Super Turrican (1993 video game)

Not to be confused with Super Turrican (1992 video game).

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
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Factor 5
Publisher(s)	NA: Seika Corp. EU: Hudson Soft JP: Tonkin House WW: 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
Genre(s)	Run and gun
Mode(s)	Single-player

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.

Development

Release

Super Turrican was released on the Virtual Console in Europe and Australia on February 29, 2008, and in North America on March 3, 2008.

A previously unreleased uncut version of the game, Super Turrican: Director's Cut, was included with the Analogue Super Nt console.^[2] 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.^[3] The Director's Cut was released as an aftermarket cartridge for the original SNES console in 2022, also including the original game.

Reception

Reception

Aggregate score

Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	76.70%[4]

Review scores

Publication	Score
Computer and Video Games	83/100[5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly	8/10[6]
Game Informer	8/10[7]
GamesMaster	90%[8]
Nintendo Power	3.425/5[9]
Official Nintendo Magazine	83/100[10]
Super Play	80%[11]
Total!	(UK) 75%[12] (DE) 2+[13]
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment	8/10[14]
Electronic Games	88%[15]
SNES Force	83/100[16]
Super Action	88%[17]
Super Control	85%[18]
Super Gamer	89%[19]
Super Pro	89/100[20]

Super Turrican received generally favorable reception, holding a rating of 76.70% based on five reviews according to review aggregator GameRankings.^{[4][21][22][23]}