NES Longplay [004] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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[@btnhl]

It is always a bit depressing when the video gets to levels you aren't sure you recognize and then ones you clearly don't and realize that is where you peaked as a child.

[@freespace2dotcom]

My peak was at the Technodrome. Never could beat it. Even getting there was a Herculean task only accomplished every blue moon.

[@Blackavelli202]

Just watching the water level brings back old frustrations from my childhood.

[@LchanOtakudom]

Wow.... You made this game, which tormented me in my childhood, look so.... Beatable..! Congrats!

[@Dissent1]

This game was like self-inflicted child abuse.

[@RealArtVandelay]

but it was soooo gooooood

[@Mr-Ad-196]

@@RealArtVandelay yea.

[@Matt-mp5py]

Everyone says that, but I played it when it was first released and didn’t find it to be that bad. I think thanks to present day retro reviewers,who weren’t even alive in the 80’s, it’s been given the bad reputation.

[@Rutawind]

@@Matt-mp5py AVGN pretty much single handedly stained this game's reputation forever

[@Jackattack359]

@@Rutawinduntil Mike made a video defending it

[@YokozunaNumber1]

I don't care what some gamers think; this game rules. One of the all-time great NES favorites of mine.

[@LoganHunter82]

I've never realized it before, but the opening themesong sounds a lot like "Stone cold Crazy" :)

[@momofresh_rec]

It bugs me so much when he doesn't pick up the pizzas.

[@DovaSqueakiinsGaming]

there is actually a thing in this game that if you are very low on health you do more damage. Like almost one shot everything. Not sure why but i remember that was a thing.

[@123TauruZ321]

And we spent evenings getting headaches trying to beat this game, you've done it in this short period of time. Ironic.

[@Vath121]

Can be beat in 23 minutes? I feel like I played it for an hour and never got anywhere xD.

[@aguyandhiscomputer]

I resorted to driving around in the van acting like I was beating the game.

[@sainttrunks1982]

+aguyandhiscomputer i thought we all did when i had the game. back when i was 8

[@suchiuomizu]

I never had the chance. Never made it past the underwater part.

[@Mr-Ad-196]

Me too, never finished the game.

[@ravensnflies8167]

i played the fucker for years and never beat it... one of the ones i never reached the mountain on...

[@carlosvinicius3845]

Meu primeiro jogo da Vida, tinha 5 anos, melhor jogo das tartarugas ninjas, parabéns pela run, incrível

[@essex_120_union9]

It took me almost 4 years of practice and dedication to finally beat this game and this guy completely destroys it in less than 30 minutes... What am I doing wrong?

[@BrotherChimaobi]

First of all, that tune which plays when you drive the van is so awesome. I remember playing this when I was 9 or so, the dam level was so dam intense (pun intended). I vividly recall that taking-damage sound when you touch the weeds, I was sweating so bad. Never beat this game though, reached the very last stage but didn't find the boss I believe. Good times.

[@MegaBondagemon]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Meat Shields For Donatello.

[@btnhl]

Who doesn't love such classic character as boomerang guy and mutant frog?

[@kenrickeason]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Don't forget fire man and his little flames

[@haveyboythebighuggerkid7733]

and that weird guy who cant stop ducking like a sissy though i kinda like it i wish the flaws were ripped out though especially the tecnodrome part too..... much.....junk ...... on the screen i dont like raph in this game his weapon is super short

[@justice4all371]

My favorites are the missile balloons and flying head robots!

[@Jpashkovsky]

I was about 6 or 7 when i got to play this game. Judging by comments many people couldnt beat the water level. As a kid I beat that but never advanced much further. I am now 33 and got the rom for this and have been able to play it again. I could still beat the water level (barely) but again cant advance much further. Seriously what were developers thinking back then? If you were born in the 80s we had the hardest video games of all time. Come to think of it, almost all the NES, SNES, Genesis games i got to play i would say most were never beat. Back then, i guess i just felt that was the norm and never truly got that upset. Kids today would be crying to their parents how hard it is. Back then with no internet, we just accepted it.

[@Hugh_G_Rekshun69]

Yeah this game was HARD.

