The first game based on a hot TV cartoon series of the same name from Konami is a fun, but frustrating, platform title that mixes top-down view with standard side-scrolling action. Practically every adolescent boy that owned a Nintendo has at least played this game.
In the overhead scenes, you explore the level, watching out for foot soldiers or street cleaners that can plow you over. Once you enter a building or a sewer, the action switches to a typical side-scrolling view. There are many levels (i.e. buildings you can enter) in the game, each with its own little goal. For instance, your mission in the first level is to rescue a reporter friend of our Ninja Turtles, April O'Neil. Other levels require that you defuse bombs by a dam, or rescue the Turtle's van, for example.
Although there is no multiplayer support, you can switch between each of the four turtles at any time. If a turtle runs out of life, they get captured by the enemies and disappear. You'll then have to control another turtle and find the imprisoned friend somewhere on the same level. As with the cartoons, every turtle has his own characteristic weapons: Leonardo has a quick sword with a wide range, Donatello has a powerful but slow Bo, Michelangelo has quick nunchuks, and Raphael posseses almost useless Sais. There are also other limited weapons to be found, such as shurikens, scrolls that shoot out waves, etc.
Despite a good variety of monsters, weapons, and missions, gameplay is severely imbalanced. There are always so many enemies that in some areas it's impossible to get past them without getting hit. There are also many jumps that require that you get to the precise edge of platform and jump with the precise height in order to make it to the other side. If your reflexes are not superhuman level, this is very difficult to do.
In short, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles loses its appeal after you've failed to make that darn crucial move too many times. If you're not a joystick expert, stay away from this one, or play the much more forgiving TMNT 3: Manhattan Missions instead.
Review By HOTUD
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Cheat document
https://www.classic-gaming.net/cheat/4046/
When I say 'With the floppy disk images, I installed it in DOSBox from those floppy images. When I run the installed game in DOSBox, it asks for a password when I try running and playing the game. As I press Enter, it automatically exits to DOS. Is there a patch that fixes this problem that would crack the game, allowing me to bypass the password and play the game directly? If so, please upload it here as the pre-installed versions takes you straight the gameplay allowing you to bypass the password taking you straight to the gameplay. This applies to the floppy disk images and the US release of the game. Is there a patch that would crack the game in the floppy disk image and the US release of the pre-installed version to bypass the password screen that skips directly to the gameplay? If so, please upload it here.
With the floppy disk images, I installed it in DOSBox from those floppy images. When I run the installed game in Dosbox, it asks for a password when I tried running and playing the game, as I press enter, it automatically exits to DOS. Is there a patch that fixes this problem so it can bypass the password so I can play the game directly? If so, please upload it here as the pre-installed versions takes you straight the gameplay allowing you to bypass the password taking you straight to the gameplay. This applies to the floppy disk images and the US release of the game.
I used to love this on my NES. Great soundtrack, tough bosses, and the ability to switch between all four turtles at any time. I love level 2 disarming the bombs, and on level 3 we can roll around in the Turtle van. Fantastic! 10/10
MEJOR DICHO POR FAVOR SUBIR TODOS LOS JUEGOS EN ESPAÑOL DE ESPAÑA CASTELLANO
HI!!! Could you or anyone upload the TMNT REMAKE or "RE-SHELLED" that that scumbag called ED FINDLAY made!? He's charging 25 CAD stealing intellectual properties of konami.... Well I think it's fair we "borrow" his "work" too!
THE SEWERS ARE SO HARD!
There were two U.S. versions. The first one (version 1.0) had the design flaw in the sewers in level 3, making it impossible to beat without cheats. However, there was a revision (labeled "version 2.0") which had that bug fixed, like the european version. The files needed to fix the flaw are available at the "PC Gaming Wiki".
https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles
@Qwerz: Done
Can someone upload non-cracked version of the DOS-versions of the game (European and US versions) and preferably as disk images?
@Stonysensei: it's done
This is showing as the U.S. release. Is it possible to have it replaced with the European version? The U.S. version has a major level design flaw in Level 3 that makes it unbeatable without using cheat codes, but it was fixed in the European version.
works, and doesn't ask for key... if you have lost the game manual, in the last 20years, this is perfect to play the game again
game works good. i recommend this game to anyone and everyone cause i grew up with this game and it rocks big time. old but hey. if you never beat it u should, i am so i can just be in the story and follow it like i didnt get to finish a long time ago
No comment nor review for this game at the moment.