Your top 5 fave TMNT games of all time

[Coola Yagami]

For the time being, TMNT Arcade Attack is the last TMNT game to date (which btw I kinda enjoyed since it had Back to the Sewers elements)... until the Nicktoons TMNT hit it big and there'll be eventual game based on that series. So... for now, what are your top 5 favorite games of all time? I didn't put a poll because I don't think it can handle that many options. I think my faves are as follows-

1- Konami TMNT arcade game
2- SNES Turtles in Time (hardly played the arcade version)
3- SNES TMNT Tournament Fighters
4- TMNT III Manhattan Project
5- Genesis Hyperstone Heist

[MikeandRaph87]

My top five are all from the first wave because I enojy side scroll beat'em ups, the plots, and the bosses.
1. Turtles In Time (SNES version)
2. Manhattan Project(NES)
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade Game
4. Fall of The Foot Clan(GB)
5. Ninja Turtles Tournament Figher (SNES)

[Redeemer]

I think we already had a thread like this but what ever

1. TMNT 3 Manhatten Project (I love how there is a triceriton on the front but non in the game)
2. Turtles in time
3. TMNT 2 arcade (NES)
4. TMNT 3 Mutant Nightmare(G-cube)
5. TMNT (G-cube)

[pannoni1]

1. Turtles in Time (SNES): Really builds on the previous two games to a solid conclusion of the trilogy.
2. TMNT II: The Arcade Game (NES): Since I rarely played the arcade version since your power drains quicker and didn't have much spending money at the time, this was a fixture of my childhood, plus beating it on two player mode with one turtle is fun as it's a bit more challenging, plus you have two extra levels not found in the arcade version.
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES): Another childhood staple and one of the first video games I got (my fifth birthday). Still haven't beaten it without game genie and like how you can switch turtles, rescue them as damsels (plus April and Splinter), and the overhead map was neat for its time.
4. The Manhattan Project (NES): A fun sequel to II and arguably has better gameplay, but just not quite as memorable as the ones listed above.
5. TMNT (Gameboy Advance): I've never played this, but after the primitive handhelds that preceded it and from reading reviews, we finally got the mobile game we wanted. A good story and arguably the most "fun" of the 4kids-era games.

[oldmanwinters]

Since this is a list of personal favorites, I'll judge them on the basis of the enjoyment I've gotten out of these games over the years.

#1. 1989 Arcade Game
This may have been one of the reasons I got into video games in the first place. I saw that big impressive Arcade cabinet with the cool turtle art and that weird looking April O'Neil impersonator with the funky hair. The gameplay was fast and furious and the graphics just popped off the screen at me. Most of the enjoyment I got out of the NES port and (later) Hyperstone Heist on Genesis were because I could pretend I was playing the classic arcade game at home.

#2. TMNT III: The Manhatten Project
This is, in my opinion, Konami's most creative of all their TMNT games. Enemies are diverse and appear from all sides, even out of the backgrounds. Just when you think you've got all their patterns figured out, they'll hit you with some cheap move that you never saw coming. No other Turtles games has featured special attacks that are as effective and cool to watch as the ones featured in this game. The boss roster is the best use of the Fred Wolf series and Playmates Toys rogues gallery. The only knock on this game is that they teased the player by featured Triceraton heavily on the box without including him in the game. I still would love to see Dooney's uncropped art of the box art, however.

#3. The 1989 NES game
Nowadays people seem to hate this and claim its a terrible game. Part of that reason is because of the AVGN's famous review and part of it is because most modern gamers can't handle difficult 8-bit games that don't allow cheating. Beating this game was a personal challenge and I still go back to it from time to time to try and perfect my skills.

#4. SNES port of Turtles in Time
This is one that made me jealous of SNES owners since I only had a NES and Genesis. Hyperstone Heist was a solid substitute but the SNES version is king, even over its Arcade forerunner. My biggest knock on this game is that it doesn't have the sense of creativity and innovation characteristic of NES's Manhattan Project. The backgrounds are kinda dull and boring too.

#5. TMNT Smash-Up (Wii)
I was let down by the roster, but I do enjoy this game. Though its a Smash Bros. clone, I like how the focus of the fighting is on KO'ing other players rather than knocking them off the edge of the level screen. I'm not the biggest Smash Bros. fan anyway.

[Xav]

Originally Posted by pannoni1

5. TMNT (Gameboy Advance): I've never played this, but after the primitive handhelds that preceded it and from reading reviews, we finally got the mobile game we wanted. A good story and arguably the most "fun" of the 4kids-era games.

How can a game you never played be one of your favorite?

