Turrican Flashback

GameSpewRichard Seagrave

8/10

If you fondly remember any of the Turrican games and long to play them once again, you’d be wise to consider Turrican Flashback a must-have. All of the games in this collection retain their original charm, but are made more playable thanks to revamped control schemes and additional features. It’s not the most generous of offerings when it comes to extras, sure, but when buying just one of these games second-hand costs more than this entire collection, who cares?

TheSixthAxisTuffcub

8/10

As a port, the Turrican Flashback collection cannot be faulted – these are perfect conversions of some all-time greats. Although the collection is missing some of the others in the series, £7.50 per game isn't bad value and given the difficulty, getting a perfect run is going to take many hours of playtime.

WayTooManyGamesLeo Faria

8/10

One of the best and most underrated developers of all time was the once-great Germany-based Factor 5. They were mostly known for their fantastic streak of hardware-defying titles released for the Nintendo 64 and Gamecube, such as Indiana Jones & The Infernal Machine, Star Wars: Battle for Naboo, and of course, the near-perfect Star Wars: Rogue Squadron trilogy. But that doesn’t mean they didn’t create their own IPs, as they were also known for their Turrican series. We are now able to rel...

COGConnectedLou Sytsma

77/100

Turrican! Turrican! Does whatever a Turri-can. Okay, no doubt that line doesn’t play out as well as the original arachnid based one does. But it does give a glimpse into my headspace when I first played this game back in the 1990s on my uncle’s Amiga PC. Turrican, a biomechanical warrior was not only created for battle but built to bioengineer inhospitable planets into living ones. So with his unique nature, powers, and cool silvery robot appearance, Turrican became a new superhero to me.

Nintendo LifeStuart Gipp

7/10

It’s rare to see Amiga games surfacing at all, so it’s a real treat to have two of the very best available on Switch, along with entirely enjoyable Mega Drive and SNES efforts. We know we’ve harped on this, but it really is a baffling shame that Super Turrican 2 was left off the set, given that it’s still a joyous and impressive experience and that its inclusion would have made this compilation basically complete. As it is, though, Turrican Flashback is still a lot of fun with plenty of gameplay to offer, and a nice window into a type of game you rarely see anymore. Except in Gunlord X, we sup...

Gamer EscapeEliot Lefebvre

7/10

On a whole, though, this is a pretty solid collection of little games that are in many ways frozen in amber from a specific time in gaming history. This isn’t going to make a huge fan out of anyone, but if you’re in the mood for some classic 16-bit shooter fun, this’ll deliver.

Pure NintendoTrevor Gould

6.5/10

Turrican Flashback bundles some (but not all) of the run 'n' gun classic titles. This collection, while fun, feels a bit lacking compared to other compilations

DestructoidChris Moyse

6/10

As dynamic and challenging today as they ever were, Turrican Flashback offers an authentic compilation of games from this classic series, without a single dud among them. Unfortunately, wafer-thin presentation, missing titles, and a complete lack of side-features (in addition to a subjectively high price-tag) let down what could have – should have – been an encapsulating tribute to one of history’s most influential and beloved shooter franchises.

Analog Stick GamingJeff Young

Unscored

Turrican: Flashback, allows new and old players to experience these games on new hardware in a way that allows the authentic experience to shine with a few modern fixes like save states and the ability to rewind a bad jump. Unfortunately, the lack of it being a complete collection of the entire seri

VGChartzEvan Norris

Unscored

The returrn of the king.Experiences like Turrican don't come around very often anymore. Apart from Gunlord X, which successfully emulates the series' [...]