John Bowe decides to ask editor Christian Cawley why he still loves those old video games like Turrican. A couple of years ago I sat down with my brother to play a round of Pro Evo on his PlayStation 4. A simple enough task; we’d been playing Pro Evo togetherRead More →
Worms fans rejoice! The Director’s Cut for Amiga computer systems will feature at least one map based on Turrican. How’s that for the ultimate crossover?! Regular readers may recall that I’m a big fan of Turrican, the classic 1990 scrolling run-and-gun shooter for 8-bit and 16-bit systems. While I wasRead More →
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-speccedRead More →
In 1984, in the north east of England, in a tired seaside town, parents either side of 40 bought their family its first computer from a local photography and Hi-Fi retailer, McKenna & Brown. The computer was cheaper than at the Uptons department store a few doors away, mostly dueRead More →
80 classic Amiga games have been bought by Ziggurat Interactive in a deal that gives it access to the works of legendary German developer Rainbow Arts. Launched in 1984 by Marc Ullrich and Thomas Meiertoberens, Rainbow Arts released most of its titles on the Commodore 64 and Amiga. Key titlesRead More →
Well, this is a collision of desirables! My favourite computer, my favourite game on it, and the best retro computing magazine around! Turrican is (finally!) the cover star on Amiga Addict 35. The new edition of the magazine explores the story of Turrican and the struggles Factor 5 faced whileRead More →
I once believed you can never have enough Turrican. To challenge this, developer Factor 5 teamed up with ININ to issue a two-volume Turrican Anthology collection, gathering all the Amiga, SNES, and Mega Drive releases from the Turrican series. But how does this differ from 2021’s Turrican Flashback? Well, theRead More →
If you’re looking for a free SNES game to play this weekend, check out Dottie Flowers, newly available in digital form from its developer. Originally available as a limited run of 100 cartridges (distributed via a mail-in competition) for fear of litigation and bootlegging, developer Goldlocke has decided to makeRead More →
Regular readers will know that Turrican is one of my all-time favourite games, so I was intrigued to see tech demo of the gaame for the MSX. Microsoft and ASCII Corporation’s 1983 Z80-based home computer was unsurprisingly overlooked by Manfred Trenz and the team at Factor 5 back in 1990,Read More →
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