[MrPliggins]

I've Never played any TMNT games past the '90s besides smash-up..so my list is pretty limited:

1. Turtles In Time
2. Radical Rescue
3. Hyperstone Heist
4. Smash-Up
5. Manhattan Project

[Metropoliskid41]

1. 1989 NES Turtles Game-Absolutely love it, used to play it for hours on end, until my Ninetendo overheated
2. The Manhattan Project-Another one I used to play non stop. My friends and I also had TMNT NES video game marathons on New Years Eve, we used to mix it up play my top 3 choices here from 7 pm to 1 or 2 in the morning every New Years from age 6 to probably 13 or 14.
3. 1989 Arcade Game
4. TMNT Enter the Battle Nexus-I really love this game, I think it has a great story and some great action in it. Its the only game I've ever beat on 2 game systems (X-BOX & Game Cube) and is a great 4 person game. My only real gripe with it is that sometimes you seem to be standing or facing at a weird angle that sometimes makes you miss when throwing Ninja Stars.
5. SNES Turtles in Time. I wish I had this game, I loved it so much, used to play it all the time on my cousins Super Nintendo whenever we had family gatherings at their place. Turtles in Time, Power Rangers, and Double Dragons were my 3 favorite Super Nintendo games when I was a kid.

[Rowena]

my list is :
1. Turtles In Time
2. TMNT 3 Manhatten Project
3. TMNT arcade
4. SNES TMNT Tournament Fighters
5. Hyperstone Heist


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[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by Rowena

my list is :
1. Turtles In Time
2. TMNT 3 Manhatten Project
3. TMNT arcade
4. SNES TMNT Tournament Fighters
5. Hyperstone Heist

Do we have like minds are what!

Nice to me you! Drop by the introduction section and tell us what got you into turtle fandom and your favorite things TMNT.

[herugrim]

1. Hyperstone Heist - TATSU! Loved the comic book style cutscenes, short but incredibly satisfying gameplay experience. Turtles on Sega, how can you go wrong?

2. Turtles in Time arcade/Re-shelled - The 3D adptation wasn't perfect but either way I always prefer the original version over the SNES adaption because I like to keep the original shredder boss fight over the Super Shredder one which is in hyperstone heist anyway.

3. The Manhattan Project - Easily the best NES turtles game. a blast to play, lots of levels and bosses, excellent gameplay flow, only draw back in the limited graphics afforded at the time. Really tough for a kid, though. Even my brother and I playing together could never beat it, but as an adult I was able to play it all the way through.

4. The Arcade Game - By which I mean the real arcade game. It was the first really great Ninja Turtles game. A blast to play, but really needs to be released in 100% original format adapted so we can choose what turtle we play as, but with all the original music etc...

5. Turtles 2 NES - a very, VERY, tough game and sometimes glitchy if you weren't lucky but still really fun to play. A great baseline turtles game. Nothing exceptional but a great place to start.

Honorable mentions:

Turtles 1 NES - a horrible game but carries a lot of nostalgia and had a lot of depth for a turtles game. None have come since.

4Kids games - The first was terrible in every way, Battle Nexus was decent but very redundant for a 3D game, and Mutant Nightmare was...a nightmare.

Smash-Up - Meh. Neither good nor bad, just meh.

[Jester]

Here we go:
5. Mutant Melee (PC). Never completely beat it, but I had a lot of fun...and frustration...playing it. Loved that you could play as a lowly Foot Ninja.
4. Fall of the Foot Clan (GB). The only TMNT game I owned as a kid (though friends had others, and I'd rented others) it has a nostalgic value to it. Way too easy to be higher on the list.
3. Tournament Fighters (SNES). TMNT meets Street Fighter II, what more could you want?
2. TMNT Arcade. When I was a kid, the Chucky Cheese's had the 4 player cabinet. So if ever a friend had a birthday party there, me and three of my buddies would pop tokens in that puppy 'till there was no tomorrow. Luckily my friends all liked different Turtles, I didn't have to fight for Raph (But who would...his control placement sucks.)
1. Turtles in Time (SNES). It's the best beat-um-up of all time depending on who you ask, and the SNES port actually improves on the stellar arcade game with added staged and special attacks.

[ToTheNines]

5. TMNT 03 (PS2): Repetitive, yes. But I was only 12 when it came out and thought the 4kids show was the greatest thing on earth. I can still pop it in and smile.

4. Tournament Fighters (SNES): Best TMNT fighter of all time, bar none.

3. Mutant Nightmare (PS2): Based upon arguably the best season of the 4kids show, this game finally lets you roll with all 4 turtles. Win.

2. Turtles In Time (SNES): Best beat em up of all time, for sure. Only loses points in my book because I only played it a few times as a youngin... very little nostalgia factor.

1. The Manhattan Project (NES): My cousins and I played the hell outta this one back in the day... never gets old.

[Hermano Dyvas]

Apart from the first 2K3 game I have only played the oldschool games so my list is based on that.

1) NES TMNT (1989): It has huge nostalgic value, it's challenging and it's pretty unique among the tmnt games. The very first TMNT game has to be my favorite.