[@michael-johnbrown2881]

strategize i made to to stage 5 out of 6 the bomb stage is the easiest just watch the timer and your life meter and switch turtles when your turtle has 2 squares of life hint use Michaelangelo and Raphael since there your weakest turtles in the game so that Leonardo and donatello can heal your turles in the next stage another good strategy is save your 2 weapons for boss fights like your boomerangs and stuff trust me learn from your mistakes improve your timing and you will be one of the players like me that make it to level 4 or higher oh and if you lose all your turtles you can always use your continues

[@MrKanjidude]

The person playing the game is a god. An arrogant god, skipping pizzas. Seriously though, amazing! I only reached Shredder twice, but never beat him.

[@BarthelemyLesaint]

Damn that game was hard !

[@BlueBoy0]

Good video. You have my support.

[@RoyStantz]

This resulted in the TMNT NES game becoming a hybrid of the original comic and 1987 cartoon series, a bridging of the two very different iterations of TMNT. Barron explains further that when the first TMNT movie initially began funding and planning, the details on the story were very brief and only had certain scenes, the kidnapping of Splinter and the burning of the antique store. This is why some scenes are shared between the game and the movie despite them being so far apart in release date.

[@ismhmr]

1st. I remember this being a lot longer. 2nd. I would have been pissed if I finally beat it and got that ending.

[@2zporygon]

call me crazy, but judging from this players strategies, im considering getting this game

[@8-bitkiwi77]

2zporygon I love this game you really should get it

[@pyrobison2002]

It’s awesome

[@michael-johnbrown2881]

its a good game dont let the negative reviews from people get you down the bomb stage is piss ass easy i made it to stage 5 its like every game out there its trail and error i bet there is people who hate the super mario bro games just because they cant make it over the first pipe people are going to hate any game regardless if its good or not plus this game was on the nintendo power top 20 for awhile and it even hit first place so i dont know whats with the hate this game had for awhile

[@jasonsmith8300]

@@pyrobison2002 It's impossible.

[@rickymoranjr9609]

2zPorygon you should, it's awesome. take my advice because i played this game when i still had my Nintendo system.

[@TheCodedtestament]

Quite challenging even after all these years!! Brings back many memories!

[@thephantom496]

This game is a classic that brings me much nostalgia. AND HOW DID YOU DO THAT JUMP AT 8:09?!

[@rickyray2794]

God this game used to aggravate the hell out of me.

[@animalchandler]

A jet blimp and Splinter turning back into a human? YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT!!!

[@dezm101]

I dont care what any shitty game reviewer thinks... I love this game! Its great, one of the first NES games I played back in the 80s, I bought it right away and spent the next year beating it, I got hours upon hours of gameplay and finally completing it felt like an amazing accomplishment... games back then didnt care about holding your hamd, you had to learn to get through it will pure skills and memorization.. ACE

[@fudgerounds472]

An underrated game in todays world of gamers raised on 360 and PS3. Nice vid. It's great to find play-throughs that don't have voic-eovers glazed across them like so much liquid annoyance which make me want to scoop out my eardrums with a melon-baller. Again, nice stuff.

[@BennyMcGhee]

I grew up with this game and I play the dam level to relax...and still I’ve only made it to Shredder ONE time in all those 31 years.

[@jsan4864]

Amazing speed run! Made it look so easy for a game that was hard to beat! Legit!

[@TheOneTrueFingal]

Great work! I especially liked the way you got through the closing walls bit before the Giant Mouser boss. I hated that part of the game more than the dam stage, back in the day.

[@iciouailleurs1977]

Ah, what good memories of youth with this good old arcade game. Sometimes I still play it from time to time to pass the time thanks to an emulator, and I admit I still love it so much.

[@giorgiomx]

On water stage, I always thought those were air tanks, for the way the turtles look hooked at them, I didn't know English as a kid either or maybe didn't read the text

[@ICEGOD2]

When I beat this game as a kid, I felt damn good.

[@davidsimon223]

+ICEGOD2 I never know what shredder was until I finally beaat the WHOLE game!

