Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Turrican

Title	Turrican
First release	1990
Developers	Factor 5, Rainbow Arts
Publishers	Accolade, Rainbow Arts
Platforms	Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Game Boy, Mega Drive / Genesis, PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16, ZX Spectrum
Genres	science fiction video game, shoot 'em up
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	Amiga: 1990-01-01 Atari ST: 1990-01-01 (PAL) Amstrad CPC: 1990-01-01 Mega Drive / Genesis: 1990-06-22 (PAL), 1991-02-15 (NTSC-U) Commodore 64: 1990-08-01 ZX Spectrum: 1990-09-03 PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16: 1991-08-01 Game Boy: 1991-11-15
Wikidata ID	Q1929662

Released in 1990 by Rainbow Arts, this title combines platforming and scrolling shooter mechanics. Players explore expansive, dark environments to uncover hidden paths and collect equipment that expands combat options. The gameplay shifts between careful exploration of the Alterra colonies and intense firefights against monstrous forces controlled by the MORGUL ecosystem network.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Sources

Wikidata (Q1929662) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (c64/turrican) · last updated 2026-10-01 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (amiga/turrican) · last updated 2026-09-29 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

REG-Vault (zxspectrum/turrican) · last updated 2026-10-10 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (6423) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

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TheGamesDB (19658,32314) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

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Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Accolade · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (13): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Accolade · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork (7): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Accolade · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (3): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Accolade · internal use only.

Sprites (1): fan rips from sprite sites, credited per sheet (ripper, site, rights) in Sprites below; internal use only.

Sprites

Commodore 64 version · 1 sheet · Turrican on The Spriters Resource ↗ (1 sheets on the site; 1 stored here)

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Videos

Amiga CDTV Longplay [07] Turrican

World-of-Longplays · Amiga version · longplay · 1:14:32auto-matched
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Turrican Longplay (Amiga) [QHD]

AL82 Retrogaming Longplays · Amiga version · longplay · 1:19:07auto-matched
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