<s>
Turrican	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1990	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Manfred	O
Trenz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
by	O
Rainbow	B-Application
Arts	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
systems	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
concept	O
design	O
and	O
character	O
creation	O
,	O
Trenz	O
programmed	O
Turrican	B-Application
on	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Turrican	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Fight	I-Application
,	O
followed	O
in	O
1991	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turrican	B-Application
can	O
be	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
cross	O
between	O
Metroid	B-Device
and	O
Psycho-Nics	B-Application
Oscar	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
huge	O
levels	O
and	O
the	O
morph-ball	O
function	O
were	O
inspired	O
by	O
Metroid	B-Device
,	O
the	O
overall	O
graphics	O
design	O
and	O
weapons	O
were	O
inspired	O
by	O
Psycho-Nics	B-Application
Oscar	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
many	O
other	O
action	O
games	O
of	O
its	O
time	O
,	O
Turrican	B-Application
did	O
not	O
force	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
complete	O
a	O
linear	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finally	O
,	O
genetic	O
science	O
created	O
a	O
saviour	O
:	O
Turrican	B-Application
,	O
a	O
mutant	O
warrior	O
,	O
bio-engineered	O
for	O
the	O
task	O
of	O
planetary	O
reclamation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
Turrican	B-Application
's	O
challenges	O
consist	O
of	O
eliminating	O
hostile	O
organisms	O
from	O
Alterra	O
's	O
five	O
multi-level	O
worlds	O
and	O
,	O
finally	O
,	O
destroying	O
the	O
three	O
faces	O
of	O
MORGUL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turrican	B-Application
became	O
popular	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
high	O
technical	O
achievements	O
,	O
demonstrating	O
graphics	O
which	O
many	O
did	O
not	O
believe	O
to	O
be	O
possible	O
on	O
a	O
C64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turrican	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
mainly	O
by	O
Manfred	O
Trenz	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Rainbow	B-Application
Arts	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turrican	B-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
CDTV	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Factor	O
5	O
handled	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
CDTV	B-Device
versions	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
were	O
developed	O
by	O
Probe	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Spectrum	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
went	O
to	O
number	O
2	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
sales	O
charts	O
,	O
behind	O
Shadow	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1991	O
,	O
console	O
ports	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
,	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
and	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
were	O
handled	O
by	O
The	O
Code	O
Monkeys	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Accolade	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
and	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
versions	O
being	O
also	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
conversion	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
was	O
under	O
discussion	O
by	O
German	O
studio	O
Softgold	O
,	O
but	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
port	O
was	O
never	O
stated	O
beyond	O
the	O
discussional	O
phase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Huelsbeck	O
composed	O
music	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
conversions	O
of	O
Turrican	B-Application
,	O
Turrican	B-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
Turrican	B-Application
3	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Mega	O
Turrican	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
and	O
Super	O
Turrican	B-Application
and	O
Super	O
Turrican	B-Application
2	I-Application
for	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Music	O
from	O
Turrican	B-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
performed	O
live	O
by	O
a	O
full	O
orchestra	O
at	O
the	O
second	O
Symphonic	O
Game	O
Music	O
Concert	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
music	O
from	O
Turrican	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
Turrican	B-Application
Soundtrack	O
Anthology	O
on	O
November	O
24	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
4-volume	O
digital	O
download	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
"	O
Subsong	O
2	O
"	O
from	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
version	O
of	O
Turrican	B-Application
,	O
arranged	O
by	O
Ramiro	O
Vaca	O
,	O
was	O
copied	O
from	O
the	O
song	O
"	O
Escape	O
"	O
of	O
The	O
Transformers	O
:	O
The	O
Movie	O
Soundtrack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
screen	O
of	O
Turrican	B-Application
is	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
Manowar	O
album	O
cover	O
Kings	O
of	O
Metal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four	O
reviewers	O
from	O
Mega	O
Play	O
gave	O
very	O
positive	O
reviews	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
port	O
and	O
lauded	O
the	O
variety	O
of	O
weapons	O
and	O
techniques	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
