Trivia
Did you know that the alien complex in the "Turrican 2" extro was inspired by "The Book Of Alien" from 1979. A sketch of comic artist Moebius.
The previously-mentioned 'Katakis lives' banner refers to an old Rainbow Arts shoot 'em up which was quickly removed from sale after a lawsuit from Irem, due to its similarities to R-Type - a similar situation to The Great Giana Sisters' Mario cloning. A few months later, Katakis resurfaced as Denaris, which was tinkered with slightly.
Factor 5 presented a Turrican II demo on a computershow in Cologne in 1991. Only 900 copies were available for the public and overwhelming demand caused riots on the show with two people wounded.
Contributed by
Sciere 
(119289) on Mar 07, 2004.
Some easter eggs:
- shoot the very first "EXIT" arrow (pointing down), it will increase your score
- on one of the shoot-em-up levels (just before the vertical rocks I think), a heli with a "KATAKIS LIVES" banner would appear, shooting it resulted in a nice reward
Contributed by
phlux (4157) on Dec 04, 2002.
The game's excellent music was originally written for the Amiga using the TFMX sound format - some of it actually contains 7 channels!
Want to hear all the great music without playing? Press space in the main menu - a music menu will appear :)
Contributed by
phlux (4157) on May 25, 2002.
A soundtrack CD exists and can be ordered via SynSONIQ Records. It contains original music from Turrican 1-3 (Amiga) and the console versions as well as the excellent medley from Chris Hülsbeck's album "Shades".
Tracklist:
01. Opening
02. Prologue
03. Main Title
04. Techno Dungeon
05. The Desert Rocks
06. The Great Bath
07. Walker Factory
08. The Hero
09. Bionic Action
10. Air Combat
11. Climb To Survive
12. Transfer To The Battlefield
13. The Machine
14. Countdown
15. Freedom
16. Bonustrack: Turrican Medley
Contributed by
phlux (4157) on May 25, 2002.
