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 |
Commodore 64 |
Aug, 2003 |
10 out of 10 |
100 |
| Zzap! |
Amiga |
Aug, 1990 |
94 out of 100 |
94 |
| Crash! |
ZX Spectrum |
Jun, 1990 |
94 out of 100 |
94 |
| ST-Computer |
Atari ST |
Nov, 1990 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Retrogaming.it |
Amiga |
Feb 13, 2008 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Amiga Format |
Amiga |
Aug, 1990 |
88 out of 100 |
88 |
| ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) |
ZX Spectrum |
Dec, 1990 |
871 out of 1000 |
87 |
| Power Play |
Amiga |
Jun, 1990 |
81 out of 100 |
81 |
| Svenska Hemdatornytt |
Commodore 64 |
Apr, 1990 |
81.25 out of 100 |
81 |
| Power Play |
Atari ST |
Dec, 1990 |
80 out of 100 |
80 |
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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
- Amiga Joker
- Issue 01/1991 – Best Action Game in 1990
- Power Play
- Issue 01/1991 - Best Sound in 1990 (Amiga version)
Information also contributed by
irelandgamer94 and
Sciere.
