Pat Ferguson, a video game industry analyst, called the game's character choices "the great hook here," and stated that Sega "has combined all the best of 16-bit video games in 'Jurassic Park.' The quality of the graphics is as good as it's going to get, and the sound is the highest quality I can recall in any video game." Christopher Michael Baker of AllGame rated the game four and a half stars out of five. Baker praised the game's graphics, the ability to play as either Grant or the "Velociraptor", and the sound effects and intelligence of the game's dinosaurs. Baker concluded, "It's the type of game that – even though it is the product of movie merchandising – is fabulous on its own. A rare find indeed." Bob Strauss of "Entertainment Weekly" called the game "a blast" and rated it a "B+".