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 →
If you missed out on Turrican Flashback, or the anthology collection, worry not as developer Factor 5 has teamed up with ININ for another collection, Turrican Anthology Volume 1 and 2! Digitally available for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, it’s time to relive (or experience for the first time!) aRead More →
Fans of Turrican or the Super Famicom/Super Nintendo Entertainment System may know of Rendering Ranger: R2. A rare game from Manfred Trenz with some similarities to Turrican, the game was limited in its original Japan-only run to a mere 10,000 copies. Unsurprisingly, Rendering Ranger: R2 is something of a collector’sRead More →
In 1990 Rainbow Arts, Probe Software, The Code Monkeys, and Factor 5 welcomed you to Turrican. A stunning parallax scrolling arcade shooter with a tremendous range of weapons, immense playability, striking music, and – especially in the case of the then 8-year-old C64 – stunning graphics, Turrican and its sequelsRead More →
