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urrican originally appeared on the Commodore 64, created and programmed by a German game designer named Manfred Trenz, in 1990. It was an instant success on the Commodore 64 and was remade for multiple platforms, including the TurboGrafx-16 in August of 1991. This review deals specifically with that particular port of the game. The first thing that will probably hit someone starting up Turrican are the graphics. One might not expect much from an older system, but this port leaves much to be desired. There are no backgrounds of any sort to be found, while the foreground and sprites are somewhat minimalist. Everything is very blocky and the enemies in particular lack a lot of detail. Compared to the source material on the Commodore 64 you're left even more disappointed by how much was (somewhat understandably) lost in transition. Gameplay is fairly standard run and gun. You can fire your gun forward only, while jumping is accomplished by pressing a button or pressing up on the directional pad. The latter provides for the potential for mishap if you tend to shift your thumb on the directional pad as you may find yourself momentarily airborne if you accidentally hit up. Probably the most interesting aspect of play is the lack of any indication you are being hit by the player character. You have a life bar in the lower right hand corner that will go down when you are hit, but your player character neither moves nor grunts nor flashes when hit, instead acting as if nothing is wrong. This also means there is no momentary invincibility when hit as in many games, meaning you can be hit multiple times by the same opponent as it passes through you, all the while painfully unaware of your fate unless you are simultaneously watching your small life bar. One final item of gameplay worthy of note is that upon death, you respawn anew where you died. If you are mid-jump, you will appear on the last spot you touched down safely on the ground. Thus you effectively have three life bars in any one go around.Read full review
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Superb game... Highly recommended on all the Turbo Grafix, Genesis/Megadrive and Gameboy.
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