Description
Three-headed demon Morgul has been influencing people's dreams to create nightmares, but more recently these nightmares have become real. Only
Turrican can save them in this fast paced side scrolling shoot-em up. It features 5 worlds and 13 levels of challenging gameplay.
Gameplay is conceptually simple: just jump, shoot and explore. However, this game puts a lot of emphasis on finding and using the 10 different weapons Turrican can collect.
Alternate Titles
- "Hurrican" -- Working title
Part of the Following Group
User Reviews
The Press Says
| Pixel-Heroes.de |
Amiga |
Aug, 2003 |
10 out of 10 |
100 |
| Zzap! |
Commodore 64 |
May, 1990 |
97 out of 100 |
97 |
| Zzap! |
Amiga |
Aug, 1990 |
94 out of 100 |
94 |
| ST-Computer |
Atari ST |
Nov, 1990 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Amiga Action |
Amiga |
Jul, 1990 |
83 out of 100 |
83 |
| Svenska Hemdatornytt |
Commodore 64 |
Apr, 1990 |
81.25 out of 100 |
81 |
| Mean Machines |
Genesis |
Oct, 1991 |
73 out of 100 |
73 |
| Power Play |
Commodore 64 |
Jun, 1990 |
71 out of 100 |
71 |
| Power Play |
Game Boy |
Mar, 1992 |
70 out of 100 |
70 |
| Pixel-Heroes.de |
TurboGrafx-16 |
Aug, 2003 |
6 out of 10 |
60 |
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Trivia
Cover
The cover art for the Game Boy, Sega Genesis and TurboGrafx-16 was painted by
Julie Bell and is entitled
Turrican.
References
The title screen of
Turrican was obviously inspired by the cover of the Manowar album
Kings of Metal.
Remake
In June 2007, a freeware Windows remake with the title
Hurrican was released.
Title
The name Turrican comes from the Italian name "Turricano", which the developers found in a phone book of Düsseldorf (Germany).
Awards
- Power Play
- Issue 01/1991 - Best Sound in 1990 (Amiga version)
Information also contributed by
irelandgamer94 and
Sciere.
