The end-boss graphics are, IMO, the most impressive of any graphics in any game on the system. I'll never forget how blown away I was at them as a kid when I finally got that far.
IIRC they used the same Silicon Graphics CG models from the movie to make the sprites, "Grant" was an actor dressed like Alan Grant and filmed Mortal-Kombat style. I still find it hilarious that the Genesis got like 3 pretty awesome action games but the Sega CD could only fart out a dull point and click.
Same here! Remember how silly you felt when you finally said to yourself out of frustration “I’ll just jump off the skeleton and land between the raptors……only to notice the raptors never turned around?” 😂. A few grenades later. Done! But also the TRex fights. So good. I think this may have been, along with mortal kombat, the first game to use motion capture on a 16bit system. Edit: My bad, I was referring to the first release. The end fight with the TRex on this title is the only thing I really remember about it. Along with the fact the raft sequences were far more intuitive and less trial and error than the first one. This series was literally the first games based on a movie that were worth playing even if you weren’t just playing because of the movie. I also had the Sega CD “point and click” game. I LOVED it. At that time it was the closest you could feel to being in the park. I still remember the audio. Was so spooky lol.
The music reminds me of the music from the original Terminator film. Personally, I think it matches the gameplay more than the John Williams score would have.
I liked the soundtracks of both games. Never found them grating or anything of the sort. First game in particular I thought had some pretty atmospheric stuff that lent itself well to a lot of the levels.
stage 1 of the first one comes up in my mind once in a while. but yeaaah it do sound messy though.. the sound font they use sounds messy but yeah i agree. i still like it too
I think the soundtrack for the 2nd game is decent, but I think the first game's soundtrack is actually very good overal. I suppose if it's not your kind of thing it might just sound like random noises, but there are clear defined melodies and whatnot.
I feel the same about the soundtrack. The first game has pretty good music. The fist level, the last level, and the stage transition music is all good in my book.
Same, I always thought the tribal drums were done really well for these two games too. Especially this one, listen to Aviary and Savanna when he plays them. I felt like the drum beats were a good stand-in for a more film type score, it still feels like Jurassic Park to me.
While I'll admit the GEM was just a bad idea from the start, I loved the music in both these games except the savanna & hidden ruins here. I get the feeling SLX just doesn't appreciate electronic music like this. I honestly wouldn't know it was GEM if he didn't say so. Raptor is crazy OP in savanna in rampage mode, and it makes it the shortest level by time. Rampage Edition was my favorite for casual play on my Nomad while traveling. Both these games blew away the SNES competition (JP & JP the chaos continues) in fast-paced action. The sheer variety of JP content was the best part of this era
I love both games since they're among my most precious ones. There is a major issue with Rampage Edition which can't be stretched out enough. It's ridiculously few and short levels. If they could have graced us with lengthy and numerous levels, like X-Men 2 did, it would have been a masterpiece. But never the less, it's still an excellent game.
@@Psychology pretty much. I still recall my reaction when I realized how few levels it had. At that point I had played more than a few games with much longer game time and number of levels. Still it's a good game. And I still hope some indie developer could create a spiritual sequel 🤞
this was always a fave when i was a kid - blew through it when i rented it from blockbuster. I always felt like the devs cut out a level or two because of how the map cuts off the two later stages - maybe there's more hiding up there in the code! Can't believe gaming mags didn't like it back in 94.
One selectable that's 'hiding' up there, is Burning River (the last section of the River level with Grant). Learned this when Tony Hedstrom over at Sega-16 made Game Genie level codes for the game. I seem to remember ALL the selectables for both players are up there, for both Grant and the Raptor. But it's been a while. We looked into the game's earliest prototypes, doesn't seem like there were going to be more levels. But I would have happily welcomed them. Our Dutch magazine Power Unlimited did like the game, but it was of the few positive reviews I've seen.
@@hiltwo Ah, that makes sense! Was there any reason the map didn't shift up once you beat the first three levels to show the rest of the island graphic?
@@tylerwerrin41 No idea, but I'm interested to look into it again. If we can't see the rest of the map, maybe the levels can be switched around. I wonder if River Run and its extention Burning River have icons as well.
