

Spirtes for everything else is great however. The levels are huge, the backgrounds are bare. Starting with Turrican, we have the first in the series and it shows. And while opinions on how European games played back then are subjective, on thing that isn’t is how good the music in these games are. Turrican feels like a European game entirely, especially in it’s music. 16 Bit games always had their country of origin embedded into their DNA, which can be to a game’s detriment. Eurojank Contra is probably a good way to describe the series, ironic because Factor 5 would end up working on the Contra series. It should be said though, the Turrican games are very Eurojank. You’ll get lost at times, there’s reason to get lost though, as the levels are full of collectable gems, the previously mentioned powrups, and one ups. For the most part, the games never feel like they’re designed to need aiming thankfully and with weapons that can spread out or have option like properties, it’s taken care of. You can duck, you can jump, but you can’t aim. Outside of specific weapons, mainly a laser you need to be stationary to use, you won’t be able to aim. While the levels are linear, they are very vast, something different to majority of games at the time. However, the concept of invincibility frames doesn’t seem to exist. Shields, Spread Shots, Piercing Lasers, Bouncing Shots, a nice two way line shot that is incredibly powerful and is more practical as a screen clearer, and my favorite, rolling into a wheel destroying everything in your path and dropping bombs. Let’s explain a few things that these games all have in common.

Lets discuss each of the four games.īefore that though. A nice taste of the Amiga games and some of the console games. The bundle developed by Ratalaika Games holds Turrican and Turrican 2 from the Amiga as well as Mega Turrican from the Genesis/Mega Drive and Super Turrican from the Super Nintendo/Super Famicom. Turrican Flashback is the latest in retro compilations brought out with ININ in the publishing seat. Luckily there were a handful of original console games made that would be brought to those regions. That said, the Amiga wasn’t exactly a big hit in the United States or Japan.

For Amiga games, the Turrican games are practically shoulder to shoulder with it’s shooter contemporaries on the SNES and Genesis with spritework and animation. When people think of the Amiga and it’s standout games, Factor 5’s work on the Turrican series. Developed By: Factor 5 (Original games), Ratalaika Games (ports)
