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The Lost World: Jurassic Park for PlayStation 1
In The Lost World: Jurassic Park for PlayStation 1, you survive on Isla Sorna, the island where dinosaurs roam freely. This action platformer has you control five different characters in succession: a small Compsognathus, a human hunter, a Velociraptor, a Tyrannosaurus rex and a human trying to escape. The environment is three-dimensional, but you mostly follow a sideways route past rocks, vegetation and dangerous animals. Each new role changes how you approach those obstacles.
As a small dinosaur, you avoid larger predators and look for reachable ledges. The raptor and T. rex use their jaws and body strength to overpower prey. Eating strengthens the dinosaurs' instinct, affecting their attack and defence. The human characters have weapons and a device for attaching themselves to rock faces. Each level also hides a DNA key; complete collections unlock behind-the-scenes images.
You play alone with a standard digital PlayStation controller. Jumping, attacking and evading have different applications for each character, so you regularly learn another way of moving. This original release uses passwords to continue later: you receive a code after completing an entire character section containing several levels. Write down that code and enter it through Password in the main menu. Do not expect memory card saves after every individual level or in the middle of a jump.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 1 games are PAL editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
This Classics edition of The Lost World: Jurassic Park for PlayStation 1 has French- and German-language packaging. An English or Dutch in-game language option has not been confirmed for this copy.
Manual
The Lost World: Jurassic Park for PlayStation 1 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of The Lost World: Jurassic Park
DreamWorks Interactive developed The Lost World: Jurassic Park for PlayStation, and Electronic Arts released it in 1997. It accompanied the second Jurassic Park film, but chose its own route through different inhabitants of Isla Sorna. You did not just follow a human film hero: three dinosaur species received playable sections of their own. The change in scale, from a small Compsognathus to a heavy T. rex, gave the island a different meaning each time.
The original manual names Patrick Gilmore as producer and Michael Giacchino for the music. His orchestral score was performed by the Northwest Sinfonia, as the credits state. The soundtrack also received a separate release. This underlines DreamWorks' cinematic approach: alongside moving dinosaurs and jungle sounds, the adventure received original music to accompany the suspense. The game music is therefore a separate work by Giacchino, not simply the cinema film's entire soundtrack.
The original PlayStation version tied progress to passwords after complete character sections. Later, a separate Special Edition appeared in North America with difficulty adjustments and an additional opening sequence featuring the T. rex. Those additions do not automatically belong to a European Classics package. The standard content described here therefore remains the original five roles, side-scrolling platforming and section codes. Other games with the same film title on older consoles also used a different structure and do not provide evidence for this PlayStation release.
Similar games for PlayStation 1
Warpath: Jurassic Park for PlayStation 1 likewise lets you control dinosaurs from the film world, including large predators. Battles take place in enclosed arenas where two animals attack each other directly. The Lost World: Jurassic Park instead builds routes with jumps, hazards and prey around different characters. Both therefore give you control over dinosaurs, but Warpath is about winning a duel; The Lost World also asks how to survive a whole section of the island.
Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee for PlayStation 1 shares the sideways perspective and the need to examine dangers first. Abe must sneak, jump and rescue others by understanding puzzles and guards. The Lost World: Jurassic Park also has you move vulnerably among larger enemies, especially as the small Compsognathus. Later, however, you play a large predator yourself. The emphasis then shifts towards attacking and eating, whereas Abe remains more dependent on using his environment intelligently.
Heart of Darkness for PlayStation 1 combines sideways climbing and jumping with a cinematically told adventure. Andy searches for his dog in a world of shadow creatures and dangerous passages. The Lost World: Jurassic Park uses similarly precise platforming, but changes the body size and abilities of five playable roles. Andy remains the same young hero throughout his journey. On Isla Sorna, you must instead reassess which distance, attack or passage suits your current character.
Wild 9 for PlayStation 1 also uses three-dimensional characters on largely sideways routes. Wex can grab enemies with his electric Rig and use them against machines or other hazards. The Lost World: Jurassic Park has predators use their own body strength, jaws and eating behaviour. Both connect attacks to the environment, but Wild 9 builds its puzzles around one special tool. The Lost World effectively changes the tool by making you switch characters.
Rayman for PlayStation 1 shares the search for hidden objects and precisely timed jumps on sideways routes. Its colourful worlds and detached floating fists give combat a different tone from the hunting dinosaurs on Isla Sorna. Rayman gradually gains extra abilities for the same hero. The Lost World: Jurassic Park has you control several roles in succession, changing reach, weapons and survival methods in each section rather than simply expanding them further.
