Turrican

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Turrican

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Ballistic

Developer: Rainbow Arts/Factor 5,

The Code Monkeys

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

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Turrican is a run-and-gun game by Rainbow Arts on the Commodore 64. Rainbow Arts licensed Accolade to make console ports, one of them being an unlicensed Sega Mega Drive port released 1991. The game is not region protected.

Rainbow Arts allowed Accolade to hold its console license for Turrican II, but the game was actually rebranded and released as Universal Soldier, a tie-in to the Jean-Claude Van Damme 1992 movie. After that, Factor 5, the developers of the Amiga versions which the Mega Drive versions were based on, went on and produced Mega Turrican on the Mega Drive by themselves. While the Mega Drive port is faithful in terms of content, health depletes at a faster rate, making the game considerably harder. Chris Hüllsbeck's famous musical score wasn't faithfully reproduced either, although this can be partially attributed to the hardware. He would personally programm the music for Mega Turrican, which was highly praised.

Both the C64 and Amiga version relied on various keyboard inputs for special weapons, which had to be remapped to a three button layout. This was done in a complicated way: fires, and jump, cycles through special weapons. To activate a special weapon, and need to be pushed simultaneously, which means the character will always jump while using special weapons.

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Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[2]

Console XS (UK)

PAL

86

^[3]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

60

^[4]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

48

^[5]

Game Power (IT)

89

^[6]

Games-X (UK)

70

^[7]

Game Zone (UK)

PAL

87

^[8]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

86

^[9]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

76

^[10]

Joystick (FR)

PAL

81

^[11]

Mega (UK)

PAL

59

^[12]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[13]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

73

^[14]

Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)

70

^[15]

Mean Machines (UK)

PAL

73

^[16]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

73

^[17]

Player One (FR)

78

^[18]

Power Play (DE)

72

^[19]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

67

^[20]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

86

^[21]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

67

^[22]

User (GR)

PAL

66

^[23]

Video Games (DE)

69

^[24]

	73
Based on 23 reviews

Turrican

Mega Drive, US/EU
Cover
Cart Manual

NEC Retro has more information related to Turrican

↑ File:Megatech UK 01.pdf, page 81
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 252
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 135
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 365
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 111
↑ Game Power, "Gennaio 1992" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 52
↑ Games-X, "17th-23rd October 1991" (UK; 1991-10-17), page 35
↑ Game Zone, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-10-08), page 28
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Enero 1992" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 54
↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-17), page 46
↑ Joystick, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 172
↑ Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 87
↑ Mega Play, "July/August 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 64
↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 81
↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Marzo 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 33
↑ Mean Machines, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-27), page 74
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 142
↑ Player One, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 84
↑ Power Play, "11/91" (DE; 1991-10-11), page 168
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 36
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 27
↑ User, "Septémvrios 1992" (GR; 1992-0x-xx), page 85
↑ Video Games, "4/91" (DE; 1991-12-06), page 29

[:File:Megatech_UK_01.pdf_p81-1] File:Megatech UK 01.pdf, page 81

[2] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 252

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p135-3] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 135

[4] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 365

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p111-5] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 111

[:File:GamePower_IT_02.pdf_p52-6] Game Power, "Gennaio 1992" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 52

[:File:GamesX_UK_26.pdf_p35-7] Games-X, "17th-23rd October 1991" (UK; 1991-10-17), page 35

[:File:GameZone_UK_01.pdf_p28-8] Game Zone, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-10-08), page 28

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_004.pdf_p54-9] Hobby Consolas, "Enero 1992" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:Joypad_FR_001.pdf_p46-10] Joypad, "Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-17), page 46

[:File:Joystick_FR_019.pdf_p172-11] Joystick, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 172

[:File:Mega_UK_16.pdf_p87-12] Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 87

[:File:MegaPlay_US_05.pdf_p64-13] Mega Play, "July/August 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 64

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p81-14] MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 81

[:File:Micromania2_ES_046.pdf_p33-15] Micromanía (segunda época), "Marzo 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 33

[:File:MeanMachines_UK_13.pdf_p74-16] Mean Machines, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-27), page 74

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p142-17] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 142

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_014.pdf_p84-18] Player One, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 84

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1991-11.pdf_p168-19] Power Play, "11/91" (DE; 1991-10-11), page 168

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p36-20] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 36

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p68-21] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68

[22] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 27

[:File:User_GR_28.pdf_p85-23] User, "Septémvrios 1992" (GR; 1992-0x-xx), page 85

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1991-04.pdf_p29-24] Video Games, "4/91" (DE; 1991-12-06), page 29

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