Super Turrican (1993 video game)

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Super Turrican
Super Turrican (USA).png
North American cover art
Developer(s) Factor 5
Publisher(s)
Producer(s) Julian Eggebrecht
Designer(s) Julian Eggebrecht, Holger Schmidt, Frank Matzke
Artist(s) Frank Matzke, Ramiro Vaca, Andreas Escher
Composer(s) Chris Huelsbeck
Series Turrican
Platform(s) Super NES
ReleaseSuper NES
  • EU: 1993
  • NA: May 1993
  • JP: September 3, 1993
Director's Cut
  • WW: 2022
Genre(s) Run and gun
Mode(s) Single-player

Super Turrican is a run and gun video game and the fifth game in the Turrican series. It was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993. [1]

Contents

Gameplay

Super Turrican was developed by Factor 5 and published by Seika. It plays similarly to Mega Turrican (also developed by Factor 5) and shares a similar visual style. The game has a different set of levels, however, and features a freeze beam in place of the original lightning whip. The game only features 4 worlds and ends with the H. R. Giger-inspired alien boss, despite a representation of 'The Machine', similar to that featured in Mega Turrican, appearing in the prologue.

Development

Release

Super Turrican was released on the Virtual Console in Europe and Australia on February 29, 2008, and in North America on March 3, 2008.

A previously unreleased uncut version of the game, Super Turrican: Director's Cut, was included with the Analogue Super Nt console. [2] Previously, this uncut version was considered for release on the Wii's Virtual Console, but was rejected by Nintendo due to not being previously released on consoles. [3] The Director's Cut was released as an aftermarket cartridge for the original SNES console in 2022, also including the original game.

Reception

Super Turrican received generally favorable reception, holding a rating of 76.70% based on five reviews according to review aggregator GameRankings. [4] [22] [23] [24]

References

  1. ↑ "Super Turrican". 8 January 2010.
  2. ↑ "Unreleased Super NES game to come packed with every Analogue Super Nt". 23 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "The Definitive Version Of Super Turrican Was Denied A Virtual Console Release Back In 2008". Nintendo Life. 25 July 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Super Turrican for Super Nintendo". GameRankings . CBS Interactive. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-06-24. Retrieved 2025-07-19.
  5. ↑ Anglin, Paul; Rand, Paul (September 1993). "Review (SNES): Super Turrican". Computer and Video Games . No. 142. EMAP Images. pp. 56–57.
  6. ↑ Harris, Steve; Semrad, Ed; Alessi, Martin; Williams, Ken (April 1993). "Review Crew: Super Turrican (Super NES / Seika)". Electronic Gaming Monthly . No. 45. Sendai Publishing. p. 28.
  7. ↑ "Classic GI: Retro Reviews". Game Informer . No. 153. GameStop. January 2006. p. 167.
  8. ↑ Halverson, Dave; Stratton, Tom; Cockburn, Andrew; Magilla (May 1993). "Viewpoint: Super Turrican (Nintendo); Planet SNES - Super NES Review: Super Turrican". GameFan . Vol. 1, no. 6. DieHard Gamers Club. pp.  20, 70–71.
  9. ↑ Price, Adrian; Lowe, Andy; Leach, James (August 1993). "GamesMaster Review (SNES): Super Turrican". GamesMaster . No. 8. Future Publishing. pp. 46–47.
  10. ↑ "Now Playing: Super Turrican (Super NES)". Nintendo Power . Vol. 50. Nintendo of America. July 1993. pp. 103, 107.
  11. ↑ Boone, Tim; Davies, Paul (August 1993). "Review (Super Nintendo Entertainment System): Super Turrican". Nintendo Magazine System . No. 11. United Kingdom: EMAP. pp. 90–93.
  12. ↑ Brookes, Jason (August 1993). "Import Review: Super Turrican". Super Play . No. 10. Future Publishing. pp. 32–33.
  13. ↑ Binns, James (January 1994). "SNES Reviews: Super Turrican". Total! . No. 25. United Kingdom: Future Publishing. pp. 52–53.
  14. ↑ Anton, Michael (November 1993). "Test - SNES: Super Turrican". Total! (in German). No. 6. Germany: MVL Verlag. pp. 36–38.
  15. ↑ Meston, Zach (June 1993). "Video-Game Reviews: Super Turrican - For the Super NES". VideoGames & Computer Entertainment . No. 53. Larry Flynt Publications. p. 40.
  16. ↑ Funk, Joe (April 1993). "Video Game Gallery: Super Turrican (SNES)". Electronic Games . Vol. 1, no. 7. Decker Publications. p. 74.
  17. ↑ Hill, Simon; Evans, Will (January 1994). "Review: Super Turrican". SNES Force . No. 8. Impact Magazines. pp. 62–64.
  18. ↑ Lee, Alex (October 1993). "Official Review: Super Turrican". Super Action. No. 13. Europress. pp. 24–25.
  19. ↑ Simmons, Alex; Mallinson, Paul; Martin, Andy (September 1993). "Super Review: Super Turrican". Super Control. No. 4. Maverick Magazines. pp. 24–27.
  20. ↑ "A-Z of Games - Nintendo Games Index: Super NES". Super Gamer. No. 1. Paragon Publishing. April 1994. pp. 122–124.
  21. ↑ Wynne, Stuart (August 1993). "Import Review: Super Turrican". Super Pro. No. 9. Paragon Publishing. pp. 20–22.
  22. ↑ Neves, Lawrence (April 1993). "Super NES ProReview: Super Turrican". GamePro . No. 45. IDG. pp. 66–67.
  23. ↑ "NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: スーパータリカン (スーパーファミコンカートリッジ)". Famitsu (in Japanese). No. 247. ASCII Corporation. September 10, 1993. p. 38.
  24. ↑ Boone, Tim; Davies, Paul (January 1994). "Super NES Review: Super Turrican". Nintendo Magazine System . No. 10. Australia: Trielle Corporation. pp. 28–31.


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