Absolutely loved this as a kid. The first Jurassic Park was my first Genesis game, even remember calling in on the tips hotline because I couldn't figure out how to beat the final stage as the raptor. This game is definitely much more of a run 'n gun, way faster and less cerebral. The river scene is very cool too, and I'm glad it's gotten some love from both Genesis games, as it's one of the cooler scenes from the novel that was cut from the film. The final boss in the red river cavern is awesome too, always stuck in my memory.
This game blew my mind. I literally thought how much better can games look after playing the savanna level with the helicopters. Got this game for Christmas one year and it's always been one of my favorites
Great episode. Love Sega Lord X content. Don’t know if it was mentioned in the comments, but Sega actually offered three Jurassic Park experiences within a year or so. Jurassic Park for Sega CD was also released in first quarter of 1994 and doesn’t get much love but I had a blast playing it and even have a sealed copy of it (along with sealed copies of Sonic CD , Ecco the Dolphin and Snatcher - and no I’m not selling it) stored in my attic in a giant plastic bin with my Game Gear, Nomad, Genesis / 32X / Sega CD monster, my Saturn and Dreamcast.
I never noticed how the manual refers to the grenades and machine gun as gas grenades and machine tranquillizer gun. That's cute. I've loved both of the games ever since they were released, but Rampage Edition is definitely my favorite of the two. After close to 30 years it's hard to be objective when it comes to the music, though. I always fine myself humming along to all the tracks, but I get that it's not for everyone. I was hoping you'd review this next, thanks for the content!!
Thanks for reviewing this one. I had read somewhere that Sega pushed out the sequel impart due to the films massive success on VHS but could be wrong. I still prefer the first title because of its moody visuals and OST but they are both worth owning!
Love the channel, Sega Lord. I love your positivity. When critiquing these old games you view them through the lense of what was possible at the time and you try to point out what a game does well for the time...rather than just crapping on it.
Back when developers made remarkable changes from one iteration to their subsequent sequels, even sports titles had major overhauls from one year to another. About the music, maybe I'm not too demanding as I find these western gems-based soundtracks charming to a certain degree, in this particular game, the samples you showed remind me a bit of the first MK soundtrack, as far as the percussions go. An interesting action platformer. Speaking of which, have you covered or even tried Ex-Mutants yet?
Nice review! I love Vectorman, so definitely will check this one out! BlueSky really seems to have brought out the true power of the Genesis with these graphics! Those water effects look absolutely amazing for a 16-bit game! I might give the first Jurassic Park game as well even though it sounds like it is overall a little rougher than this game design-wise.
I remember getting this one as well back then, and I definitely enjoyed it quite a bit. I still prefer the first one, but I feel a strong "what could have been" if the first one had been as smooth as Rampage Edition. Like last time, the music didn't bother me. It didn't stand out, but it wasn't noticeably bad back then.
I was a kid when this came out and it was VERY popular; one of the first Genesis games I remember being released and we all loved it... Those game mags have no idea wtf they are talking about and never did
Honestly, I liked this game a lot more than the original JP game. The original had its slowdown that made jumping problamatic and its cheap deaths were something that got annoying after a while. This version had much smoother gameplay, tighter controls and was overall fun to play. :)
I loved the first game but never had this one. I always thought it was just a rerelease of the first with the added atrium level. Thanks for the spotlight I'll have to check it out.
SLX please review the Sega CD JP! The CD version was my favorite of the 3 games. It gives the best feeling of being eaten alive by a dinosaur and has an atmospheric feel to it that was really incredible. I would say the hardest of the 3 because I had to get help on some of the puzzles.
Thank you for this review it was fun to watch and I didn't know Blue Sky pushed out two JPRE months after the first that is impressive. The fact they offered a unique experiences is amazing because many companies will make a sequel with minimal effort and charge consumers $60 bucks for a game or more for upgrades to squeeze more money out our pockets.