[@aligboyakasha]

I wish I knew that feeling damn

[@TheBigDynamo]

Now that I can boldly assume was something to brag about at the time of this game's release

[@KawaiiGames]

This game is Awesome, one of the Nintendo Classics, I had original cartrige and beated up the game all by myself when i Was about age of 10 ;)

[@Akiramarusama]

Even though this game was hard AF never hated it as a kid, love it every time I sit and played it, even today.

[@Clonekiller66]

Fun Fact: game makers purposely made these games extremely hard, becyz otherwize it would take u like 10 minets to beat the game. The cartridge couldn't hold a years worth of game like they can today

[@DSDMovies]

"Now I can turn back to human form." Eh? It's like he could choose when. Did he think he'd give better advice while still a rat?

[@svedenvaara]

Splinter turns back into a human using the anti-mutagen gun they get from defeating Shredder. It's the gun he's using during the fight.

[@markoalmendarezwarrior8822]

genial men....otro juego de mi infancia que nunca pude acabar.....despues de ver tu video nunca pense que me falto muy poquito para llegar con shreeder.... gracias por compartirlo.....saludozzzz

[@RoyStantz]

At times, this game comes under attack for not reflecting the Fred Wolf-produced TMNT cartoon all that well, especially by KZbin users who inexplicably do commentary with little to no research whatsoever. A quick timeline inspection from director of the first live action TMNT film, Steve Barron, and details from Bey Logan and the Golden Harvest production help clears up some questions and rumors surrounding the game.

[@TheRisingTide89]

This, pac-man, mario, *ick tracy, jurassic park were my first games to play around 3 years old.. Loved this game and once maybe at around age 5 got to some boss after jumping on top of buildings in an outside area and died, but will remember that morning forever.

[@AMank-s8f]

OMG, this was super cool. I loved watching someone beat this hard game in under 25 minutes!

[@inutted4594]

Got this for my bday in 91 beat the game in 98😂. And this guy beats the game less then 30mins nice

[@Rafitchas22]

Man, I never saw someone go through this game so easily...

[@infinitemartialist]

Easily one of my all time favorite classical games. To pull that off in 20 minutes, dang that's something

[@pokemontraineryang1072]

Boss at 16:46 when his mouth opens, if you push Start to open the menu screen and close it, his mouth will be closed but you will still see a dim light in his mouth where you can still hit the boss. Figured this out when me and my brothers were playing it as elementary kids.

[@AnthonyLayton90]

14 years and I finally beat it, no gamegenie on my virtual console this year. so satisfying. technodrome is such a headache

[@justinthomas7222]

some of the GREATEST video game music of all time... When someine says TMNT this is the first thing I think of.

[@robertanderson2898]

I've never played this, but thought it was longer. Still an excellent Nes title.

[@RoyStantz]

Negotiations for licensing rights began in 1986 with various developers on what was then, an underground comic sensation that had an upcoming toyline and TV miniseries that was not established in mainstream circles yet. When Konami was set to the task of making the game, their design documents and resources from Mirage Studios and Surge Licensing were based on the original TMNT comic by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman and a brief overview of the TV show that debuted in late December 1987.

[@pookiewood]

This game proves why Donny is the smartest. Long weapon FTW! Ahh the Batman cars always roaming the streets!

[@grimgroove]

What the hell are they fighting? I can't identify any of their enemies.

[@markkoetsier6475]

Most of this game was based on the original comic, that's why there aren't that many (recognizable) enemies lifted straight from the cartoon. It's also why the cover has that weird thing where everyone's color-coded like Raphael, even though that's actually inconsistent with the game itself. Still, that's literally a reused comic cover. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(Mirage_Studios)

[@sainttrunks1982]

Bacteria demons

[@mielthesquid6536]

Foot Clan soldiers and Mousers. Rocksteady and Beebop for the first bosses. The rest is self created enemies. There's not much material in the original cartoon (which this game is based on). I'm pretty sure this was meant to be a TMNT game but they had to come with a variety of other treats to make it more interesting, most licencied games from that era did that.

