Turrican (Genesis)

Turrican
Developer: The Code Monkeys Publishers: Accolade (US), Ballistic (EU) Platform: Unlicensed Genesis Released in US: July 1991 Released in EU: September 1991 This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has a hidden level select. This game has cheat codes. This game has a prerelease article

A dodgy port of the Amiga version of the home computer classic, mainly spoiled by an absurd difficulty increase and a poor adaptation of Chris Hülsbeck's original score.

Its badness was even acknowledged in the booklet for Hülsbeck's official Turrican album from 1993:

Mega Drive fans might already know him from the failed first version made by a foreign company

(Source: Translation from https://downloads.khinsider.com/game-soundtracks/album/turrican-original-video-game-soundtrack)

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Prerelease Info

Unused Text

A trademark disclaimer can be found at ROM address 22E:

Sega and Genesis are registered trademarks of Sega Enterprises 
Ltd.Accolade Inc. is not associated with Sega Enterprises Ltd.

Cheat Menu

In the options menu, highlight "Exit", hold Down, and press A, B, B, A, B, A, A, B, A, A, B, A, A to open a menu containing toggles for infinite mines, grenades, lines, time, power, spirals, and lives, as well as a level select.