"Alan Grant is back on Isla Nublar" "What is he doing here? More scientific discovery? More investigations into Dinosaur behaviour?" "He's riding on the back of a Gallimimus with a flamethrower at high speed burning everything in his way"
When I was a kid, my friend next door owned a Genesis & JP:RE. I loved going to his house to play it, bc I only owned a second hand NES. Imagine my excitement when I found a blank rental box for a game titled “Rampage” on NES. The staff drew what looked like a dinosaur on the rental case so my mom rented it for me…. that was my introduction to the classic arcade port of Rampage… sigh
as a kid I preferred Rampage Edition to the OG because it was "easier" and was what I was more used to with other games I was playing (a lot of shooters, I didn't play this until late '98 so I'd already cut my teeth on Doom and Quake and the like). As I got older and played more games of different types I found myself enjoying Jurassic Park more than Rampage because I preferred the atmosphere of the former. Being a huge Resident Evil fan, I always liken Jurassic Park to a survival horror game and Rampage Edition is kind of like how Resident Evil 4 turned from survival horror to survival action, and the subsequent games were more action oriented. Also, I had mentioned in your other review that the soundtrack was really nice at establishing the atmosphere in JP. I agree that the soundtrack here isn't the best, Cargo Ship is good and Aviary has it's moments but overall I just think that the tracks themselves are simply uninspiring, regardless of the GEMS nature
Thanks a lot for your review. You really described both games in very good way. And both concepts sounds appealing to me. I think I will add both games to my Mega Drive collection.Looking forward to play both of them. I missed the Genesis/Mega Drive completely back then. I was just a gameboy only user in the early 90s. I did not get my first home console until 97 (the n64).
For whatever reason, I never played either of the Jurassic Park games back in their time. I remember thinking playing as a raptor was a very cool idea. I also remember, from screenshots and maybe TV commercials, that the first one didn't quite hit the mark visually for me. When Rampage Edition came along, I liked the visual changes a lot, which is odd because I don't usually love such dark outlines on sprites in 2D games, but I think it makes the game visually clearer here. I also like the change in concept for it. Interesting to hear it wasn't as well received because I always thought it was. Perhaps it was just word of mouth among people I knew.
As a kid who loved dinosaurs, this was the very first game I had on the Genesis. I gotta admit the music is pretty bad. It was mostly the savannah music I remember because I used to play it without riding the Gallimimus, which makes the game longer. But it helps in a way because then you don't get swarmed by enemies. I've noticed that Raptors spawn to attack you when riding the Gallimimus, but not if you're on foot. Overall I had a lot of fun playing this game and the visuals are awesome especially the water effects. Great review!
This is one of the three of my very first Sega Genesis games ever owned since 1995 and it still works today. TBH I had this before the "orginal" version and I admit it by-far exceeds the "real" one for sure though some parts are just as hard.
I bought this game more then 20 years ago but never played it past the first level. But after seeing this review i'm gonna play it again today, to see what i have been missing out on!
Absolute banger Rampage Edition was ... then again I was looking at the game through the eyes of a younger lad, looking at it now and playing it is a bit of a challenge and a bit frustrating lol. One thing I fubar'd with my modded MD Mini is that I put on the wrong version of Rampage Edition - the PAL one is so much slower it's painful. I was never able to clear the game though or if I did I don't remember.. was the same with the original JP I never really got too close to the end due to the difficulty curve (well hard for me atleast), doubt I'd get as far now without save state scumming if I tried again heh. Damnit, SLX, you always give me the nostalgia hit when you put up MD games I thrashed as a wee lad lol.
5:32 - DUDE I swear this little musical cue right here is triggering some latent trauma... I must have really struggled on this level, because it's absolutely rubbing on my memories in a weird and negative way. 😂
I had Jurassic Park on the SNES and although it was good I always wanted to play the Megadrive version. The digitised graphics of the first looked so damn awesome. Also, t's a shame you don't have a CRT TV to show these games with the dithering as intented.
I remember that Gamepro review confusing me as well back in the day, i have no idea why they hated this game so much, to me it was perfect, Rampage Edition took everything the original did good, turned it up to a hundred and eliminated all the things that the original did poorly, my only real complaint with this game was them not including the password system, i understand why they probably felt it wasn't necessary but they should have left that in.
I played the 1st one alot as a kid at other people's houses but never saw this one. Those liquid effects are obscene in the best possible way, and I like the cel shaded look of the characters.
I played through this game more times than almost any others i had over the years. Its a fun game to blast through the levels and the graphics looked great.
Great review! Your videos are always a treat!! And this game looks amazing--truly one of the best looking games on the console! I've never played this, but I may give it a shot in the future! :D
To think, on the other side of the fence, the Super Nintendo has games with an ABSOLUTELY STELLAR soundtrack... I'm so jealous... We need to cross the enemy line and go steal their soundtrack!
can't wait to see your reviews on the other "Jurassic Park" games released on the SEGA consoles in future videos, cya then and watch out for that T-Rex...She's a hunter!
