Series

Turrican

8 games · 1990–2022

The whole series

Timeline 8

Games: 8
Span: 1990–2022; 33 years
Average score: 80; IGDB, released games
Highest rated: 90; Turrican II: The Final Fight
Latest release: 2022; Mega Turrican Director's Cut

Releases by year

Released

1990
Series debut
1990
Turrican
Rainbow Arts · Shooter · Platform
83IGDB
Turrican is a 1990 video game programmed and designed by Manfred Trenz. It was first developed for the Commodore 64 by Rainbow Arts, but was ported to other systems later. In addition to concept design and character creation, Trenz personally programmed Turrican on the Commodore 64. A sequel, Turrican II, followed 1991 for the Commodore 64 and other platforms.
- Genesis
- Amiga
- Amstrad CPC
- Atari ST/STE
- BlackBerry OS
- Commodore C64/128/MAX
- +3
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1991
Highest rated
1991
Turrican II: The Final Fight
Factor 5 · Shooter · Platform
90IGDB
Turrican II: The Final Fight is a platformer/shooter as typically seen on consoles, but designed for home computers from the ground up. Its plot is - naturally - very simple: an evil mega-robot called The Machine attacks the United Planets Ship Avalon 1, slaughtering all who resist. All - except Bren McGuire, who manages to escape and slips into the experimental Turrican bionic armor. As Turrican, he strives to show…
- DOS
- Amiga
- Amstrad CPC
- Atari ST/STE
- Commodore C64/128/MAX
- Commodore CDTV
- +1
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1993
1993
1993
Super Turrican
Factor 5 · Shooter · Platform
72IGDB
The lost colony of Alterra is a completely man-made lifeworld abandoned long ago in a nearby galaxy. Alterra is actually five colonies in one. Each self-contained habitat has been separately bio-engineered by a powerful ecosystem…
- Wii
- SNES
- Super Famicom
1994
1994
1994
Mega Turrican
Factor 5 · Shooter · Platform
73IGDB
The Machine has enslaved the galaxy under its tyrannical rule. As Bren McGuire, the last survivor of the United Freedom Forces, it is your duty to destroy the evil forces of the Machine that have devastated the galaxy.
- Wii
- Genesis
1995
1995
December 1, 1995
Super Turrican 2
Factor 5 · Shooter
80IGDB
Twice the Firepower, Twice the burn. If you haven’t played Super Turrican, chances are you won’t last past the intro sequence here... As an intergalactic hero-wannabe commissioned to crush a venomous mutant armada, you are thrust…
- Wii
- SNES
22 years without a new game
2018
2018
February 7, 2018
Super Turrican: Director's Cut
Factor 5 · Shooter · Platform
Expanded edition
The lost colony of Alterra is a completely man-made lifeworld abandoned long ago in a nearby galaxy. Alterra is actually five colonies in one. Each self-contained habitat has been separately bio-engineered by a powerful ecosystem…
- SNES
3 years without a new game
2022
Latest release
June 14, 2022
Mega Turrican Director's Cut
Factor 5 · Shooter · Platform
Expanded edition
The special Director's Cut edition provides previously cut content and new visuals, compared to the original console release. Released as cartridge initially for the SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis in 2022, it has since appeared on cartridge for the Evercade, Nintendo Switch & PlayStation 4 (via Turrican Anthology Vol. 2) and as a streamable game on Antstream.
- Switch
- Genesis
- Evercade
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Cancelled
Cancelled
Thornado
Never released
Thornado
Factor 5
Cancelled
- GameCube
- Nintendo 64