[@Thegamingground]

TMNT literally killed my friends NES controllers back in the days xD Especially during that part when you have to swim in the lake (sewer system?). I remember something about bombs and seaweed of death? :P

[@sainttrunks1982]

This game was a classic and i even tho it wasn't the way i thought it would be when i brought the game as a kid (i thought it would a nes version of the arcade 89' game) i still had some fun with it and a ton of frustration on the 3 stage aka turtle van level. #ThisGameBroughtMeToGameGenie

[@sharinggibbon6809]

+sainttrunks1982 and the fact that it wasn't even two players sucked!

[@Sh-hg8kf]

Sharing Gibbon Rapahel's sais sucked more

[@sainttrunks1982]

lol #TheShadowgunner

[@minstrel1184]

And at 20:14, on the last level, Mikey finally makes an appearance.

[@MajorFenix]

You have April's support... Cause she's always helpful and doesn't get kidnapped on a regular...

[@MrT8599]

Wow!!! You actually made the jump at 10:15 with no problems. That jump is SO FUCKING HARD!!!! I'm 14 BTW but I used to play this at my cousins' house. They are 28 and 25 and they used to watch the TMNT in their original days. I used to play this game along with McKids and SMB3 all the time and I always had problems at that GOD DAMN JUMP!

[@RoyStantz]

Though probably more of an accidental move rather than planned marketing, the use of Mike Dooney’s art from the TMNT #4 reprint issue from 1987 drew in the comic book fans with a familiar image, though the red bands across the entire cast of turtles led to a common misperception that the cover was subject to a print error. For those who are only familiar with either the cartoon show or the origin, comics might have trouble seeing the true benefit of this game’s content and style. Just saying.

[@NORMALLYRETRO]

Water stage...that is all

[@KJMack82]

NORMALLY RETRO broooo I know man

[@thecowboy2]

Giant moths, flying leg creatures, mutant frog-men, human torches, robot samurai with flying heads - what kind of heavy drugs did the programmers do before coming up with enemies for this game?

[@RoyStantz]

+thecowboy2 Well, development on the game clearly began around late 1987, when the first season of the first TMNT cartoon aired.

[@TheRobchar]

I remember this game when I was a kid, and yet to this day I can still beat this game very easily

[@DarKKnightt07]

I never could get pass that damn ocean level it was too freaking hard.

[@cammy85]

That's how it was in the original comic and newer series too.

[@Chinczas666]

Wimp Raphaello: Eats pizza and switch. Chad Donatello: Enters the game and rip through enemies.

[@solidsnake4272011]

Clearly hes played this game more then a few time geezz

[@mikedski9698]

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[@garypaulmesina8691]

What tune they used in that dark stage? Rolling stones no?

[@AzrenSA]

I love how Shredder's hand looks like it's actually sticking out of the TV in the scene at 6:47.

[@Solarmass7-7]

I had this game. Dam we’ve come along way in gaming.

[@MrCharles26]

Thanks for making this! And you have my support.

[@AquamentusZero]

I used to play this as a kid. Memories are brought back.

[@marny129]

The water level is a cakewalk...I think some of you didn't realize you can switch turtles lol

[@TheRobchar]

I played this game to death and became amazing at it, I still play to this day every now and then

[@SoulConstruct]

8:13 wow, that was an awesome jump! You basically skipped the whole upper floor of that building just by jumping up to the top platform. Awesome!

[@rickyray2794]

Shit I remember when there was too many enemies an whatnot on screen the bottom used to flash and the framerate would drop down haha

[@SonicTheHedgehog17]

Here's a trick: at the title screen press SELECT a desired number of times to skip to a desired stage (for example, press it twice to go to stage 3)

[@edwardyana9234]

This is the best Ninja Turtles game EVER!!!! and the hardest!

[@RoyStantz]

While it’s true the majority of the enemies are completely original, by the time the game was in actual development, the Fred Wolf TMNT cartoon show simply didn’t feature a very large cast beyond the central figures. The more sci-fi inspired enemies featured does reflect the original comics which featured more science fiction elements due to Laird’s love for the genre. Further bridging was done with the cover art.