reviewer	O
felt	O
that	O
Turrican	B-Application
is	O
"	O
the	O
ultimate	O
action	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Genesis	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turrican	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Final	I-Application
Fight	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
,	O
done	O
by	O
Factor	O
5	O
,	O
was	O
finished	O
before	O
the	O
C64	O
version	O
,	O
but	O
Manfred	O
Trenz	O
cites	O
the	O
C64	O
version	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
CDTV	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
PC	O
(	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
and	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
versions	O
were	O
modified	O
into	O
Universal	O
Soldier	O
,	O
a	O
tie	O
in	O
to	O
the	O
film	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
planned	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
was	O
cancelled	O
before	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mega	O
Turrican	B-Application
was	O
an	O
original	O
Factor	O
5	O
game	O
initially	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
later	O
followed	O
by	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
Turrican	B-Application
3	O
:	O
Payment	O
Day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
(	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Acorn	O
Archimedes	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
versions	O
were	O
also	O
planned	O
and	O
developed	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
were	O
never	O
released	O
and	O
only	O
some	O
enemy	O
sprite	O
designs	O
have	O
surfaced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
for	O
the	O
NES	O
,	O
this	O
Turrican	B-Application
game	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Manfred	O
Trenz	O
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
roughly	O
on	O
the	O
levels	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
Turrican	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Super	O
Turrican	B-Application
games	O
were	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
by	O
Factor	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Turrican	B-Application
3D	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
introduce	O
3D	O
graphics	O
in	O
the	O
Turrican	B-Application
series	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
not	O
released	O
because	O
publisher	O
THQ	O
stopped	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
intended	O
for	O
PC	O
(	O
Windows	B-Application
)	O
and	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Screenshots	O
and	O
videos	O
show	O
how	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Turrican	B-Application
would	O
have	O
looked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
,	O
Manfred	O
Trenz	O
,	O
creator	O
of	O
Turrican	B-Application
,	O
Turrican	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
Super	O
Turrican	B-Application
(	O
NES	O
)	O
and	O
co-developer	O
of	O
Turrican	B-Application
3D	O
,	O
stated	O
that	O
many	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
were	O
far	O
too	O
profit-oriented	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
project	O
failed	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thornado	O
is	O
another	O
never-released	O
Turrican	B-Application
spin-off	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Handled	O
by	O
the	O
US	O
branch	O
of	O
Factor	O
5	O
,	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
use	O
the	O
name	O
Turrican	B-Application
because	O
of	O
legal	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
first	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
and	O
later	O
for	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
that	O
is	O
available	O
from	O
this	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
preliminary	O
music	O
composed	O
by	O
Chris	O
Huelsbeck	O
and	O
some	O
art	O
assets	O
that	O
were	O
reused	O
in	O
Star	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
:	I-Application
Rebel	I-Application
Strike	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Golden	O
Gate-looking	O
bridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Thornado	O
Demo	O
"	O
track	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
teaser	O
for	O
the	O
then-upcoming	O
GameCube	B-Application
game	O
,	O
was	O
in	O
fact	O
running	O
on	O
the	O
older	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
sound	O
hardware	O
using	O
Factor	O
5	O
's	O
new	O
proprietary	O
MusyX	O
software	O
sound	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next-gen	O
Turrican	B-Application
in	O
April	O
2007	O
,	O
a	O
Gamasutra	O
article	O
revealed	O
that	O
Factor	O
5	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
concepts	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
Turrican	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
a	O
title	O
yet	O
and	O
was	O
known	O
as	O
Turrican	B-Application
or	O
Project	O
cyclone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
versions	O
of	O
Turrican	B-Application
and	O
Turrican	B-Application
II	I-Application
along	O
with	O
Mega	O
Turrican	B-Application
and	O
Super	O
Turrican	B-Application
were	O
re-released	O
in	O
2020	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	O
4	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
Switch	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Turrican	B-Application
Flashback	O
to	O
commemorate	O
the	O
30th	O
anniversary	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
