Turrican is one of those weird series of games that seem to be huge in Europe but have a limited following here in the States.

Turrican is one of those weird series of games that seem to be huge in Europe but have a limited following here in the States.

Never heard of it....srry jeff


Resi 4.....:p

I don't even know what Turrican is. I thought this was going to be a blog post about some sort of elaborate energy drink.

Never heard of it, But I'm canadian so >.>

I used to play the Turrican knockoff "Hurrican" in web class everyday in high school.

It definitely seems like a right place, right time game like you mentioned. It seems too generic for anyone to pick it up who hasn't heard of it yet, like myself.

I was never a big fan of the Turrican series, but I was more of a DOS whore back then and it was a C64/Amiga thing. Both of those were pretty huge in Europe and I'm sure the C64/Amiga bombers will have fond memories of the series. 

My first exposure was Super Turrican and I just could not get into the control scheme. Likewise, I haven't really been able to get into Rendering Ranger at all, despite really, really wanting to like it. On the other hand, when Abuse came out for PC, I ate it up like cookies.

It does bum me out that I apparently missed the boat on the game, but I think I was fortunate enough to get to experience plenty of other games that the C64/Amiga userbase didn't get.

Never heard of it at all.  Now you can comment with your thoughts on The Lost from back in the day on my blog.  = D

I would not say it was huge here, I don't ever recall the being the case, it was fairly popular, but due largely for the like of 2D scrolling shooters at the time. I have played the C64 and Amiga games. They were fun but not great as I remember them. The last I played was super on SNES.

Is a new game on the way?

Turrican, meh......

Super Turrican's the shit!

It was okay actually.

I note it's pre-rendered intro, the grabbing claw, and laser effects.

I have Super Turrican, but never played Mega Turrican... or whatever the Genesis one is called.

Its pretty dope, but I couldn't spend too much time with it back then.

I remember renting the version for genesis quite some time ago. Played it for an hour or so an moved on. Not much good if you ask me. 

"Jeff said:

"Turrican is one of those weird series of games that seem to be huge in Europe but have a limited following here in the States."

Like soccer!"

I played Super Turrican once, and didn't find it too interesting.

This is the first I've heard of it. 

I assume this is on NES, since I've heard of Super Turrican.

I have played Turrican on Game Boy way back when and I thought that version was pretty bad.

I've played and enjoyed Super Turrican 1 and 2 on the SNES. Never did play the one on Genesis so I can't really say much.

Turrican is very much of its time and place. Its one of those games we  (in UK) were told was huge in America. It had great box art and was probabley the most hyped game of that year. This lead to every one i knew at the time getting it ,pretending they liked it for weeks before coming to the truth the it was rubish.

In most cases, I'd rather play Contra or Super Metroid, but the later installments on the SNES and Genesis had a lot of crazy stuff going on.

The guy that created it is responsible for a slew of sub-mediocre gameboy and DS games like Crazy Frog Racer.

Weird, I never heard of it and I'm pretty sure this is Europe here...

Brits are weird like that.....




They actually call soap "washing up liquid"

I played Super Turrican for the TG-16, it was needlessly hard and the jumping was terribly inaccurate, so it was pretty much impossible to dodge enemy shots.  So no, it wasn't that great.

"Weird, I never heard of it and I'm pretty sure this is Europe here..."

Turrican was one of the must have games for the time.  I've loved and hated it on various different platforms.

I really wonder why you asked about this Jeff because according to Gamasutra Factor 5 is actually working on some concepts for a new Turrican game but since we are not talking about that,Turrican is one of those old school games that i didn't get the chance to play ( I was 2 years old back then dude!) and never really heard of, it appears though the game is not recommended, not even one bit...

What is it?

I keep forgetting that Europe is one undivided, monotonic place instead of a bunch of different nations and ethnic groups with different cultures and languages (and game markets).

Ha-ha.

"Snail said:

"Weird, I never heard of it and I'm pretty sure this is Europe here..."

Just curious for people that live in Europe and have never heard of it:
Did you (or your families) own a C64 or an Amiga at all?"

"Turrican" sounds like a redneck with a mouthful of chew is trying to say "hurricane."

Turrican on the ZX Spectrum!

Didn't know anyone knew about that.

I was never a big fan of the Turrican series

Never actually heard of it but ok.

I do not suggest anyone play Turrican.

Never even heard of it. I'm pretty new to the gaming scene though, only really started paying attention around the end of the PS2's lifecycle.

"Brits are weird like that.....




They actually call soap "washing up liquid""

I played Super Turrican; it was okay.

They played Turrican on Nick Arcade, so it must be good.

I played Turrican 3 on the Amiga, I really liked it. The final stage was this wierd Alien (like the movies) setting, with an Alien train (not like the movies). But  a fun shooter.

Never heard of it.

Dude, totally love the music from Turrican. It's on Last.fm.

I have never heard of the series. What is your 2 cents on it?

I always thought it was just mediocre with awesome music. The control scheme was over my head at the time, as I was so used to anything Contra.

I live in Europe but have never even heard of Turrican. : (

Turrican on the Gameboy is my favourite Gameboy game ever , from the gameplay to the music everything about it i love : )  ............. and yes im from europe or the Isle of wight UK to be more exact