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[Neuromancer]

Did anyone actually complete this game without cheats? I remember it being tough as nails.

Yeah I did but I was a lot more willing to put up with nonsense then, than I am now. I remember some particularly tough platforming sections (like hopping onto small rocks moving up and down over lava pits.)

 

[richiek]

FYI, Jeff Spangenberg of Iguana Entertainment, the makers of Turok, would go on to found Retro Studios.

 

[Steeven]

Loved the weapons, even more in Turok 2. Played a lot of 4player MP too with the sequel. Man those were the days...

 

[Riggs]

I miss Acclaim, Extreme G, Forsaken and Turok =/.

Forsaken that is it! I've been trying to think of the name of this game all week. I remember buying it when postal 1 came out at the mall. I bought this cool track ball style mouse just to play forsaken with. Thanks man, memories.

Edit holy shit the box cover, man so many memories. I forgot this was even on consoles, fuckkk yeah!

 

[disap.ed]

What ever happened to David Dienstbier?

 

[ShyGuy0504]

I remember getting this game for Christmas the year it was released. It was the first fps that I had ever played. I sucked really bad at it so I got one of those N64 cheat code books. Good times.

 

[Cosmic Schwung]

Goldeneye
The World is Not Enough
Perfect Dark
Turok 1
Turok 2
Turok 3
Turok Rage Wars
Armorines
Doom 64
Hexen
South Park
Duke Nukem 64
Quake 64


Off the top of my head...

Funny to think that just one studio was responsible for developing almost half of these.

 

[Criminal Upper]

What ever happened to David Dienstbier?

Last thing he worked on was Dementium II on the DS.

 

[Frogfucious]

BEWAREOBLIVIONISATHAND

You can say that again!

 

[AlexBasch]

For me, it goes:

1. Turok 2: Seeds of Evil
2. Turok Dinosaur Hunter
3. Turok 3: Shadow of Oblivion
4. Turok Rage Wars
5. Turok (PS3/360)
6.
7.
8.
9.
10. Turok Evolution.

Ditto. Haven't seen an awesome weapon like the Cerebral Bore since then.

 

[Neuromancer]

Remember that treetop village level with all the bridges between the huts? That was awesome.

 

[EvilMario]

I miss Acclaim, Extreme G, Forsaken and Turok =/.

Acclaim's list of titles is not that extensive, but growing up in the 16-bit era, it seemed like their name was everywhere.

And don't forget one of their better products; Shadowman.

 

[Frogfucious]

Remember that treetop village level with all the bridges between the huts? That was awesome.

I remember I kept hoping it would start raining, because of all the thunder and lightning on that level. I have great memories of that game.

 

[disap.ed]

Last thing he worked on was Dementium II on the DS.

Wonder why he didn't hire at Retro back then.

 

[luka]

i still have the pc version of turok 1. how many people even know about that one?

 

[zephervack]

Remember that treetop village level with all the bridges between the huts? That was awesome.

So many tricky jumps, http://youtu.be/-vonI4PiXzg?t=4m22s

 

[Muffdraul]

Did anyone actually complete this game without cheats? I remember it being tough as nails.

Turok 1? Several times. Turok 2? Once, and it nearly killed me. Still feeling the burn 14 years later. Fuck that game.

 

[Neuromancer]

So many tricky jumps, http://youtu.be/-vonI4PiXzg?t=4m22s

Oh god

 

[zephervack]

Turok 1? Several times. Turok 2? Once, and it nearly killed me. Still feeling the burn 14 years later. Fuck that game.

Acclaim where kind of sadistic, I remember having a really hard time beating Shadow man... with a FAQ...

 

[SmithnCo]

So many tricky jumps, http://youtu.be/-vonI4PiXzg?t=4m22s

I just had flashbacks. I have no idea how I dealt with that FPS platforming and fog.

 

[BobLoblaw]

I was seriously in love with that game back in the day. So much fog...

 

[atbigelow]

I borrowed Turok from a friend and loved it. I waited excitedly for Turok 2 and got it and it was probably the most fun I had had with a FPS up to that time. Expansion Pak for hi-rez graphics, yo.

We spent a lot of time playing multiplayer as well. Cerebral Bore going into the monkey in monkey mode was fantastic.

 

[Raide]

More Turok 2, less of everything that came afterwards. Need Cerebral Bore in my life!

 

[BlackSalad]

loved all the turok games on the 64, friends and I really got into rage wars, the achievements were great

who can forget monkey tag or whatever in turok 2, that shit was awesome haha

also turok 2 had one of the best soundtracks for the time, especially on the 64

 

[Muffdraul]

I borrowed Turok from a friend and loved it. I waited excitedly for Turok 2 and got it and it was probably the most fun I had had with a FPS up to that time. Expansion Pak for hi-rez graphics, yo.

With a fan pointed directly at the N64 from a foot away or it'd freeze up after a few minutes. =D

 

[Criminal Upper]

More Turok 2, less of everything that came afterwards. Need Cerebral Bore in my life!

