A fun collection of some largely mediocre titles. A built-in save state and rewind function is appreciated, and it's honestly really neat that these games got a rerelease at all. There are some bizarre omissions, though. I understand that it's meant to be a collection of "Classic" Jurassic Park games (so games that came out between the film's release and The Lost World), but even under those restrictions it's missing a few. Notably, this collection has most of the versions of the top-down Jurassic Park game (NES, GB, SNES), but not the PC or Master System/Game Gear Versions. Also not present is the Sega CD point & click game and most glaring of all, the Sega Arcade game. I can't help but feel like for most people, that arcade game would be the main appeal for a collection like this, especially since to my knowledge it has never seen a rerelease. It's be like if the TMNT Collection didn't have Turtles in Time.
Gripes with the selection aside, this is a nice enough Collection Title. I didn't have any issues with the emulation, there are optional filters if you prefer that CRT feel, there's a music player for every game (side note, none of these games feature any rendition of the film score, which is strange), and the UI does a decent enough job replicating that classic JP1-era aesthetic. It's a bit bare-bones, but servicable enough. I'm glad I bought it.

RANKING OF GAMES ON THE COLLECTION
1. Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues (Game Boy)
2. Jurassic Park (NES)
3. Jurassic Park (Game Boy)
4. Jurassic Park: Rampage Edition (Genesis)
5. Jurassic Park (SNES)
6. Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues (SNES)
7. Jurassic Park (Genesis)

Reviewed on Jan 12, 2024


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