Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, released as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: Turtles in Time in Europe, is a beat 'em up arcade video game produced by Konami and released in 1991. A sequel to the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game, it is a side-scrolling beat 'em up type game based mainly on the 1987 TMNT animated series. Originally an arcade game, Turtles in Time was ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992 under the title Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time, continuing the numbering from the earlier Ninja Turtles games released on the original NES. That same year, a game that borrowed many elements, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist, was released for the Sega Genesis.
In 2005, the arcade version of Turtles in Time was re-released on newer consoles. A slightly altered version of the arcade game was included as an unlockable bonus in the 2005 game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare. On August 5, 2009, Ubisoft released a 3D remake of the game, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled, available as a download for Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade. A downloadable PlayStation 3 version was later released via PlayStation Network on September 10, 2009.
Both the 1991 arcade game and the 1992 Super NES game were included in the Cowabunga Collection compilation, released in late August 2022.[1]
Plot[]
The game begins with the Ninja Turtles watching a TV newscast on a Sunday evening, with April O'Neil reporting from Liberty Island. Krang suddenly flies in using a giant exosuit and steals the Statue of Liberty moments before Shredder hijacks the airwaves to laugh at the Ninja Turtles.
The Ninja Turtles jump into action in downtown New York and pursue the Foot to the streets and the city sewers (then to the Technodrome in the Super NES version), where Shredder sends them through a time warp. The Turtles must fight Shredder's army in both the past and the future in order to get home. After many arduous battles, they eventually defeat Shredder and the Statue of Liberty is returned to its place.
Gameplay[]
Like its predecessor, Turtles in Time was available for the arcades in two- and four-player versions. In the two-player versions, each player gets to choose which of the four Turtles they wish to control, whereas in the four-player versions, the characters are assigned to the control panel from left to right in the following order: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael. Each playable character has his own strengths and weaknesses. New features include the ability to execute a power attack by hitting an enemy several times in a row, and the ability to slam Foot Soldiers into surrounding enemies.
The game features the same control scheme of the previous arcade release. It uses a joystick for movement, an Attack button and a Jump button. Certain joystick/button combinations can make a Turtle run, perform a slide or dash attack, jump higher, perform a stationary or directed air attack, or perform a special attack.
Players guide the Turtles through a series of levels. The first takes place in the streets of New York City, others transport the Turtles to representations of various historical eras. In each level, players face enemies from both the 1987 cartoon and the feature film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, including Foot Soldiers and Stone Warriors. Bosses featured are Baxter Stockman, Metalhead, a group of Pizza Monsters, the Rat King, Tokka and Rahzar, Shredder in a massive mecha suit, Cement Man, Slash, Bebop and Rocksteady, Leatherhead, Krang in his android suit, Krang in a huge UFO, Shredder, and Super Shredder.
There are some minor differences between the arcade version and the Super NES game. For example, the SNES version Level 4 is set in the Technodrome, from where Shredder sends the Turtles on the time warp. In the arcade game, he does it right after the Sewer Surfin' level.
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Packaging artwork[]
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Screenshots[]
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Promotional artwork[]
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Miscellaneous[]
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See also[]
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (arcade) - Previous Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist - A Sega Genesis/Mega Drive game that borrows many elements from Turtles in Time.
References[]
- ↑ Destin Legarie (31 August 2022). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection Review (English). IGN. Retrieved on 6 July 2024.
- ↑ Restored by Jefferson Taylor. @dubois_fowler at Twitter (April 15, 2023).