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written by Mr. Vorhias , October 05, 2008

Too dang true.

!!!
written by orwellianson , October 05, 2008

Delightful video, terrible game.

Ain't That The Truth
written by Mister Chris , October 05, 2008

So much childhood time, wasted on that game... so sad.

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written by Bassie , October 05, 2008

Damn.....that death sucks

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written by ScottishInsomnia , October 05, 2008

yep.. thats pretty accurate

I may have not played this game...
written by Bahamut , October 05, 2008

But I've sure as hell seen people getting killed right away on this game. I wouldn't mind seeing more 5 Second Games on this site.

Nice Truck
written by Vincent , October 05, 2008

Probably the first game I returned to the shop.

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written by Seraphim Sisters , October 05, 2008

Am I the only one who actually liked that game enough to even finish it? >>;
Although for the most part that is true. There were parts in it that pissed me off but for some reason I liked the game.

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written by Geoffrey , October 05, 2008

No, Seraphim, you're not the only one. I had that game on the Commodore 64 and being an 8-year-old boy, I was easily entertained. So this game stands proudly on my "I can play this" list .

You just walk over the gap!
written by Judgment , October 05, 2008

Touché, Benzaie, touché ...

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written by Unl1v3d , October 05, 2008

I had this game to ZX Spectrum +2... That sound of the turtle being killed still makes me sad

Ugh...
written by forteblast , October 05, 2008

I had the PC version of TMNT, and it wasn't just hard to beat, it was completely impossible!

No, seriously. I have proof:
http://www.scary-crayon.com/games/tmnt12pc/

I finally did beat it with the cheat code mentioned on that page, though.

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written by Ghostmayhem , October 05, 2008

Thatguywiththeglassssssssses
Nice video, it perfectly summarizes this horribly frustrating game.

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written by CultconXIX , October 05, 2008

You have managed to surpress all that childhood frustration I had to endure, into a death of a turtle. You're either genious or geniously mad.

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written by TyVulpine , October 05, 2008

I could get all the way to the room just before Shredder...then "die" (and lose Donatello) at which point I'd give up, since you really can't get through the TechnoDrome without Donnie.

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written by JinLee86 , October 05, 2008

This game wasn't particularly all that difficult. Yeah, some parts sucked, but all it takes is a couple of tries before figuring out what to do.

lol
written by genocyde83 , October 05, 2008

That's exactly how I remember that game. I wish I only had spent 5 sec playing it instead of months. You are a machine benzaie, 3 new shows while living in a new country. You are the man

So simple...........
written by NegaJoe , October 05, 2008

.........and yet so ingenious. Describes this game perfectly. I slaved away at this game for so long as a kid, half the time I would just stare at the screen trying to figure out just what the hell was killing me. You fight everything from a floating pair of legs to a guy with a chainsaw...........didn't remember him from the show.

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written by kevenz , October 05, 2008

"didn't remember him from the show"

games don't have to follow the show accurately you know...

wrong perception.
written by gasto5 , October 05, 2008

Since the AVGN criticised this game, I didn't understand why, its not a crappy game, Konami can't make crappy games, it is not coded into their brain.

I played the game as a kid and enjoyed it. If you were so lame as to crave suicide by running directly to a road-roller, than there's no activity but to blame yourself.

Varied gameplay, action packed, and 4 characters to choose from, a lot more than the games at that time offered.

Yeah, I know, difficult as hell, and almost impossible last level. But still enjoyable.

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written by JinLee86 , October 05, 2008

The Nerd was most likely being entertaining over being serious in this game. Yeah, there were difficult parts, but it's easy to figure them out. One point I make is the underwater portion. When you're in the seaweed, wait until the very last moment and switch turtles. It makes things much easier.
Another "secret" (I use that term loosely) is to enter, exit, and re-enter the sewers to keep getting pizzas to build health.

I think it's a fun game and people are being WAY too hard on it.

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written by Sl0th , October 06, 2008

Yeah, that about sums up that game.

I remember playing (or torturing myself with) that game when I was a kid. I never got past the part where you have to swim around and defuse bombs in an inexplicably electrified coral reef. I'm to this day convinced there is no game past that part because it would take some kind of sentient computer to have precise enough control to both beat the timer and not slam into a wall. ...Or liberal use of a Game Genie. Either way.

99 Scroll Trick
written by Narrator007 , October 06, 2008

Those final stages were indeed extremely hard. The only way I was able to beat them was by using a trick in the sewers of stage 3. One of the first places you can grab the best power-up weapon in the game, the Scroll, is near the end of a sewer section, right before the ladder leading back out onto the streets. Grabbing that power-up gives your turtle 20 Scrolls. But here's the best part.

It respawns. Just go up the ladder, out onto the street, then jump back in the manhole, and the Scroll is BACK, baby!! Repeat 5 times, then switch turtles. After 20 trips, ALL 4 of your turtles will have 99 Scrolls, and as long as you are careful to switch back to your regular weapons and only use the Scrolls when you need them, you should have enough to make it to end of the game. This makes the Technodrome MUCH more beatable.

Boomerang Trick
written by Narrator007 , October 06, 2008

Here's one more trick that's useful before stage 3. The Boomerang power-up (which gives 5 Boomerangs per box, I think) is not only the only special weapon that can be re-used, it can ALSO be shared.

After you throw each Boomerang, the number you have left decreases by 1, but as you catch each 1 on the return flight, it increases by 1 (you had to be careful that you DID catch them, tho, as if you jumped or ducked they could fly past you and be lost forever).

Here's the trick to sharing this special weapon. Select the turtle who has the Boomerangs, throw up to 3 of them, then quickly switch to the turtle-select screen and SWITCH turtles. When you come back, the Boomerangs will return to the new turtle. This works even if your other turtles do not have ANY special weapon yet. So if Donatello grabs 20 Boomerangs early, you can give 5 each to Leo, Raph, and Mike (or 10 each to 2 of them if the others have Shurikens/throwing stars to use up first).

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written by Wolf92 , October 06, 2008

First game= shit
rest of the games= gold

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written by jailene19wun , October 06, 2008

I knew it was going to be like that!!!
still this is great. it should be the 5 second theme (death) for most of the horible games ***caugh E.T. caugh*** lol

I think..
written by nsonic79 , October 06, 2008

we all ended up doing that when we first played this game, myself included..

ha
written by SpazzMaster , October 06, 2008

not sure if you're referencing the irate gamer, but it's still funny as hell.

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written by LaRue , October 07, 2008

Yep. Pretty accurate.

Bof...
written by AzureDarkGod , October 08, 2008

Sorry dude, and I know I'm gonna get thumbed down for this, but I thought it was shitty...I mean, it's already been reviewed many times, so why would we need a 5 seconds about it?

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written by JimmyboneD , October 12, 2008

so why would we need a 5 seconds about it?

Well because this wasn't a review. Just making fun of a bad game. :-]