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S.E.T.A. - the Search for Turrican AlternativesSince there has been no official Turrican for a long time, the SETA has been created to list games that are similar to Turrican. That may be in gameplay, massive action, look, exploring or just the feeling. Find out which ones work for you!The list is sorted by average votes, games which are still in developement or dead are at the bottom. If you want to suggest a game, write to t.r.schmidt@nemmelheim.de. | ||
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Metroid Series Very, very similar to Turrican (it´s even possible to morph to a wheel!). Looks and feels very good. It also should be mentioned that the original Metroid (NES) shall have inspired the developer(s) of Turrican! Platform: Various License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1994 Votes:347 Average score (1-10):8 | ||
| Lionheart Lacks in weapons (only swords) but also a great game (with the best graphics ever seen on A500!) There is also a Windows remake available, just look for "Lionheart Remake". Platform: Amiga License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1993 Votes:150 Average score (1-10):8 | ||
| Ruff´n´Tumble [Tip by Christian Uceda] Great and detailled graphics, a heavy-metal-soundtrack and nice gameplay. Especially the later levels are quite big. It´s a good bit harder and more hectic then Turrican, because you start with a little gun which only does few damage - and the extra weapons´ shots are limited. Platform: Amiga License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1994 Votes:148 Average score (1-10):8 | ||
| Gods & Magic Pockets Both from The Bitmap Brothers (and using the same engine), featuring excellent graphics, dozens of enemies, tons of extras and a very deep gameplay - but a lot harder than Turrican. Conversions are available for many systems, including Windows Remakes. Platform: Amiga License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1991 Votes:157 Average score (1-10):8 | ||
| Rendering Ranger / Targa Gigantic weapons, explosions and more bosses then normal enemies describes it quite good. Sadly it is hard as hell and very, very, linear. But beside the first level it looks great and feels a bit like Turri. No wonder - it was created by Manfred Trenz, Turrican´s creator. Especially the flight-sequences later in the game are more then worth a look. I just wonder why it was released only in Japan. Platform: Super NES License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1995 Votes:80 Average score (1-10):8 | ||
| MegaMan Series Especially Megaman X quite reminds me of Turrican. Platform: Various License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1987 Votes:179 Average score (1-10):7 | ||
| The First Samurai [Tip and text by Benjamin Claridge] The First Samurai on the c64 and Amiga has a very similar feel to Turrican - wonderful GFX and level design, as well as a feeling of freedom and space. The enemies are plentiful and always keep you on your toes. The only thing lacking is a true weapons power-up system, but it makes up for this with a wonderful storyline and puzzles / tasks to complete. Platform: Amiga License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1991 Votes:97 Average score (1-10):7 | ||
| Wolfchild [Tip by Carlo Savorelli] Also a classic game by Core design, which got ported to many platforms. Lacks a bit in Firepower, a bit hard, but really nice with beautiful levels. Platform: Amiga License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1992 Votes:102 Average score (1-10):7 | ||
| Metal Slug Series Graphically brilliant anf funny Run`n`Gun, lots of shooting, no exploring. Platform: Arcade License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1996 Votes:18 Average score (1-10):7 | ||
| Jim Power The Sprite looks and moves similar to Turrican, the music was done by Chris Hülsbeck and it has great graphics (fantastic parallax scrolling!). Sadly it lacks a bit in gameplay and is quite linear. There are even flight sequences - just like in Turrican. Dony by Loriciel in 1992, the game wasn´t a commercial success - although it got good ratings in the magazines. BTW: get the Soundtrack here :) Platform: Amiga License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1992 Votes:92 Average score (1-10):7 | ||
| Mr. Nutz Made by NEON (this team contains Peter Thierolf, the Turrican 3-Programmer), which were once asked to make Turrican 4, this is a fast game with a very good gameplay. It features nice gfx, many parallax-layers and uses the TFMX-Soundsystem also used in Turrican. It seems a bit odd at the start (especially the story/map-mode), but later on you even may fly, if you´re good enough with your joystick. Platform: Amiga License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1993 Votes:79 Average score (1-10):7 | ||
| Contra Series Leave out the exploring in Turrican and you have Contra. Massive weapons, tons of enemies, but very linear gameplay. Platform: Various License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1987 Votes:14 Average score (1-10):7 | ||
| Assassin [Tip by Markus Pfeifer] Team17´s best Platformer, features huges levels with many secrets, less enemies and smaller (but original) weapon, but plays like Turrican. There´s also a special edition, in which the character uses a gun, in the original version he used boomerangs. Platform: Amiga License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1992 Votes:64 Average score (1-10):7 | ||
| Axiom Verge A very well made Metroidvania, with a gameflow not unlike Turrican. Lots of Exploring. Platform: Various License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 2015 Homepage: http://www.axiomverge.com Votes:9 Average score (1-10):7 | ||
