No Love for Turtles 3 the Manhattan Project?

theClintro · 10-25-2012, 05:00 PM

I've always wanted to own and play this game growing up and thanks to the eBay I now own a copy.

Anyone have some childhood memories I can live vicariously through?

*MikeandRaph87* · 10-25-2012, 05:08 PM

I LOVE this game. Its my co-favorite alongsdie Turtles In Time. Tere are two reasons for that. First of all its the bosses,nearly all of my favorites! Secondly,its the amazing locations for the levels. I never seen anything better. I beleive its because of the side scrolling beat'em ups fading into the past so we don't fight 75 foot soliders and then a boss and repeat it until the end. The other reason being nearly all of my favorites are in the '87 cartoon timeframe and have not made it in a game because its been the 2003 cartoon adapted into games instead for obvious reasons. Another game with Shredder,Rat King, Slash, and Leatherhead,please!

*Eiko* · 10-25-2012, 05:37 PM

I didn't enjoy this game as much as tmnt 1 and 2

DonatelloDomeHead31 · 10-26-2012, 12:22 PM

The only credit I can give to this game was the music in some of the levels. First level had some good music and when you were traveling in the water to the submarine in the distance.

As far as the levels go, I liked them until you faced Dirtbag. He was the hardest boss I had ever faced.

Lastly, the farthest I got with that game was when I had to face Tokkar on the rooftop.

I too had trouble facing him.

Overall, good game--wish I could play it again.

FoxZerro · 10-26-2012, 01:48 PM

Are you kidding me that game is amazing... Tough as nails and beautiful. Its graphics are such a step up from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Arcade Game. Plus rather than use obscure or made up mutants, I'm looking at you Shogun and Tora. The creators went deep into the Playmates toyline for bosses, thank you spinning head Bebop for making an appearance. Top that off the game feels like the longest of the three beat 'em ups and has a great story if you're able to get past the whole it starts in Florida and they surf back to New York bit. I would love it if they gave TMNT III the Remake Treatment

*Redeemer* · 10-26-2012, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by donatello28

As far as the levels go, I liked them until you faced Dirtbag. He was the hardest boss I had ever faced.

Lastly, the farthest I got with that game was when I had to face Tokkar on the rooftop.

I too had trouble facing him.

Overall, good game--wish I could play it again.

All you have to do for dirtbag is jump up and down between the track and platform until he gets close to you and then strike!!!!

*pannoni1* · 10-26-2012, 03:44 PM

I like this game and I've made it as far as Super Shredder on around the third attempt, but I never played this game until last year. I like the points system that does not give equal score to each enemy, and preserving lives/health is really dependent on how well you use your weapons. Fighting both Shredder and Super Shredder is a treat, and I like the second to last level involving the elevator. Because Turtles in Time was already out in the Arcade when this was released and was soon to be released on SNES, this game hardly had enough time to appreciate, and remains a $15-$20 title on eBay.

*CyberCubed* · 10-27-2012, 01:17 AM

The game is fairly loved, it just doesn't have an arcade counterpart like II and IV did.

zodiac brave · 10-27-2012, 12:47 PM

yeah!

that game is beast.

i had a poster of the box art on the wall of my room when i was a kid, but never got to play it until i was in my early 20's (thanks to emulation).

tough and tuff.

*sdp* · 10-28-2012, 07:03 PM

The game came out near the end of the NES' life not to mention after the SNES had already come out and a TMNT game for the SNES came out just months after TMNT III. So it's the reason it's not as well known, however it brought plenty of improvements and had it been released a bit earlier it would've been just as well remembered as the other turtle beat em ups.

I remember playing it as a kid thinking it was awesome and much better than TMNTII only to forget about it as soon as I saw turtles in time. Having a SNES and limited choices of games to get I clearly chose TMNT IV as my present that year and not TMNT III. I'm guessing that's what happened to most people.

*Ninjinister* · 10-28-2012, 09:09 PM

When was he ever in Manhattan?

theClintro · 10-29-2012, 08:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Prefight Doughnuts

When was he ever in Manhattan?

Wow never even realized that typo!! Feel like an idiot now

*ToTheNines* · 10-29-2012, 09:12 AM

This is probably my favorite TMNT game. It's what got me back into Turtles in 2002, before I even realized a new show was on the way. Played it so much with my sis and cousins, I'm surprised the cartridge still works.

*CyberCubed* · 10-29-2012, 04:14 PM

The boss roster was absolutely fantastic:

- Rocksteady
- Bebop
- Leatherhead
- Rahzar
- Tokka
- Groundchuck
- Dirtbag
- Slash
- Krang
- Super Shredder
- Foot with Big Mouser

Oddly enough the game didn't include Baxter or Rat King, I guess they saved them for Turtles in Time.

