Ever Beat the original NES TMNT game?

[Zachatello00]

Finally, FINALLY! I've finally beaten the original TMNT game after 20 years of trying. I was just wondering, how many people have actually beat this game?

Stand with pride, and raise your hands, fellow gamers!

[oldmanwinters]

Congratulations, you've joined an elite and proud club. I just went through the game again tonight to prove to a buddy I could do it. Last night I died just before reaching Shredder so I had to get revenge!

What strategy did you use?

[Ninjinister]

My best friend and I beat it once clean, maybe three or four times with Game Genie. I don't think either of us ever beat it alone, though.

[GK Punk]

I have, only a few times though. I usually die on the last room before Shredder. But if I can make it to Shredder, it's pretty much a beat game every time.

[XERO]

I beat it myself, and my story is pretty much like GK's.

I'm a Ninja Scroll whore when it comes to victory. :lol:

[tone-master21]

I've beaten the game also. As Benvenuto said I love to use the Ninja Scrolls and Boomerangs.

[GK Punk]

I beat it myself, and my story is pretty much like GK's.

I'm a Ninja Scroll whore when it comes to victory. :lol:

Those things have saved me countless times in that room before shredder. :lol:

[XERO]

No kidding. Those flying-whatever-the-hell-they're-called bastoids are the reason I always stocked up.

40 Scrolls per Turtle, I kid you not. I don't f*ck around, sir. :P

[oldmanwinters]

Yeah, those flying dudes require 2 scroll hits to kill. And usually always come in pairs and fly low enough so that you can't duck. Murder, indeed!

I tend to stock up 2 turtles with 40-60 scrolls in Area 3 and load at least one other turtle with boomerangs. I always use Michelangelo as my whipping boy when it comes to the instant death traps like in Area 4. You are pretty much required to grab the 3-star powerup when you are running through the part with the collapsing spike walls, so I just don't worry about what weapon Mikey has up to that time. If Mikey dies there, however, it puts me into a real pickle.

The last few times I've played through the game, I've been able to handle Shredder pretty well with boomerangs, although tonight he actually bumped into me right before I killed him and almost wrecked the whole run by knocking me down from a full health Donatello to about 1 or 2 health boxes.

Some hints I've been able to gather over the years:
-This game ought to be called "Donatello and his Merry Men." Learn his moves and keep him in good health and he will reward you. Downward thrusts are a good way to clear out a pathway while jumping or to protect yourself while moving forward. A forward thrust will often leave you open to attack in the air. His forward thrust does have the added advantage of reaching directly behind him for a split-second, so you can even attack enemies while making a strategic retreat. Use his upward thrusts to take out the Giant Mouser and Technodrome Eye boss without too much trouble.

-Raphael is especially effective against the spider-creatures and birds in the warehouses of Area 5; he is just as strong as Donatello on these guys, so use him if you need to mess around getting pizza and weapons and need to save Donny.

-Michelangelo achieves a dramatic power increase when his health falls below 50%. That must have been what the manual meant when it said "his courage will amaze you.":roll: Use him in key "whipping boy" situations like the subterranean portions of Area 4.

-Leonardo seems to have about as much power as Raphael (i.e., not much) in most situations. But his range and quickness of attack can make him a better alternative to Donatello when it comes to 1-hit enemies like mousers, flying chompers, Foot Balloons, and the little blue guys who hop around. I use Leo's forward slash when jumping across the platforms in the sewer portions of Area 3 where one wrong move can result in getting knocked into the sewer current. I always slash when I leap ahead and just about always clear the way for a safe, water-free landing!

-When it comes to finding the Technodrome in Area 5, I always check the sewer hole in the lower left corner first. This is the one you have to walk down the railroad tracks to find. For some reason, the Technodrome seems to be down there more often than not. (At least the last four times I've played the game it has been down there).

[XERO]

I gotta say, man, you earned the right to wear that sig.

[Cipher]

This, along with The Adventure of Link, is a game that taunts me to this day.

I thought I was hot sh*t when I cleared The Lost Levels and the Megaman X series. These games showed me that I was nothing.

[Godzilla]

I beat it once or twice.

With the aid of a Game Genie of course.

Without the game genie, I could get fairly far, but never far enough to actually beat it.

[OA]

Have never beaten this game. I've tried MANY times, but always fail. Maybe one day...

[Lordmylar06]

I beat it once. Benvenuto is right too. Stock on those scrolls like crazy. I couldn't imagine an attempt without em.

[XERO]

We should try beating the game WITHOUT scrolls and see how violent we become in RL. :lol:

[TurtleGuy]

With save states? Yes, but even then it's a hassle.

Without savestates? I'd have a better chance converting Satan to Christianity.

