Mega Turrican

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Mega Turrican

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console

Publisher:

Konami (cancelled)

Data East (US)

Sony Electronic Publishing (Europe)

Developer: Factor 5

Peripherals supported: Six Button Control Pad

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-03^[1]	$59.9559.95^[1]	T-13086
EU	1994		T-93246-50
PT	199x
UK	1994-11^[2]		T-93246-50
CZ	199x
AU	199x
US ▼	2008-04-14^[6]	800pts800^[5]
EU ▼	2008-03-20^[4]	800pts800^[5]
AU ▼	2008-03	800pts800^[3]

Non-Sega versions
Amiga

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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).

History

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. A prototype dated May 18, 1993 suggests that the game was initially going to be published by Konami [1]. However, it seems this deal fell through, and the game was then put on hiatus due to an inability to find a new console 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 Schmidt
Graphics Design: Frank Matzke
Additional Graphics: Ramiro Vaca
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

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 Hartwig, Kristin Dodt, Lucasfilm Games, Marc Bonn, Neon, Renegade, Sirus Ahmadi, Sven Werner, Thalion, Torsten Opperman, Tina Lustig, Ulli Mühl, Powerplay and the Chillur Empire
Presented by: Data East

Source:

In-game credits

Special Thanks to: Jonathan Seidenfeld, David Hoffman, Brian Balistreri, Sirus Ahmadi, Factor 5

Source:

US manual^[7]

Magazine articles

Main article: Mega Turrican/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

GamePro (US) #57: "April 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[8]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #58: "May 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[9]

Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #26: "December 1994" (1994-10-28)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[15]

Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)

75

^[16]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

83

^[10]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

87

^[17]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

82

^[18]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

60

^[19]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[20]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[21]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

85

^[1]

Gamers (DE)

PAL

73

^[22]

GamesMaster (UK)

77

^[23]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC

83

^[24]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

83

^[25]

Megablast (DE)

PAL

80

^[26]

Mega Force (FR)

NTSC-U

93

^[27]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

88

^[28]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

86

^[29]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

70

^[30]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-U

89

^[31]

Player One (FR)

89

^[32]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

65

^[33]

Power Unlimited (NL)

90

^[34]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

87

^[35]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

78

^[36]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-U

83

^[37]

SuperGamePower (BR)

NTSC-U

80

^[14]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

70

^[38]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

80

^[39]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[40]

	80
Based on 29 reviews

Mega Turrican

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart File:Mega Turrican MD EU Manual.pdf Manual PCB

Mega Drive, PT

Mega Drive, CZ
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	fe898cc9
MD5	8d73db292f0f4c838e72086fb3d5896b
SHA-1	180285dbfc1613489f1c20e9fd6c2b154dec7fe2

1MB

1993-12

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	b1d15d0f
MD5	de3c63abb34a54d264f8d5ea1bcb40d9
SHA-1	00ad2cf231bedbd373253b169e170e8b0db4c86a

1MB

1993-12

Cartridge (EU)

?

CRC32	11326504
MD5	2a69cba305fc404f9e50b3ba1683d3a3
SHA-1	5955517511ac064b66274f60e984d2ffee84a91a

1MB

1993-12

Page

External links

Nintendo catalogue pages: UK, AU

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 GamePro, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 52
↑ Sega Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 88
↑ http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19754&pageID=4 (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-03 01:44)
↑ https://archive.is/FLWFY
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2008/03/mega_turrican_virtual_console (Wayback Machine: 2019-05-03 17:00)
↑ http://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/IMOTteeJDspEDNbie3zCZC0suT-skBFt (Wayback Machine: 2008-04-21 01:34)
↑ File:Megaturrican md us manual.pdf, page 19
↑ GamePro, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 33
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 35
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 143
↑ GamePro, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 50 (52)
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-30), page 52-54 (52)
↑ Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 30-31 (30)
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 SuperGamePower, "Maio 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 37
↑ 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
↑ 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:GamePro_US_056.pdf_p52-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 GamePro, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 52

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_11.pdf_p88-2] Sega Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 88

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20120403014428.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.com.au.2Findex.php.3Faction.3Dcatalogue.26prodcat_id.3D41.26prod_id.3D19754.26pageID.3D4-3] ttp://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19754&pageID=4 (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-03 01:44)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.is.2FFLWFY-4] ttps://archive.is/FLWFY

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190503170027.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendolife.com.2Freviews.2F2008.2F03.2Fmega_turrican_virtual_console-5] 5.0 ^5.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2008/03/mega_turrican_virtual_console (Wayback Machine: 2019-05-03 17:00)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20080421013429.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.com.2Fwhatsnew.2Fdetail.2FIMOTteeJDspEDNbie3zCZC0suT-skBFt-6] ttp://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/IMOTteeJDspEDNbie3zCZC0suT-skBFt (Wayback Machine: 2008-04-21 01:34)

[:File:Megaturrican_md_us_manual.pdf_p19-7] File:Megaturrican md us manual.pdf, page 19

[:File:GamePro_US_057.pdf_p33-8] GamePro, "April 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 33

[:File:EGM_US_058.pdf_p35-9] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 35

[:File:CVG_UK_157.pdf_p143-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Computer & Video Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-15), page 143

[:File:GamePro_US_056.pdf_p52_.2850.29-11] GamePro, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 50 (52)

[:File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf_p52_.2852-54.29-12] Mean Machines Sega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-30), page 52-54 (52)

[:File:Mega_UK_20.pdf_p30_.2830-31.29-13] Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 30-31 (30)

[:File:SuperGamePower_BR_002.pdf_p37-14] 14.0 ^14.1 SuperGamePower, "Maio 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 37

[15] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 127

[:File:AlaabAlcomputtar_SA_2.pdf_p25-16] Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 25

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_18.pdf_p68-17] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "March 1994" (US; 1994-02-22), page 68

[:File:EGM_US_055.pdf_p40-18] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 40

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

[:File:GameFan_US_0204.pdf_p14-20] GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 4: March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 14

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0705.pdf_p50-21] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 5 May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 50

[:File:Gamers_DE_1995-01.pdf_p32-22] Gamers, "Januar 1995" (DE; 1995-01-08), page 32

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

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-05.pdf_p37-24] MAN!AC, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-13), page 37

[:File:Mega_UK_20.pdf_p26-25] Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 26

[:File:Megablast_DE_1994-02.pdf_p34-26] Megablast, "2/94" (DE; 1994-03-30), page 34

[:File:MegaForce_FR_30.pdf_p94-27] Mega Force, "Juillet/Août 1994" (FR; 1994-07-04), page 94

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-05.pdf_p102-28] Mega Fun, "05/94" (DE; 1994-04-20), page 102

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0501.pdf_p44-29] Mega Play, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 44

[:File:MegaTech_UK_29.pdf_p48-30] MegaTech, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 48

[:File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf_p1-31] Mean Machines Sega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-30), page 1

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_048.pdf_p138-32] Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 138

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1995-02.pdf_p112-33] Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 112

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_011_199406.pdf_p49-34] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 6, Juni 1994" (NL; 1994-05-25), page 49

[:File:SegaPower_UK_54.pdf_p54-35] Sega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-03-31), page 54

[:File:SegaPro_UK_32.pdf_p48-36] Sega Pro, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 48

[:File:SegaZone_UK_19.pdf_p26-37] Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 26

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

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-07.pdf_p88-39] Video Games, "7/94" (DE; 1994-06-29), page 88

[:File:VideoGames_US_64.pdf_p80-40] VideoGames, "May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 80

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Mega Turrican

From Sega Retro

Contents

History

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References