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Episode 67
After the success of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Arcade Game, Konami had been working on another great Turtles arcade hit - Turtles in Time - but they would wait to bring that game to the Super Nintendo. In the meantime, they wanted to build on what they had done on the NES, so they created The Manhattan project - an all new adventure designed exclusively for the NES!
The new game was bigger and featured tons of new enemies and bosses. The developers pulled characters from the TV show, toys, and even the movies! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: the Secret of the Ooze had recently been released in theaters, so Konami incorporated some of the characters from the film into their new game - Tokka, Rahzar, and even Super Shredder all make appearances here!
So how did this game get to our North American Nintendos? In today's episode we'll find out, and then we'll dive deep into the gameplay where we'll learn:
* All about SECRET CODES - Stage Select, Easy Mode, More Lives, and even RANDOM MODE!
* How to abuse your new special moves!
* QUICK KILL strategies for easy boss fights!
* The best strategy for beating EVERY LEVEL - Fight the Foot, and minimize lives lost!
* The secret to earning EXTRA LIVES!
* BOSS DATA - How much HP do they have? How much damage can they deal - it's all in here!
* When to SWITCH TURTLES - Always have the best character for the job!
* The best way to defeat EVERY BOSS, even SUPER SHREDDER... AND MORE!
Thanks for watching!
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[@MysticMike]

I love TMNT 3. I also love how you have that real sense of progression going from one level to another. So many different types of foot soldiers too.

[@mikec3260]

I am so with you, this is a great game. Level design, visuals, game play, and new moves makes it a win in my book. I never did own it as a kid, only rented it.

[@upyoursenator]

Love this game! To this day it's just odd that the box art cover has a Triceraton right smack in the middle but it NEVER makes an appearance in the game. 🤷‍♂️

[@wyldelf2685]

Guess the content maker doesn't like to answer people in comments , I put a good question up there , , , dang , ,

[@benhopper3363]

I remember being blown away by this game when it came out. Really impressive how much the developers were able to squeeze out of the NES at that point. A technical marvel, but also just a fun side-scrolling beat 'em up. By far the best Turtles game on the NES.

[@duckhive]

"by far" ? All 3 are really fun and technically impressive for their time. I'd saw the Arcade game has the best aesthetics and soundtrack.

[@DemitriosX]

It's amazing that a game this old, on this platform is STILL better than many modern games.

[@eSquared1210]

Facts

[@ChaoticHoly]

That's a fact, Jack!

[@captaintony1227]

This comment section is full of facts! Lol

[@jessetreadway5249]

@@ChaoticHoly No malarky!

[@nobodycares4321]

Absolute facts man. But I've heard they're bringing Turtle games back! Shredder's Revenge or something like that. I'm looking forward to seeing more.

[@thecunninlynguist]

since Turtles in time was released the same year, this one was criminally overlooked. Pretty solid turtles game.

[@ShadowSumac]

It doesn't help that by this time NES was eclipsed by Sega Genesis and SNES.

[@edwardgaines6561]

Very solid game! 8 levels with sub-bosses in some of them.

[@AndrewEvenstar]

Yeah for some reason I don't even remember this game or have even played it.

[@lostnumbr]

unfortunately i didn't get snes, so the upside was this was the turtles beatemup I got.

[@AndrewEvenstar]

@@lostnumbr 😎

[@kingcrimson3039]

When I see the konami logo, I fell a mix of nostalgia, sadness and finally rage.

[@JoJoTheOtter]

The only cure for such emptiness is pachinko and bottled water.

[@valond5172]

I just want to say I appreciate your Saturday morning release schedule. Bringing back my childhood Saturday mornings one video at a time.

[@starofjustice1]

I hadn't thought about it like that, but you're exactly right.

[@valond5172]

@@opinionshurt2905 Nah, fruity pebbles...

[@FawadBilgrami]

This probably was the best TMNT games. So many memories playing with friends and my family members.