| Castlevania - Symphony of the Night If you like Turrican you will love this game. A bit boring at the start, but it really has a great gameplay, sound and graphics. It also contains some RPG elements. Play it, you won´t regret. But maybe you can´t stop anymore ;) Platform: Playstation 1 License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1997 Votes:512 Average score (1-10):7 | ||
| Alisia Dragoon [Tip and text by Carlo Savorelli] Alisia is a sadly overlooked game, but it's truly something. Apart from the first stage, that is quite straightforward, the stages are big, not exactly huge mazes, but still plenty of hidden rooms and secret passages. At a certain point, you venture inside caverns and eventually reach the interior of a giant spacecraft, that reminded me of Turrican's final giant tower. Interesting: Her main attack really resembles Turrican's energy whip. Platform: Megadrive License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1992 Votes:33 Average score (1-10):6 | ||
| Xain d´Sleena Weapons and Hero remind much of Turrican, but very linear gameplay. Even includes some Shoot-Em-Up levels! Platform: Arcade License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1986 Votes:10 Average score (1-10):6 | ||
| A.R.E.S. 2d Jump´n´Run with 3d-Backgrounds, music and graphic-style quite remind of Turrican, but gameplay differs. Quite the graphical way I would wish for a modern Turrican! Platform: Windows License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 2010 Homepage: http://ares.x10studio.com/ Votes:7 Average score (1-10):6 | ||
| Psycho-Nics Oscar Even looks kind of similar, but has not quite a fluid gameplay. Platform: Arcade License: Commercial Facts: Was an official inspiration for Turrican Status: Finished Releasedate: 1988 Votes:9 Average score (1-10):6 | ||
| Land Of Genesis [Tip by Jan Schulze] Quite new Turrican inspired (commercial) shooter. Nice graphics, but the sounds (at least in the demo) are cruel. Download Demo (Demo runs fine with WinUAE/Kick3.0 and WB3.1). Available for free at amigafuture.de (registration needed). Platform: Amiga License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 2001 Download: https://ssl.webpack.de/www.nemmelheim.de/turrican/files/LandOfGenesis.zip Votes:27 Average score (1-10):6 | ||
| Abuse Sidescrolling Shooter with (back then) innovative controls. You control the character via Keyboard and aim with mouse. Platform: Windows License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1996 Votes:22 Average score (1-10):6 | ||
| The Killing Game Show Classic sidescrolling shooter by Psygnosis. Platform: Amiga License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1990 Votes:7 Average score (1-10):6 | ||
| Gunforce Series [tip by besevenghi] Gunforce (Irem, 1991) and Gunforce 2 (Irem, 1994). They are playable on PCs using the MAME emulator. Especially Gunforce 2 is quite similar to Metal Slug, also in the sound effects. They consist in a lot of shooting but they are "linear" (with no exploring). Platform: Various License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1991 Votes:6 Average score (1-10):5 | ||
| Skyblazer Sidescrolling fighting/shooting-game, includes a flight-level and more jump´n´ run elements in the later stages. Platform: Super NES License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1994 Votes:5 Average score (1-10):5 | ||
| Midnight Resistance A classic Run´n´Gun, just like Contra or Metal Slug. No exploring, just shooting. Platform: Arcade License: Commercial Status: Finished Releasedate: 1989 Votes:6 Average score (1-10):5 | ||
| Super Obliteration An Amiga-Freeware game, mix of Pang and Asteroids featuring the Turrican-Sprite. Also available as PC-Remake. Platform: Amiga License: Freeware Status: Finished Releasedate: 1993 Download: https://ssl.webpack.de/www.nemmelheim.de/turrican/files/super_obliteration.zip Votes:6 Average score (1-10):5 | ||
 Created by Vincenzo Di Giorgio using Visual Pinball, with mp3-music, nice gfx and Turrican-samples Platform: Windows License: Freeware Status: Finished Homepage: http://www.nemmelheim.de/turrican/files/pinball.html Votes:7 Average score (1-10):5 | ||
| Cosmic Prison Commando A windows-game in Retro-Amstrad CPC 464-Style. Demo is already playable, look for "Cosmic Prison Commando Demo 1.1". Platform: Windows License: Freeware Status: In development Homepage: http://carnivacgames.blogspot.com/ Votes:7 Average score (1-10):6 | ||
 Windstille is going to become an old-school 2D site-scrolling shoot'em up game, similar to Turrican or Metroid (with probably some influence of Another World and Flashback). Platform: Windows License: Freeware Status: In development Homepage: http://windstille.berlios.de/ Votes:5 Average score (1-10):4 | ||
| Hardcore Unreleased Megadrive Game from DICE/Digital Illusions Platform: Megadrive License: Commercial Status:  dead, will never be finished Votes:10 Average score (1-10):7 | ||
A good looking Turrican inspired game by unique Software with hand-pixeled AGA-graphics and multi-layer-parallax-Scrolling. The main sprite could shoot in all directions and climb wall and ceiling. Sadly never finished, but there is a playable demo left. Platform: Amiga License: Commercial Status: dead, will never be finished Download: https://ssl.webpack.de/www.nemmelheim.de/turrican/files/ACSYS_Demo.zip Votes:7 Average score (1-10):6 | ||
| Thornado Often announced as Turrican-Follow-Up because it was planned by Factor 5, but never released. Platform: Gamecube License: Commercial Status: dead, will never be finished Homepage: http://www.factor5.com Votes:6 Average score (1-10):6 | ||
