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Turok 2: Seeds of Evil for Nintendo 64
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil for Nintendo 64 is a first-person shooter in which Joshua Fireseed defends the Lost Land against the Primagen. Adon explains your missions before you explore large areas with interconnected routes. In the harbour city, for example, you rescue captive children and activate distress beacons. Further on, marshes, underground caves and alien buildings change how you find your way. Finding the exit is not enough: you must also complete the area's objectives.
You collect keys and earn talismans that let you use previously unreachable passages. This means returning to familiar locations and exploring them further with new abilities. The arsenal ranges from a bow and shotgun to the Cerebral Bore, which tracks a target. Aiming at unprotected body parts matters when an enemy wears armour. While exploring, you alternate between swimming, jumping and combat, keeping track of ammunition for different weapons.
The campaign is for one player. There are also local battles for two to four players on a split screen, with a separate controller for each player. You need a Controller Pak to save progress; this is not included as standard. An Expansion Pak is optional and enables a higher display resolution. This description concerns the original Nintendo 64 release, without online features or the freedom to save offered by the later remaster.
Region and language
Our Nintendo 64 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.
Manual
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil for Nintendo 64 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 Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
Iguana Entertainment developed Turok 2: Seeds of Evil for Acclaim as a sequel to Turok: Dinosaur Hunter. The Nintendo 64 release arrived in 1998 and replaced the first game's protagonist with Joshua Fireseed. The team wanted to expand the existing adventure substantially. In an original interview, lead designer David Dienstbier explained that locations, characters and visual design were among the elements reworked. The foundation remained an armed journey through a strange world, but objectives became more important.
Dienstbier also described the deliberately darkening environments. The journey begins in a harbour city under attack and leads increasingly far into caves and an alien habitat. This progression was intended to make the danger tangible as you advanced. A revised hit-detection system made individual body parts important in combat. Designers could assign protection to particular parts, so a shot at a helmet has a different result from a precisely aimed shot past that protection.
Later interviews with the original creators explain how technology and weapons influenced one another. Improved lighting gave flares a practical purpose, for example, while the Cerebral Bore called for recognisable enemy behaviour and distinctive animations. Sound also helped distinguish small weapons from heavy ones. These choices give the original its distinctive character. The later updated release changed travel and saving, among other things; those changes are not part of the Nintendo 64 cartridge offered here.
Similar games for Nintendo 64
Turok: Dinosaur Hunter on Nintendo 64 also has you finding keys, jumping and shooting across large areas. The first game places considerable emphasis on jungles, ruins and discovering passageways. Seeds of Evil adds more clearly defined objectives and a wider arsenal. You can also start local battles with other players after the solo adventure here; the first game has no multiplayer.
GoldenEye 007 on Nintendo 64 combines shooting with objectives you must accomplish during a mission. You work as Bond with gadgets in espionage locations, whereas Turok 2 leads you through a strange world populated by monsters. Turok also lets you jump and swim during combat. Both games have separate local battles, but their campaigns are played without a second human partner.
Perfect Dark on Nintendo 64 shares the emphasis on mission conditions and unusual weapons. Joanna Dark uses equipment while investigating a conspiracy; Joshua searches for keys and talismans on his journey against the Primagen. Perfect Dark also offers a cooperative campaign, which requires an Expansion Pak. Turok 2 keeps its campaign single-player and uses that memory accessory only for a higher display resolution.
Doom 64 on Nintendo 64 revolves around demons, ammunition and opening routes with keys and switches. The immediate threat behind a newly opened door is familiar in both games. Turok 2 adds jumping, swimming and defined mission objectives to the exploration. Doom 64 remains entirely a solo game, whereas Turok has a separate local arena for friends alongside its adventure.
Jet Force Gemini on Nintendo 64 also has you fighting alien opponents and rescuing captive inhabitants. You view your character from behind there and switch between three heroes with different abilities. Turok 2 keeps you looking through Joshua's eyes and opens new passages through talismans. Both require more exploration than a quick journey in which you only shoot enemies that cross your path.