[@edwardgaines6561]

Looking back on it, Konami's sprite artists really went all out on the variety of enemies! Many different foot soldiers and rock soldiers with different weapons!

[@fishyfinthing8854]

@@edwardgaines6561 NES have a color change mechanism, so the same foot soldier sprites can be used to make several types of them. That saved lots of memories.

[@jameshymes1842]

@@fishyfinthing8854 àà

[@upyoursenator]

This is by far my favorite TMNT game! I remember the day my dad got this for me when I was in middle school, carefully removing the wrapper from the box. I cherished this game very much, to this day I still have it with all its contents.

[@eugenestan2188]

Damn, this is my worst tmnt game and I dislike it 100%. Its a surprise to me that anyone likes ot.

[@alexkeeton5624]

I really enjoy this game. I go back and forth between Manhattan and Turtles In Time. The only thing I don’t like and Turtles In Time is that it’s the easiest TMNT Game and feels really short. Manhattan is more challenging and It has better enemy variations and Bosses. It also has the best level design of any of any TMNT Game.

[@haactgaming9687]

This channel is nostalgic to me not only for the games he plays but waking up Saturday morning to watch a new episode of “ my show”!

[@freddyvidz]

It's like waiting on Saturday Morning Cartoons

[@leiaute]

TMNT III is a good remembrance for me. It was the first games that I finished in my humble NES clone when I was a poor boy in Brazil.

[@Darknight0681]

Your guide was just in time. They just announced a full on collection of ALL the major TMNT releases from arcade to NES, GB, SNES and Genesis!

[@cuauti2]

Where? What exactly was the announcement?

[@dansmith1661]

The games have like 10 frames of lag. What a shameful port.

[@Nope-gk3yr]

@@dansmith1661You know you could turn that off right 💀

[@alkristopher]

Such a classic. I got this one for Easter one year and played it until I could nearly do the entire game blindfolded. Easily the best Turtles game on the NES. You, sir, deserve a pizza for your work--and naturally, a great big COWABUNGA!

[@matthewcerny8009]

Easter?

[@teen_laqueefa]

@@matthewcerny8009 In a basket no less

[@OroborOSX11]

This is such a good channel, and I can’t even verbalize why. It’s not like YT lacks any LPs for every game known to man, but there’s something about this guy that brings me right back to 80s and 90s gaming.

[@ThePsychoBone]

Do you think the 'YouCanBeatVideoGames' guy is a boomer like us? I would like to believe so.

[@deniskenn]

@@ThePsychoBone how old are u?

[@deniskenn]

It's because the videos have charm and no forced attitude or click bait bullshit. Definitely one of the best channels around

[@ThePsychoBone]

@@deniskenn Just a couple years younger than you.

[@deniskenn]

@@ThePsychoBone ah then we are considered millenials. Born in the 80s. Boomers are much older

[@gravelgutt-outlawblues6398]

I had this one as a kid and i played it over and over again. This brings back memories, keep up the good work!

[@IsilZhaSB]

Oh man, yeah this was one of the last games I got on the NES, and it was easily one of me and my friends favorites. We would actually beat it most times we played it, and generally by the skin of our teeth after all continues and dangling on our last few lives. lol

[@striderskorpion]

The first TMNT game was released in Japan, but before the cartoon and toys were released there. Since it wouldn't have the name recognition, they renamed the game. By the time the arcade game and its Famicom port were released, TMNT had already debuted in Japan. So they decided to keep the TMNT name except they dropped the 2 (ala Square with "Final Fantasy II" and "Final Fantasy III" on the SNES).

[@Aztyph]

This is correct. The original game was translated with the title _Geki Kame Ninja Den,_ or _Legend of the Radical Ninja Turtles._

[@dustman820]

UCBV doing this video this week was perfect timing as the TMNT Cowabunga Collection got announced today for all current consoles and this game is apart of that collection.

[@kevinlee7678]

My toes! My toes!

