As the demo was pre-launched at a computer show in Cologne, so many people tried to get one of the 900 copies that 2 people were injured.
Sold only 30,000 copies.
Probe Software tried and failed to convert Turrican 2 to the Atari ST.
The game was 1,500 screens large, a full 300 screens larger than the first.
The downed spacecraft seen throughout the game was inspired by "The Book Of Alien" (1979), from a sketch of comic artist Moebius.