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Turrican (Genesis)

A dodgy port of the Amiga version of the home computer classic, mainly spoiled by an absurd difficulty increase and a poor adaptation of Chris Hülsbeck's original score.

Its badness was even acknowledged in the booklet for Hülsbeck's official Turrican album from 1993:

Mega Drive fans might already know him from the failed first version made by a foreign company

(Source: Translation from https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/turrican-original-video-game-soundtrack)

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A trademark disclaimer can be found at ROM address 22E:

Sega and Genesis are registered trademarks of Sega Enterprises 
Ltd.Accolade Inc. is not associated with Sega Enterprises Ltd.

Cheat Menu#

In the options menu, highlight "Exit", hold Down, and press A, B, B, A, B, A, A, B, A, A, B, A, A to open a menu containing toggles for infinite mines, grenades, lines, time, power, spirals, and lives, as well as a level select.

References#


  1. Turrican on Sega Retro↩︎