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Mxy
08-27-2016, 03:59 PM
A mere three months (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=55284) after I came here to talk about this, my Cracked article on the TMNT games is up! Shockingly, Cracked wasn't crazy about the original idea ("pay me money to play literally every single TMNT game") so I had to come up with a more specific angle:

http://www.cracked.com/blog/we-finally-proved-who-best-tmnt-turtle-with-science/

Hope you enjoy it!

PS: Sorry, Raphael fans.

PS2: Sorry everyone, actually.

PS2 slim: Yes, I suck at every single one of the games.
snake
08-27-2016, 04:12 PM
Man, you guys should've done EVERY tmnt game.

I'm not a fan of neo-cracked but this felt a bit like an older article and I laughed a couple times. I wasn't aware of the coloring game's existance :lol:
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
08-27-2016, 04:12 PM
NES games ARE hard as hell. :tlol:
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
08-27-2016, 04:14 PM
Also, laughed my butt off at this gem:

"Let's just say that Krang has been very "lonely" since he inexplicably became a giant."
snake
08-27-2016, 04:15 PM
Turtle Blimp on Statue of Liberty was an inside job
Original TMNT Cartoon Fan
08-27-2016, 04:47 PM
NES games ARE hard as hell. :tlol:

They were hard originally when you had just three lives, no healthmeter (hit once = dead). First TMNT had healthmeter but was still hard to beat.
Chris
08-27-2016, 05:00 PM
Nice job! And yeah, NES games are hard!
CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy
08-27-2016, 05:03 PM
At least the NES Mario games were playable...
oldmanwinters
08-27-2016, 06:03 PM
A weird article, in my opinion, but congratulations!

I hadn't ever heard of the Video Challenger game before!
Aaronardo
08-27-2016, 06:09 PM
Nice article! I greatly enjoyed reading (especially as a Raphael fan :lol: ). I remember I got World Tour for DOS sealed for about $5 on Amazon a couple years ago for no other reason than that it was a still-sealed OT game. I hadn't realized what I got until I read this article and saw the monstrosity of Leo and that turtle.

Am currently debating on whether or not I should break the seal and see it myself. :lol:
Mxy
08-27-2016, 06:45 PM
Thanks all!

Also, laughed my butt off at this gem:

"Let's just say that Krang has been very "lonely" since he inexplicably became a giant."

It was always weird to me that the actual Krang also turned into a giant along with the robot body. Like, it's not just little Krang in a bigger robot. We clearly see there's a giant Krang in there.
Ninjinister
08-27-2016, 08:09 PM
Raphael, who bizarrely holds his sai backwards and pokes people with the handle.

Psst... that's how sai actually work.
Bry
08-27-2016, 09:14 PM
Whoa, I recognize the name! I'm a pretty regular Cracked reader, and I've read and enjoyed your work a bunch of times. Very cool that you're a member here!

Absolutely shocking end result, though. I'm questioning a lot of things I thought I knew about the world right now.
The-Shredder
08-27-2016, 11:15 PM
Since this is a scientific article, you should also publish it in a peer-reviewed gaming journal. :trazz: Why the Raphael hate, though?

Here's three FoxBox/4Kids TV games (https://web.archive.org/web/20030411083906/http://www.foxbox.tv/tmnt/games.html) that need to be added to the complete TMNT games list. They are in Shockwave though, so you have to download the plugin. There's also this awesome Pac-Man clone called Mutant Munchies (https://web.archive.org/web/20040806051206/http://www.foxbox.tv/games/mutantmunchies/).
pferreira
09-01-2016, 11:06 AM
The three way death in Turtles in Time almost made me cry with laughter. :lol:
Casey
09-01-2016, 11:37 AM
I read it the other day. I loved it and also I agree. It's Donatello.
d_osborn
09-03-2016, 02:14 PM
Fun article! The original NES game will always be one of my favs.
myconius
09-08-2016, 11:30 AM
i'm really shocked to see how decent the graphics in Fall Of The Foot Clan (Game Boy, 1990) actually looked.

but that gameplay looks like it'd make you want to throw the system out the window after about 3 minutes! .... maybe 4?
pferreira
09-15-2016, 10:34 AM
i'm really shocked to see how decent the graphics in Fall Of The Foot Clan (Game Boy, 1990) actually looked.

but that gameplay looks like it'd make you want to throw the system out the window after about 3 minutes! .... maybe 4?The third game almost made me do that. Mixing Metroid with Ninja Turtles on a GameBoy leaves a lot to be desired.