When i got my used Mega Drive this summer this game and the first were a no brainer i had this one as a kid but i never had the first game, so that was an experience to say the least. One huge thing about the music, i live in the PAL region and as we all remember, games in the PAL region ran at 30hz not 50hz it happend that a lot of times apperently many games were designed for 30hz first and then ported to 50hz and vice versa i think this was due to how the Genesis/Mega Drive detected the region. This impacted not only framerates but the music as well. In the case of this game i highly suggest you listen to the PAL versions, because the NTSC versions feel sped up and they work so much better at 30hz seems that the music was made for 30hz but when switching regions it sped up the tracks. Same as with Sonic 1 and how it slowed down the music the difference is that the music was designed for 50hz so it feels natural while with Jurassic Park the slower tempo is what feels natural.
I only had the first game as a kid, I never played or knew of this one. I'm going to give this a go now though for sure! Looks great. Thanks for the video and review++
I knew this game sounded like Shadowrun. Turns out both games were developed by the same company. Kind of interesting to see that Blue Sky was actually based in California, as well, as their level design feels reminiscent of British microcomputer titles.
I found it fascinating how the remaining dinosaurs, in gen employees, army soldiers all worked together perfectly to all try and kill poor Grant. He didn't sign up for this
The effect of the waterfall at 7:45 is just spectacular, indeed.
The T Rex stage with the waterfall backdrop is very beautiful.
Maybe the best looking 2d water ever created. Can't come up with a better one.
Love this game
The end-boss graphics are, IMO, the most impressive of any graphics in any game on the system. I'll never forget how blown away I was at them as a kid when I finally got that far.
Why u r that faking dog?
Same same
Totally agreed. That waterfall, and all the reflections in the river. Burning forest in the background. It's stunning.
IIRC they used the same Silicon Graphics CG models from the movie to make the sprites, "Grant" was an actor dressed like Alan Grant and filmed Mortal-Kombat style. I still find it hilarious that the Genesis got like 3 pretty awesome action games but the Sega CD could only fart out a dull point and click.
Same here! Remember how silly you felt when you finally said to yourself out of frustration “I’ll just jump off the skeleton and land between the raptors……only to notice the raptors never turned around?” 😂. A few grenades later. Done! But also the TRex fights. So good. I think this may have been, along with mortal kombat, the first game to use motion capture on a 16bit system.
Edit: My bad, I was referring to the first release. The end fight with the TRex on this title is the only thing I really remember about it. Along with the fact the raft sequences were far more intuitive and less trial and error than the first one. This series was literally the first games based on a movie that were worth playing even if you weren’t just playing because of the movie. I also had the Sega CD “point and click” game. I LOVED it. At that time it was the closest you could feel to being in the park. I still remember the audio. Was so spooky lol.
The music reminds me of the music from the original Terminator film. Personally, I think it matches the gameplay more than the John Williams score would have.
How you could not mention the game's awesome title screen and music boggles the mind. It traumatized me as a child, and I still love it today LOL
Yep, I thought that title screen had the coolest music ever when I was a kid, and the raptor's dripping teeth and moving eye were nice touches.
I liked the soundtracks of both games. Never found them grating or anything of the sort. First game in particular I thought had some pretty atmospheric stuff that lent itself well to a lot of the levels.
stage 1 of the first one comes up in my mind once in a while. but yeaaah it do sound messy though.. the sound font they use sounds messy but yeah i agree. i still like it too
I think the soundtrack for the 2nd game is decent, but I think the first game's soundtrack is actually very good overal. I suppose if it's not your kind of thing it might just sound like random noises, but there are clear defined melodies and whatnot.
I feel the same about the soundtrack. The first game has pretty good music. The fist level, the last level, and the stage transition music is all good in my book.
Same, I always thought the tribal drums were done really well for these two games too. Especially this one, listen to Aviary and Savanna when he plays them. I felt like the drum beats were a good stand-in for a more film type score, it still feels like Jurassic Park to me.
