Turrican remake released, rocks you like a Hurrican

by John Bardinelli { Jun 25th 2007 at 6:57PM }

German programmer Poke 53280 has just released a freeware remake of the classic Commodore 64 game Turrican for the PC. The Metroid-esque title (that feels a lot like Contra at times) Hurrican is packed with vast, non-linear levels filled with weapons to find and swarms of enemies to use them on. The control scheme is a bit complex with several button combinations to memorize, but us old-school gamers are used to putting in effort to squeeze more fun out of our games. Download Hurrican (40MB, Windows).

Tags: commodore64, factor5, freeware, hurrican, independent, indie, remake, retro, turrican

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

shaun322 @ Jun 25th 2007 7:30PM

Does it install in english or is it all in german

Thief @ Jun 25th 2007 7:59PM

Turrican 2 for the Amiga was an amazing game! Downloading ASAP!

d1plomacy @ Jun 25th 2007 8:02PM

I remember playing Turrican on my Amiga 2000. It was an awesome game that changed the way I played platform shooters.

Rhomulus @ Jun 25th 2007 8:32PM

I just downloaded this game and its very fun. I wish games on XBL Arcade could be this good...With many enimes/guns/power ups its must download and its free!

jay @ Jun 25th 2007 8:51PM

Christ no. I still adore Turrican 1-3, this feels more like a Super Turrican than a proper Turrican game (yesyes, it's not official I know). Though love for Turrican faded when I found out Factor 5's dirty Nintencloning.

That said I haven't played the full version yet, just the old demo from a couple of years ago. But that had no Turrican charm whatsoever. It felt like an amateur 3D animator went at a classic 2D platform game.

I wonder if the songs are up to par with the original Turrican. If they have (which I'll bet my house on) gone down the "hardcore" dance route then I'll cry.
PLZ don't destroy classics. Just spam Factor 5 with emails to make direct ports of Turrican 1-3 on whatever consoles digital distribution system.