mofo@bucsf.bu.edu (jason greene) (07/23/90)
I've finished Turrican at least 20 times now and keep going back to it just because I keep finding new things almost every time I play. Plus, it's fun to screw around (like seeing how far I can go as a wheel on level 2-1) As I still contend this is the best arcade game ever made for the amiga, it does have some glitches that really tick me off from time to time. The main glitch that bugs me is that every 4 or 5 games I will get my hero in such a position that if he dies there, he is stuck. When he dies again, he gets reincarnated in the stuck position again. The place this happens a LOT is on level 4-1, where that giant square brick wall thing (with the face) pushes you around. A lot of times he'll push me into the left wall before I kill him (a few times JUST as I kill him) and I get stuck "in" the wall, immobile. I had to watch 23 lives disappear because of this not half an hour ago. I was too ticked off and now have a "mr return" on my high score chart. Otherwise, the game is great! Anybody know of any other glitches? Jason BTW: I did mention tricks, didn't I? Well all I will say is that the easiest free life in the game is on level 1-1 (I never tried this before tonight, and decided to screw around and voila). As SOON as the game starts, go left. Climb up the hill to the left until you can go left no more (the screen stops scrolling) and jump straight up. An extra life will slam down on your head. There is also a power-square about half an inch to the right....
matt@sapphire.jpl.nasa.gov (matt of ASTD) (07/24/90)
In article <MOFO.90Jul23003303@bucsf.bu.edu> mofo@bucsf.bu.edu (jason greene) writes: >BTW: I did mention tricks, didn't I? Well all I will say is that the >easiest free life in the game is on level 1-1 (I never tried this before >tonight, and decided to screw around and voila). As SOON as the game >starts, go left. Climb up the hill to the left until you can go left no >more (the screen stops scrolling) and jump straight up. An extra life will >slam down on your head. There is also a power-square about half an inch to >the right.... To find more free lives on level 1-1 jump off the left side of the ''rocket ship.'' ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Matthew Presley (UCLA CS Grad. Student) & (JPL CS dude) Internet (presley@cs.ucla.edu) or (matt@sapphire.jpl.nasa.gov) "Twisted yellow puppies play broken flutes loudly..."