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Game entry

Turrican

1990 · Platformer, Shoot 'em up · Mega Drive, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Amiga, Commodore CDTV, PC Engine, BlackBerry OS, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC · Ballistic

Turrican is ranked no. 4,676 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,359 and 32% of duels won. Measured against its own family, it climbs to no. 27 out of 27 (1990).

World rank

no. 4,676

ELO score

1,359

Wins

32%

Duels played

81

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About Turrican

Turrican is a 1990 video game programmed and designed by Manfred Trenz. It was first developed for the Commodore 64 by Rainbow Arts, but was ported to other systems later. In addition to concept design and character creation, Trenz personally programmed Turrican on the Commodore 64. A sequel, Turrican II, followed 1991 for the Commodore 64 and other platforms.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,359 ELO points over the last 216 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Turrican sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 4,673 Snow Bros. 1,359
  2. 4,674 The Witcher: Adventure Game 1,359
  3. 4,675 Risk of Rain Returns 1,359
  4. 4,676 Turrican 1,359
  5. 4,677 The Park 1,359
  6. 4,678 NBA 2K25 1,359
  7. 4,679 Infernal 1,359

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The standing

Where Turrican ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Turrican stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 27 out of 27 (1990).

Where Turrican ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 4,676 5,110
Platformer 570 621
1990s 617 655
1990 27 27

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