[@dustman820]

@@kevinlee7678 This cave is creepy!

[@Kroggnagch]

Dude my brother and I watched TMNT 1, 2, and even 3 on VHS so so SO many freakin times. We had the cartoons with the Turtles driving those like, flying cars that shot red and blue laser-like bullets and Crang and Beebop and Rock Steady are there, Baxter makes an appearance with his Mouzers and Raph threatens him with the line I’ll never forget for some reason “you’d better start talking or I’m gonna have to get sarcastic” lol born in ‘87 so it was the time for it. I got to see, tho unbeknownst to me, the exponential growth of the TMNTs popularity that sprung up in the early ‘90s and hardly slowed since.

[@mariusamber3237]

My favourite TMNT on the NES and one of the best coop games on the system as well. Thanks for doing this!

[@co81385]

I'm so happy that you are doing this game! I LOVE this game! It should be acknowledged for how many achievements it pulled for an NES game: having four slightly different and unique playable characters, many long levels, great variety in enemies, and some great graphical tricks, such as the battleship slowly coming into view during the surfboard stage, the ascent into the sky, and the subway train, during the city-in-the-sky stage, and elevator stage. It also has a great soundtrack!

[@DamonNomad82]

This was by far my favorite TMNT game of all time. I didn't own an NES myself, as I was strictly limited to 1/2 hour of electronics per day, meaning buying a game system would have been a poor investment of my very limited childhood funds. I always wanted to play this game when visiting friends or cousins who had it. I never managed to beat the game, but I got close once. My cousin and I got as far as Krang before we both ran out of continues, so the only boss I never fought was Super Shredder.

[@AshuraH]

Gosh, my favorite of the three TMNT games!

[@davidt3563]

I remember my birthday when I got this game. It's still one of the best games ever.

[@adamorly2971]

Man.. I've been with you since you've had very few subscribers and now look: you have almost 80k! Nice job. Good quality commentary and nostalgic games - great combo!

[@GrnArrow092]

I remember receiving this game for Christmas in 1992. Even back then, this game was a challenge. There was no internet for me back then, so I had to rely on skill to make my way through this game. I eventually made it to Super Shredder and I remember using Leonardo to fight him. I relied heavily on Leonardo's whirlwind attack and eventually defeated him. I remember feeling very excited when I beat Shredder. He was one of the toughest bosses in this game next to Krang. It's been 30 years since I beat this game and I never had the drive to beat it again. This remains one of the few games I've only played all the way through once in my life.

[@dustman820]

It helped where you could do the special move even at one bar of health left without penalty where other beat-em ups would not let you do a special move if your health was at that point.

[@FrenziedFury]

I got this for my 13th birthday the year it came out. 30 years later, and I still know this game inside out and rock out to the elevator stage music in my inner soundtrack.

[@Blayne06]

Fun fact about the box art -- it was taken from a similarly titled DOS title. That game had the Triceratons as enemies, and Casey Jones appears as an ally, but it didn't have the floating Manhattan Island. I admit, I stuck with Mikey the whole way through -- aside from his super move dealing the most damage per hit, it also allowed you to get out of being cornered, much like Raph's can. In Krang's second form, since both parts take damage, Mike's special can end that phase real quick if you time it to hit both parts.

[@Charvin]

TMNT 3 was just legendary. I still have great memories of playing it with my brother together.

[@richardofarms]

I like how these start with a history lesson

[@ryan489]

Awesome news. The Cowabunga collection was just announced that comes with 13 TMNT games including this masterpiece

[@suicidaleuphoria7012]

This was one of the best TMNT games ever made.

[@MoparRob440]

45:48 "And here is a foot soldier manufacturing facility" 😂😂😂 my favorite part of your video 👍

[@knightfallx9406]

One of the best games on the NES!

