Play Super Turrican 1 Online

You blast through alien hordes with a laser whip that cracks like thunder, morph into a spinning buzzsaw when things get hairy, and pray you’ve got enough bombs left when the screen fills with pixel-perfect chaos.

Developer: Factor 5

Genre: Action

Released: 1993

File size: 1 KB

Game Overview

Super Turrican 1 on SNES is one of those games that makes you realize how much chaos the 16-bit era could cram into a cartridge. You start off blasting through waves of enemies with this ridiculous laser whip—which, by the way, feels way more satisfying than it has any right to—and before long, you're morphing into a spinning death wheel or unloading screen-clearing explosives. The controls are tight, but don't expect hand-holding; some of those jumps over bottomless pits will test your reflexes.

What surprised me most was how good it still looks. The pixel art has this gritty, detailed vibe, and the soundtrack? Absolute fire. Boss battles tower over you, filling the screen, and the later levels get downright mean with enemy swarms. It's like if Contra and Metroid had a kid that refused to play nice. Just be ready for that classic '90s difficulty—you'll earn every checkpoint.

If you missed this one back in the day, it's worth digging up for the sheer spectacle alone.