While I'll admit the GEM was just a bad idea from the start, I loved the music in both these games except the savanna & hidden ruins here. I get the feeling SLX just doesn't appreciate electronic music like this. I honestly wouldn't know it was GEM if he didn't say so. Raptor is crazy OP in savanna in rampage mode, and it makes it the shortest level by time. Rampage Edition was my favorite for casual play on my Nomad while traveling. Both these games blew away the SNES competition (JP & JP the chaos continues) in fast-paced action. The sheer variety of JP content was the best part of this era
I loved the intro song to this game. Very heavy metal-esque. Fit the gameplay perfectly.
I love both games since they're among my most precious ones.
There is a major issue with Rampage Edition which can't be stretched out enough.
It's ridiculously few and short levels. If they could have graced us with lengthy and numerous levels, like X-Men 2 did, it would have been a masterpiece.
But never the less, it's still an excellent game.
It's almost like 90's DLC. Definitely not a full game.
@@Psychology pretty much. I still recall my reaction when I realized how few levels it had. At that point I had played more than a few games with much longer game time and number of levels.
Still it's a good game. And I still hope some indie developer could create a spiritual sequel 🤞
@@claimhsolais3466 Indeed, indeed
this was always a fave when i was a kid - blew through it when i rented it from blockbuster. I always felt like the devs cut out a level or two because of how the map cuts off the two later stages - maybe there's more hiding up there in the code! Can't believe gaming mags didn't like it back in 94.
One selectable that's 'hiding' up there, is Burning River (the last section of the River level with Grant). Learned this when Tony Hedstrom over at Sega-16 made Game Genie level codes for the game. I seem to remember ALL the selectables for both players are up there, for both Grant and the Raptor. But it's been a while. We looked into the game's earliest prototypes, doesn't seem like there were going to be more levels. But I would have happily welcomed them. Our Dutch magazine Power Unlimited did like the game, but it was of the few positive reviews I've seen.
@@hiltwo Ah, that makes sense! Was there any reason the map didn't shift up once you beat the first three levels to show the rest of the island graphic?
@@tylerwerrin41 No idea, but I'm interested to look into it again. If we can't see the rest of the map, maybe the levels can be switched around. I wonder if River Run and its extention Burning River have icons as well.
Absolutely loved this as a kid. The first Jurassic Park was my first Genesis game, even remember calling in on the tips hotline because I couldn't figure out how to beat the final stage as the raptor. This game is definitely much more of a run 'n gun, way faster and less cerebral.
The river scene is very cool too, and I'm glad it's gotten some love from both Genesis games, as it's one of the cooler scenes from the novel that was cut from the film. The final boss in the red river cavern is awesome too, always stuck in my memory.
This game blew my mind. I literally thought how much better can games look after playing the savanna level with the helicopters. Got this game for Christmas one year and it's always been one of my favorites
The graphics leap from then to today is insane lol and we did think “wow, this is as good as it gets” haha now we’re in virtual reality
Great episode. Love Sega Lord X content. Don’t know if it was mentioned in the comments, but Sega actually offered three Jurassic Park experiences within a year or so. Jurassic Park for Sega CD was also released in first quarter of 1994 and doesn’t get much love but I had a blast playing it and even have a sealed copy of it (along with sealed copies of Sonic CD , Ecco the Dolphin and Snatcher - and no I’m not selling it) stored in my attic in a giant plastic bin with my Game Gear, Nomad, Genesis / 32X / Sega CD monster, my Saturn and Dreamcast.
I love this art style - much better then digitized sprites that haven't aged that well. This art style is timeless!
It looks like cell shading with pre-rendered backgrounds but digitized. It looks beautiful.
Rampage looked absolutely amazing
I had this game in 90s, loved the music, always thought it's very atmospheric and different
I never noticed how the manual refers to the grenades and machine gun as gas grenades and machine tranquillizer gun. That's cute. I've loved both of the games ever since they were released, but Rampage Edition is definitely my favorite of the two. After close to 30 years it's hard to be objective when it comes to the music, though. I always fine myself humming along to all the tracks, but I get that it's not for everyone. I was hoping you'd review this next, thanks for the content!!
Its like combat cold cuts
For he so loved his SEGA Genesis's sound chip that he nodded along approvingly to the Jurassic Park Rampage Edition's soundtrack.
Thanks for reviewing this one. I had read somewhere that Sega pushed out the sequel impart due to the films massive success on VHS but could be wrong. I still prefer the first title because of its moody visuals and OST but they are both worth owning!
