In April 1997, Nintendo Power held a Player's Poll Contest where the Grand Prize winner would have their likeness used in Turok 2: Seeds of Evil. The winner was revealed in the February 1998 issue; Juan Gaspar was given a trip to Iguana Entertainment to have his image digitized and voice recorded for the game. His face can appear on the Life Force tokens by activating the "HEEERESJUAN" and "YOQUIEROJUAN" cheats on both the Nintendo 64 and PC versions.

When the game was released in Japan, it was renamed "Violence Killer: Turok New Generation", but the Gameboy Color counterpart retained its original name in all regions.