Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Turrican by Rainbow Arts, for c64, loaded from tape
Fun Fact: When I was a teenager, I tried 4 different tapes of this game, and none of them loaded correctly. Couldn't tell you why, but... I'd heard horror stories about how bad the loading was. And it does commit the sin of a separate load for the title, but.... as you can see, that's only around 60s to load, and you're in gameplay within 2:30 of loading the tape - that's _way_ better than a lot of games! So yeah, you have to reload that on game over, but most people aren't deliberately dying like I am, espeically since continues exist ;).
Turrican by Rainbow Arts, for c64, loaded from tape
Fun Fact: When I was a teenager, I tried 4 different tapes of this game, and none of them loaded correctly. Couldn't tell you why, but... I'd heard horror stories about how bad the loading was. And it does commit the sin of a separate load for the title, but.... as you can see, that's only around 60s to load, and you're in gameplay within 2:30 of loading the tape - that's _way_ better than a lot of games! So yeah, you have to reload that on game over, but most people aren't deliberately dying like I am, espeically since continues exist ;).