Yup. Sega wanted it ready around the home video release date.
@@SegaLordX Is Jurassic park the lost world next for a review ?
Yeahhhh ! Buddy! Another great vid in the books!
I hope there’s a compilation of 90s Jurassic Park games released one of these days
You probably know this by now, but there actually is! Jurassic Park Classic Collection.
Love the channel, Sega Lord. I love your positivity. When critiquing these old games you view them through the lense of what was possible at the time and you try to point out what a game does well for the time...rather than just crapping on it.
The waterfalls dinosaur scene looks really good for back then!
7:44
I like the music. Never grates me & still find them atmospheric.
You KNEW that your last video left us wanting this - love your videos bro ❤️🔥🖤
Bro?...SLX doesn't wanna be ur bro bro and I don't blame em
@@randylahey1232 Don't speak for other people ya ding bat.
@@AFourEyedGeek aye aye sir!
I loved this game. Got it for Christmas one year and played the Hell out of it. Kinda easy, but super fun.
Back when developers made remarkable changes from one iteration to their subsequent sequels, even sports titles had major overhauls from one year to another.
About the music, maybe I'm not too demanding as I find these western gems-based soundtracks charming to a certain degree, in this particular game, the samples you showed remind me a bit of the first MK soundtrack, as far as the percussions go. An interesting action platformer. Speaking of which, have you covered or even tried Ex-Mutants yet?
Nice review! I love Vectorman, so definitely will check this one out! BlueSky really seems to have brought out the true power of the Genesis with these graphics! Those water effects look absolutely amazing for a 16-bit game!
I might give the first Jurassic Park game as well even though it sounds like it is overall a little rougher than this game design-wise.
I remember getting this one as well back then, and I definitely enjoyed it quite a bit. I still prefer the first one, but I feel a strong "what could have been" if the first one had been as smooth as Rampage Edition. Like last time, the music didn't bother me. It didn't stand out, but it wasn't noticeably bad back then.
Wow, I love my PS5 but this looks great!👍 them water physics look awesome!
I was a kid when this came out and it was VERY popular; one of the first Genesis games I remember being released and we all loved it... Those game mags have no idea wtf they are talking about and never did
You gotta review the arcade game now
The Sega on rails shooter? Absolutely!
This game is better than the first one, but the original is mythic and the best is Lost World.
Does the Rampage edition score match Jurassic? No. Does it match Grant going on a Falling Down style killing spree across Isla Nublar? Yes.
13:18 lol you sound like a news anchor 😂
Honestly, I liked this game a lot more than the original JP game. The original had its slowdown that made jumping problamatic and its cheap deaths were something that got annoying after a while. This version had much smoother gameplay, tighter controls and was overall fun to play. :)
That Player Select screen going back and forth between characters to the beat of the music
Also loved the chirps
My childhood self actually preferred the first game.
I loved the first game but never had this one. I always thought it was just a rerelease of the first with the added atrium level. Thanks for the spotlight I'll have to check it out.
SLX please review the Sega CD JP! The CD version was my favorite of the 3 games. It gives the best feeling of being eaten alive by a dinosaur and has an atmospheric feel to it that was really incredible. I would say the hardest of the 3 because I had to get help on some of the puzzles.
This game was awesome. It threw in more Dinos and more guns and an edgier soundtrack
Thank you for this review it was fun to watch and I didn't know Blue Sky pushed out two JPRE months after the first that is impressive. The fact they offered a unique experiences is amazing because many companies will make a sequel with minimal effort and charge consumers $60 bucks for a game or more for upgrades to squeeze more money out our pockets.
7:43 I remember that this part scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. First Jump Scare of my life.
One of my favorite games of all time. I’ve beaten this in one sitting and it never gets old. Definitely recommend
Blu sky, ninja golf 7800, vectorman Genesis they were awesome 🙏
"Alan Grant is back on Isla Nublar"
"What is he doing here? More scientific discovery? More investigations into Dinosaur behaviour?"
"He's riding on the back of a Gallimimus with a flamethrower at high speed burning everything in his way"
Yooooou are the man!! Keep pumpin em out!! LONG LIVE SEGA LORD X!!
This game was my childhood, thank you for covering!
