Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (or Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in Europe) is a beat'em up arcade game based on the 1987 TV series of the same name developed by Konami in 1989, being one of the first games based on the TMNT license, alongside the NES game which was released a few months prior.

The game received numerous ports for home computers and consoles, with the most famous port being for the NES, where it was known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Fun and challenging gameplay, especially when playing with another player (or up to 3 other players in the original arcade version).
 * 2) Each turtle has different statistics. For example, Donatello has the slowest walking speed, but has the longest attack range with his bo, while Raphael has the shortest attack range with his sais, but has the fastest walking speed of all the Turtles.
 * 3) Good graphics for the time.
 * 4) The NES version has 2 extra levels and 3 new bosses that weren't in the arcade original or other versions, including Baxter Stockman's fly form instead of the rematch with Bebop and Rocksteady.
 * 5) Lots of sampled speech in the arcade version.
 * 6) Great music that fits the tone of the game. Some of them even sample the show's theme.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The Turtles can die pretty quickly.
 * 2) The XBLA version lacked local multiplayer.
 * 3) The home computer versions aren't quite as good.

Trivia

 * The original arcade game was an unlockable extra in the 2004 video game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus (a game based on the 2003 series), and the port is almost arcade perfect, except that all of the sampled speech was muted and the original music was removed.
 * The NES version has promotions for the restaurant Pizza Hut, as signs for the restaurant can be seen all over the levels, and the manual came with free coupons for buying pizza at Pizza Hut.

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