Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

by Konami

Product Features

• Special Features # Based on the comic book series # Play as any of the four heroes in a half-shell # Use pizza to replenish your strength # All kinds of weapons and special moves to master # One player only
• Details Players: 1 Controller: Gamepad, Joystick

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004SVVH
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,926 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Platform: Nintendo NES

Description Based on the hit cartoon, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has players go up against Shredder and his Foot Clan followers.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Classic, May 24, 2003

By 

Axel Law "The Happy Seizure Kid" (Derby, KS, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Video Game)

The original Ninja Turtles was a lot different from its sequels; instead of the arcade action, this was a platform sidescrolling adventure which occassionally transitioned to overhead map views and cruising around in the turtle van.

THE GOOD
It was fun, of course. You got to change your turtle within a mission and select different weapons that you collect along the way. The music was good, especially when considering the time period of this game. Some might this as a burden, but I enjoyed its difficulty. As I've said in my other reviews, this game was made back in the day when NES games kicked your [...] and forced you to defeat it on its own terms. When comparing this to the much easier 2,3, and 4, I enjoyed this much better (but I still like the others for their multiplayer ability, don't get me wrong).

THE BAD
While this was difficult and I enjoyed it, there were some things that do place a detriment to the game. The turtles are uneven in their abilities. Leonardo has a long reach, but is the weakest of the four (why do that to my favorite turtle?!). Mikey is not much better than Leo in terms of weapon power. Raphael is good for his fast attacks despite his up-close range. Donatello pretty much defeats all of them because he is the strongest AND has the farthest reach. You could beat this game on him alone.

If you're a fan of the Old School NES, you will no doubt enjoy this game (or perhaps just a fan of the Ninja Turtles in general). It's a good platform game that is unique in comparison to the sequels that followed. Today's gamers will no doubt turn away from it because of its dated graphics (which aren't bad, especially considering the time period) and its more difficult levels.

"It's too hard!"
Well, I suggest you try harder. This game doesn't spoonfeed you; it's a difficult adventure. So strap on some turtle shells (and even a game genie if you want it) and some weaponry and engage yourself in a classic game.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A Horribly Designed Game, April 13, 2007

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S. Rhodes - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Video Game)

As a kid, I actually somewhat enjoyed this game. It came to Nintendo's virtual console, so I decided why not download it for a change? After all, in the late 80's early 90's I really enjoyed this game. It was really something to have. Years later it's apparent of two things: The game was horribly designed, and it CAN'T stand the test of time. The fact that on Nintendo's VC it's also a dollar more than the other NES games is also questioning. It's hard to make a game this bad.

If you were a fan of the Turtles a long time ago back in the early 90's the first thing you'll notice about the game is that it hardly has anything to do with the show at all outside of some of the major characters. Outside of that there are no foot soldiers, and most of the enemies you encounter you never saw in the show in the first place. You will come across Bebop and Rocksteady but none of the other enemies were actually ever in the show in the first place. Kind of daunting.

What really makes the game horrible, however, lies within the gameplay. Firstly, the turtles themselves are unbalanced and put to unfair use. You can switch between any of the turtles at a time, but for the most part, only one of them is of any use to getting you through the adventure. Michaelangelo and Raphael are completely useless, as their weapons lack to the range to actually do anything. Leonardo is alright, but Donatello is the only real useful one here, as he's the only one who can attack downward and at a range. More than likely you'll only want to use the other three to sacrifice so that Donatello can do some beating up on enemies.

The way the levels are designed is also horrendous. You basically walk around an overworld map and go into sewers, warehouses and whatnot. The problem is that you never know where to go next. This non-linear style wouldn't be so bad if there weren't so many blasted dead ends. To make the experience even more grueling, the game is just FULL of enemies that will respawn almost the second you turn around. You could go through a tough warehouse fighting tons of tough enemies, only to find you can't go any further. So now you'll have to backtrack and you may have to fight all those enemies again. So if you don't lose a turtle getting to a dead end, you'll probably lose him getting from it.

The game isn't really difficult, it's just unfair and frustrating. The fact that two of your four players are completely useless tells you something. The later turtles games were far better than this. Skip the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game. It's so unfair that the experience is frustrating. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II and III were far better, and there's still no turtles game that beats the all time best: Turtles IV: Turtles in Time. If you need a classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fix, the first Turtles game on the NES isn't going to do it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hard as a turtle shell, August 1, 2010

By 

J. Ray "HAWK1" (GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, US) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Video Game)

Ok so here we have a game that over the years have been bashed by many reviewers but what are they all really saying other than this game sucked? Well it's not so much true depending on your gaming patience this game is hard as Hell I'm not going to lie and the characters well they don't fit anywhere from the cartoons or the classic arcade game from time before this was made. We are given some nostalgic items to enjoy beyond the turtles we get the pleasure of driving the turtle van and seeing Splinter in game along with April at a different segment was interesting enough. Most of the main bosses beyond the inappropriate so called "side" bosses stuck to the turtle scene. Graphics wise well for a NES game it isn't too bad until you get more than two enemies on the screen because everything slooooooows down. In addition some of the jumps are hard to judge as it seems you can easily get from one side to another next thing you know you're dead. The one thing I have to warn you about is a loud beeping noise if you're playing this game you definitely might want to mute the TV because anytime the health bar gets too low well away it goes and anyone who has played this game knows what I'm talking about. Overall it's not too bad it's hard as hell and the slowdown of processor and the impossible jumps well that kept me from giving this more than a three star rating. To be included was the ridiculous unheard of baddies and the side bosses which were really the normal enemies with a health bar ridiculous. Well I hope you enjoyed my review more game reviews to come.

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