About Turrican
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 othe
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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 generation network known as a Multiple Organism Unit Link. MORGUL, for short. Early colonists used MORGUL to render Alterra inhabitable. But a cataclysmic quake severed all system interface functions, and MORGUL murderously rebelled. The few colonists lucky enough to escape told a grim tale of a higher intelligence gone berserk. For generations, mankind sought a return to Alterra. Finally, genetic science created a saviour: Turrican, a mutant warrior, bio-engineered for the task of planetary reclamation. In the meantime, MORGUL has diligently twisted Alterran lif
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About Turrican
Turrican is a game developed by Rainbow Arts and published by Ballistic. Released in 1990, built on the Symbian engine, Turrican falls under the Shooter and Platform genres. It holds an overall rating of 84/100 based on 28 ratings.
The game is available on blackberry, C64, ZXS, Genesis/MegaDrive, Atari-ST.. Game modes include Single player.
The game explores themes of Action, Science fiction and is played from a Side view perspective.. Players who enjoy Turrican might also like the 8 similar games listed above.