Super Turrican | |
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Developer(s) | Factor 5 |
Publisher(s) | Seika Corp. Hudson Soft Tonkin House Factor 5 |
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 |
Release | Super NES Director's Cut
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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] Super Turrican was released on the Virtual Console in Europe and Australia on February 29, 2008, and in North America on March 3, 2008.
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.
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Aggregator | Score |
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GameRankings | 76.70% [2] |
Publication | Score |
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Electronic Gaming Monthly | 32/40 [3] |
Eurogamer | 7/10 [4] |
GameFan | 360/400 [5] |
IGN | 8.5/10 [6] |
Jeuxvideo.com | 15/20 [7] |
Mega Fun | 88/100 [8] |
Nintendo Life | [9] |
Nintendo Power | 13.7/20 [10] |
Official Nintendo Magazine | 83/100 [11] |
Player One | 75% [12] |
Video Games (DE) | 76% [13] |
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment | 8/10 [14] |
SNES Force | 83/100 [15] |
Super Gamer | 89% [16] |
Super Gamer gave the SNES version an overall review score of 89% summarizing: "You’ve got masses of firepower, but while enemies are numerous, there aren’t as many mega-monsters as there could be." [16]
A previously unreleased uncut version of the game, Super Turrican: Director's Cut, was included with the Analogue Super Nt console. [17] 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. [18] The Director's Cut was released as an aftermarket cartridge for the original SNES console in 2022, also including the original game.