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Turtle Ship

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Turtle Ship

The game is a typical space shooter that plays horizontally or vertically depending on the level. Three buttons per player: guns, missiles and special. Special is a super weapon which kills all but the most powerful enemies.

Year
1988
Orientation
Horizontal

1CC RUNS

One-credit clears we point to as the benchmark for this game.

ACHIEVEMENTS 1 set

Tracked by RetroAchievements and earned in an emulator that reports to it. A game tracked on more than one machine gets a set for each, because they are different lists earned on different hardware.

Arcade 26 achievements, 250 pts
  1. Tortoise Tub 3
    Beat the first stage. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  2. Slowpoke Sloop 3
    Beat the second stage. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  3. Leatherback Launch 5
    Beat the third stage. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  4. Chelonian Catamaran 5
    Beat the fourth stage. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  5. Snapper Skiff 5
    Beat the fifth stage. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  6. Testudinal Tug 5
    Beat the sixth stage. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  7. Cooter Cruiser 5
    Beat the seventh stage. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  8. Terrapin Trireme 10
    Beat the eighth stage. Finally, you have defeating all enimies. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  9. Cyclopean Horror 5
    Defeat the first boss without taking a death. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  10. Double Trouble 5
    Defeat the second boss without taking a death. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  11. Three, Two, One Let's Jam 5
    Defeat the third boss without taking a death. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  12. Whatever It Is, It's Dead Now 5
    Defeat the fourth boss without taking a death. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  13. Fourhead 5
    Defeat the fifth boss without taking a death. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  14. Revenge of the Cybernetic Space Mushrooms 5
    Defeat the sixth boss without taking a death. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  15. Popcorn Makers Gone Haywire 5
    Defeat the seventh boss without taking a death. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  16. It Was Satan All Along 5
    Defeat the final boss without taking a death. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  17. Ha Ha! Three! 1
    Pick up and use the triple-shot powerup. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  18. Shell Artillery 1
    Pick up the heavy rocket powerup. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  19. Small, Small Turtle Ship 2
    Score 50,000 points. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  20. Slow But Steady 5
    Score 100,000 points. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  21. Heroes on the Hydro-Ship 10
    Score 250,000 points. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  22. I Like Turtles 25
    Score 500,000 points. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  23. Reptile Dysfunction 25
    Finish the entire game without firing a single missile or Super Thunder. [1P, Reset if either button is pressed, Lives <= 3]
  24. Turtle Soup 25
    Beat the entire game on hard. [1P, Hard difficulty, Lives <= 3]
  25. True Turtle Ship Skipper 25
    Beat the entire game without continuing. [1P, Lives <= 3]
  26. Friend of All Children 50
    Finish the entire game on hard without continuing or firing a single missile or Super Thunder. [1P, Reset if either button is pressed, Hard difficulty, Lives <= 3]

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RELEASES 1 system

System
Platform
Year
Notes
ARC
Arcade
1988
Original release

GAME DATA

Orientation
Horizontal
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