[oldmanwinters]

We should try beating the game WITHOUT scrolls and see how violent we become in RL. :lol:

I'd like to give that a shot one day, but I really don't know if I'd be able to survive the onslaught of those flying gunmen inside the Technodrome.

Anyway, here are some nice Shredder abuse videos that will enable you to embarrass him if you so choose:

A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8G60krvQfs&feature=related

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Maybe it's just me, but I like to try to fight bosses as legitimately as I can. Still, that strategy is a good way to an unexpected death, I suppose.:P

[Venom]

The farthest I ever got was the Giant Mouser, then I never got past that point before I sold my NES.

I even got past the speeder bike level a few times in Battletoads, but the snake level bested me.

[Powder]

Never have I gotten past the last bomb in the underwater level. Yeah ok so I suck.

[Donny]

I got through the whole game once. The last level is god damn insane!

[drasgow]

never beat it. never even got to the giant mouser.

[PizzaPower]

i only got as far as the turtle van level
haha

[oldmanwinters]

i only got as far as the turtle van level
haha

You know, as a kid, I just got content with beating the first two levels and switching off the game once I reached the van level. Maybe I'd just go for a joy ride for a while, but since I had no idea where I was supposed to go, I just told myself that saving the dam from the Foot Clan was enough of a day's work.:lol:

[XERO]

No offense, but that's like playing Contra and turning off the game after you pass the exploding bridges without falling into the water.

And just in case, the Turtle Van level is where you have to destroy the barricades with the missiles you find.

[oldmanwinters]

No offense, but that's like playing Contra and turning off the game after you pass the exploding bridges without falling into the water.

Oh, but the dam level is so much tougher than the Contra bridge!:lol:

I was only like 11-years-old, and just wanted a TMNT fix now and then.
Committing myself to beating TMNT 1 as a high school senior was one of those watershed moments in growing up for me. You know... becoming a man, facing your fears, and dedicating yourself to the cause of justice and all that. Sounds ridiculous, but it's true. ;)

And just in case, the Turtle Van level is where you have to destroy the barricades with the missiles you find.

8

The minimum number of missiles required to pass this level's barricades.

[Godzilla]

Wasn't there a section where there was a barricade that the missiles wouldn't work on?

I vaguely seem to recall this, but am not too sure. I remember getting frustrated alot during the Turtle van level ... THAT I remember very well. :D

[shuriken]

I passed it twice. Once on an emulator and once on the actual NES.
Since then I have yet to make it past those annoying jetpack dude things. I still have the game i just can't bring myself to play it again because if i do i become obsessed and will try again for like a month until i give up.
When I beat it on the Nes like two years ago though, I was in a state of shock and awe, I never thought I would be able to do it. I just think it's funny how easy Shredder was. Has anyone ever beat the Batman game for Nes? Joker is a beats in that game. When i beat that one It was like 2 in the morning and I just remember laughing in jubilation before i realized it was 2 in the morning.

[oldmanwinters]

I just think it's funny how easy Shredder was. Has anyone ever beat the Batman game for Nes? Joker is a beats in that game. When i beat that one It was like 2 in the morning and I just remember laughing in jubilation before i realized it was 2 in the morning.

Yeah, shuriken, that Sunsoft-spawned Joker is crazy hard with his lightening bolts, gun, and the dreaded "running into you" attacks! I've beaten Batman a couple of times, but it's been so long that I've lost all my skills on that one. It is a fun game that really gives you a sense of accomplishment once you get good at it. As a kid I could never get past the boss of level 3, until I finally found a safe spot a few years back and cheaped him to death. Level 5 took a lot more practice.

Shredder is pretty wussy in comparison, since you can kill him at a safe distance in so many different ways. The nice thing about NES Batman is that it doesn't wreck you run if you die and have to continue. In TMNT, once I lose a turtle inside the Technodrome, it's pretty much over altogether.

[XERO]

You know what's funny?

I LOVE the dam level. I never really had a problem with it. :ohwell:

[Roland]

I have beaten the game i think +5 times. I beaten the game twice without using a continue.

Update: Make that six times just beated the game again today.

[DonatelloDomeHead31]

Sadly i could not beat the original NES game. I got as far as saving Splinter, but then after that, the enemies got too difficult.

If i could, I would play it again.

[bretttheleofan]

I never got past the dam level either, I hated the underwater bombs!

[Roland]

Try http://www.everyvideogame.com/
.You can play alot of nes games here. I think you can play tmnt nes game here.

[IMJ]

I beat it years ago as a kid. I remember that it was a nightmare getting through it. As I recall, you fought an incredibly poorly scaled Technodrome at the end by hitting the eye - it was pretty much impossible without Donatello if I remember correctly.

