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Description

With April O'Neil held hostage by The Shredder's thugs, Bebop and Rocksteady, once again, it's up to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to come to her rescue! Play as all four of the turtle heroes, rescue April, and then rescue your sensei Splinter from Mecha-Turtles clutches than go after The Shredder deep in the bowels of The Technodrome itself.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an action game based on the late eighties/early nineties cartoon series of the same name. Play as Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Donatello and Raphael (one turtle only, but the ability to swap between turtles at any time) as you save your friends and battle The Shredder and his cronies. There are no 'lives', as such - when you lose a turtle, he becomes 'captured', and you cannot use him again until you rescue him from a place hidden in the overworld.

Gameplay takes place in two perspectives: a top-down view, which lets you run around and explore buildings, sewers and other places. When entering places from the top-down view, the perspective shifts to a side-scrolling view, where most of the battling takes place. In addition to each turtle's main weapon, sub-weapons (such as shuriken) can be acquired, to use at foes - these have a limited use.

Alternate Titles

  • "激亀忍者伝" -- Japanese spelling
  • "Tortugas Ninja" -- Spanish title
  • "Tortues Ninja" -- French title
  • "TMNT" -- Abbreviated title
  • "TMHT" -- Abbreviated title (Europe)
  • "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles" -- European title
  • "Gekikame Ninja Den" -- Japanese title
  • "げきかめにんじゃでん" -- Alternate Japanese spelling (Hiragana)

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User Reviews

They really kowa-bungled this one. PCGamer77 Bronze Star Contributing Member (3027) 2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars
Evil. Nostalgic Evil. Guy Chapman (1747) 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars

The Press Says

Gaming since 198x Mar 12, 2012 5 out of 5 100
Mean Machines Oct, 1990 90 out of 100 90
Player One Oct, 1990 85 out of 100 85
Quebec Gamers Jul 27, 2006 8.5 out of 10 85
1UP! Jun 04, 2004 84 out of 100 84
Jeuxvideo.com Feb 03, 2011 16 out of 20 80
All Game Guide 1998 3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars3 Stars 60
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) Nov, 1989 5.75 out of 10 58
Power Play Mar, 1990 57 out of 100 57
Just Games Retro Apr 21, 2007 52 out of 100 52

Forums

Topic # Posts Last Post
Why is it so hated? 25 Foxhack (11893)
Mar 16, 2009

Trivia

The translated Japanese title is "Ultra Turtle Ninja Legend".


This entry was contributed by Quapil Bronze Star Contributing Member (4752), Sciere Bronze Star Contributing Member (205529), Martin Smith (63223), koffiepad (10057), Itay Shahar (1735) and Jeanne Bronze Star Contributing Member (75626)
 

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