TMNT Side Scrollers

Aztec General · 05-22-2003, 04:55 PM

I loved (and still do) the wave of TMNT side scrollers from back in the day. It all started with the TMNT arcade game which is still a classic.

I still have TMNT II: The Arcade Game and TMNT III: The Manhattan Project for NES. Man these games really do hold up to the test of time.

I'm psyched to see that the new game will also be a side scroller. From the screenshots I've seen it looks like it might have a similar feel to the orignal arcade classics.

**Karpo_007** · 05-22-2003, 05:24 PM

I don't bother with the Nes Conversion of Arcade game anymore, Original is so much better. I play Manhattan project tough.

**GK Punk** · 05-22-2003, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Rat King

I loved (and still do) the wave of TMNT side scrollers from back in the day. It all started with the TMNT arcade game which is still a classic.

I still have TMNT II: The Arcade Game and TMNT III: The Manhattan Project for NES. Man these games really do hold up to the test of time.

I'm psyched to see that the new game will also be a side scroller. From the screenshots I've seen it looks like it might have a similar feel to the orignal arcade classics.

I think I may own all 3 TMNT Nes games, I also have Fall of the Foot for gameboy and turtles in time!
My favorite though, is Hyperstone Heist for the genesis... and they really do stand the test of time, I mean if we can still talk about them and play them in the 2000s, that's got to say something for high quality programming

**Karpo_007** · 05-22-2003, 05:39 PM

Or there is the possibility that we are TMNT fans ;)

Peanut · 05-22-2003, 05:54 PM

I think Karpo speaks the truth on this topic!

**GK Punk** · 05-22-2003, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Karpo_007

Or there is the possibility that we are TMNT fans

Yeah but I also know non-TMNT fans that still play the games, especially Turtles in Time and Hyperstone Heist. So if they can play them with out being fan boys such as ourselves, just proves mah point

*Kid Icarus* · 05-22-2003, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by grunger_kittie

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Originally Posted by Karpo_007

Or there is the possibility that we are TMNT fans

Yeah but I also know non-TMNT fans that still play the games, especially Turtles in Time and Hyperstone Heist. So if they can play them with out being fan boys such as ourselves, just proves mah point

I loved Hyperstone Heist *eyes his Genesis* Makes me wanna get a second controller again... but they always take my kills

*XERO* · 05-22-2003, 08:44 PM

Forgive me for asking this stupid question, but how good was Hyperstone Heist?

That's the one TMNT game I never got to play.

**GK Punk** · 05-22-2003, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Benvenuto

Forgive me for asking this stupid question, but how good was Hyperstone Heist?

That's the one TMNT game I never got to play.

VERY GOOD

It was similar in many ways to Turtles in Time, but it had different levels, different bosses, including Tatsu from the movie. If you want to play it and have a semi good computer, PM me and I can hook you up.

Ninja Tiptup · 05-22-2003, 10:56 PM

I've yet to pick up the Hyperstone Heist ( I want it soooo bad), but I do have the rom and have completed the game once or twice. The roms of the arcades are off the chain! I love them so much I wish they were on a new console GCN and Xbox are screaming for such great gameplay and nostalgia. 4 player TMNT is one of the greatest multiplayer experiences known to man.

I own all but 2 of the TMNT console games.

NES:
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- TMNT II: The Arcade Game
- TMNT III: The Manhattan Project (rare)
- TMNT: Tournament Fighters (incredibly rare, many people don't even know it exists)

SNES:
- TMNT IV: Turtles in Time (IMO the best TMNT game ever!)
- TMNT: Tournament Fighters (I just picked it up finally)

Gameboy:
- TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan (I really like this one for some reason, simplicty I guess)
- TMNT II: Return to the Sewers
- TMNT III: The Radical Rescue (incredibly rare, and the last TMNT game from the original series)

I've yet to get both The Hyperstone Heist and Tournament Fighters for the Genesis. I hope to get them in the near future, but they are both quite rare so I have no idea when I'll be able to get them. I found THH once for 9.99 but I didn't have any money at the time

I've yet to find Tournament Fighters, but it goes for 7.99 at GameStop so I should be able to get it eventually. If all else fails there is always ebay.

**Karpo_007** · 05-23-2003, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by grunger_kittie

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Originally Posted by Karpo_007

Or there is the possibility that we are TMNT fans

Yeah but I also know non-TMNT fans that still play the games, especially Turtles in Time and Hyperstone Heist. So if they can play them with out being fan boys such as ourselves, just proves mah point

True, they are also excellent games. I still play the Aracde version with amem several times a week.

Pidgeot018 · 05-23-2003, 07:14 AM

The beauty of the old games is that it threw in just about any TMNT character from any universe and it still was fun. In TMNT III you had Rahzar hanging out in the Technodrome. I think their were some Fugitoids running around there too. Worked for me.

Ninja Tiptup · 05-23-2003, 08:46 AM

At least they looked like Fugitoid.

