Loopy Lou |

Back in the days of the Commodore 64 there was an amazing game called ‘Turrican’. It was enormously popular and received rave reviews from every magazine going. I used to play it for hours on end and completed it many times. Games just could not get any better than this… or so I thought.

When I heard about the imminent release of ‘Turrican II’ I was on the verge of exploding with excitement. I had to wait quite a few weeks until it hit the shops and I would spend ages drooling over any screenshots! When I finally did get hold of a copy, I could not believe how good it was. Everything about the first game had been amazing, but with the sequel the programmers had totally excelled themselves.

The graphics were far better and, at the time, they were truly ‘state of the art’. It was a gigantic game and everything about it was absolutely stunning. But one of the best things about it was the music… If you could have bought it on CD then I’d have been down to the record shop in an instant!

‘Turrican II’ is still one of the greatest games I have ever seen. The controls were so incredibly simple to use and it was an absolute joy to play. I could sit and spend the entire afternoon blasting my way through the levels and I very often did.

I think that one of the proudest moments of my life (as sad as this may sound), was when I achieved a massive score and got my name in print. At the time, ‘Zzap 64’ was the biggest selling magazine for the Commodore. In each month’s issue they would have a ‘High Scoring Heroes’ page and I came first on ‘Turrican II’! What a magical moment!

And I still have that same page stored away!