Mega Turrican

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Mega Turrican

Publisher: Data East (US), Sony Electronic Publishing (EU)

Developer: Factor 5

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

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Mega Turrican is an entry in the Turrican series, released for the Sega Mega Drive in 1994. It is technically a direct sequel to Turrican II, which saw release on the system in the rebranded form, Universal Soldier (which in itself is a sequel to Turrican).

Mega Turrican was the first and only Turrican game to be produced with Sega hardware in mind. It was developed and completed in 1993 by Factor 5, however was put on hiatus due to an inability to find a publisher for the game. Rainbow Arts, responsible for the original releases on home computers such as the Amiga, were unable to publish it themselves, however would go on to publish an Amiga port of the game by NEON Studios , relabeled Turrican 3. The Amiga version of the game was consequently released before the Mega Drive version, despite being finished at a later date.

Mega Turrican was eventually published in 1994 by Data East in North America, and Sony Electronic Publishing in Europe. Much of the content of Mega Turrican (most notably the music) was recycled for use in the Super Nintendo game, Super Turrican.

Production credits

A Factor 5 Production
A Game By Thomas Engel Mega Turrican

Designed By: Thomas Engel, Frank Matzke, Julian Eggebrecht
Main Programming: Thomas Engel
Additional Programming: Holger Schimidt
Graphics Design: Frank Matzke
Additional Graphics: Ramiro Vava
Music and Soundeffects: Chris Hülsbeck
Map Design: Thomas Engel, Julian Eggebrecht, Willi Bäcker, Lutz Osterkorn
Additional Production and Support: Rene Henke, Silvia Schmidt, Anja, Jens Petersam, Peter Drescher, Rudolf Stember
Produced By: Julian Eggebrecht
Based on a Character Created By: Manfred Trenz
This game was created using Pegasus Mega Drive
All programs, graphics, music, soundeffects, and other data in any form related to this game © 1994 by Factor 5 Productions
Regards to: Achim Moller, Stefan Tsuparidis, Nils Meier, Sven Meier, Andreas Escher, Andreas Hagemann, Axel Bialke, Bitmap Brothers, Blue Byte, Christian Awizio, Christoph Weise, Cybermedia, Dirk Jagalski, Doc Bobo, Graftgold, Hans Ippisch, Heinrich Lenhardt, Jan Delgado, Klaus Dieter Wartwig, Kristin Dodt, Lucasfilm Games, Marc Bonn, Neon, Renedage, Sirus Awmadi, Sven Werner, Thalion, Torsten Opperman, Tina Lustig, Vlli Mühl, Powerplay and the Chillur Empire

Magazine articles

Main article: Mega Turrican/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

MegaTurrican MD US PrintAdvert.jpg

US print advert

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[4]

Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)

75

^[5]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

83

^[1]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

87

^[6]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

82

^[7]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

60

^[8]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[9]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[10]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[2]

Gamers (DE)

PAL

73

^[11]

GamesMaster (UK)

77

^[12]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC

83

^[13]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

83

^[14]

Megablast (DE)

PAL

80

^[15]

Mega Force (FR)

NTSC-U

93

^[16]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

88

^[17]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

86

^[18]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

70

^[19]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-U

89

^[20]

Player One (FR)

89

^[21]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

65

^[22]

Power Unlimited (NL)

90

^[23]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

87

^[24]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

78

^[25]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-U

83

^[26]

SuperGamePower (BR)

NTSC-U

80

^[27]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

70

^[28]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

80

^[29]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[30]

	80
Based on 29 reviews

Mega Turrican

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File:CVG UK 157.pdf, page 143 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 157.pdf_p143" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File:GamePro US 056.pdf, page 52 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 056.pdf_p52" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf, page 52
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 127
↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 25
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "March 1994" (US; 1994-02-22), page 68
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 332
↑ GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 4: March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 14
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 50
↑ Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 32
↑ GamesMaster, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-28), page 74
↑ MAN!AC, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-13), page 37
↑ Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 26
↑ Megablast, "2/94" (DE; 1994-03-30), page 34
↑ Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-07-04), page 94
↑ Mega Fun, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-20), page 102
↑ Mega Play, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 44
↑ MegaTech, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 48
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-30), page 1
↑ Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 138
↑ Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 112
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 6, Juni 1994" (NL; 1994-05-25), page 49
↑ Sega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-03-31), page 54
↑ Sega Pro, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 48
↑ Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 26
↑ SuperGamePower, "Maio 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 37
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 19
↑ Video Games, "7/94" (DE; 1994-06-29), page 88
↑ VideoGames, "May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 80

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[:File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf_p52-3] File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf, page 52

[4] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 127

[:File:AlaabAlcomputtar_SA_2.pdf_p25-5] Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 25

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_18.pdf_p68-6] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "March 1994" (US; 1994-02-22), page 68

[:File:EGM_US_055.pdf_p40-7] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40

[8] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 332

[:File:GameFan_US_0204.pdf_p14-9] GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 4: March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 14

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0705.pdf_p50-10] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 50

[:File:Gamers_DE_1995-01.pdf_p32-11] Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 32

[12] GamesMaster, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-28), page 74

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-05.pdf_p37-13] MAN!AC, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-13), page 37

[:File:Mega_UK_20.pdf_p26-14] Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 26

[:File:Megablast_DE_1994-02.pdf_p34-15] Megablast, "2/94" (DE; 1994-03-30), page 34

[:File:MegaForce_FR_30.pdf_p94-16] Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-07-04), page 94

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-05.pdf_p102-17] Mega Fun, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-20), page 102

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0501.pdf_p44-18] Mega Play, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 44

[:File:MegaTech_UK_29.pdf_p48-19] MegaTech, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 48

[:File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf_p1-20] Mean Machines Sega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-30), page 1

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_048.pdf_p138-21] Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 138

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-02.pdf_p112-22] Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 112

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_011_199406.pdf_p49-23] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 6, Juni 1994" (NL; 1994-05-25), page 49

[:File:SegaPower_UK_54.pdf_p54-24] Sega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-03-31), page 54

[:File:SegaPro_UK_32.pdf_p48-25] Sega Pro, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 48

[:File:SegaZone_UK_19.pdf_p26-26] Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 26

[:File:SuperGamePower_BR_002.pdf_p37-27] SuperGamePower, "Maio 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 37

[28] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 19

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-07.pdf_p88-29] Video Games, "7/94" (DE; 1994-06-29), page 88

[:File:VideoGames_US_64.pdf_p80-30] VideoGames, "May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 80

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Mega Turrican

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Contents

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

References