[@andronikoswendsofchange1151]

I played the heck out of this game as a kid. I think it was one of the first NES games I bought new. This was also the game I found out about the Konami code (although it's slightly different). A neighbor came over one day and we played co-op. All of the sudden, we were in a different screen where we could select the level, get more lives, etc. I was like "What happened?" Then he told me about the code. He must have been very subtle, because I never saw or heard him push buttons. I even swore at the time he never moved his hands or fingers. Every time after that, he very obviously put in a code, but that first time I almost thought he just willed the screen to appear.

[@Newtype00]

Another great guide. Will come in handy when The Cowabunga collection comes out later this year.

[@nicholasfrench4374]

Awesome game. Rented it a few times back in the day. Miss those days.

[@longchamps23]

Did anyone else notice that Super Shredder spends the entire time accepting and reacting to nut shots from regular attacks? He even holds his jewels as an animation.

[@The16bithero]

This game is amazing, I beat it a few months ago, and came to realize that the final stage has the same theme as "Starbase: where no turtle has gone before" from TMNT 4, and only then I realize that. Thanks for always being like a Saturday morning cartoon show for us!

[@Aztyph]

It also shares the same final boss tune as in _Turtles in Time._

[@GMUACW]

Loved this game. Only downside is you don't fight Bebop and Rocksteady (or Tokka & Rahzar) at the same time. Are those Nintendo Power scans? Raph had my favorite special attack.

[@dustman820]

Same problem with TMNT II: The Arcade Game. In the Arcade version, the parking lot level has both Bebop and Rocksteady as the boss fight, but in the NES version, it is a boss fight with the fly version of Baxter Stockman because the NES could not handle having both big sprites on the screen.

[@GMUACW]

@@dustman820 So it's the size of the sprites? Because there can be 3 foot soldiers at the same time in the NES version.

[@upyoursenator]

Another downside is not fighting a single Triceraton in the game. I mean it's right on the game's art cover (go figure).

[@DaveFu]

I always wondered why Turtles in Time was TMNT IV on the SNES, but I was too lazy to figure out why. Thanks UCANBVG!

[@scarletspidey6898]

This is my favorite NES game next to Monster in my Pocket...it's truly a nostalgic masterpiece to me...it's possibly my favorite TMNT game even more over Turtles in Time but it's close.

[@juanwhitfield7626]

"I AM THE SHREDDER!!" "A kitchen utensil??"

[@TheDumontShow]

😲 wow. TMNT 3? This is totally left field. This is possibly one of the most st slept on games Konami ever made and knowing how your skills are, this is gonna be a treat. I did beat this. It's a well made game and it's better than the second game to me

[@charlesriston8972]

I remember my dad spitting like $30 in quarters at this resort we went to on vacation, on the teenage mutant Ninja turtles arcade machine. Just so my brother and I can beat the game!!! TNMT holds a special place in my heart

[@natespnwadventures]

This was my favorite NES game of all time. Good times

[@magnus_the_grouchy_gamer]

Well the release of this video was timed perfectly! Really excited for the Cowabunga Collection!!!

[@DaShonuff]

Timing is so weird. They just announced a TMNT compilations pack coming soon which includes this game. Glad people will have a chance to try this game.

[@davidt3563]

Turtles totally predicted the state of our bridges!

[@SpiralSword40]

This is easily my favorite TMNT game of all time. I wish this game would've had an Arcade version like the TMNT 2 game did. So many cool bosses, Foot Soldiers, and stages. I love this game.

[@PikangsFutaba]

Today something we NEVER saw coming is happening, the 4 NES games, the 2 SNES games, the 2 Sega Genesis games, the 3 Game Boy games AND the 2 Arcade games will be re-released in one big collection on all current platforms (Ps4/5, Xbox One/Series, Switch, and PC), this guide I'm pretty sure will help newcomers to the game when the collection is released for sure (the same goes to the previous 2 TMNT videos as well).

[@dustman820]

I am sure he will get to Turtles in Time and Hyperstone Heist later. He has not done any Genesis games yet, but he will get there.

