tastelessone
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If you want an excellent action game on the Genesis with a fantastic soundtrack and graphics that rival the SNES, look no further. The levels of Mega Turrican are very gory and gross looking, adding to the creepy atmosphere of this game.
The gameplay of Mega Turrican seems to be improved from the first game (I haven't played Universal Soldier/Turrican 2 so I can't speak for that). For one, the difficulty curve is lowered; you finally get an invincibility frame after being hit by an enemy, and the game runs at a proper 60 Hz NTSC, which means no cheap deaths from fast enemies. Otherwise, the platforming and shooting is just as solid as its ever been.
The gameplay of Mega Turrican seems to be improved from the first game (I haven't played Universal Soldier/Turrican 2 so I can't speak for that). For one, the difficulty curve is lowered; you finally get an invincibility frame after being hit by an enemy, and the game runs at a proper 60 Hz NTSC, which means no cheap deaths from fast enemies. Otherwise, the platforming and shooting is just as solid as its ever been.
1990
Turrican is a "metroidvania" before Castlevania even did this kind of stuff.
Anyway, traverse the world and kill enemies by rolling into a razorball or shooting them. You do not have an invincibility frame when you get hit by an enemy, so keep that in mind. Also keep in mind it's hard to tell where you have to go sometimes. Still, fun action game.
Anyway, traverse the world and kill enemies by rolling into a razorball or shooting them. You do not have an invincibility frame when you get hit by an enemy, so keep that in mind. Also keep in mind it's hard to tell where you have to go sometimes. Still, fun action game.
It's very on-the-nose as a Mario 1 clone, including featuring edited goomba and pipe sprites. The game suffers from being exclusive to Microcomputers of the time, which means you only have one button, and it's mapped to be the action button, so you have to hit up on the joystick to jump, which yeeeah, doesn't work well. It's recommended you buy a gamepad or joystick that has a second button mapped to 'Up' so you can jump properly, then it becomes a decent platformer for its era.
2014