I don't remember much about fighting Shredder, but I do remember the ending was incredibly anti climatic with Splinter turning into Yoshi at the end. LOL! I also remember the play control was awful when you would jump into flips.

Beyond that, all I can recall is being much more excited about the sequel port of the TMNT Arcade Game than I was for the first one.

[Roland]

Anyone need tips to finish the game i can help. One tip i have is to reach higher places you normally can't get onto with a normal jump.

[turtle1237]

I beat it a few times, the Technodrome was hell.

Its always 50 percent, that I died or make it ot the Shredder, I glad Shredder was easy, because if he was a tough boss like the Technodrome, or the evil turtle, or the fying robot, with the health I would have after getting though the room with the Jet pack guys, I dont think I ever would have won.


Hell getting to him, and had it been hell beating him, well, even less people would have beating that game lol.

[shuriken]

I beat it a few times, the Technodrome was hell.

Its always 50 percent, that I died or make it ot the Shredder, I glad Shredder was easy, because if he was a tough boss like the Technodrome, or the evil turtle, or the fying robot, with the health I would have after getting though the room with the Jet pack guys, I dont think I ever would have won.


Hell getting to him, and had it been hell beating him, well, even less people would have beating that game lol.

Yeah, but they could have also put a pizza right before Shredder's room and then make it ya know a little tiny bit more climactic.

[turtle1237]

Yeah, but they could have also put a pizza right before Shredder's room and then make it ya know a little tiny bit more climactic.


A pizza would have been great.

The dam level, I though was pretty easy, yes it takes a lot of hits, but thats what Mike and Ralf are for lol. And I hardly used em much any way.

Yes I refill them when I get the chance on the party Wagon level, but as a level it self, I didnt think it was hard if you knew what you were doing.

Take your time, switch turtles when one is getting low, and you will win.


I though the Shredder showing up was very climactic though, a bolt of lighting and the Shredder is there, you cant get any more cool than that.

I never understood why the game got so much hate, I loved it, its harder than the turtles acade game, and it has more of the comic turtle feel to it I suppose.

Non of that goofy stuff. the Shredder, when he appears on TV, looks like a threat, and not relly goofy, like he is the big boss. I was thinking, I glad I dont see him in a light alley lol.

Of couse you find out looks and speechs cant save you when you cant fight, but ok.

[Wish Bone]

Hellll no!

[XERO]

Aren't you guys too busy playing the Def Jam series and complaining not being in the games?

[Bizzy Bone]

I believe I beat this game but it was so long ago,I really don't even remember.I haven't played this since 1992.But part 2 the arcade game! Now that one I know for a fact I have beaten numberous times and it is great because it's four players and I usually play with Krayzie,Layzie and Flesh.

[IMJ]

I believe I beat this game but it was so long ago,I really don't even remember.I haven't played this since 1992.But part 2 the arcade game! Now that one I know for a fact I have beaten numberous times and it is great because it's four players and I usually play with Krayzie,Layzie and Flesh.

That sequel was great....
IIRC, they changed some levels for the NES release. I remember a Polar Bear level or something. I wonder if I've got these ROMS somewhere on this computer?

Hmmmm....

[Powder]

The polar bear you mentioned, his name is tora. He wore boots, jeans & a leather jacket, & threw big ol' balls of snoww atcha.

[IMJ]

The polar bear you mentioned, his name is tora. He wore boots, jeans & a leather jacket, & threw big ol' balls of snoww atcha.

LOL! Yup... man as soon as you said it, it all came back! LOL!

[Krayzie Bone]

I believe I beat this game but it was so long ago,I really don't even remember.I haven't played this since 1992.But part 2 the arcade game! Now that one I know for a fact I have beaten numberous times and it is great because it's four players and I usually play with Krayzie,Layzie and Flesh.

I beat the game too, retrieving Splinter was the hardest part for me, but after that it was cake...

good times playin the arcade game especially kickin the boss's ass easy double team.

[Coola Yagami]

LOL! Yup... man as soon as you said it, it all came back! LOL!

Yeah, apparantly, Tora and Shogun were intergalatic bounty hunters hired by Shredder and Krang to take out the Turtles.

[shuriken]

Yeah, apparantly, Tora and Shogun were intergalatic bounty hunters hired by Shredder and Krang to take out the Turtles.

Shogun was such a pain in the ass, freaking disembodied headed bastard. Tora was like the easiest boss in the game, other than Baxter.
Yeah TMNT 1for Nes had a comic book feel. It also had an unraveling story as well, as opposed to just walk around and kicking the crap out of foot soldiers, roadkill rodneys and the Mutant bosses. My only gripes are the jumping mechanics, Shredder being a noob and the ending.

[Samhain]

Yeah I always had trouble with Shogun! Good times tho. ''Goes off to play''.....