2) NES TMNT 2: I had huge fun as a kid playing this game with friends. It's excellent.

3)SNES TURTLES IN TIME: Same reasons I put for NES TMNT 2. I finished this game a gazillion times with friends. It's the best beat-em up TMNT game of them all. I only put it below NES TMNT 2 because it has less nostalgic value to me then that one.

4)BACK TO THE SEWERS: It's just a lot of fun.

5)RADICAL RESCUE: This one was satisfying to beat, it also tried to be more original which I always respect in a game.

[Shreddhead]

No question:
1. Turtles In Time
2. TMNT arcade
3.TMNT 3 Manhatten Project
4. Hyperstone Heist
5. SNES TMNT Tournament Fighters

[ZariusTwo]

1. Turtles In Time- I often wish the fancomic authors out there would do a comic book adaptation of this and try to fit it into the canon of the show. I personally use it as an eleventh season story.

2. TMNT Arcade- Just very "balls to the wall"

3. Hyperstone Heist- Generally a heavily abridged Turtles in Time mod, but back then this was all I could afford for the Genesis/Mega Drive.

[rav4ge]

1) Turtles in Time. The first Turtles game I played, and it also happens to be the best. I think most people can agree on that.

2) TMNT 2003 on the GBA. It's not nearly as exciting as Turtles in Time, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and it still remains one of the better TMNT games.

3) TMNT: The Arcade Game. It's so simple and enjoyable, but nowhere as crazy as Turtles in Time, and not as exciting as 2k3 on the GBA. So it'll have to settle for third place.

4) Turtles in Time Re-Shelled. A lot of people seem to hate this game, but I can't really understand why. I like the upgraded visuals, and the game is still fun to play. No, it's not 100% loyal to the original, but it deserves a place on my personal list because I actually liked it.

5) TMNT: Smash-Up. Again, MAJOR backlash on this one, but I liked what I played of it. I would have preferred a straight 1v1 fighter in the style of Street Fighter or TMNT: Tournament Fighters, but the SSB style works okay enough. It's a shame the stages are totally uninspired though... a cruise ship? Really?


Keep in mind I haven't (truly) played every TMNT game out there, so my list is only made up of games I've beat at least once.

[plasticturtle]

1 TMNT Arcade Game
2 Turtles In Time SNES
3 Fall Of The Foot Clan GB
4 Hyperstone Heist
5 Manhattan Project

[Notyetasuperhero]

1. TMNT: The Arcade Game - Played it all the time in my local Chuck-E-Cheese (which has been shut down for years) and the XBL release reignited my love for it!

2. Tournament Fighters (Genesis) - I know most people prefered the SNES version but I grew up a Sega kid and played this game everyday, sure its weird but I've played both and I still enjoy this one more plus you can be Casey c'mon! But like I said I enjoy both and that's why number 3 isssss

3. Tournament Fighters (SNES) - Like I said I like the Genesis one more but that doesnt make this game any less kick ass! A great character list and multiple play modes made this game great

4. Turtles in Time - Many consider this the greatest Turtles game ever, which I would agree with if not for my nostalgia bias and my passion for fighting games

5. Manhattan Project (NES) - One of my favorite NES games of all time!

[Ninja Tiptup]

5) Smash-Up (Wii)

I have always loved Smash Bros. so the very idea of a TMNT game like that greatly appeals to me. I enjoyed Mutant Melee to an extent but ultimately it was a lackluster gameplay experience that even my friends who like TMNT became quickly bored with.

4) The Hyperstone Heist (Genesis)

It's a bit of a frankenstein game taking elements from other TMNT games but having IMO just the right amount of challenge mixed into those mish-mashed stages makes it satisfying to finish without getting frustrating. The inclusion of Tatsu really does give it quite a few points as well.

3) Turtles in Time (Arcade)

After playing the original TMNT Arcade game through it's paces I really feel like Turtles in Time is a lot more satisfying to play. I like the graphics in both games but as good as the music is in the original arcade Turtles in Time tromps it in that department. What makes the biggest difference to me is the sound effects adding weight to attacks which the original arcade game (and Re-Shelled) doesn't do a very good job making you feel like you're hitting something.

2) The Manhattan Project (NES)

For a lengthly 2 player TMNT experience you can't top The Manhattan Project. If only it had arcade quality graphics and sound I'd probably like it best. It's a perhaps a little too hard IMO which drops the enjoyment for me just a bit but I have to give credit where it's due. TMNT's 3rd outting on the NES is an excellent game.

1) Turtles in Time (SNES)

While the allure of 4 player is going to keep the arcade in my top 5. I always have the most fun busting out the SNES for a round of Turtles in Time with my cousin. The music is even better on the SNES and the SNES version includes the best elevator music ever. I just feels great playing that on the Super Nintendo as well. The control is tight and comfortable and while it is a bit short it's just such a great time every time I play.