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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV Turtles In Time
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time

A Super Nintendo Game based on the Arcade Title

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Turtles in Time is a Blast from the Past!

  • Apr 6, 2012
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time is not only the best TMNT game out there, it is SO much more! The 90's through the very early 2000's were the best years in gaming, and It definitely goes to show. The turtles were "da' bomb" back then and playing this as a kid blew my freaking socks off. I remember playing the original  TMNT on the NES. Oh, how I remember that craptastic failure. There were very few good turtles games, but this struck green gold. First thing you will notice when you play the game, other than the improvement of graphics and audio, is you can play as all four turtles, AND its TWO-PLAYER! The controls are smooth and all turtles are on an even playing level. You don't have to reach distances with Don anymore to just barely survive. There is a good variety on levels and characters as well. You see April for only a split second here and there. Enemies include foot soldiers, roadkill rodneys, mousers, Krang, Slash, the Rat King, Tokka and Rahzar, and of course, Shredder. The stages go from modern day New York, the technodrome, a  sewer, a train, boat, and volcanic mountain--all set in the past, riding on hoverboards in a bright technologic future, and finally in the alternate present, back in the technodrome to face Super Shredder. See in this installment, Shredder takes the Statue of Liberty and the turtles trail him to the technodrome to discover that he wants to take over the world by using the Statue of Liberty and time travel. He sends the turtles through time and at the end, the turtles stop Shredder and take the Statue of Liberty back. This is a weak and senseless plot, but kicking butt doesn't really need it. I have never played the arcade version, but apparently there are minor differences between it and the SNES version like different music, and the SNES version includes minor variations on stages and bosses. There is absolutely nothing bad I can say about Turtles IV. So lets hit the ole' recap! 

Pros:
-Awesome music fans of the franchise know and love, plus new ones
-Plethera of locales and enemies to keep you busy and far from bored
-This is a Two player Co-op game, very high replay value! 
-Superb graphics, hail to the sixteen bits
-All four turtles are fully playable, and smooth controls help. 
-Super Shredder!

Cons:
For plot driven gamers, you will be disheartened by the story. It seems that they added it at the last second, either that or I'm just slow or blind. Either way, this is a minor flaw, if one at all. Cowabunga!

TMNT IV is not the best but when consoles are concerned, the game is nearly perfect. Whether or not you like the SNES or Genesis port better, that is all up to you. I grew up with the SNES so that is the version I personally recommend. 

Now that I'm finished, Im a little hungry. ITS PIZZA TIME!!!
Turtles in Time is a Blast from the Past! Turtles in Time is a Blast from the Past! Turtles in Time is a Blast from the Past! Turtles in Time is a Blast from the Past!

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April 12, 2012
An action-packed game will sell.
 
April 08, 2012
I played this for the arcade and yeah, I think the arcade version blows this away for several reasons with the difficulty being one of them plus after replaying this again a couple of days ago, I don't care for the bonus stages here. I will say that the boss battles here are slightly better than the arcade, for one, this has Slash, and two, the boss battles here are nowhere near as long as the arcade. I remember it taking forever to get pass Krang's first form.


And for me, I don't think it's the best. I think TMNT Hyper Stone Heist was slightly better.
July 26, 2012
Unfortunately I think I only played TMNT Arcade once at Chuck E Cheeses as a kid, so not a lot of memories on that one. I have seen Hyper Stone Heist reviewed but never played it because I was one of the kids who stuck with Nintendo until later in life. Happy to see different opinions, and I will have to pick up Hyper Stone Heist when I finally pick up another genesis.
 
April 06, 2012
last one I played was Tournament Fighters--I miss these old games.
 
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review by . July 03, 2011
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Lets take a trip back to the early 90s
Well I just talked about one classic SNES game, heres another one.      Back when we still had those things called arcades, arcade to home transfers really didn't get any justice till the 16 bit era rolled around.  Sure there were some decent ones like Atari 5200's Pac Man and NES's Gauntlet 2 were decent, there were plenty others that left a lot to be desired.  SNES really helped get the ball rolling with they're conversions of Street Fighter 2 and …
review by . April 12, 2012
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While on a news story, reporter April O'Neil witnesses the Statue of Liberty being stolen by Dimension-X ruler Krang. The Shredder wastes no time claiming the theft on TV. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles also witness the event and immediately spring to action with intentions on breaking into the Technodrome. The Shredder is obviously ready; but what exactly is his plan? -summary      There was a time when I thought that the mindless fun, two player co-op, side …
Quick Tip by . July 05, 2011
When compared to the arcade version this game was ok at best. I never really dug it because it was way too easy. It was a decent port over, but unless I have someone to play with. It will continue collecting dust. I will give it credit though, and admit it was nice seeing Slash take the place of that mud creature from the arcade.
Quick Tip by . December 29, 2010
I loved this game! It was a little bit too easy, even on the hardest setting and with the lives code. I can't think of any other game or anything for that matter that made such clever and witty use of the word "shell". ie. Shell-shocked, let's kick shell, bury my shell at wounded knee.
Quick Tip by . October 08, 2010
Great adaption of the arcade game on the home SNES.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, released as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: Turtles in Time in Europe, is an arcade video game produced by Konami. A sequel to the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) arcade game, it is a scrolling beat 'em up 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. That same year, a game that borrowed many elements, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist was released for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
Years later, the arcade version of Turtles in Time was revisited 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.[3] In August 2009, Ubisoft released a 3D remake of the game, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled, for Xbox Live Arcade.[1] The remake was released onto PlayStation Network on September 10, 2009.[2]
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