[Coola Yagami]

I saw a My Play vid of some guy that played through and finished the first TMNT game. It was funny cause he just killed Shredder and saw the ending and then went "wait... did I just beat the game? OMG I beat the game. Oh god, I did, Didn't I? I beat the game...oh god I can't believe I beat the game!" and such for about 2 minutes and had to end the show cause he was about to cry. LOL

[Roland]

http://www.everyvideogame.com/ has tmnt1. i played it and it work like the nes version the only diffrence is some mini bosses is diffrent and its harder to play on the keyboard than the nes controller.

[Mona_Lisa]

After reading this thread I realize that I never came anywhere close to beating this game! LOL!!!:lol:

[XERO]

How far did ya get?

[Mona_Lisa]

I got all the bombs (in the water), and was in the city in the turtle van...

[Mutagen Mutant]

I've beaten the first and original TMNT for NES. It took a while, but I developed a strategy of first collecting 99 shurikens for each turtle in the stage where you drive that van around the city so that I could later use them on the technodrome and those floating ghosts before Shredder. That was the hardest game I ever played on NES.

[XERO]

LOL at the 'floating ghosts'. :P

[Prowler]

Never.

I only got as far as the Airport level, and only once that happened if I recall. Yes, I died trying to run away from those spiked walls.

When I was a kid I always died in the dam level, nowadays I can easily beat it but most of the time I end up dying in level 3.

[shuriken]

Never.

I only got as far as the Airport level, and only once that happened if I recall. Yes, I died trying to run away from those spiked walls.

When I was a kid I always died in the dam level, nowadays I can easily beat it but most of the time I end up dying in level 3.

Yeah my three road bumps on this game are level three jumping to the sewer platform right before getting to Metalhead, I always miss it cuz of those stupid kamikaze bats and balloons.
Then the technodrome, and finally the f*cking hallway.

[oldmanwinters]

Yeah my three road bumps on this game are level three jumping to the sewer platform right before getting to Metalhead, I always miss it cuz of those stupid kamikaze bats and balloons.


Try using Leonardo and slash your sword as you hop (aka, tap rather than hold the jump button) across the gap. Or just toss a scroll.

[ToTheNines]

I never beat it... i'm a bad fan, but at least I admit it.

[shuriken]

I never beat it... i'm a bad fan, but at least I admit it.

I would say about %75-%90 of dromers have not passed it so you are not alone. Kinda makes me wanna gloat that I DID beat the game, but due to the crappy ending and last boss fight there's not much to gloat about...
I may be wrong in my estimation, but I think we should make a poll.

[Kendamu]

Once in a great while, I'll have a very lucky day and make it all the way through. Usually the inside of the Technodrome kicks my teeth in, though. My strategy very much revolves around respawning pizzas and that's not the easiest thing to come by inside the 'Drome.

[Shawn_1978]

I actually beat the first TMNT NES game a few years back and did it without cheating with any Game Genie codes. I never owned one of those. I believe in never giving up and always trying new strategies in order to beat that game. and my hard work paid off.

TMNT 1 had a really corny ending, but I have alot of respect for that game because it was one of the most challenging TMNT games out there. Every other game since then has been easy to beat in one sitting.

[Leo656]

Reading all this makes me wanna play it again... but deep down I know I'll die wherever the hell I always died. I remember spikes in the floor or some sh*t and that it was fairly deep into the game but can't remember how far. One time as a kid I got a Game Genie and there were invincibility codes, so I figured, "Score! I HAVE to beat it now..." and instead when I fell on the spikes my turtle was frozen there and I had to restart.

Even using the ridiculously detailed walkthrough in Ultimate Unauthorized Nintendo Game Strategies Vol. 1, I still can't beat that game. Maybe someday, but I dunno when I'll have the patience to try again. Every time I fail it takes me years to wanna go through it again.

Mostly, I just hate it when Ben gets to do something I can't do. Like that time you had sex with those bi-racial triplets. You remember. Bastard.

[XERO]

Yep. I didn't even need a Stragety Guide, sucka! :lol:

But, like I said, Ninja Scrolls make the game a lot more easy when it comes to killin'. You just gotta learn how to jump, that's all. Don't just always bash the A button. You gotta tap it when it comes to those kind of gaps.

If I could, I'd try to post a video of me playing it.

[oldmanwinters]

I consider myself pretty good at this game, but I have witnessed a talent so amazing that I must bow my kneepad in humility:

Redmage1987 (http://www.youtube.com/user/Redmage1987)
Dude picks one turtle (Leo) and NEVER switches out:
http://www.youtube.com/user/Redmage1987#p/c/D34E8FCA3AC04838/0/j2hkgjYV2jk

Unbelievable.
He can also do TMNT III deathless with Donatello (probably any of the other three as well) among other incredible classic gaming feats that should be considered impossible.

