I’ve been playing Rainbow Arts’ Turrican 2 now for perhaps 10 years or more. I started playing it on my original Amiga 500 and have recently taken it back up using the WinUAE Amiga emulator (running on my XBOX).
I’m embarassed to say that I never really made it much further than the first level. I wasn’t much of a games player back then (and could hardly be classed as one now) was often beaten by even my Dad. I was much more interested in programming games :)
Anyway, years later and with the aid of a spiced up joystick with rapid fire option and the save and load state feature of the emulator (allowing me to save and reload at any point in the game, read: just before a hard bits) I’ve managed to make some progress. I’m now up to level 3. I’ve had to stop because my hand has got tired hitting buttons.
Have a look at the screen shots so far. Note that these 304 by 216 pixel images are actual screen resolution. The tiny image you see on your super high resolution modern display is what was used to create the full size Amiga montitor or TV output. As you can imagine it was rather chunky.
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I used to play on turricane tons when i was young im 21 now and would love to play it again i completed it about 10 times. My dad too was a fanatic of this game. This game should deffinatly be remade because it kicks but!!!!!!. Its one of the great’st games ever made and deserves to be revamped and if it well i’ll be first in line to get my copy
AMIGA RULES TURRICANE RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
There’s an awesome remake in progress, hopefully to be released spring or summer next year:
http://www.poke53280.de
I’ve completed the game numerous times, last time with 34 lives remaining, no cheating. This is probably my most favorite game ever. It can be downloaded eg. here:
http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/abandonware/amiga/games_t/turrican_ii.html
Turrican has always inspired me. From being a child designing my own games to an adult making games. Turrican is forever, I often compare it to Metroid, but where the first Metroid game had terrible graphical representation and art direction – Turrican didn’t. It looked, sounded and played beautifully and certainly had the power to be the modern Metroid. Shame Factor 5 don’t seem so keen on it these days.
Its an awesome game on the greatest system of the 80s and early 90s. I love the music. I listen to it on my ipod now and then. You can get it here http://www.amigamusic.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownloaddetails&lid=4587