Based on the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park , the Sega Master System version combines side-scrolling shooting action and platforming levels. In each of the five stages, one escaped dinosaur species must be recaptured.
In each stage, a level begins with a side-scrolling driving section where dinosaurs attack the car and must be fended off by firing at them with a crosshair. If the player survives long enough, a boss battle against an especially powerful dinosaur follows.
After completing the driving section, the level continues with a platform section. The player must jump, duck, and climb to survive moving lifts, floors that will crumble under their feet, environmental hazards like acid drops, steam leaks, or giant boulders, and more. Dinosaurs will also stand in the way, but can be defeated by using several weapons: a rifle, a grenade launcher, and hand grenades.
The first four levels (featuring a Velociraptor, Pteranodon, Triceratops, and Brachiosaurus) can be tackled in any order, but the final level, featuring the Tyrannosaurus Rex, is only unlocked when the others have been completed.