Oh wow, you're right! That background scrolling is horrible. Why is the background moving so fast, and is it scrolling in the wrong direction? There's something that's just really off about it...

I think it would be more than annoying. Without 3d glasses I feel like I'm going to be sick. Maybe the glasses would help some, but I'm not so sure.

*Edit* It's a shame too, because it looks like it might have been a decent game otherwise. It's also got a pretty nice sounding 16-bit soundtrack.

It's weird, but I actually like the effect. Even though it's completely wrong.

I have a theory.

The first layer was probably originally going to be a transparent foreground. That would mean it would be scrolling the right way, and it should be fairly fast. However, it's very noisy and detailed for a foreground transparency, so they moved it back a layer and turned off transparency, without adjusting anything else.

Yes it does, even the DOS and cancelled Sega Genesis versions do. I think the Amiga and Turbografx versions scrolls the right way, though.

Yeah. Back in the days they probably tried to use whatever they thought just to create a 3D effect of some sort, and I even saw NES games being called 2D when in fact the only 3D there was in the game was a little sprite zooming in slightly. Sometimes it was just to attract sales but other times it was really to add 3D. Sadly, sometimes the result turned out pretty bad.

As for the circle thing I agree, although we do see it's not the case when stuff changes along your way on the map. It just makes people dizzy or gives them an headache.

Don't wonder why I only paid $3 for the game.

Ah, that's good. I guess if you are playing your eyes are more focused on the character than the background.

*Edit* I didn't realize that this was a Turrican spin off.