[discordiatookie]

I'm pretty sure I never got past that mad underwater level, where you're disarming the bombs...

[Digital Ghost]

I've beaten it once or twice in my youth... but nowadays, I consider it too time consuming with an ending sequence that hardly justifies all of the effort required to achieve it.

"I can now change back into human form." :teek: :lol:

[oldmanwinters]

"I can now change back into human form." :teek: :lol:

Clearly, that transformation didn't last into the sequels. Or since few people beat the first game, I guess Konami/Ultra figured nobody would know it was no longer canon.

[Coola Yagami]

Funny how that was their mission in the original 5 episodes, cept Splinter had to destroy the gun before Shredder could use it on the Turtles. Kind of a cool 'what if' of how it woulda been had the Turtles succeeded in recovering the Retromutagen Gun.

[oldmanwinters]

Red Mage (http://www.youtube.com/user/Redmage1987#p/u/5/4_blllP_ujk), The Retrogaming Master cranks it up to 11!

Single Turtle run through with Raphael!!!
http://www.youtube.com/user/Redmage1987#p/u/5/4_blllP_ujk

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Even more impressive is that I made this request about 3 hours before he recorded it with full commentary.

[Roland]

The Retrogaming Master cranks it up to 11!

Single Turtle run through with Raphael!!!
http://www.youtube.com/user/Redmage1987#p/u/5/4_blllP_ujk
...
Even more impressive is that I made this request about 3 hours before he recorded it with full commentary.

*jaw drops* impressive!

[shuriken]

The Retrogaming Master cranks it up to 11!

Single Turtle run through with Raphael!!!

Even more impressive is that I made this request about 3 hours before he recorded it with full commentary.

:teek:
(kneels on the floor)
MASTER!

[OA]

The Retrogaming Master cranks it up to 11!

Even more impressive is that I made this request about 3 hours before he recorded it with full commentary.

Dude, I enjoyed that so much. Thanks!

[Powder]

Clearly, that transformation didn't last into the sequels. Or since few people beat the first game, I guess Konami/Ultra figured nobody would know it was no longer canon.

LOL there you go. If not for youtube I would've never have known that was the outcome.

[Sergio517]

I always get my ass handed to me in the Technodrome. Beating the original Legend of Zelda was my biggest accomplishment of the NES era. I don't know if I'll give this another play on my Wii though. Dying in the last area sucks out the motivation.

[Redmage1987]

Oh Wow! Thanks for the support guys! And thanks for advertising my videos some! Glad you all liked it!

[oldmanwinters]

Ha! Angry Video Game Nerd gives NES TMNT another shot but fails miserably in the Technodrome!
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/angry-video-screwattack/703826

His jaw would hit the floor if he saw one of Redmage1987's single turtle runs!

Still, he did manage to complete all the NES Back to the Future games, so I give him credit for endurance. There is no way I ever see myself sitting through that game long enough to beat it.

[Prowler]

Ha! Angry Video Game Nerd gives NES TMNT another shot but fails miserably in the Technodrome!
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/angry-video-screwattack/703826

His jaw would hit the floor if he saw one of Redmage1987's single turtle runs!

Still, he did manage to complete all the NES Back to the Future games, so I give him credit for endurance. There is no way I ever see myself sitting through that game long enough to beat it.
Not surprised that he(the Nerd, that is, I don't know if James Rolfe himself beat it or not), didn't beat it, he also has never beat a couple fo Castlevanias and The Adventure of Link(Power Glove doesn't count lol), Silver Surfer, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and others.

[Redmage1987]

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Single Turtle Run with only Donatello using no Sub Weapons. Enjoy! :tgrin:

Thanks Oldmanwinters for the Heads Up, I wouldn't have figured it out, lol.

[oldmanwinters]

Single Turtle Run with only Donatello using no Sub Weapons. Enjoy! :tgrin:

RedMage, you amaze me again!

As you may have noticed, the traditional way of embedding Youtube videos no longer works for this forum, thus your videos are showing up blank.

All you need to put between the Youtube tags are the letters after the = in the url.

For instance, the url of your first video is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsTQl6AKDio all you need is the "wsTQl6AKDio" part and put into [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE ] tags.

This confused me too!

[Redmage1987]

We should try beating the game WITHOUT scrolls and see how violent we become in RL. :lol:

If you would like to give it a try then feel free to use my Single Turtle Run with only Donatello Videos as a guide. It's not too bad if you know a lot of tricks. :)

[$HREDDER]

I did beat that game but i can say this that swimming level was the most ridiculous thing in a game,until the temple of doom on nes.

