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Evercade tricks out the Turrican collection

Just as the news calendar winds down for the year, along comes Evercade to put a big fat grin on retro gamers' faces. 

The Turrican Collection is open for pre-orders now, releasing at the end of February. It brings the 16-bit iconic action game series to Evercade in one definitive package of Factor 5 action and classic tunes from Chris Huelsbeck.

 


Featuring the complete original eight games by legendary developer Factor 5, including Amiga and console versions, it showcases the evolution of Turrican across generations. 

Also included are two bonus "Director's Cut" versions of Super Turrican and Mega Turrican, restoring previously cut content and offering an alternative take on these classics.

I loved the original on my ST and have a recent version on Switch, but this is the mother lode.

I hope there's time to stick a media player in there that can pull the music tracks out the code, that'd be a cool extra.

Currently playing on my Vita/PS3/PS4/PS5


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