Comparison of total map size between Super Turrican and Mega Turrican by sanjuro www.1up-games.com maps: http://www.factor5.de/secrets_mega_turrican.shtml http://www.factor5.de/secrets_super_turrican.shtml MD SNES 1-1 2967552 4505600 pixels 1-2 3584000 3379200 1-3 1474560 4403200 2-1 2150400 1536000 2-2 2560000 2146048 2-3 | 2705920 3-1 3584000 1527808 3-2 3655680 3118080 3-3 1827840 2764800 4-1 4460544 4654080 4-2 2048000 1126400 4-3 4460544 4663296 5-1 3095040 5-2 | 5-3 | ------------------------ 4505600 + 3379200 + 4403200 + 1536000 + 2146048 + 2705920 + 1527808 + 3118080 + 2764800 + 4654080 + 1126400 + 4663296 2967552 + 3584000 + 1474560 + 2150400 + 2560000 + 3584000 + 3655680 + 1827840 + 4460544 + 2048000 + 4460544 + 3095040 ------------------------ SNES: 36,530,432 - WINNER! MD: 35,868,160 The Mega Drive's maps waste less space though, so the actual difference in terms of gameplay must be marginal. The conclusion however is that Super Turrican is not smaller than Mega Turrican.