Turrican

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Turrican
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Ballistic
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
ACLD004
Sega Mega Drive
EU
ACLD004
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Non-Sega versions

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Turrican is a run-and-gun game originally developed by Rainbow Arts for the Commodore 64. Rainbow Arts licensed Accolade to make console ports, one of them being an unlicensed Sega Mega Drive port released 1991.

The game is not region protected.

Gameplay

Both the C64 and Amiga version relied on various keyboard inputs for special weapons, which had to be remapped to a three button layout. This was done in a complicated way: A fires, B and Up jump, C cycles through special weapons. To activate a special weapon, A and Up need to be pushed simultaneously, which means the character will always jump while using special weapons.

While the Mega Drive port is faithful in terms of content, health depletes at a faster rate (aprox. 4x), making the game considerably harder.

Chris Hüllsbeck's famous musical score wasn't faithfully reproduced either, although this can be partially attributed to the hardware. He would personally program the music for Mega Turrican, which was highly praised.

In order to be played at the correct speed (using the Amiga version as a reference), the game needs to be played on 50Hz PAL setting.

Worlds

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World 1

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World 2

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World 3

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World 4

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World 5

History

Legacy

Rainbow Arts allowed Accolade to hold its console license for Turrican II, but the game was actually rebranded and released as Universal Soldier, a tie-in to the Jean-Claude Van Damme 1992 movie. After that, Factor 5, the developers of the Amiga versions which the Mega Drive versions were based on, went on and produced Mega Turrican on the Mega Drive by themselves.

Magazine articles

Main article: Turrican/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #118: "September 1991" (1991-08-15)
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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #27: "October 1991" (1991-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in GamePro (US) #29: "December 1991" (1991-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Game Players Sega Guide! (US) #0203: "Vol. 2, No. 3: June/July 1991" (1991-0x-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 №27
87 №1, p28/29
86 [4]
76 [5]
81 №19, p172
59 [6]
73 [7]
73 [8]
78 [9]
67 [10]
86 №18, p68
Sega Mega Drive
77
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[11]
Console XS (UK) PAL
86
[12]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[13]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
48
[14]
Game Power (IT)
89
[15]
Games-X (UK)
70
[16]
Game Zone (UK) PAL
87
[17]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
86
[18]
Joypad (FR) PAL
76
[19]
Joystick (FR) PAL
81
[20]
Mega (UK) PAL
59
[6]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
85
[21]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
73
[7]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
70
[22]
Mean Machines (UK) PAL
73
[23]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
73
[24]
Player One (FR)
78
[9]
Power Play (DE)
72
[25]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
67
[2]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
86
[26]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
67
[27]
User (GR) PAL
66
[28]
Video Games (DE)
69
[29]
Sega Mega Drive
73
Based on
23 reviews

Turrican

Mega Drive, US/EU
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Cover
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Cart
Turrican md us manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 634d67a6
MD5 ca0e4bd18f573d4f1166c5067c47594a
SHA-1 5a471a276909dcc428cd66c51047aa8a142c76a8
512kB 1991-06 Cartridge (US)

References

  1. GamePro, "June 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 42
  2. 2.0 2.1 Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 36
  3. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 76
  4. Hobby Consolas, "Enero 1992" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 46/55 (46)
  5. Joypad, "Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-17), page 46/47 (46)
  6. 6.0 6.1 Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 87
  7. 7.0 7.1 MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 81
  8. Mean Machines, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-27), page 74/75 (74)
  9. 9.0 9.1 Player One, "Novembre 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 84
  10. Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 36/37 (36)
  11. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 252
  12. Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 135
  13. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 365
  14. Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 111
  15. Game Power, "Gennaio 1992" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 52
  16. Games-X, "17th-23rd October 1991" (UK; 1991-10-17), page 35
  17. Game Zone, "November 1991" (UK; 1991-10-08), page 28
  18. Hobby Consolas, "Enero 1992" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 54
  19. Joypad, "Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-17), page 46
  20. Joystick, "Septembre 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 172
  21. Mega Play, "July/August 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 64
  22. Micromanía (segunda época), "Marzo 1992" (ES; 1992-0x-xx), page 33
  23. Mean Machines, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-27), page 74
  24. Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 142
  25. Power Play, "11/91" (DE; 1991-10-11), page 168
  26. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
  27. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 27
  28. User, "Septémvrios 1992" (GR; 1992-0x-xx), page 85
  29. Video Games, "4/91" (DE; 1991-12-06), page 29
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