Christian Cawley is a writer and editor who covers consumer electronics, IT, and entertainment media. He has written for publications such as Computer Weekly, Linux Format, MakeUseOf.com, and Tech Radar.
He also produces podcasts, has a cigar box guitar, and of course, loves retro gaming.
The Turrican 128k fan-produced port for Amstrad CPC 6128 (and emulators) looks amazing.
Retro remake specialist Ben Yoris has unveiled yet another reworking of a classic game: Turrican for the Amstrad. Of course, the original game was published on the Amstrad CPC 464, but this version is for the larger-specced CPC 6128, which had 128k of RAM.
I spotted this shared on Indie Retro News, and was immediately intrigued, already knowing that the Amstrad already had a version of Turrican. But one look at the accompanying video revealed quite a different game. This new version has more colour, slightly better audio, and improved character animation.
It isn’t as smooth as the C64 original (Turrican was developed for Commodore 64 by Manfred Trenz), but there is a lot more going on in the Amstrad 128k version than in the original.
Turrican 128k remake comparison
Many of the videos I’ve seen so far look purely at the game running in emulation, which is fine. But I’ve found a Spanish YouTuber who starts off running the original Turrican game for the Amstrad CPC 464.
(The Turrican 128k section starts at around 8 minutes.)
OK, some resources to go with this.
- The CPC Wiki forum where the game’s availability was announced
- The Turrican 128k download
Playing the game is probably the simplest on an emulator, unless you’re already set up with an HxC SD card reader. However, it gets even simpler if you use a browser-based emulator, like CPCBox Master.
All that takes is for you to download Turrican 128k and unzip the contents. Then, open CPCBox Master, select CPC 6128, and click the browse button at the bottom of the screen to select the first disk. Type:
run “Turrican
…then hit Enter, and the game is ready to play! Give it a go, let me know what you think.
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Christian Cawley is a writer and editor who covers consumer electronics, IT, and entertainment media. He has written for publications such as Computer Weekly, Linux Format, MakeUseOf.com, and Tech Radar.
He also produces podcasts, has a cigar box guitar, and of course, loves retro gaming.