[@MarshallFlores]

For me, Manhattan Project is easily the best Turtles game on NES.

[@paxhumana2015]

Whenever I see the Turtles hanging on an edge of an area in the game, I am always reminded of that character from Between the Lions that is called Cliff Hanger and his little song, which goes, "Cliff Hanger, hanging from a cliff! And that's why he's called Cliff Hanger!"

[@chasonlapointe]

Great game, When my brother and I used to play this together we joked that the boomerang Foot Solders were Banana ninjas.

[@dontmindmeonlysauronchecki5346]

Thanks for doing this game! A favorite rental of mine when I was a kid. Local gas station (remember renting from the gas station?) had a small selection of about 24 NES games, and over time I rented them all. This one was probably the best. Though we co-oped the heck out of this game, we never quite beat it. Glad to see your playthrough, though! :)

[@jjgillmen]

Man, this really brings back some wonderful childhood memories. This game, along with the other Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games of yesteryear, will be on that Konami compilation for modern platforms. Brings a smile to my face…

[@ashleyamper9204]

Thanks for playing this, really appreciate what you're doing as it helps relieve the weekly stress. More power to you and your channel and keep on gaming :)

[@mattb9664]

Gotta love those generous invincibility frames that your turtle gets during the special move. I'm playing TMNT3 and struggling, but I'll have to give it another shot now that I know some of these techniques.

[@co81385]

Just a tip that I wanted to share on fighting the rock soldiers that are carrying the steel/wooden beams: if you stand at the maximum range of your basic attack, you can hit them, and they can't reach you. Also, you can bait them into swinging the steel beams, and you can then slash at them when they are in the process of swinging.

[@IreMoss33]

“Don’t wanna get hit by some kinda strange laser limbo beam” 😂

[@ghin780]

Jeez you killed Shredder with a super kick to the balls. What a way to go out.

[@rcblazer]

An often overlooked, but stellar beat-em-up on the good old NES.

[@theuglycamel8122]

Once again, I've got my Sunday morning challenge now. Great pick and excellent walkthrough... As usual!

[@Makoto03]

TMNT just released a trailer for a collection of their older games. :)

[@malikcarson14]

Now that the tmnt collection has been announced, I’ve been watching your tmnt vids.

[@tomj4187]

happy to see this game made the cut. love the channel dude!

[@framjansen5443]

Dude that was epic..still love playing this game to this day!! Awesome presentation as always..cant wait for the next video 🤙🏼

[@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate]

I never care about IGN's rankings, really. This game will always be a gem to me.

[@PoeticProphetic]

The last boss is super shredder, meaning that it’s Kevin Nash. Just let him tear his quad and then you’ll be able to beat him easily

[@HerculesCoronaBorealis]

Absolutely love this channel. The guides on the left are totally well done. The passive jokes are awesome during play. Good quality and well done video.

[@felipev8927]

GREAT review dude !!! This is a the BEST TMNT game of all times !!! Greetings from Brazil !!! COWABUNGA !!!

[@MotherRat-ii6ji]

The soundtrack for this game is one of the best on the NES, every song is a banger.

[@katiepersons6575]

This is the Ninja turtle game we WISHED we had in the 80's. We were all CRAZY for turtles back then but the first NES game was a nightmare for us little kids!

[@nathanb1752]

Always loved this game. Love your content. Have been subscribed since the beginning. Found it interesting in this game that the points changed depending on how you killed an enemy. 400 for the throw attack and the jump kick. But 600 for a standard attack and only 200 if you finished an enemy with the special attack. Keep up the great content!

[@joeolivo8847]

Love this game, and that second stage music is classic. I already hear it in my head

[@KarmaJolt]

When a foot soldier explodes, the sound effect sounds like "Tylenol!"

[@sidgar1]

29:10 Laser Limbo sounds terrifying, like some sort of death game you'd see in a SAW movie ;)

[@vgaoct91]

Thanks for the walkthrough! I'll apply the strategies here next time I play! I can hardly wait for the next one!

