If You Thought TMNT The Arcade Game for NES Sucked READ NOW!

Dark Helmet · 01-28-2003, 12:44 AM

Admit it. You were a little kid at the time who used to love when Mommy and Daddy would go to the mall in the evening and give you some quarters so you could play TMNT at the arcade. After playing it time and time again at the arcade and never having enough money to beat it, you start reading in Nintendo Power magazine that the game is coming out for Nintendo and it's going to be EXACTLY like the arcade. Christmas of 1990 finally comes and you're so excited on Christmas morning that you're finally going to be able to play the arcade game in your own living room and be able to beat it without putting quarters in constantly. You pop in the game thinking that it's going to be EXACTLY like the arcade and your Nintendo's going to be speaking and singing TMNT and it's going to be the best game EVER! Instead, you pop in the game and after about 30 seconds you feel like crying because you just got coal in your stocking on Christmas morning. I tell you, that's sure as hell how I felt. I was 10 years old at the time and felt betrayed and screwed by both Nintendo and Nintendo Power magazine. The hype and letdown of that game ALONE can explain why Nintendo is in such sorry shape today. BUT, I encourage all fans of Konami's original TMNT arcade game not to dwell on the past but look to the future. WE have the power to bring this game back home and finally do it justice, maybe even make it better. Since Konami has regained the TMNT license, it is very possible that the game could be re-made. I encourage everyone reading this thread to take the time to write Konami a letter telling them how disappointed you were when you bought the 8-bit Nintendo version and how you would like it to be re-made for PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, etc. and would buy a copy. WE CAN DO IT! I wrote Konami a letter as soon as I heard they got the TMNT license back. And now it's your guy's turn! All it takes is 5 minutes and a 34 cent stamp. Since arcades are virtually obsolete, and when you do find an arcade finding the original TMNT in one is even more rare, this is the only option. Unless of course you'd prefer to play it on that piece-of-**** Nintendo and watch the power light start flashing every time you turn the power on, and then when you finally do get it to work you wonder why you went to all the trouble to begin with. I think not. The address for Konami is below. Cowabunga!!

Konami of America, Inc.
1400 Bridge Parkway
Redwood City, CA 94065

01-28-2003, 12:44 AM	#1
Dark Helmet Mouser Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 11	If You Thought TMNT The Arcade Game for NES Sucked READ NOW! Admit it. You were a little kid at the time who used to love when Mommy and Daddy would go to the mall in the evening and give you some quarters so you could play TMNT at the arcade. After playing it time and time again at the arcade and never having enough money to beat it, you start reading in Nintendo Power magazine that the game is coming out for Nintendo and it's going to be EXACTLY like the arcade. Christmas of 1990 finally comes and you're so excited on Christmas morning that you're finally going to be able to play the arcade game in your own living room and be able to beat it without putting quarters in constantly. You pop in the game thinking that it's going to be EXACTLY like the arcade and your Nintendo's going to be speaking and singing TMNT and it's going to be the best game EVER! Instead, you pop in the game and after about 30 seconds you feel like crying because you just got coal in your stocking on Christmas morning. I tell you, that's sure as hell how I felt. I was 10 years old at the time and felt betrayed and screwed by both Nintendo and Nintendo Power magazine. The hype and letdown of that game ALONE can explain why Nintendo is in such sorry shape today. BUT, I encourage all fans of Konami's original TMNT arcade game not to dwell on the past but look to the future. WE have the power to bring this game back home and finally do it justice, maybe even make it better. Since Konami has regained the TMNT license, it is very possible that the game could be re-made. I encourage everyone reading this thread to take the time to write Konami a letter telling them how disappointed you were when you bought the 8-bit Nintendo version and how you would like it to be re-made for PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, etc. and would buy a copy. WE CAN DO IT! I wrote Konami a letter as soon as I heard they got the TMNT license back. And now it's your guy's turn! All it takes is 5 minutes and a 34 cent stamp. Since arcades are virtually obsolete, and when you do find an arcade finding the original TMNT in one is even more rare, this is the only option. Unless of course you'd prefer to play it on that piece-of-**** Nintendo and watch the power light start flashing every time you turn the power on, and then when you finally do get it to work you wonder why you went to all the trouble to begin with. I think not. The address for Konami is below. Cowabunga!! Konami of America, Inc. 1400 Bridge Parkway Redwood City, CA 94065