The Lost World: Jurassic Park

Where the PlayStation version allowed players to take on the role of a T-rex, the Genesis game casts them exclusively as a hunter stranded on Isla Sorna, the dinosaur-populated island of the film. The goal is simple: escape the island alive. Across 19 stages viewed from a top-down perspective, players navigate dense jungle environments while managing a roster of weapons that includes tranquilizer darts and pistols, choosing between them depending on the situation. Fallen hunters scattered across the levels can be looted for energy, making exploration worthwhile beyond simple navigation. When supplies run low, players can call for airdrops — a practical system that adds a light strategic layer to what is otherwise direct action gameplay.

The mission design shows more variety than the film-tie-in genre typically offers. One standout sequence tasks the player with herding Stegosauruses into cages using a taser rather than lethal force, a puzzle-flavored objective that breaks the pace of combat effectively. Mine destruction phases use the map system to locate targets, while a memorable lake descent requires careful management of the bats and dinosaurs that attack from above. Enemies include not only the island's dinosaurs but rival hunters, and a T-Rex encounter demands a specific solution: five shots to the head to immobilise it, followed by use of the electric fence.

The two-player mode supports both cooperative and competitive play, a generous inclusion for a licensed title of this era. The 32-megabit cartridge allows for detailed dinosaur animations that hold up well against the Genesis's technical ceiling, though the game does not entirely escape the slowdown that heavy on-screen action produces on the hardware.