(1997, N64)
The game design is a happy marriage of Doom and Tomb Raider with plenty of fast paced shooting and exploration. One of the main objectives is to find pieces of a relic in each level. Players must explore the level, fight enemies such as poachers, demons, and dinosaurs to find the relics.

Plotwise, players are Tal'Set or Turok, a Native-American time-traveling warrior. The mantle of Turok is passed down every generation to the eldest male and each Turok is in charge of protecting the barrier between Earth and the Lost Land where time is inconsequential. But as video games go, there is an evil overlord who seeks an ancient artifact and weapon called the Chronoscepter which he plans to use to destroy the barrier that separates time and the universe. Turok plans to put an end to those shenanigans.

The game earned rave reviews and was extremely popular on the Nintendo 64 following its release. It was judged to be among the best shooters on the platform and received an aggregate review score of 85%. The game was often called a Doom clone despite innovations in 3D movement and the range of weapon selections. Players complained about the control scheme but it was found to generally work well.

As of 6/24/2016, you can own a loose copy of this game for between $5 and $10.

(1998, Nintendo 64; Win; GBC)
A new Turok, Joshua Fireseed, appears in the beginning through a portal to face a blue skinned Avatar-esque woman named Adon. She tells Joshua she has been called by the Elders of the Lost Lands (you know, the place that has trouble dealing with time) who call themselves Lazarus Concordance, to defeat a powerful alien entity called Primagen. The Primagen creature was trapped long ago in the wreckage of his spacecraft after attempting conquer the Lost Lands. The creature seeks to destroy the five Energy Totems and has mobilized several races of creatures to do his bidding. Turok must save the totems and wipe out the armies of creatures sent to destroy them. Throughout the game Turok is thrown off course by a menacing entity.

The conclusion of the game will differ depending upon how the player played through the campaign.

Once again, the game was praised for its great visuals and tremendous level design. The game possessed many weapons for players to use and that the mechanics were very intuitive. Knocks against the game were its framerate was very choppy and levels could be very long at times. Overall the game received a 72% overall rating.

As of 6/24/2016, you can own a loose copy of this game for between $5 and $10.

(1999, Nintendo 64)(2000, GBC)
This N64 entry in the series had a big focus on multiplayer where the Game Boy Color game was a side-scrolling 2D platformer similar to the previous Turok incarnations on Game Boy.

In the single player campaign, the player must go through a series of death matches through a number of different game mode types and face all four game bosses as well. Each character in the game must be played to the end of their campaign at least once to unlock other characters and rewards. The game does not really have a story and the multiplayer portion is mainly typical match-type games such as deathmatch, capture the flag, and Bloodlust.

The game released to mix reviews but still managed a 72% overall. The game was praised for its multiplayer as this was still in the early days of console multiplayer death-match style games. The visuals were and controls were also highly thought of. The game was pegged for poor AI and requiring the RAM Expansion Pak to keep the graphics from appearing muddy.

As of 6/24/2016, you can own a loose copy of this game for between $5 and $10.

(2000, N64; Game Boy Color)
The gameplay for Turok 3 reverted back to Turok 2 and was similar in style with minor changes to weapon loadouts.

As far as plot goes, the game picks up exactly where 2 left off when gamers were first introduced to Oblivion and its lackeys known as Flesh Eaters. Oblivion is a monstrous cosmic entity that consumed everything in its path and reigned before the birth of our universe. When the Primagen's Lightship was destroyed the chain reaction it triggered was so powerful that the universe was completely eradicated and Oblivion was pushed to the brink of destruction. Though very damaged, Oblivion survived and now desperately seeks to punch through the Netherscape (the barrier that separates Earth from the Lost Lands).

The game begins with Joshua Fireseed, his sister Danielle, and his brother Joseph. Joshua is the last in the Fireseed lineage and has a dream he's protecting a child. He wakes to Oblivion spawn infiltrating his home. He tells Danielle and Joseph to flee while he blows himself and the spawn up with a bomb. It is decided by a council that either Danielle or Joseph need to be the next Turok and the player gets to choose which with each character providing a different set of perks.

The game received a 74% overall and was noted that while it was enjoyable to play it had drifted away from its roots and became a commonplace and linear first person shooter.

As of 6/24/2016, you can own a loose N64 copy of this game for between $15 and $25.
As of 6/24/2016, you can own a loose GBC copy of this game for between $5 and $10.

(2002, PlayStation 2, Xbox, GB Advance, Win)
The game begins with a seer, Tarkeen, explaining the history of the Lost Lands. He tells of Tal'Set who was sucked into a wormhole that opens in the jungle canopy of the Lost Land. Tal'Set fights reptilian humanoids known as the Sleg and partners with a pilot, Glenn, to fly upon ptserosaur-back to evict the Sleg from the area. The story unfolds in a very defined and intimate setting and does not venture far from the idea of protecting villages in the Lost Land from the reptilian enemies and dinosaurs.

The game received mixed reviews with each version of the game (each platform) receiving between 68% and 72% favorable reviews. The game was praised for its high action moments and mayhem but was knocked for poor AI and weak storyline. Later the same year as release, a publication called Tobias Bruckner, the game's villain, the worst in video games from that year.

As of 6/24/2016, you can own a complete disc and case copy of this game for between $3 and $7.

(2008, Xbox 360, PS3, Win)
The game similar to that of most first person shooters with a strong focus on survival in dangerous natural environments. Dinosaurs are often encountered but most of the enemies are humanoids under the leadership of Kane. The dinosaurs can be used to kill the enemies if cleverly used.

The game centers around Corporal Joseph Turok who was trained in black ops by General Roland Kane. Joseph falls out with the group and long story short ends up in another military unit that is crash landed on a terraformed surface inhabited by dinosaurs. Meanwhile, Kane had disappeared three years earlier but it is determined after the crash landing that Kane had been genetically designed as weapons for Kane. Kane must be stopped!

The game received the worst reviews of a Turok game to date with an overall score of 69%. The game was once again plagued by troubled AI, bad stealth mechanics, poor camera, and graphical glitches.

As of 6/24/2016, you can own a complete disc and case copy of this game for between $5 and $10.