TMNT 4 alone had some of coolest characters in the TMNT universe. Metal Head, Baxter the Fly, Rat King, The Pizza MonstersSlash, The Rock Soldiers, Bebop and Rocksteady (dress like pirates), Tokka and Razor, Leatherhead, 2 versions of Krang, and regualar and Super Shredder. Through out the other games you were able to fight Ground Chuck, Dirt Bag, Baxter (not as a fly), Tatsu, and many more. Not too mention all the foot soldiers (varieties of them) and mousers scattered everywhere. Truely enjoyable beat 'em up goodness.

*Anarchistguy* · 05-24-2003, 09:48 PM

Hey, I know it's ot of subject but, have any of you guys ever played "TMNT: The Manhattan Missions"?

Oxnard Hamster · 05-24-2003, 10:11 PM

As for the NES trilogy, I think 2 is the best. In a way, I like it better than the Arcade version, because the two extra levels, particularly the Ninja Dojo with the white tigers, are sweet.
I just wish they let you fight Bebop and Rocksteady simultaneously instead of Backster as a Fly. Oh well.
As for the 3, I never could figure out a good pattern and rhthym against most of the bosses. It's like for most, you are forced to use your special move, which I have trouble executing and it takes off a bar of your health. Or maybe I just didn't practice enough. The only one I could finish consistently is 2. I beat the original once, after many, many years. And I beat the third, but I had to use cheat codes.
I never tried Hyperstone Heist or the second and third Game Boy installments. I'll have to change that someday...

crgX82 · 05-25-2003, 01:15 AM

I've played manhatten missions using an emulator. I had no ideas what the controls were so i never got far. As for the NES versions, I'm surprised no one has mentioned the original TMNT 1. What's everyones opinions on it? I absolutely love the game. Being able to switch between all 4 turtles was good idea. Too bad its not used in the other games.

Oxnard Hamster · 05-25-2003, 02:39 AM

After you die in 3, you can switch turtles.
I think 1 is a good game, just a little too hard for my tastes. I would never have finished it if I didn't stock up on scrolls in area 3. I had at least 60 for each turtle.
Those porcupines in area 5 and those guys with the jetpacks and lazers in area 6 give me a bad case of shell shock.

**Karpo_007** · 05-25-2003, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Oxnard Hamster

As for the NES trilogy, I think 2 is the best. In a way, I like it better than the Arcade version, because the two extra levels, particularly the Ninja Dojo with the white tigers, are sweet.
I just wish they let you fight Bebop and Rocksteady simultaneously instead of Backster as a Fly. Oh well.
As for the 3, I never could figure out a good pattern and rhthym against most of the bosses. It's like for most, you are forced to use your special move, which I have trouble executing and it takes off a bar of your health. Or maybe I just didn't practice enough. The only one I could finish consistently is 2. I beat the original once, after many, many years. And I beat the third, but I had to use cheat codes.
I never tried Hyperstone Heist or the second and third Game Boy installments. I'll have to change that someday...

I never undestand why some people like it more. Even if it has extra levels, it is completely inferior, both graphically and gameplay. Only thing I can think of is that levels are longer but that doesn't make it a batter game. Now TMNT 3 for NES is original, not a limited conversion. It must be my faorite TMNT nes game.

*Stone Ill* · 05-25-2003, 09:43 AM

So what's the "CLASSIC TMNT GAME"? Was it on an Arcade Machine?

**Karpo_007** · 05-25-2003, 10:01 AM

Yes. There are two aracde games, TMNT and TMNT 2: turtles in time.

05-22-2003, 04:55 PM	#1
Aztec General Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,437	TMNT Side Scrollers I loved (and still do) the wave of TMNT side scrollers from back in the day. It all started with the TMNT arcade game which is still a classic. I still have TMNT II: The Arcade Game and TMNT III: The Manhattan Project for NES. Man these games really do hold up to the test of time. I'm psyched to see that the new game will also be a side scroller. From the screenshots I've seen it looks like it might have a similar feel to the orignal arcade classics. __________________

05-22-2003, 08:44 PM	#8
XERO Hybrid Theorist Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Alamo City Posts: 8,185	Forgive me for asking this stupid question, but how good was Hyperstone Heist? That's the one TMNT game I never got to play. __________________ "Travel at the speed of light... then hit the nitro!"

