Turrican The hit
of 1990 from Germany. The game is again, one of those where you do not
need a plot, you are Turrican, you walk/jump/fly around and collect
different weapons. Hold in fire and you get an energy stream emitting
from your weapons, you can move this 360 degress around yourself and
destroy everything in sight. Then you also get different power-ups
which result in different weapons, laser, multi directions, smart bomb
and others.
So what
makes this so great? For one thing the arcade quality blasting action,
it's an eight way scroller where you get to explore different section
of the level you are on. You might discover hidden treasures. The
action on the Commodore is extremely fast, the scrolling is super
smooth. The Spectrum while not slow isn't nearly as fast as the
Commodore. The Commodore has some good spot effects, it contributes to
the atmosphere.
The
Spectrum version is colorful, it also has alot of color clash,
especially when comparing it against the Commodore which obviously has
none. When comparing the two versions on screenshots only it seems that
they are very similar, the fast gameplay on the Commodore however sets
it apart.
