Often in the 16-bit generation licensed games wouldn’t just be versions across multiple consoles, but completely different games. Where the SNES Jurassic Park was by Ocean, the Genesis game was Blue Sky/SEGA. It brings the argument of ‘which is better’ beyond simply performance issues to a comparison of content as well. For instance, the Genesis game’s biggest selling point was that you could play as a Velociraptor – which was pretty exciting for the time – which was not an option on the SNES Jurassic Park.
As it turned out, I played way more of the Genesis game than I did the SNES game growing up. A friend owned a Genesis and this game got a lot of play. We never finished it to my recollection, I don’t think we gave it enough time to pass the midgame. But I had memories of it being pretty alright. When I eventually picked up my own Genesis and Jurassic Park years and years later, I felt the game was sort of a mess. But after beating the SNES game, I went on to clear this one too. My tune has changed once again.