Listen to the names of the levels from Turok 2

THE PORT OF ARIA
SLAUGHTER BY THE RIVER OF SOULS
THE DEATH MARSHES
LAIR OF THE BLIND ONES
HIVE OF THE MANTIDS

Metal as shit.

 

[dinosaur_hunter2]

That game is the reason I have my username

 

[Neuromancer]

Listen to the names of the levels from Turok 2

THE PORT OF ARIA
SLAUGHTER BY THE RIVER OF SOULS
THE DEATH MARSHES
LAIR OF THE BLIND ONES
HIVE OF THE MANTIDS

Metal as shit.

Games were so cool back then. Now it's like,

SHIPYARD
FAVELA
OFFICE BUILDING

 

[Criminal Upper]

Games were so cool back then. Now it's like,

SHIPYARD
FAVELA
OFFICE BUILDING

lol

 

[zephervack]

I wish there was a way to see the Turok 1 levels without the fog.

 

[Raide]

That game is the reason I have my username

Obviously Turok is Number 1.

 

[Hero of Legend]

FYI, Jeff Spangenberg of Iguana Entertainment, the makers of Turok, would go on to found Retro Studios.

Not just that, but I recall as recent as DKCR that A LOT of Iguana folks are/still there.

I should go back and check, MobyGames has the credits so it'll be a snap.

Edit: Checked, and to my surprise, it has a lot of Ultima folks. Only two folks who worked on Vexx and a Turok game seem to be there other than Kynan Pearson who's now at 343i IIRC, might've been different before.

 

[SmithnCo]

I wish there was a way to see the Turok 1 levels without the fog.

You probably could mod the PC version right?

I don't know if anyone has done it but it would be interesting.

 

[GDGF]

The Turok series had some of the best weapons and weapon effects of their time.

 

[Gorechylde]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDG3OooUtTU&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLD74247FC704AD924

This song... I STILL hum this song to myself from time to time.

Cerebral Bore was great, but my favorite weapon was and still is the Chainsaw Boomerang thing of death from Turok 2. I wanted the game for that weapon alone.

 

[LakeEarth]

I just had flashbacks. I have no idea how I dealt with that FPS platforming and fog.

If you turned on the map, the jumping wasn't really that hard. You just used the boxes and little arrow.

 

[Muffdraul]

Somewhere out there, possibly accessible via Wayback Machine, is my "reader letter" to www.next-generation-online.com (or whatever, later became IGN) saying that Turok's platforming sections were nowhere near as bad as people were saying and they just lacked skill.

 

[BlackSalad]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDG3OooUtTU&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PLD74247FC704AD924

This song... I STILL hum this song to myself from time to time.

Cerebral Bore was great, but my favorite weapon was and still is the Chainsaw Boomerang thing of death from Turok 2. I wanted the game for that weapon alone.

I see your title song and raise you death marshes, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf6GfZNDhV8

SO GOOD!

 

[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

The sound of picking up those diamond shaped pieces is legend.

 

[Myriadis]

A few months ago, I played the first and second level of Turok 2 on my N64. It still really is a lot of fun, but the framerate drops so deep so often that I actually got nausea from it. That and level 2 had only two , rather hidden save stations in a level that took me three hours to get through.
I'm trying to find Turokinosaur Hunter for the N64 or PC. I had it for the PC, but lost it. The german version, which replaces the humans with robots, which is, in my opinion, just more awesome. I know that I have beaten Turok 1 on Normal with no cheats, and it wasn't really hard for me.

 

[Muffdraul]

The sound of picking up those diamond shaped pieces is legend.

"VZZ!-VZZ!-VZZ!-VZZ!-VZZ!-VZZ!.......VZZ!"

That and level 2 had only two , rather hidden save stations in a level

*twitch*

 

[Frogfucious]

"I.. AM TUROK!!!" (getting an extra life)

 

[SmithnCo]

The sound of picking up those diamond shaped pieces is legend.

I love the hilarious sounds the dudes make when you kill them too.

 

[N4Us]

Turok 2 in 1998 with the Expansion was crazy.

Remember when Nintendo Power held a contest to be a character in T2? Some kid won but they ended up just using his face on coins (cheat code HEEERESJUAN)

 

[mariachi507]

BEWAREOBLIVIONISATHAND

Hell yes it is!

 

[donny2112]

When I had a bad day at school...

NTHGTHDGDCRTDTRK

...then I just cut loose! 8D

Spoiler

On the Eighth Day, God Created Turok

I have no idea how I dealt with that FPS platforming and fog.

Turn on the map. Watch your icon. Jump when you get to the edge of the map, and ignore what you see in front of you.

 

[Frogfucious]

BIG HEAD SESH

 

[onilink88]

Man, I love me some Turok 2. No better satisfaction than pulling the trigger on the Cerebral Bore.

 

[Ifrit]

Loved the first turok, turok 2 was great too but never got to finish it

 

[Pyrrhus]

My clearest memory of Turok is becoming so motion sick I had to lay down because of the frame rate and fog. That and Turok screaming as he fell to his death over and over and over.