Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · Published January 23, 2024 · Updated January 22, 2024

For this Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection Review, We explore Isla Nublar in each of these releases, recreating the excitement and thrills of the historic franchise. Play as Dr. Alan Grant, or in some releases as a Velociraptor, as you collect eggs, survive dangerous local wildlife, restore power to the park collect new weapons, and eventually escape! Re-experience these classic games in one collection.

Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection Review Pros:

Graphics range from 8 to 16 Bit.
2.47GB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Full controller support.
Graphics settings – resolution and screen size.
Seven games – Jurassic Park (8 Bit/Genesis/16-bit/Portable), Jurassic Park 2 (16-bit/portable) and Jurassic Park Rampage Edition.
Full music player for each game and presented on an old-school PC like in the films.
All games have an overlay menu housing map, screen size, filters, border art, reset game, and save/load along with quit game.
Excellent presentation.
On the game select menu, you can see the games in action.
Rewind the time button.
The maps are excellent straight from the game manual or magazine style.
Without naming names you get the NES, SNES, and Gameboy versions of the games.
Excellent soundtrack with some voice work thrown in.
The Jurassic Park Rampage edition has three difficulties (easy/normal/hard) and two playable character choices (Grant or Raptor).
A great nostalgia piece.
Instant loading times.
Each game plays differently with top-down shooters, isometric adventure, and platformers.

Jurassic Park Classic Games Collection Review Cons:

On parts of Steam, it says that controllers are not supported which is incorrect.
The achievements are for finishing each game and a few miscellaneous.
Bare minimum graphics settings.
Cannot remap controls.
No game manuals.
Only one game border art choice.
The games show their age.
Aiming and shooting have to be pixel-perfect.
Cannot Invert the scrolling on the maps.

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