Yo Adrian, I DID IT!!!!!

[XERO]

I did it!!

I finally beat TMNT I!!! 8)

YAY!

After 14 years, I get...a crappy ending, but I'm still proud! :D

[Nturtle]

:lol: Congrats!!! I can't say I ever beat it, I never had the patience.

[Taloniss]

Congradulations! I've never beat it, so my hat goes off to you!

[XERO]

Thanks guys!

Don't worry, you'll beat it soon.

Here is a hint: In Area 5, stack up on Ninja Scrolls before you fight the Technodrome, at least 40-50 for each Turtle.

[Eye of Sarnath]

And I thought this would be about Rocky.

[Deathknight]

Wow, good job. I came pretty close to Shredder once. I was at the part where the guys just keep coming and I died about 10 feet away from Shredder's door. Haven't played it much since them, it's such a hard game.

[GK Punk]

Thanks guys!

Don't worry, you'll beat it soon.

Here is a hint: In Area 5, stack up on Ninja Scrolls before you fight the Technodrome, at least 40-50 for each Turtle.

That is so true... I told someone else on the board that a week or so ago

[Stone Ill]

Well, I got as far as to where you throw ropes from one roof to another and cross it. How far is that? Oh and my brother got to a part where it looks like it's a military base.

[XERO]

That's Area 4. Keep using Donatello and keep his energy high.

[Ninja Tiptup]

HOLY CRAP you did it! I'm impressed! :D

[InsaneZane]

i too thought this was going to be a rocky thread
"Anybody got the new boxing game besides me?
kick@$$ dont it??!!?"

[impetus]

Thanks guys!

Don't worry, you'll beat it soon.

Here is a hint: In Area 5, stack up on Ninja Scrolls before you fight the Technodrome, at least 40-50 for each Turtle.

Area 5?! That's a laugh, I'm still stuck at three :lol:

[The Bossanova]

about 3 weeks ago i beat the 2nd game for the first time..but i cant brag since its not nearly as hard as the first one

[Albrecht]

whats the ending like

[robot717]

Congratulations.I could never get past the third stage.

[Deathknight]

stocking up on the ninja scrolls never worked for me. By the time I get past the technodrome all my turtles are low on health so I just get a gameover and it's useless that I had all those scrolls :(

[XERO]

whats the ending like

It's not much, but it okay.

I would tell you, but it would ruin the whole point of beating one of the hardest games on Nintendo.

You'll have to find out yourself.

Keep trying! :D

[Peanut]

I haven't played it since I was about 6 or 7. The furthest I made it back then was to the part where you're under water and you have to keep going to those air things.

[The Bossanova]

I hated that damn level with a passion that consumed my soul....and i dont think i ever beat it

[impetus]

Benvenuto, it took me a minute to figure out who the heck that white TMNT was, LOL.

[Reznorite420]

I haven't played it since I was about 6 or 7. The furthest I made it back then was to the part where you're under water and you have to keep going to those air things.What "air things"? I know you have to disarm the bombs, but as far as I know, the only way to die in the underwater level is either by the electric coral, the rotary thingy, the force fields, and the man-eating seaweed (which was INSTANT death, BTW).

[XERO]

Benvenuto, it took me a minute to figure out who the heck that white TMNT was, LOL.

I can see how it would confuse ya! :D

That's my Turtle, Benvenuto.

How you like him?

[Peanut]

They're like air pumps or something. At least that's what my parents told me. I was only a little kid when I played so I couldn't tell you.

[Albrecht]

dude ben is the coolest one on there.

[XERO]

Let me tell you a little history on how I made him.

Back in 97, when NT:TNM was on, I got really hooked on the Turtles for good. Don't be surprised, I took anything that had TMNT.

Anyway, I decided what would it be like if there were 5 Turtles instead of 4.

At first, since I was so young, and had no history on Renaissance artist, I named my Turtle at first "Romeo." :goofygri: Weird, huh?

Plus, since I was only 13 and still had a high voice, I made my Turtle 13 years old instead of fifteen. But I found out that would really ruin the origin of the Turtles, especially in the cartoon.

But besides that, "Romeo" blended right in with the Turtles. So every time I would watch a cartoon episode, I would study the script and then edit it to make my Turtle say it instead of another Turtle who originally said that line.

I also made up the profile. "Romeo" would be the best unknown videogamer in the city, if not the country. He would have a piece of every other Turtles' personality rolled into one. He would be the best friend of Mike and Raph.

But the thing was, he was TOO young, so I had to make him the same age as the other Turtles, for sake of the plot and origin.

Also, I just realized "Romeo" wasn't really a Renaissance name, so I had to do some research. It took me a few years to get a computer, since I had no books on Renaissance artists.