*MikeandRaph87* · 10-29-2012, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

The boss roster was absolutely fantastic:

- Rocksteady
- Bebop
- Leatherhead
- Rahzar
- Tokka
- Groundchuck
- Dirtbag
- Slash
- Krang
- Super Shredder
- Foot with Big Mouser

Oddly enough the game didn't include Baxter or Rat King, I guess they saved them for Turtles in Time.

Its a shame Rat King is only a boss one time. He would have been a great addition to Shredder,Krang and the evil mutants. This game shows how important evil mutants are to the franchise.

As for Baxter I could see him as a human in the place of the foot soldier. I think it would have worked better.

*CyberCubed* · 10-29-2012, 05:16 PM

Konami really seemed to like the movie characters. Rahzar and Tokka are used in two games, Tatsu was in Hyperstone Heist, and Super Shredder is in III and IV as well.

Slash being in two games was fantastic as well.

*Refractive Reflections* · 11-10-2012, 06:25 AM

NES TMNT 3 was great. As most have said before, since it was released in 1992 for the NES and the SNES was already out. The game was living under the shadow of Turtles In Time's graphics and sound improvements for the arcade and SNES.

It probably would have been just as memorable as TMNT 4 if they actually created a SNES version of TMNT 3.

TMNT 3 was a difficult game (not to mention better improvements to TMNT 2), but if it was too easy it wouldn't have been as fun/exciting to play.

SoundBlaster7 · 12-01-2012, 04:54 AM

Love this game!!! Played it all the time back in the day. I had the first '89 game and the original arcade along with the Manhattan Project. For some reason I never came across Turtles in Time and I haven't played it until recently, so the Manhattan Project remains my all time fav!

Tomoshibi Amatsu · 01-11-2013, 03:29 AM

I actually found TMNT3 to be a lot easier than TMNT2. The only thing that made it tough for me was how your health drained when you used the specials. Because of that I just kept jump kicking everything to victory. Well Super Shredder was hard too but Shredder has always been a hard boss no matter what the game.

galaxysurfer · 01-12-2013, 07:40 PM

Oh man this was such a great game. I have fond memories of my friend and I playing the heck out of it every day after school until we finally beat it. Such a great time.

10-25-2012, 05:00 PM	#1
theClintro Thug Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: MD Posts: 64	No Love for Turtles 3 the Manhattan Project? I've always wanted to own and play this game growing up and thanks to the eBay I now own a copy. Anyone have some childhood memories I can live vicariously through? Last edited by theClintro; 10-29-2012 at 08:12 AM.

10-25-2012, 05:08 PM	#2
MikeandRaph87 Jedi Master Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: JLA Satellite Headquarters Posts: 11,189	I LOVE this game. Its my co-favorite alongsdie Turtles In Time. Tere are two reasons for that. First of all its the bosses,nearly all of my favorites! Secondly,its the amazing locations for the levels. I never seen anything better. I beleive its because of the side scrolling beat'em ups fading into the past so we don't fight 75 foot soliders and then a boss and repeat it until the end. The other reason being nearly all of my favorites are in the '87 cartoon timeframe and have not made it in a game because its been the 2003 cartoon adapted into games instead for obvious reasons. Another game with Shredder,Rat King, Slash, and Leatherhead,please! __________________ Michelangelo: This looks like a job for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Raphael: Sheesh, Mikey this ain't a cartoon!

10-25-2012, 05:37 PM	#3
Eiko Aussie and Proud Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Foot HQ Australia Posts: 1,816	I didn't enjoy this game as much as tmnt 1 and 2 __________________

10-26-2012, 12:22 PM	#4
DonatelloDomeHead31 Stone Warrior Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Helping Casey Jones fix the Pick-Up Truck Posts: 878	The only credit I can give to this game was the music in some of the levels. First level had some good music and when you were traveling in the water to the submarine in the distance. As far as the levels go, I liked them until you faced Dirtbag. He was the hardest boss I had ever faced. Lastly, the farthest I got with that game was when I had to face Tokkar on the rooftop. I too had trouble facing him. Overall, good game--wish I could play it again. __________________ Donatello: Pork rind. Donatello: Yeah, a few inquiries. Donatello: Turtles don't migrate, Raph. Birds do! Donatello: Have you seen the way this guy drives? Donatello: 0.00000003%! Donatello: I don't know, but it doesn't look good...

