Turrican II

From the Database of Home of the Underdogs

GAME DESIGNER:Manfred Trenz
GAME DEVELOPER:Sun-Project
GAME PUBLISHER:Rainbow Arts
Copyright 1990, Rainbow Arts

Ok, let’s face it: Factor 5’s Turrican II was one of the best games to see its light on the Amiga and is probably the best action game ever produced on any platform. 4 years(!) after the initial Amiga release, Rainbow Arts released the IBM-PC version of this classic shooter with very little fanfare. How does it compare to the Amiga game? Well, surprisingly not that bad at all. Scrolling is ultra-smooth, gameplay is nearly as good as in the original game, and the graphics – though slightly changed to the Amiga game – are great. I can’t tell about the music as I didn’t get the music to work on my PCI soundcard, but I suppose Sun-Project used a TFMX playing routine to reproduce the original Amiga music on the IBM-PC port and that, of course, would be great as the music was one of the best ever heard in a computer game. Two thumbs up, way up!