Damn, those waterfalls look amazing
When I was a kid, my friend next door owned a Genesis & JP:RE. I loved going to his house to play it, bc I only owned a second hand NES. Imagine my excitement when I found a blank rental box for a game titled “Rampage” on NES. The staff drew what looked like a dinosaur on the rental case so my mom rented it for me…. that was my introduction to the classic arcade port of Rampage… sigh
as a kid I preferred Rampage Edition to the OG because it was "easier" and was what I was more used to with other games I was playing (a lot of shooters, I didn't play this until late '98 so I'd already cut my teeth on Doom and Quake and the like). As I got older and played more games of different types I found myself enjoying Jurassic Park more than Rampage because I preferred the atmosphere of the former.
Being a huge Resident Evil fan, I always liken Jurassic Park to a survival horror game and Rampage Edition is kind of like how Resident Evil 4 turned from survival horror to survival action, and the subsequent games were more action oriented.
Also, I had mentioned in your other review that the soundtrack was really nice at establishing the atmosphere in JP. I agree that the soundtrack here isn't the best, Cargo Ship is good and Aviary has it's moments but overall I just think that the tracks themselves are simply uninspiring, regardless of the GEMS nature
I absolutely love this game! Big fan of your channel too! I'd love to see your review for Genesis JP - The Lost World next?!
Thanks a lot for your review. You really described both games in very good way. And both concepts sounds appealing to me. I think I will add both games to my Mega Drive collection.Looking forward to play both of them. I missed the Genesis/Mega Drive completely back then. I was just a gameboy only user in the early 90s. I did not get my first home console until 97 (the n64).
For whatever reason, I never played either of the Jurassic Park games back in their time. I remember thinking playing as a raptor was a very cool idea. I also remember, from screenshots and maybe TV commercials, that the first one didn't quite hit the mark visually for me. When Rampage Edition came along, I liked the visual changes a lot, which is odd because I don't usually love such dark outlines on sprites in 2D games, but I think it makes the game visually clearer here. I also like the change in concept for it. Interesting to hear it wasn't as well received because I always thought it was. Perhaps it was just word of mouth among people I knew.
As a kid who loved dinosaurs, this was the very first game I had on the Genesis. I gotta admit the music is pretty bad. It was mostly the savannah music I remember because I used to play it without riding the Gallimimus, which makes the game longer. But it helps in a way because then you don't get swarmed by enemies. I've noticed that Raptors spawn to attack you when riding the Gallimimus, but not if you're on foot.
Overall I had a lot of fun playing this game and the visuals are awesome especially the water effects. Great review!
This is one of the three of my very first Sega Genesis games ever owned since 1995 and it still works today. TBH I had this before the "orginal" version and I admit it by-far exceeds the "real" one for sure though some parts are just as hard.
I bought this game more then 20 years ago but never played it past the first level. But after seeing this review i'm gonna play it again today, to see what i have been missing out on!
soundtracks were iconic when you were a kid it just stuck with us idk why when you analize it just brings out the fun.
Absolute banger Rampage Edition was ... then again I was looking at the game through the eyes of a younger lad, looking at it now and playing it is a bit of a challenge and a bit frustrating lol. One thing I fubar'd with my modded MD Mini is that I put on the wrong version of Rampage Edition - the PAL one is so much slower it's painful. I was never able to clear the game though or if I did I don't remember.. was the same with the original JP I never really got too close to the end due to the difficulty curve (well hard for me atleast), doubt I'd get as far now without save state scumming if I tried again heh.
Damnit, SLX, you always give me the nostalgia hit when you put up MD games I thrashed as a wee lad lol.
5:32 - DUDE I swear this little musical cue right here is triggering some latent trauma... I must have really struggled on this level, because it's absolutely rubbing on my memories in a weird and negative way. 😂
2:30 are the graphics really like this? Why do the backgrounds not align correctly?
They do. It's a jungle level.
I had Jurassic Park on the SNES and although it was good I always wanted to play the Megadrive version. The digitised graphics of the first looked so damn awesome.
Also, t's a shame you don't have a CRT TV to show these games with the dithering as intented.
When played in emulation? This game totally needs a composite or even RF filter in GLSL.
