Mega Turrican

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Description

After many generations of peace, the Dark Forces have assembled again, and as a member of the USS Freedom Forces, it is your job to defeat them once again. This means you will have to complete numerous large levels always searching for secrets to pick up and enemies to shoot. To do this, you can pick up three different, upgradeable shots: a multiple, a laser and a rebound. You can also go into wheel-mode (as long as you have enough special energy) or use a rope. In wheel-mode, you are invincible and can lay mines or explore previously unreachable areas.

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Alternate Titles

• "Turrican III: Payment Day" -- German Amiga title
• "Turrican 3" -- Amiga title

Part of the Following Group

• Turrican series

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Critic Reviews

GamePro (US)	Genesis	Mar, 1994	4.5 out of 5	90
Player One	Genesis	Dec, 1994	89 out of 100	89
Play Time	Amiga	1993	88 out of 100	88
Mega Fun	Genesis	May, 1994	88 out of 100	88
Sega-16.com	Genesis	Jun 24, 2004	8 out of 10	80
Megablast	Genesis	Mar, 1994	80 out of 100	80
The Video Game Critic	Genesis	Dec 21, 2011	B	75
Score	Amiga	Jun, 1994	65 out of 100	65
Edge	Amiga	Nov, 1993	6 out of 10	60
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Wii	Mar 25, 2008	5 out of 10	50

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Trivia

Development

Factor 5 began the work on Turrican 3 for the Amiga right after Turrican II: The Final Fight was released in 1991. They had a working demo that already had some features from the final game. However, around this time, the Amiga market was already in decline and together with Rainbow Arts, it was decided to develop the game for the Sega Mega Drive. The game was completely redesigned for the console and it was co-developed by Factor 5 and members of Kaiko. Kaiko then approached Rainbow Arts and asked to develop their own version of Turrican 3 for the Amiga. However, development on this version did not get very far and was stopped after a short time. Development on the Amiga version was restarted, this time as a conversion of the Mega Drive game. The programming was done by Peter Thierolf, formerly of Kaiko (the company was falling apart at the time).

Turrican 3 for the Amiga was finally released in 1993, and even though the Mega Drive version was finished earlier, it was released as Mega Turrican only in 1994.

Sources: Power Play magazine 10/93, Messages from Julian Eggebrecht, Peter Thierolf and Frank Matzke at http://www.nemmelheim.de/turrican/bonusfiles.php

Marketing

The German magazine Amiga Games published a complete six part development diary (The long way from Turrican 2 to Turrican 3) in 1992.

Version differences

The main differences between the versions are graphics (the 64 colours of the Mega Drive version had to be downconverted to 32 for the Amiga) and sound (the Amiga had the more advanced sound hardware and thus the music tracks sound more impressive on it). The main gameplay difference is that a secret level in Mega Turrican became a regular level in Turrican 3.

Awards

• Amiga Joker
  • Issue 02/1994 – Best Action Game in 1993 (Readers' Vote)

Information also contributed by Christian Klein

Related Web Sites

• Turrican S.E.T.A. (Turrican series related site.)