Lesser Known (READ: Non-Console) TMNT Games
 

Again watching reviews and let's plays on Youtube has made me think, what were some of the oft forgotten PC (or heck...even LCD or other minor console.) TMNT games?

I read a review of Manhattan Missions on Scary-Crayon a while back. As a kid who played Commander Keen and Jazz jackrabbit, I'm kind of sad i never played this. Looks awesome. Especially this Mirage 1.1 inspired title screen:

The whole MM intro is pretty retro-riffic:


Seems like it borrows a lot from both the live-action film and Mirage #1.

I swear, if I'm ever a rich man I will buy all of the odd computers & such, solely for these strange titles. They seem rad.

I was thinking something similar. If I had the money I'd collect old obscure media types, like CED and such.

The music and explaining the story through text remind me of Golden Axe.

I wish more games got re-shelled, this one would be amazing

You know, this game can be played fairly accurately on modern machines. I've got it on my hard drive, though I think the sound might not be functioning correctly.

What about the coloring book game?

http://hardcoregaming101.net/tmnt/tmnt4.htm

I had a hard time deciding whether to color their belts the same as their masks/pads or go for a more toon-realistic look.

How about the games that came with the TMNT figures?

Jester, i can tell you first hand that Manhattan Missions was terrible. Wellll, not terrible. the controls were absolutely horrid, but it's heart was in the right place. It follows Mirage based story-lines better than probably any other tmnt game, but the controls really take all the fun out of it.

That's a fair assessment, but I wouldn't so much say the MM controls (in particular) were horrible. Rather, chalk it up to the fact that just about all DOS games were a mess back in the early 90s. MM has a steep learning curve on account of the fact that you have to sheath and unsheath your weapons during the game. The combat system is pretty much button mashing and hit-detection is fishy.

But if you can get the hang of the game, it actually is quite enjoyable. Like Shreddhead said, it's heart was definitely in the right place.

Hey, looks like I started a thread asking for info on "Ninja Adventures" a while back:
http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=31801

I don't know about U.S. video game tie-ins for action figures, but there was a PC game that was included on DVDs of "Turtles Against H.A.T.E." called "Mutant Munchies," which according to pl212 "is exactly like Pac-Man but instead of Pac-Man its a Turtle head munching around."

I know it isn't a "lesser known" game, but I had the "TMNT II: Splinter Speaks" LCD game. I played the heck out of that thing. I loved the neon green color of it's case. I have a feeling a had the first and third LCD games as well, but the "Splinter Speaks" definitely sticks out as a personal favorite. :tgrin:

I have to say Hero Turtles for the Amiga wasn't nearly as bad as the article made it out to be. I do think it was better than the American Ninja Turtles version. The difficulty and controls are still brutal but it more or less looks as well as plays the same as the Nes version. Also with the UK Amiga version using the invincibility cheat at the start makes the game more enjoyable.

I can't find the site with a tmnt fighter game on it but it was a tmnt vs xmen fighter some fan created that look like a cool game. I think it was classed as a mugen game or something like that. I think it was on a shareware site.

Edit: Found it http://www.caiman.us/scripts/fw/f3850.html