Worst Turbo game of 1991

[Arkhan]

Ballistix has a nice title screen.


Turrican is the most overrated game ever.  Everyone that owns a C64/Amiga is like

OMGTURRICANSOAWeSOMEPLAY IT

and then you do and you cant even shoot diagonally, the weapons blow, and turrican is stiffer than a viagra ridden penis.

[nodtveidt]

I voted Impossamole. Thirty more seconds of coding and it could have been a decent game, but alas, they snoozed for the 30 seconds it took to code the coldet and it ruined the entire game experience. Talespin gets a very, very close second for total crap playability and some of the most drab visuals ever.

So much Turrican hate! Hah, I expect it. It's one of my favorite games on the system, and it's no surprise that it owns so many players. It is a very difficult game but certainly not unplayable. You just have to remember where everything is, that's all. Maybe one day I'll do a video playthrough of the game to prove that not only is it completely playable, but also beatable. Unlike other hard games on the system, it's hard on its own merits, not because of bullshit cheap hits (like Shape Shifter) or sucky coding (like Shape Shifter, again, or The Legendary Axe).

Ballistix is certainly a pretty stupid game, but it's not so terrible that it would top my list. Yeah, I owned it back in the day and had a few laughs with it. It's really not too fun with one player but it can be pretty fun with two. Really though, I think it came out too late...three or four years prior, it probably would have been a great game.

And Yo Bro...I hate it and think it's really stupid, but at least it's technically sound. It's just boring.

[Arkhan]

as a side scroller shooty action game, I always thought turrican was half ass.


they could have made it better than they did.  At least the tunes were good

[Adol2009]

I voted for Sinistron. Clearly the worst thing ever made on Earth ^^

[Tatsujin]

turrican was one of the most playable titles on the amiga and the great sound did its rest to push it up to heaven of gamegems.

turrican II did it even better in many aspects. and at that time 99% played with a joystick with no jump button.

but they did almost everything wrong for the TG16 port. started with the utterly crap music and ended with the disproved gameplay. the grafx was ok and amost equal to the amiga version.

[nodtveidt]

Of course, the PCE/TG16 didn't have a MOD player until Tom came around.

[Gogan]

I voted for Sinistron. Clearly the worst thing ever made on Earth ^^

[Tatsujin]

Of course, the PCE/TG16 didn't have a MOD player until Tom came around.

so true

[Arkhan]

Of course, the PCE/TG16 didn't have a MOD player until Tom came around.

I thought Dave Michel wrote that.

Mod shmod.  out the MOD to a recorder and make a wav for the Cd to play

Turrican is best on the C64 to me. The music fits the goony game the best.

[nodtveidt]

I don't think that that Dave was writing a MOD player. David Shadoff was writing an MMF-like player, and Trilinear I believe wrote a MIDI converter, but it was Tom who wrote an actual MOD player.

[Arkhan]

I don't think that that Dave was writing a MOD player. David Shadoff was writing an MMF-like player, and Trilinear I believe wrote a MIDI converter, but it was Tom who wrote an actual MOD player.

Hmm i thought the code originated from DM.

PS: MML converter / player is almost ready to go more public like

[Tatsujin]

Turrican is best on the C64 to me. The music fits the goony game the best.

the sid music from ramiro is great. just a shame that only two levels got music support.

[shubibiman]

Unlike other hard games on the system, it's hard on its own merits, not because of bullshit cheap hits (like Shape Shifter) or sucky coding (like Shape Shifter, again, or The Legendary Axe).

 The Legendary Axe is a very playable game that I played through som e ten years ago.

[Arkhan]

Turrican is best on the C64 to me. The music fits the goony game the best.

the sid music from ramiro is great. just a shame that only two levels got music support.

ooh.  i usually turn the crappy game off before I beat the first level.  Lol...

[esteban]

Unlike other hard games on the system, it's hard on its own merits, not because of bullshit cheap hits (like Shape Shifter) or sucky coding (like Shape Shifter, again, or The Legendary Axe).

 The Legendary Axe is a very playable game that I played through som e ten years ago.

Agreed. Legendary Axe is quite playable.

I'm sure nodtveidt has mentioned his critique of LA in the past, but I honestly forget it. Please refresh our memories, nod!