[@atarimetalhead]

LOVE this game. I always start losin lives around the floating island lol. Great video! Keep em rollin!

[@neoskrieger]

Damn, my favourite nes game and it was also my introduction to the turtles franchise. Great video btw. Gonna replay it right now! with your strategies of course!!

[@SuperBazsle]

With the Cowabunga Collection just announced for later this year, I may have to play this when that comes out! Great video!

[@striderskorpion]

Those "robot Foots" appear to be based on Fugitoid who was a Turtles ally in the original comics and the toyline.

[@SonicTheHedgehog17]

This was my first Turtles game I cleared as a kid, though it took me all continues and I barely beaten Super Shredder as Leo on my last life. Eventually I improved enough to clear the game in about an hour. One thing I really like in this game is the various ways the Foot Soldiers enter the screen - not just by walking from the sides, but also breaking glass, from the sewers, turning from statues, riding on balls... variety is good.

[@AdityaKumar-th7rp]

First game of my life..... it's was my brother's and my dream to complete....when i completed it solo .....i felt the joy which is incomparable.... whenever i am low i use mesen to play this game on my pc and poof pain goes away.... it's true love for me ❤

[@Loader2K1]

Quick correction: Our _TMNT1_ WAS released in Japan, but just under a different name. In Japan, for whatever reason, our _TMNT1_ was released as _Gekikame Ninja Den_ (literally _Fierce Turtle Ninja Legend_ ). Besides the language differences, for whatever reason, April O'Neill is Master Splinter's biological daughter in that version of the game. Anyway, great walkthrough as always!

[@paxhumana2015]

Ironically, in one version of the TMNT franchise, not only does Shredder have a daughter, but Splinter has one as well.

[@dtcharo]

I always enjoyed this game more than Turtles in Time. Fantastic video! I never owned it as a kid, but it was rented multiple times and thoroughly beaten.

[@paxhumana2015]

I found Turtles in Time to be the better game, especially the SNES/NSFC port of the game.

[@dennispendry6601]

Another classic upload. I stay tuned every weekend for these. Please keep up the great work.

[@bdawg4231]

Holy freaking balls I loved this game as a kid!!

[@matthagen67]

The best TMNT game ever.

[@nakamaswarrior292]

This game is being re-released as part of the Ninja Turtles Cowabunga Collection

[@JRPennyPacker]

Easily the best of the 3 nes games. One of my favorites ever.

[@brazilmugenteam]

Oh thanks for such a detailed guide, dude, it was amazing to watch it.

[@CC-bm3wb]

My brother and I beat TMTN 3 so many times as kids. Great game!

[@wesleyoldham4222]

I can't believe Uncle Phil kidnapped April O'Neil!

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

It's hard to describe how exciting it was to get this game at Christmas time as a TMNT kid. Seeing the downfall of Konami has been sad.

[@autobotstarscream765]

Hopefully the Cowabunga Collection helps to redeem them.

[@jarlwhiterun7478]

@@autobotstarscream765 it looks like it easily could so far.

[@jeffm8212]

I love your videos, would even enjoy just playthroughs like these on easy games. The information you have on the sides during gameplay are great!

[@ochoshow8296]

I remember jump kicking for my life playing this one.

[@davecool42]

I absolutely love the end credits music. One of my favourite nes tunes.

[@TwilightPrince123]

Ah, now this was my go-to beat-em-up on the NES back in the day. Rented it once from a local video store (known then as Popcorn Video) and then got it the following Christmas~

[@lt4black]

I love the inclusion of the Nintendo Power Game Guide. I remember looking through the magazine while my parents shopped.

[@kerpa1976]

Great video. Well explained with passion. Regards. I remember buying this one for my old NES in 1992; also got A Link to the Past for the SNES that day.

[@johndripper]

thanks for the upload my fav tmnt game on nes :)