Have to love the idea of this archeologist mowing down every dinosaur he sees on sight. lol
I remember that Gamepro review confusing me as well back in the day, i have no idea why they hated this game so much, to me it was perfect, Rampage Edition took everything the original did good, turned it up to a hundred and eliminated all the things that the original did poorly, my only real complaint with this game was them not including the password system, i understand why they probably felt it wasn't necessary but they should have left that in.
I played the 1st one alot as a kid at other people's houses but never saw this one. Those liquid effects are obscene in the best possible way, and I like the cel shaded look of the characters.
I remember crying because i couldn't beat the T-rex. Oh that theme music for the Rampage Edition is burned into my brain, good stuff.
I really enjoyed this game. I never finished the raptor last boss. Nice work on this video.
I played through this game more times than almost any others i had over the years. Its a fun game to blast through the levels and the graphics looked great.
Great review! Your videos are always a treat!! And this game looks amazing--truly one of the best looking games on the console! I've never played this, but I may give it a shot in the future! :D
Maybe it's just me but I like the music. :)
Niiiice!
It could be nostalgia talking, but I didn’t hate the soundtracks.
Finally got a chance to watch this. Awesome work sega lord x
I hope 25 or so years from now people on FutureTube will be watching videos about mildly popular games and how they were made, received and played.
To think, on the other side of the fence, the Super Nintendo has games with an ABSOLUTELY STELLAR soundtrack... I'm so jealous... We need to cross the enemy line and go steal their soundtrack!
Awesome video man! Great looking and playing video-game!
can't wait to see your reviews on the other "Jurassic Park" games released on the SEGA consoles in future videos, cya then and watch out for that T-Rex...She's a hunter!
I so wished you do Rampage Edition after Jurassic Park!
When i got my used Mega Drive this summer this game and the first were a no brainer i had this one as a kid but i never had the first game, so that was an experience to say the least.
One huge thing about the music, i live in the PAL region and as we all remember, games in the PAL region ran at 30hz not 50hz it happend that a lot of times apperently many games were designed for 30hz first and then ported to 50hz and vice versa i think this was due to how the Genesis/Mega Drive detected the region.
This impacted not only framerates but the music as well. In the case of this game i highly suggest you listen to the PAL versions, because the NTSC versions feel sped up and they work so much better at 30hz seems that the music was made for 30hz but when switching regions it sped up the tracks. Same as with Sonic 1 and how it slowed down the music the difference is that the music was designed for 50hz so it feels natural while with Jurassic Park the slower tempo is what feels natural.
I was hoping for this. I played this back in 90s. Top game. Gotta get it again
I enjoyed this one over the first, more action oriented and better graphics and more importantly none of that slow down.
I’ve loved these first two Jurassic videos. Please tell me you’ll be covering Lost World as well. That’s such a great game, too.
Which game/level is the tune playing at the end credits from ?
I actually like the music.
Loved being able to Ride the Gallimimus and Triceratops.
Violence and candy bars! This 90s kid's dream!
Awesome review man!
I only had the first game as a kid, I never played or knew of this one. I'm going to give this a go now though for sure! Looks great. Thanks for the video and review++
Glad you enjoyed it. It's worth a shot for sure.
I liked the soundtracks to both games. JPRE’s cargo ship music is awesome.
First time I heard positive review of this game. I was a big fan of both of the super nes versions .
Okay this has been bugging me for weeks, whats that tune taht plays during your credits role?
it's so familiar but I can't place it
I still own my copy of this game. What a great game
A sequel within 14 months boy those must have been times now we have to wait 14 years for a sequel the music is once again a banger though
I haven't watched the video yet but I loved this game as a kid! I thought the music for the cargo ship was pretty cool
"Savanna" soundtrack reminded me of a section of Doom's level three.
GREAT SEGA GENESIS GAME REVIEW ON JURASSIC PARK RAMPAGE EDITION 1994 !!!!
I knew this game sounded like Shadowrun. Turns out both games were developed by the same company. Kind of interesting to see that Blue Sky was actually based in California, as well, as their level design feels reminiscent of British microcomputer titles.
I found it fascinating how the remaining dinosaurs, in gen employees, army soldiers all worked together perfectly to all try and kill poor Grant. He didn't sign up for this
Dr. Alan "Rambo" Grant smoking double barrel justice on people and dinosaurs alike.
Just the fact that you can knock over a helicopter as the raptor is awesome!!! 😇