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Turrican

1990 video game
VideoGame video_game Q1929662
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Turrican

Summary

Turrican is a video game[1]. Turrican ranks in the top 5% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (612 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Turrican's instance of is recorded as video game[3].
  • Turrican's composer is recorded as Chris Hülsbeck[4].
  • Turrican was published by Rainbow Arts[5].
  • Turrican was published by Accolade[6].
  • Turrican's genre is science fiction[7].
  • Turrican's genre is shoot 'em up[8].
  • Turrican's genre is science fiction video game[9].
  • Turrican was followed by Q2269628[10].
  • Turrican's developer is recorded as Rainbow Arts[11].
  • Turrican's developer is recorded as Factor 5[12].
  • Turrican's part of the series is recorded as Turrican[13].
  • Turrican's designed by is recorded as Manfred Trenz[14].
  • Turrican's Commons category is recorded as Turrican[15].
  • Turrican's platform is recorded as ZX Spectrum[16].
  • Turrican's platform is recorded as Commodore Amiga[17].
  • Turrican's platform is recorded as Atari ST[18].
  • Turrican's platform is recorded as Commodore 64[19].
  • Turrican's platform is recorded as TurboGrafx-16[20].
  • Turrican's platform is recorded as Amstrad CPC[21].
  • Turrican's platform is recorded as Sega Genesis[22].
  • Turrican's platform is recorded as CDTV[23].
  • Turrican's platform is recorded as Commodore International[24].
  • Turrican's platform is recorded as Game Boy[25].
  • Turrican's game mode is recorded as single-player video game[26].
  • Turrican's country of origin is recorded as Germany[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Publishers include Rainbow Arts[5] and Accolade[6].

Publication

Turrican was published on 1990[28]. Genres include science fiction[7], shoot 'em up[8], and science fiction video game[9]. Turrican's part of the series is recorded as Turrican[13].

Subject and Themes

Turrican's part of the series is recorded as Turrican[13].

Adaptations and Inspiration

Turrican was followed by Q2269628[10].

Why It Matters

Turrican ranks in the top 5% of video_game entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (612 views/month).[2] Turrican has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Turrican is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

Related Entities

Accolade Commodore International Factor 5 Germany Manfred Trenz Rainbow Arts

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Xezbeth · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Composer → Chris Hülsbeck
    Developer → Rainbow Arts, Factor 5
    Country of origin → Germany
    Developer → —
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P136]]: [[Q24925]]"
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