The (Mostly) Terrible Games of Jurassic Park: A Retrospective (Full Spoilers) | MNTM

I will never forget my reaction when i first played Far Cry 1, i literaly said that there should be a Jurassic Park game on such engine allowing to explore the Isla Nublar with all the places we see in movie and even more. Still i hope for such game some day.

It's absolutely nostalgia, but Jurassic park on the genesis with the Raptor is one of my childhood gems. I beat it later on with save states and felt pretty good because as a kid I couldn't pass the fourth stage

Kudos for keeping the games' aspect ratios intact rather than stretching them into 16:9

I was a tester on Jurassic Park (Genesis) and we all enjoyed it. Yes there were a ton of bugs especially with jumping, but the massive variety of environments and playing with the raptor was cool. It was hard (sometimes because of the bugs) but finding a way to win was a part of the fun (as you alluded, retro games were often very hard, purposefully. Not that I condone it, but it was that way for a several reasons (again, you probably know why). I wonder if you would have hated it as much in 1993? And, yeah, I remember is closing a lot of bugs or having to compromise on what a “fix” was (it had to be a release date issue).

Holy crap, those old Dino Valley toys, and similarly knock-off molds of JP Dino toys give me a ton of nostalgia. As well as the official Lost World and JP3 toylines.

Even just two videos in and I can say you are strangely talented in finding and exploring games that aren't just bad but have a weird, distinct sadism to their design whether intentional or not. There is a special brand of misery you seem to have unearthed that I had never considered in a game before, mostly because I have not even a millionth of the willpower you seem to have. Good job on you, very entertaining, just make sure these games aren't killing you via high blood pressure.

This might be the longest video of someone flexing that they read the Jurassic park novel

Well I'll have to do it now.

When I was younger, I could never finish The Chaos Continues. After several years, I finally managed to do it... only to find out that there were extra missions on higher difficulties. So I forced myself to replay the game. On hard. It wasn't worth it.

I loved the Sega Genesis and the SNES versions of the game. I remember the first time I actually beat the SNES version, it was such a wave of endorphins. For the longest time, I couldn’t find Dennis Nedry’s keycard, so I thought it was just more of the game messing with me using him, and when I finally found it, it felt like I got that little bastard.

Stumbled across your channel via chance and I'm hitting the sub! I love a good deep dive video essay and a dry sense of humor. Can't wait to see what you do in the future!

I just found your channel, your videos are great! thanks for putting the effort into making them

A nearly 4 hours video about jurassic park games: me, who never watched any of those movies: great.

the content you make is fantastic! definitely deserves way more views than it has.

Dude, this is a tremendous amount of work. Thankfully, the remaining games are at least WAY more interesting. They still suck, but I grew up playing a lot of these shoddy JP games. The PS1 game kicked my ass. The GBA game I recall was short af but really fucking good! Also if you started a Patreon I'd be happy to contribute to helping you escape Sydney :P

I unironically thought I was listening to tehsnakerer until I checked the channel name- Nice video man! 😉

Great video. Impressive to slog through all of these games! I really liked the SNES version as a kid, even though I found the fps section to be really scary back then. Im pretty sure i remember that if you dont have the night vision goggles you just hear a raptor roar and die when entering those rooms. A friend had what I guess is the Amiga version of the DOS game, I think we were impressed by the graphics but found the game way hard. Would be interesting to see your opinion on Trespasser.

This video is honestly amazing. I love that you even bring in articles from classic video games magazines and the false advertising. That's some quality work and you should keep up the good work. These videos are better than Icons from classic G4TV

Great video. I must disagree with you on the original genesis game and Rampage edition, two of my absolute favorites on the system and indeed, of the franchise. Though I will admit it's probably due to nostalgia and sinking so many hours into it them in my youth. Now that being said, your critiques are not without merit, as I've encountered the same issues you had. All considered however, I'd recommend a playthrough of Rampage Edition to any fan of the franchise. Going forward, when you eventually get to Tresspasser for the PC, I'd recommend playing the game without the fan mods and patches. At least for the first level or so and then install the fan patches. I only say this so you can really get an appreciation for just how broken the game was when it launched. And even with the fan fixes and mods, it's still in a sorry state. Again, great video. Well presented and I was very entertained throughout the entire video. Looking forward to the next installment.

Man, finally finding out what those letters were for has just closed a 30 year chapter of my life I never knew existed.