur bandwagon. It dawned on us recently that todayвЂ™s youth are probably unaware of how big Jurassic Park was upon release.

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