[shuriken]

I disagree. That hallway before Shredder is the most ridiculous thing in the game.

[Shell Shocked]

I never did beat that game as a kid. I finally beat it about a year ago on an emulator on my computer.

[shuriken]

^^ That's how I beat it first. THEN I beat it on the Nes three years after.

[the_jun]

I can't get past the room before Shredder. I bought the game back in June at the same time as my NES and before Saturday night I only got up to level 3 then gave up usually. But I got into gameFAQs, got some good quality maps up and got up to the technodrome and just couldn't get past the room before Shredder. Curse those floating guys!

[Berserker]

I tried beating it with Game Genie, but even with invincibility, infinite item pickups, and infinite missiles, some of the damn jumps were just way too frustrating. I quit barely halfway through the game.
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[oldmanwinters]

I can't get past the room before Shredder. I bought the game back in June at the same time as my NES and before Saturday night I only got up to level 3 then gave up usually. But I got into gameFAQs, got some good quality maps up and got up to the technodrome and just couldn't get past the room before Shredder. Curse those floating guys!

Check around the 2:40 mark in Red Mage's no sub-weapon, Donatello only walkthrough for the tricks to cracking the code!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugiBL9SHSHc

[Voidoid]

I tried powering through this bad boy last weekend and didn't make it too far. I eventually called it quits and played manhattan project instead....such a difficult game. I'll try to play it again this weekend and get a little further...hopefully. I will say though, out of all the hate this game gets I love it despite it bein' tough as nails.

[shuriken]

I can't get past the room before Shredder. I bought the game back in June at the same time as my NES and before Saturday night I only got up to level 3 then gave up usually. But I got into gameFAQs, got some good quality maps up and got up to the technodrome and just couldn't get past the room before Shredder. Curse those floating guys!

YES. I feel your pain. Those fat guys in jetpacks always kill three of my turtles and I end up with freaking Leo to continue on with.

[Fugitoid Jones]

I never beat it until about 2 years ago, me and 2 of my friends sat down and used the Game Genie and some walkthroughs for help, and we beat it. Even with all the extra help, the game was still hard as balls. And the ending is very anti-climatic. You expect some kinda great animated ending or something, but what you get isn't worth the pain and misery.

[oldmanwinters]

And the ending is very anti-climatic. You expect some kinda great animated ending or something, but what you get isn't worth the pain and misery.

Dude! Splinter got mutated back into a creepy looking old man! That's the sort of image that could have been forever burned into the subconsciousness of young kiddie's everywhere!.... That is, if any of them actually managed to beat the game, which I'm pretty sure never happened. I've never heard of any one younger than 13 beat this cart.

[the_jun]

To quote the AVGN "When Game Genie can't help you, you know you're doomed!"

[shuriken]

Dude! Splinter got mutated back into a creepy looking old man! That's the sort of image that could have been forever burned into the subconsciousness of young kiddie's everywhere!.... That is, if any of them actually managed to beat the game, which I'm pretty sure never happened. I've never heard of any one younger than 13 beat this cart.

Under 13 huh? I must train my nephew in the ways of the NES. So he can do something that took me 19 years to fulfill.

[oldmanwinters]

I'm betting none of you folks have ever seen this happen in the game before!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YqnDCJxVmM

I was messing around with a NES level editor but the experiment went horribly wrong!

[Redmage1987]

Oh Wow, haha. That was totally unexpected then? Thats kinda funny.:lol:

[JaffleMan]

Last i played was waaay back in the day when I was around 12 or so.... at any rate it was before we had the SNES so i couldnt have been much older.

I frequently got to the stage after the airport where you looked for the Technodrome but died there about 50 percent of the time or at least lost a couple of turtles. And on the occasions that I DID find and destroy the technodrome.... i always got massacred not long after getting inside.


I never made it once to the Shredder. :(

I aquired a new cart not long ago so i should give the game another whirl.... but im not much into retro gaming.

[Eiko]

Lol that was cool :tcool: oldmanwinters so many Rocksteadys.

[oldmanwinters]

Oh Wow, haha. That was totally unexpected then? Thats kinda funny.:lol:

Yeah, I don't know if putting the ladder in there was the problem or what, but it now seems like I'm getting a random sprite change to the bosses or regular enemies in Level 1-6.

EDIT: It wasn't the ladder, I just screwed up some of the sprite codes or something. haha

[oldmanwinters]

Here's another cool find related to the NES original from YouTube!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYtvFdkSTSo

[technicalfoul]

I beat it on the NES. I was lucky to make it past that hallway before Shredder, it was insane. I never had the scrolls either, since if you go the correct path the whole game you won't find any. You have to go out of your way to get them. The good thing is, even though I barely made it past those flying guys and was insanely low on health, The Shredder was a joke of a boss. If you have Donatello or a weapon, he won't even hit you once (I think if he did hit me once I would have been dead).