[@RoyStantz]

This fact probably helped the game become the million dollar seller more than what it’s given credit for. The cartoonization of the very gritty reptilian mutants had left the original fanbase disgruntled, to put it mildly, and the 1987 show was as close to a bizarro world as it could be - a bright art style and slapstic humor, essentially a half hour toy commercial, though with a certain amount of heart.

[@andyszwejda3101]

Unfortunately never beat the TechnoDrome boss, but now I know how to. Use Scrolls to take out the front claw and the two sentry guns, then use either Leo's Sword or Donnie's Staff to take out the Foot Soldier deploying hatch. With all of those down, putting that eye out of its misery would be as simple as that!

[@krustykraken9331]

Hey guys, looks like she's not wearing any clothes around 2:27. 2:30 Woahohoa! Oh BABY.

[@Kimkimkim2k]

I never could manage to use the rope. How did you do that?

[@hempprotein]

Holy Crap, i was like a minute away from Shredder 35 years ago. And i never even got to fight him!!! Those flying bastards always killed me lolol now i can see how doable the level is lololol

[@Boonehams]

Let's not forget that by comic book and movie continuity, he was never human in the first place -- he was always a normal rat who turned into an anthropomorphic rat mutant. Also, in the opening cinematic prior to the title screen, Splinter looks like a pink rabbit. That always bothered me ever since I was a kid and first played the game.

[@Garbimba1900]

Master Splinter: Get the blimp to chase the helicopter Me: Are you sure those are comparable in speed?

[@jhonanxhen212]

Water Level: F*cking Hardess

[@KJMack82]

Jhonan Xhen facts!!

[@michael-johnbrown2881]

the only part thats hard is the electric coral if you dont let your energy go under 2 squares and change turtles and stay away from the seaweed that kills your turtle then you should do good trust me its not hard the dam stage i have a 90 plus percent average of beating the stage i even help my friends with that stage

[@Imperial_Boltgun]

I remember getting to the technodrome just once when i was a kid, i got too excited and died instantly, those were the days.

[@SorenDaein]

All negativity about "THAT DAM LEVEL!" aside, this game provided a challenge for players back in the 80's. Let's be real, though. If Shredder and Kraang were ever this clever in the 80's cartoon, our heroes in a half shell would've been turtle soup by now.

[@wordman3624]

Thanks for your support, April. I'm sure that'll come in real handy after all the shit we had to go through 🙄

[@RoyStantz]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for NES manages to blend elements just so both fanbases can find enjoyment within, and also creates a style unique to the game, for example blending the red clothed Shredder from the Mirage universe with the cartoony sidekicks Rocksteady and Bebop. A complaint that often arises from fans is the cast of enemies, which consists of weird aliens and an ensemble of unknowns.

[@DwayneOnFire]

GG dude :) this game was one of the hardest one in my childhood. i could nevver beat shredder ^^

[@OjamajoNeko216]

That thing at 18:18 looks like sandslash. LOL :)

[@RainMan34]

Oh man... I used to LOOOVEEEEEEEEE this game. Never beat it though. Would always get lost in the third area.

[@rodylermglez]

All that grief for that shitty end!? Splinter returns to his human form? Ugh...

[@HiddenInTheTruth]

7:10- Holy $#!T, his hand is coming OUT OF THE SCREEN!!!

[@ramonamaruntu3998]

This game was so beautiful, but also hard.

[@MatthewBenson321]

I remember so much frustration with this game as a kid. It took so many attempts just to get to the Dam part and would almost always fail at the Dam part. I couldn't understand how a game based on my favorite cartoon show was so bad. Watching this I think part of the problem was my age at the time and being too inexperienced with games, and visually speaking it was apparently modeled after the comics.

[@UltimateGamerCC]

i know this is gonna make me sound like an utter noob but, wtf does "tool assisted" mean? i seriously need an answer b4 my brain boils in its own juices from sheer frustration.

[@Jac2Mac]

@Bastiest Could you kindly tell me what made the DOS version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles really bad compared to the NES version of this game?

[@Blackwolfninja89]

A lot of people bash on this game a lot but as you can see, if played properly the game is not so bad.