10-26-2012, 03:44 PM	#7
pannoni1 Foot Elite Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: USA Posts: 3,447	I like this game and I've made it as far as Super Shredder on around the third attempt, but I never played this game until last year. I like the points system that does not give equal score to each enemy, and preserving lives/health is really dependent on how well you use your weapons. Fighting both Shredder and Super Shredder is a treat, and I like the second to last level involving the elevator. Because Turtles in Time was already out in the Arcade when this was released and was soon to be released on SNES, this game hardly had enough time to appreciate, and remains a $15-$20 title on eBay. __________________ http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/sho...d.php?t=37065- MY WANT LIST TMNT FAN CLUB LINK: http://sot.ag/gCjK/ 30 years of Turtle Power!

10-26-2012, 01:48 PM	#5
FoxZerro Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 574	Are you kidding me that game is amazing... Tough as nails and beautiful. Its graphics are such a step up from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Arcade Game. Plus rather than use obscure or made up mutants, I'm looking at you Shogun and Tora. The creators went deep into the Playmates toyline for bosses, thank you spinning head Bebop for making an appearance. Top that off the game feels like the longest of the three beat 'em ups and has a great story if you're able to get past the whole it starts in Florida and they surf back to New York bit. I would love it if they gave TMNT III the Remake Treatment

10-27-2012, 01:17 AM	#8
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,878	The game is fairly loved, it just doesn't have an arcade counterpart like II and IV did.

10-27-2012, 12:47 PM	#9
zodiac brave Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: san antonio, tx Posts: 822	yeah! that game is beast. i had a poster of the box art on the wall of my room when i was a kid, but never got to play it until i was in my early 20's (thanks to emulation). tough and tuff. __________________ what we were after, was lashings of ultra-violence.

10-28-2012, 07:03 PM	#10
sdp Detoxed Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tokio, Italy Posts: 11,220	The game came out near the end of the NES' life not to mention after the SNES had already come out and a TMNT game for the SNES came out just months after TMNT III. So it's the reason it's not as well known, however it brought plenty of improvements and had it been released a bit earlier it would've been just as well remembered as the other turtle beat em ups. I remember playing it as a kid thinking it was awesome and much better than TMNTII only to forget about it as soon as I saw turtles in time. Having a SNES and limited choices of games to get I clearly chose TMNT IV as my present that year and not TMNT III. I'm guessing that's what happened to most people. __________________ *Trapt* *urself Page MiscRave!!!* Click to join The Drome Discord server

10-28-2012, 09:09 PM	#11
Ninjinister 無問題 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Moesko Island, WA Posts: 14,348	When was he ever in Manhattan? __________________

10-29-2012, 09:12 AM	#13
ToTheNines Col. Stinkmeaner Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19,362	This is probably my favorite TMNT game. It's what got me back into Turtles in 2002, before I even realized a new show was on the way. Played it so much with my sis and cousins, I'm surprised the cartridge still works.

10-29-2012, 04:14 PM	#14
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,878	The boss roster was absolutely fantastic: - Rocksteady - Bebop - Leatherhead - Rahzar - Tokka - Groundchuck - Dirtbag - Slash - Krang - Super Shredder - Foot with Big Mouser Oddly enough the game didn't include Baxter or Rat King, I guess they saved them for Turtles in Time.

10-29-2012, 05:16 PM	#16
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,878	Konami really seemed to like the movie characters. Rahzar and Tokka are used in two games, Tatsu was in Hyperstone Heist, and Super Shredder is in III and IV as well. Slash being in two games was fantastic as well.

11-10-2012, 06:25 AM	#17
Refractive Reflections Mad Scientist $Refractive Reflections's Avatar$ Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 2,371	NES TMNT 3 was great. As most have said before, since it was released in 1992 for the NES and the SNES was already out. The game was living under the shadow of Turtles In Time's graphics and sound improvements for the arcade and SNES. It probably would have been just as memorable as TMNT 4 if they actually created a SNES version of TMNT 3. TMNT 3 was a difficult game (not to mention better improvements to TMNT 2), but if it was too easy it wouldn't have been as fun/exciting to play.
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12-01-2012, 04:54 AM	#18
SoundBlaster7 Random Punk Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 35	Love this game!!! Played it all the time back in the day. I had the first '89 game and the original arcade along with the Manhattan Project. For some reason I never came across Turtles in Time and I haven't played it until recently, so the Manhattan Project remains my all time fav!

01-11-2013, 03:29 AM	#19
Tomoshibi Amatsu Hench Mutant Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pennsylvaina Posts: 275	I actually found TMNT3 to be a lot easier than TMNT2. The only thing that made it tough for me was how your health drained when you used the specials. Because of that I just kept jump kicking everything to victory. Well Super Shredder was hard too but Shredder has always been a hard boss no matter what the game. __________________

01-12-2013, 07:40 PM	#20
galaxysurfer Random Punk Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 26	Oh man this was such a great game. I have fond memories of my friend and I playing the heck out of it every day after school until we finally beat it. Such a great time.