And using save states or a game genie doesn't count as "beating the game" lol.

[oldmanwinters]

And using save states or a game genie doesn't count as "beating the game" lol.

Spoken for truth!

[raphfan84]

Ok. So I officially suck! I can't get past the water level lol! :lol:

[technicalfoul]

Ok. So I officially suck! I can't get past the water level lol! :lol:

Keep practicing! It's one level that's really not as difficult as everyone says, just be patient. If you know where the bombs are and the order to get them in, it's much easier. If you backtrack and go all over to find the bombs, you waste time. If you do it in the proper order, you'll have time to be patient and slow down.

Oh, and use Mike or Raph for that level, NOT Donatello. You can get through without losing a turtle, but it's pretty hard without taking some heavy damage. If you get low on health, switch turtles.

[raphfan84]

Oh ok. Thanks man for the info, now Ninja Turtles arcade in my OP is alot easier than the first NES game. Not to mention I like it better.

[Xav]

Has anyone ever beat any of the ports of the game?

[Eiko]

I have only ever made it to the door before you face Shredder darn those bad guys with the lasers.

[raphfan84]

Just tried playing this game again today...I honestly really suck at video games lol! I still can not make past the water level.:x

[technicalfoul]

I have only ever made it to the door before you face Shredder darn those bad guys with the lasers.

That part is insane. The good news is, once you get past those guys you've pretty much won the game. Shredder won't get a hit on you if you have Donatello or a secondary weapon.

[Tomoshibi Amatsu]

On the first game. I made it as far as inside the technodrome... Then I was completely annihilated.

The arcade game I always made it as far as shredder and I would always lose. Even with three continues.

I only ever beat the Manhattan project, and I just got lucky on that. I could only beat it once.

[shuriken]

There should be a Technodrome group that´s called we beat the First NES TMNT game. it is that exclusive.

[sakuraxchan]

I only beat the Turtles in Time SNES game!!

[A little *too* Raph]

I'm hoping to beat it over my vacation. Here's to wishful thinking :)

[Voidoid]

I'm hoping to beat it over my vacation. Here's to wishful thinking :)

Same here...as well as Manhattan Project. Dunno why I never finished MP....

[Tomoshibi Amatsu]

I always found the genesis games far easier than the NES games. Like the Hyperstone game for instance. I beat that in like 2 hours.

[shuriken]

I always found the genesis games far easier than the NES games. Like the Hyperstone game for instance. I beat that in like 2 hours.

Dude don´t mean to brag er anything but a friend of mine and I beat that game in 21 minutes. And I beat it alone in like half an hour. It´s super fun but super easy. But if you´re talking about tournament fighters that took me a while to get through. Once I saw the ¨real ending¨ I never played it again...

[Tomoshibi Amatsu]

Dude don´t mean to brag er anything but a friend of mine and I beat that game in 21 minutes. And I beat it alone in like half an hour. It´s super fun but super easy. But if you´re talking about tournament fighters that took me a while to get through. Once I saw the ¨real ending¨ I never played it again...

Well I never really timed myself for it so it might have been shorter than that, but my point was that over time they seemed to be getting easier... well until the 2K3 games. I never got my ass kicked harder than when I got to Oroku Saki in the first 2K3 game... Well actually I got my ass kicked more just getting to him. It was like the technodrome all over again from the first NES game.

[supermanbp]

All I have to say about the first TMNT game on the NES is: I hate it and I wish it was dead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZYQ7ZkhRgI

[Redeemer]

Well I never really timed myself for it so it might have been shorter than that, but my point was that over time they seemed to be getting easier... well until the 2K3 games. I never got my ass kicked harder than when I got to Oroku Saki in the first 2K3 game... Well actually I got my ass kicked more just getting to him. It was like the technodrome all over again from the first NES game.

Oh yeah the first 2k3 game was freakn hard, I beat it with a friend in one night eventually, but the second 2k3 game, I couldn't beat the second one without cheats, I never got to beat the third installment, bc my bro sold the gamecube. :tcry: I have beatn TMNT 3 MP without cheats as well as TMNT in Time and HyperStone Hiest. I never beat the first one, I beat the second, but Had to use cheats.

[Turo602]

Man, the NES TMNT was so damn frustrating. I don't think I could ever beat it. I'll die before I ever do. But speaking of the 2k3 games, those were a little easy and hard at the same time. I remember playing them for the first time. My earlist memory with the first 2k3 game was when my brother and I passed it three times in a row in one night. We were trying to unlock stuff and defeat Oroku Saki using everybody's tag move or something like that. He did it once with my other brother but he fell asleep so he did the next three rounds with me.

