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Super Turrican

The lost colony of Alterra is a completely man-made lifeworld abandoned long ago in a nearby galaxy. Alterra is actually five colonies in one. Each self-contained habitat has been separately bio-engineered by…

1 May 1993

Super Turrican is a platform developed by Factor 5, released 1 May 1993 on Wii, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Super Turrican is

Super Turrican is a platform game developed by Factor 5 and released in 1993. It is available on Wii, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The lost colony of Alterra is a completely man-made lifeworld abandoned long ago in a nearby galaxy. Alterra is actually five colonies in one. Each self-contained habitat has been separately bio-engineered by a powerful ecosystem generation network known as a Multiple Organism Unit Link. MORGUL, for short. Early colonists used MORGUL to render Alterra inhabitable. But a cataclysmic quake severed all system interface functions, and MORGUL murderously rebelled. The few colonists lucky enough to escape told a grim tale of a higher intelligence gone berserk. For generations, mankind sought a return to Alterra. Finally, genetic science created a saviour: Turrican, a mutant warrior…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Official trailer

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When did Super Turrican come out?
Super Turrican was released on 1 May 1993 for Wii, Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

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