05-22-2003, 10:56 PM	#10
Ninja Tiptup Mad Scientist Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Washington Posts: 1,451	I've yet to pick up the Hyperstone Heist ( I want it soooo bad), but I do have the rom and have completed the game once or twice. The roms of the arcades are off the chain! I love them so much I wish they were on a new console GCN and Xbox are screaming for such great gameplay and nostalgia. 4 player TMNT is one of the greatest multiplayer experiences known to man. I own all but 2 of the TMNT console games. NES: - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - TMNT II: The Arcade Game - TMNT III: The Manhattan Project (rare) - TMNT: Tournament Fighters (incredibly rare, many people don't even know it exists) SNES: - TMNT IV: Turtles in Time (IMO the best TMNT game ever!) - TMNT: Tournament Fighters (I just picked it up finally) Gameboy: - TMNT: Fall of the Foot Clan (I really like this one for some reason, simplicty I guess) - TMNT II: Return to the Sewers - TMNT III: The Radical Rescue (incredibly rare, and the last TMNT game from the original series) I've yet to get both The Hyperstone Heist and Tournament Fighters for the Genesis. I hope to get them in the near future, but they are both quite rare so I have no idea when I'll be able to get them. I found THH once for 9.99 but I didn't have any money at the time I've yet to find Tournament Fighters, but it goes for 7.99 at GameStop so I should be able to get it eventually. If all else fails there is always ebay. __________________ It's weird to be normal, and it's normal to be weird.

05-23-2003, 07:14 AM	#12
Pidgeot018 Random Punk Join Date: May 2003 Location: Ohio Posts: 29	The beauty of the old games is that it threw in just about any TMNT character from any universe and it still was fun. In TMNT III you had Rahzar hanging out in the Technodrome. I think their were some Fugitoids running around there too. Worked for me. __________________ "We can't ignore the danger, we must conquer it." -Optimus Prime, TRANSFORMERS: Generation 1

05-23-2003, 08:46 AM	#13
Ninja Tiptup Mad Scientist Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Washington Posts: 1,451	At least they looked like Fugitoid. TMNT 4 alone had some of coolest characters in the TMNT universe. Metal Head, Baxter the Fly, Rat King, The Pizza MonstersSlash, The Rock Soldiers, Bebop and Rocksteady (dress like pirates), Tokka and Razor, Leatherhead, 2 versions of Krang, and regualar and Super Shredder. Through out the other games you were able to fight Ground Chuck, Dirt Bag, Baxter (not as a fly), Tatsu, and many more. Not too mention all the foot soldiers (varieties of them) and mousers scattered everywhere. Truely enjoyable beat 'em up goodness. __________________ It's weird to be normal, and it's normal to be weird.

05-22-2003, 05:24 PM	#2
Karpo_007 Inactive Moderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 8,798	I don't bother with the Nes Conversion of Arcade game anymore, Original is so much better. I play Manhattan project tough.

05-22-2003, 05:39 PM	#4
Karpo_007 Inactive Moderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 8,798	Or there is the possibility that we are TMNT fans ;)

05-22-2003, 05:54 PM	#5
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	I think Karpo speaks the truth on this topic!

05-24-2003, 09:48 PM	#14
Anarchistguy Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canada (This country is too peaceful, Something's up...) Posts: 2,137	Hey, I know it's ot of subject but, have any of you guys ever played "TMNT: The Manhattan Missions"? __________________ M.D.K. Maim! Destroy! Kill!!! "When my time comes, I wanna be buried face down, so those who don't like me can kiss my ass!"

05-24-2003, 10:11 PM	#15
Oxnard Hamster Thug Join Date: May 2003 Location: Kansas Posts: 59	NES games As for the NES trilogy, I think 2 is the best. In a way, I like it better than the Arcade version, because the two extra levels, particularly the Ninja Dojo with the white tigers, are sweet. I just wish they let you fight Bebop and Rocksteady simultaneously instead of Backster as a Fly. Oh well. As for the 3, I never could figure out a good pattern and rhthym against most of the bosses. It's like for most, you are forced to use your special move, which I have trouble executing and it takes off a bar of your health. Or maybe I just didn't practice enough. The only one I could finish consistently is 2. I beat the original once, after many, many years. And I beat the third, but I had to use cheat codes. I never tried Hyperstone Heist or the second and third Game Boy installments. I'll have to change that someday... __________________ Sometimes it's darkest just before dawn.

05-25-2003, 01:15 AM	#16
crgX82 Random Punk Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 26	I've played manhatten missions using an emulator. I had no ideas what the controls were so i never got far. As for the NES versions, I'm surprised no one has mentioned the original TMNT 1. What's everyones opinions on it? I absolutely love the game. Being able to switch between all 4 turtles was good idea. Too bad its not used in the other games.

05-25-2003, 02:39 AM	#17
Oxnard Hamster Thug Join Date: May 2003 Location: Kansas Posts: 59	TMNT 1 After you die in 3, you can switch turtles. I think 1 is a good game, just a little too hard for my tastes. I would never have finished it if I didn't stock up on scrolls in area 3. I had at least 60 for each turtle. Those porcupines in area 5 and those guys with the jetpacks and lazers in area 6 give me a bad case of shell shock. __________________ Sometimes it's darkest just before dawn.

05-25-2003, 09:43 AM	#19
Stone Ill Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Burlington, Ontario Posts: 2,397	So what's the "CLASSIC TMNT GAME"? Was it on an Arcade Machine?

05-25-2003, 10:01 AM	#20
Karpo_007 Inactive Moderator Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Finland Posts: 8,798	Yes. There are two aracde games, TMNT and TMNT 2: turtles in time.