[cryan]

The only TMNT game I beat was the arcade version for the NES as well as the second game for the NES.I even had to go the cheat code route as well.The first TMNT game was insanely frustrating for me as well.

[newb]

I beat it after owning it a couple days or so. I remember it well

[Eiko]

I started playing this game again last night for the first time in ages. Forgot how much fun this game can be.

[voltron80]

Finally, FINALLY! I've finally beaten the original TMNT game after 20 years of trying. I was just wondering, how many people have actually beat this game?

Stand with pride, and raise your hands, fellow gamers!

I got it for a birthday gift back in 1989 and I beat it like the summer of 1997. The only thing that kept me from beating it was the section of the techodrome where that flying blue guy would come out but one day I was like I beat 2,3 and 4 I'm going to beat this game rather takes me all night. So when I got to that part of the techodrome level for whatever reason when he showed up my thumb hit down on the directional pad and Donatello dunked down that thing fired it's laser over his head and flew backwards so I did that move until I got to the ladder. And used all four turtles to beat shredder using their special weapons of course.

Now the only games wish I could have beaten back in the day was Mike Tyson Punchout and Ghostbusters for the NES(beat it on the Sega Master system)

[Ninja_Shoe_Repair]

Never beat it but got close a lot of times. I beat the other TMNT NES games with ease but man, was that first one hard.

I can still blow through Mike Tyson's Punch Out from start to finish with ease though. Same with Double Dragon.

[voltron80]

Never beat it but got close a lot of times. I beat the other TMNT NES games with ease but man, was that first one hard.

I can still blow through Mike Tyson's Punch Out from start to finish with ease though. Same with Double Dragon.

I can get to Tyson with ease but that sucka always get me.. Going back to the TMNT games I wished Ubi-soft/ Konami would remake these games in HD.

[Miyamoto_Usagi]

I got this game for my b-day the year it came out and finished the game within the same month. I still played the game countless times to show the ending to my friends.

[PizzaPower]

hell no i never beat it, way to hard, lol.

[chad]

I remember playing it and it was very hard for me to beat

[Loco]

I never beated this game cause I never had a Nintendo in my entire lyfe.
I played it at friend home but this game was too hard. I dunno what the developpers were thinkin' when they put this out.

[oldmanwinters]

I dunno what the developpers were thinkin' when they put this out.

Because it was the Golden Age of Hardcore Gaming, especially when Konami (aka. Ultra Games) was involved!

[shuriken]

True that. Batman, TMNT, Metroid, Double Dragon and Ninja Gaiden just to name a few...

[oldmanwinters]

True that. Batman, TMNT, Metroid, Double Dragon and Ninja Gaiden just to name a few...

Oh yeah, that's a good list!

[Ninja Turtles 25 Years]

I beat it about a dozen times, but it took me most of my childhood to beat the TMNT 1989 NES game. You know it comes down to planning strategy. During the area with the rooftops, I always gathered up scrolls, maxed them to 99 each, healed in the process. Then I use them when I get boxed in during the Technodrome level. It was always that one hallway that gets thinner before reaching Shredder where I got shellshocked. I hated that part; it's easy to get trapped in there.

You know it's too bad they didn't have more than 2-player games back then. You know as long as you're going to play 4 turtles, it would of been a cool idea to have a 4-player game. But again, they didn't have anything more than 2 player games back then, and this game wasn't even that.

[Sun Baked Records]

I love this one! It's my favorite ofthe whole series. Beaten it tons of times.

[oldmanwinters]

I love this one! It's my favorite ofthe whole series. Beaten it tons of times.

Kudos to you for your perseverance on a difficult game!

[Tuxedo Moroboshi]

I've beaten it 3 times in my entire life... and this is out of possibly thousands of times playing it.

I like the game, but I usually start to get tired of it after the dam level, when you have to look for missiles and stuff.

[XERO]

Lol, it's the same stories in this thread. I love it.

[midknigt]

That game... just the THOUGHT of THAT game makes me want to curl in the fetal position and whimper "The pink electric algae is gonna get me... the pink electric algae is gonna get me!"

BAAW!:tcry:

[billbot85]

I have been playing this one again recently. I've made it as far as the underwater dam level, but lose before disarming the last few bombs.

I've beaten Ninja Turtles II Arcade and Manhattan Project for NES, and Turtles in Time, but this one kicks my butt.

Nevertheless, I'll beat it eventually...

[plasticturtle]

The dam level was always easy for me. Just use Raph and Mikey. When one starts to lose too much energy switch to the other. I could usually get through without losing a turtle.
What tripped me up was that one jump in level three. I could never pull off a light enough jump to get past it.