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Super Turrican
Super Turrican
	North American cover art
Developer(s)	Factor 5
Publisher(s)	Seika Corp. ; Hudson Soft ; Tonkin House ; Factor 5
Producer(s)	Julian Eggebrecht
Designer(s)	Julian Eggebrecht, Holger Schmidt, Frank Matzke
Artist(s)	Frank Matzke, Ramiro Vaca, Andreas Escher
Composer(s)	Chris Huelsbeck
Series	Turrican
Platform(s)	Super NES
Release	Super NES; EU: 1993; NA: May 1993; JP: September 3, 1993; Director's Cut WW: 2022; Wii (Virtual Console); EU: February 29, 2008; NA: March 3, 2008;
Genre(s)	Run and gun
Mode(s)	Single-player

Super Turrican is a run and gun video game and the fifth game in the Turrican series. It was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1993.^[1] Super Turrican was released on the Virtual Console in Europe and Australia on February 29, 2008, and in North America on March 3, 2008.

Gameplay

Super Turrican was developed by Factor 5 and published by Seika. It plays similarly to Mega Turrican (also developed by Factor 5) and shares a similar visual style. The game has a different set of levels, however, and features a freeze beam in place of the original lightning whip. The game only features 4 worlds and ends with the H. R. Giger-inspired alien boss, despite a representation of 'The Machine', similar to that featured in Mega Turrican, appearing in the prologue.

Reception

Aggregate score
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	76.70%^[2]

Review scores
Publication	Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly	32/40^[3]
Eurogamer	7/10^[4]
GameFan	360/400^[5]
IGN	8.5/10^[6]
Jeuxvideo.com	15/20^[7]
Mega Fun	88/100^[8]
Nintendo Life	^[9]
Nintendo Power	13.7/20^[10]
Official Nintendo Magazine	83/100^[11]
Player One	75%^[12]
Video Games (DE)	76%^[13]
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment	8/10^[14]
SNES Force	83/100^[15]
Super Gamer	89%^[16]

Super Gamer gave the SNES version an overall review score of 89% summarizing: "You’ve got masses of firepower, but while enemies are numerous, there aren’t as many mega-monsters as there could be."^[16]

Legacy

A previously unreleased uncut version of the game, Super Turrican: Director's Cut, was included with the Analogue Super Nt console.^[17] Previously, this uncut version was considered for release on the Wii's Virtual Console, but was rejected by Nintendo due to not being previously released on consoles.^[18] The Director's Cut was released as an aftermarket cartridge for the original SNES console in 2022, also including the original game.

References

^ "Super Turrican". 8 January 2010.
^ "Super Turrican SNES Review Score". Archived from the original on 2019-05-29.
^ "Super Turrican". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Vol. 6, no. 4. April 1993. p. 28. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
^ Whitehead, Dan (April 3, 2008). "Virtual Console Roundup • Page 2". Eurogamer. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
^ Skid; Sgt. Gamer; Slick, Tom; The Enquirer (May 1993). "The Viewpoint". GameFan. Vol. 1, no. 6. pp. 19–21. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
^ Thomas, Lucas M. (March 18, 2008). "Super Turrican Review". IGN. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
^ Bergeret, Alix (October 18, 2013). "Test de Super Turrican sur Super Nintendo". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Archived from the original on October 31, 2013. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
^ Philipp; Stefan; Martin (August 1993). "Super Turrican". Mega Fun (in German). pp. 40–42. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
^ McFarren, Damien (February 29, 2008). "Super Turrican Review (SNES)". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
^ "Now Playing". Nintendo Power. Vol. 50. July 1993. pp. 102–107. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
^ Tim; Paul (August 1993). "Super Turrican". Nintendo Magazine System. No. 11. pp. 90–93.
^ Chris. "Super Turrican". Player One (in French). No. 26. p. 127. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
^ "Super Turrican". Video Games (in German). September 1993. p. 81. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
^ Meston, Zach (June 1993). "Super Turrican". VideoGames & Computer Entertainment. No. 53. p. 40. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
^ Simon; Will (January 1994). "Super Turrican". SNES Force. No. 8. pp. 62–64. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Super Turrican Review". Super Gamer (2). United Kingdom: Paragon Publishing: 123. May 1994. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
^ "Unreleased Super NES game to come packed with every Analogue Super Nt". 23 October 2017.
^ "The Definitive Version Of Super Turrican Was Denied A Virtual Console Release Back In 2008". Nintendo Life. 25 July 2016.