Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (also known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Return of the Shredder in Japan and Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist in Europe) is a beat'em up game based on the 1987 TV series developed by Konami in 1992 exclusively for the Sega Genesis. It's the Sega Genesis counterpart to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, and uses many of the same assets as that game.

Plot
Shredder has stolen the Hyperstone, and he uses it to shrink down New York City. It's up to the Ninja Turtles to stop him.

Why it Rocks

 * 1) Gameplay is pretty much identical to Turtles in Time.
 * 2) There's a separate dash button, making it much easier to perform than in Turtles in Time, where it was somewhat awkward to perform.
 * 3) Good graphics for Genesis standards.
 * 4) As in the SNES version of Turtles in Time, the colors of the Ninja Turtles can be toggled between their animated and comic looks.
 * 5) Each stage is divided into 3 segments, making them much longer than in Turtles in Time.
 * 6) Since the game uses many of the assets as Turtles in Time, most of the music tracks from that game also appear here, like "Big Apple, 3 AM" and "Sewer Surfin'".
 * 7) The game includes bosses which weren't in Turtles in Time, like human Baxter Stockman (whose boss fight is taken from the original arcade game) and Tatsu, Shredder's henchman from the 1990 movie.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) This game has nowhere near as many stages and bosses as Turtles in Time.
 * 2) The game is still pretty short, and can be beaten in under an hour.
 * 3) For some reason, Rocksteady appears in this game without Bebop.

Trivia

 * The song that plays in the end credits is "Pizza Power", a song from the 1990 concert tour Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out of Their Shells Tour.
 * The continue screen is based on the promotional poster for the 1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie.