Turrican

Turrican
Home computer cover art by Celal Kandemiroglu
Developer(s)Rainbow Arts (C64)
Factor 5 (Amiga, ST)
Probe Software (CPC, ZX)
The Code Monkeys (MD, PCE, GB)
Publisher(s)Accolade (consoles)
Designer(s)Manfred Trenz
Composer(s)Chris Huelsbeck
Jochen Hippel (ST)
Platform(s)Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Mega Drive/Genesis, PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16, Game Boy, CDTV
ReleaseCommodore 64, Amiga
Atari ST, CPC, Spectrum
Mega Drive/Genesis
TurboGrafx-16
  • NA: August 1991
Game Boy
  • NA: November 1991
  • EU: November 1991
Genre(s)Run and gun
Mode(s)Single-player

Turrican is a 1990 video game developed by Manfred Trenz. It was developed for the Commodore 64 by Rainbow Arts, and was ported to other systems later. In addition to concept design and character creation, Trenz programmed Turrican on the Commodore 64. A sequel, Turrican II: The Final Fight, followed in 1991 for the Commodore 64 and other platforms.