Columbus Circle issues new Turrican cartridge

Columbus Circle is putting Super Turrican and Super Turrican Director’s Cut on one new Super Famicom cartridge in Japan, with release set for July 24, 2026. (timeextension.com) (amazon.co.jp) The Japanese publisher announced the cartridge on April 28, and Time Extension reported it as the eighth release in Columbus Circle’s Super Famicom-compatible cartridge line. (timeextension.com) Amazon Japan lists the package at ¥8,778 including tax, which corresponds to Columbus Circle’s reported ¥7,980 pre-tax price. The listing also says Amazon pre-orders include an eight-page Game Lab strategy booklet. (amazon.co.jp) (timeextension.com) The key draw is the Director’s Cut version. Amazon says it restores sound, stages, and enemy characters that were removed from the 1993 release because of cartridge-capacity limits. (amazon.co.jp) That makes this a fresh physical release for a version that has mostly circulated as a bonus or compilation extra. Time Extension said the Director’s Cut first appeared with the Analogue Super Nt and later turned up in Strictly Limited’s Turrican Anthology Vol. 1 and on aftermarket cartridges. (timeextension.com) It also arrives only months after Blaze Entertainment brought Super Turrican Director’s Cut to Evercade in The Turrican Collection. Blaze announced that cartridge in November 2025 and released it in February 2026 with 10 included items: eight games and two bonus versions. (evercade.co.uk 1) (evercade.co.uk 2) On Evercade, Super Turrican Director’s Cut sits beside the original Super Turrican, Super Turrican 2, Mega Turrican, and alternate Score Attack versions. Columbus Circle’s release strips that back to a single-game package built around the Super Famicom original and its expanded variant. (evercade.co.uk) (timeextension.com) The new package also gets newly drawn cover art by Tetsuhiko “Han” Kikuchi, the artist credited on games including Gunstar Heroes, Guardian Heroes, and Radiant Silvergun, according to Time Extension and the Amazon listing. (timeextension.com) (amazon.co.jp) Amazon’s product page says the cartridge is officially licensed by Factor 5, but it also carries a compatibility warning: Columbus Circle does not guarantee it will run on every original Super Famicom or third-party compatible machine. (amazon.co.jp) So the pitch is narrow and specific: one 1993 shooter, one restored cut, one new box, and one more shot at physical shelf space in 2026. (timeextension.com)