Atari ST

Turrican II: The Final Fight

So, all in all, Turrican II is one hell of a big game, with a fair old rake of diversity flung into it. In fact, this is a dead impressive piece of ST programming overall, with smooth multi-scrolling that puts some Amiga titles to shame. If shoot ‘em ups are your bag then Turrican II is well worth checking out. In fact, it is “an essential purchase”. Oh, and by the way, he is not really after his mountain bike, er, that was sort of a ‘joke’.

Incredible! Although not as quite as slick as the Amiga version, what Rainbow Arts have achieved on the humble ST would be considered by many to be impossible! Gasp at the parallaxed backgrounds! Quake at the speed of alien attack! Scream at the size and ferocity of the end-of-level monsters! Even the tunes are great rather than grating! I don't think there are enough superlatives and exclamation marks on my keyboard to express how good this game is. Without any doubt the best shoot-'em-up on the ST.

Auf dem ST fällt der Actionknaller grafisch und akustisch naturgemäß ein wenig ab, der Levelaufbau wurde jedoch Amiga-getreu auf den Atari übersetzt. Kaufen!

Turrican II è un titolo brillante anche sul 16 bit Atari. La Factor 5 riesce, infatti, a mantenere gran parte del feeling della versione Amiga, riducendo il più possibile i comunque notevoli compromessi audiovisivi, inevitabili in una conversione tra due sistemi con potenzialità grafiche e sonore così diverse. Per fortuna la giocabilità è ottima anche sull'Atari ST dove T2 continua a garantire la sua generosa dose di divertimento.