After I got one with the Internet, I quickly looked them up, and found one name that would suit my Turtle: Benvenuto Cellini.

Since "all the good ones end in O" :D Benvenuto was made the official name of the 5th Turtle.

Now, there was just two more problems: A weapon and a color.

Since the Turtles' bandanna colors are representations of their lives, I chose White over Black, since White is the nuetral color and the basis of all colors, just like Ben's personality.

The weapon was a toughy.

First, I tried tonfas. A little to small.

Then I tried a mace. A little more dangerous than a nunchaku, and they banned that weapon in Europe.

So, I mixed, Leo's katana blade and Don's Bo staff to create, the Naginata staff, which is a real oriental weapon. I just edited it to my liking.

And finally, after 6 years, Benvenuto, the unofficial 5th Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, was born.

The End :D

[Albrecht]

im glad that you didnt make him black because Slash is black and another name you could have gave him was joseph, I think there was a renaissance artist named joe he might not have been renaissance but he was an artist.

[Ninja Tiptup]

You mean Benvenuto was a real artist? I thought you just made that up. You really did do your home work. I'm impressed!

[Albrecht]

actually he was a sculptor, but same difference.

[XERO]

You mean Benvenuto was a real artist? I thought you just made that up. You really did do your home work. I'm impressed!

Thanks! :D

[Albrecht]

hey guys, if ben were an official turtle that first game would have been alot easier. :lol:

[XERO]

hey guys, if ben were an official turtle that first game would have been alot easier. :lol:

Yeah, that way, if Donatello was almost out of energy, I would clean house! :D

[Dr. Doom]

Anything past the underwater stuff in that game is completely foreign to me. I triede playing a rom of that game recently, DAMN is it hard.

[Ninja Tiptup]

Anything past the underwater stuff in that game is completely foreign to me. I triede playing a rom of that game recently, DAMN is it hard.

I think the rom you can find on the internet is corrupt because I cheated with some codes on my emulator but when I got to the last area the game froze up. Cheaters never prosper I guess. It froze up every time.

[Donatello007]

Which emulator is it for?

[Jo Dawn]

Anything past the underwater stuff in that game is completely foreign to me. I triede playing a rom of that game recently, DAMN is it hard.

Yeah, I recently dusted off the old Nintendo and tried to play it again. Anyone who's beaten that game, I have a new and total respect for you. I'd forgotten how hard (impossible) that game can be! Congradulations to anyone who's beaten that game, or even came close.

[XERO]

Thanks, JD.

Don't worry, it's not so hard after you know the pattern of enemy attacks, especially on the last 2 levels.

Oh, Ninja Scrolls is a BIG plus! 8)

[slipmaskin]

OK now, I'm not going to slag any of you people's gaming skills, but.. I mean, COME ON, it isn't THAT HARD!

I... remember it well!

Some year ago, I sat down with this.. err.. seemingly incendiary piece of art for the first time in what seemed like centuries.. on an actual NES that is, prior to that I had only played it via an emulator of sorts... anyway.. I played.. and played... and got exactly to the point as described by Deathknight, the passage leading directly to the final boss, Shredder, before killing of each of my 4 beloved turtles... hands down, without a sufficient amount of scrolls, that particular 'doorway' can be EXTREMELY tough, I'll give you that. But, as I see and SAW it, that was the ONLY TRULY challenging element featured in the game. The game isn't/wasn't EASY per se, but you guys, along with several other odd bunches, are putting it on such a high pedestal, I just HAVE TO make a dissentient appearance. Seeing as I hadn't TOUCHED the game in an actual NES-friendly environment since I was.. what, 8-9, just adds more fuel to the fire.

The point being established here isn't that I de facto didn't actually BEAT the game there, but rather that any game that allows a person to breeze through 98 % of its content without getting severely stunged in the process, can hardly be classified as 'one of the hardest game for the NES'. Try Dragon's Lair, you'll know what I mean... almost impossible to beat without save state-functions, and a horrible game to boot!

Anyway, to go on a tangent... I have really hard time with people refuting the first TMNT as the worst in the entire series... all it takes is a glance at the Gamefaqs-entry in the 'reviews'-category. There ain't many favourable opinions being expressed there... I can't fathom how they can actually BELIEVE that the second and third game 'improved on the TMNT-concept in every conceivable way', as they weren't even HALF as original as their predecessor, not to mention incredibly easy in comparison...

I for one hold the first installment in the highest regard, probably my favorite of them all. Quite original, had some great music, and a well-balanced challenge; not too easy, not TOO hard.

Yeah!

/Matte

[Cascadia]

Hats off to you Ben.....I have never beaten TMNT 1. I did not have the time or the patience. It is a tough game. As for the other TMNT games on NES and SNES, I have beat TMNT 2, 3, 4. And 1 and 2 for Gameboy.