"Theme song" for the first NES game.
 

http://www.dorkly.com/video/25541/do...les-theme-song

It's pretty funny.

This should probably go in the Video Game section.

Also...

Dang, I'm so tired of people complaining about how bad the first NES game is. I love that game.

I've never played it, but when did "difficult" become "bad"?

It's more like cheap difficult, not well designed. I only bought the game as a kid for the sake of completing the collection. You're free to love it, but this game has tons of flaws.

I agree with u I thinking this game gets too many bad reviews... I think this game is a pretty good quality game for back in the day...

But I have to admit that the song is funny as heck :lol:

I agree with you guys to. I really like the first game still play it on the wii. One thing that does suck. No save feature.

It is a ridiculously hard game from level 3 onward. I've never beaten it on a real NES and I've had to rely on save-state just to get me through the game.

Even still, I really like it. Being able to play any turtle at any time has a lot of appeal and I like the bosses. It's just a really hard game.

I find it funny how people still bitch about the game 20 years later. Maybe releasing it on the Wii wasn't such a good idea. Reminded everyone how terrible it was.

Lol, funny stuff. I love Dorkly.

Agreed. Shoulda put out The Manhattan Project! Now there's a game.

A review from 1989 gives it a 9/10; it still holds up well to me
 

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...eview&safe=on#

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Ultra.
I got it for $39.99 locally. (That's around $70 in todays dollars!)

Story: Donatello, Leonardo, Michaelangelo, and Raphael are the Teenage Mutant
Ninja Turtles (hereafter referred to as TMNT). They are mutated pet
turtles who learned their ninja skills from their master, a rat,
Shredder, who is a mutated human (though the comic book origin differs).
Each Turtle is highly skilled in the use of one specific weapon;
Donatello, the Bo (stick), Leonardo, the Katana Blades (swords),
Michaelangelo, the Nunchukus, and Raphael, the Sai. Shredder, an evil
ninja is the lifelong enemy of Splinter and is the main baddie.


Object: There is a different goal for each level of the game. Some of them
are: save their female companion, April, save the Dam, and rescue
Splinter from Shredder's clutches. Eventually, you have to defeat the
Technodrome and beat the evil Shredder to win the game.


Game Play: You are able to choose one of the four Turtles to fight with, and
can change at any time. Donatello's Bo is the most powerful, but
also quite slow, Leonardo's swords are good for clearing out
enemies, Michaelangelo's chuks are good for hitting low, and
Raphael's Sai are the quickest, but weak. Each Turtle is also
able to jump (quite high I might add, like true Ninja :-)).
There is a map screen (which doubles as a Turtle select screen) that
tells you where you are and where you can go. Splinter or April
can give you hints on these screens.




Graphics: The graphics are neatly done, but the game often runs into the common
flickering screen. I like how each Turtle has a different colored
head band, armband, and knee pad (like the TV cartoon). This minor
effect makes it a little bit easier to tell just which Turtle you're
playing with. I like that, when the Turtle jumps high he does
somersaults a la Metroid and Ninja Gaiden.


Sound: Some sound effects are OK, like how each Turtle's weapon makes its own
distinct sound. Otherwise, sound effects are not impressive. There is
not enough variety and are not too interesting. The background music
could have been a lot better also, it didn't add to the game at all
(though it didn't take away either).


General Comments: I'm not sure how this review is reading, but I really like
this game a lot. I can't say, though, that it's a really great game,
because it isn't. The flickering screen can become annoying, and the
game can get really annoying when you keep falling into the same "trap"
a hundred times in a row (which happens much too often). Don't get me
wrong, it is defintitely an above average game for the NES. It's the
first game in a long while to offer me the all too rare combination of
fun and challenge.


Rating: Highly recommended, definitely give it a look.

Personally, the furthest I've gone without codes is when I killed the final Stone Warrior mini-boss in the room right before Shredder, seemingly at the same time his life bar hit zero, I was hit and my turtle got killed! :(
I give it a 9.0 (out of 10).
This reviewer was from an Ivy League college, so I'll trust him.

I never even came close to beating this game. Too difficult. On the other hand, the subsequent beat-em-ups are way too easy.

It's a pretty decent game with a couple fairly big flaws that I think could totally be fixed via hacking. Simply making it so defeated enemies don't respawn would make a much more playable game. Maybe improve the ability to hit single block platforms too. Everything else is pretty solid.

That game was hard as shell!!! No question about it, I definitely enjoyed the second "Arcade" game much more. Every now and then I'll throw in the second game that came out for PS2 just to play the extra feature, the original arcade game.

That video is another thing complaining about the dam level. Honesty why does everyone think that level is so hard? I've beat it several times.

I have a couple of hacking programs for it, but the enemy coding completely baffles me! The best hack of this game is "Frank's Ultimate Hack" (which actually makes it much harder!), but some advanced skills might be required to eliminate the respawn effect.

Too true! The Dam level is sooo easy!

I'd never gotten past the Dam, but I'd always keep playing the game just because of how fun those first two levels were.

You know, this game isn't bad, but it's one of those things that hit the market in the early days, before the turtles had a clear identity. I liken it to the Simpsons arcade game. It's not bad, but it doesn't really fit the universe.

I used the game genie to beat the game, although I think my brother either beat it or got to Shredder without any cheats. I always used to die at or in the Technodrome.

I've beaten the Dam many times, but I wouldn't call it "sooo easy". I beat Mecha-Turtle once but that was it.

I had this game when I was 5 years old for the NES and it took me all the way till my 20's to finally beat it.

And I owned the game for over a decade!

A lot of people got up to the dam and lost. That's why everyone says it's hard. Just cause you beat it doesn't mean everyone has. I've beaten it, but damn I would never call that level easy.