This game was straight up magic. Still is.

@vgaoct91

2 жыл бұрын

Fun times playing this at Funspot!

@rjcupid

2 жыл бұрын

These graphics still look amazing. Every time I play/see this game I can't help but think of what an amazing job Konami did on the NES version. Thanks for the video NC.

@JoseMartinez-jo2fk

2 жыл бұрын

@@rjcupid the nes version is even cooler because it has extra levels that the arcade doesn't have

@JoseMartinez-jo2fk

2 жыл бұрын

the magic of ninja turtles in arcade and nes will live for many more generations

@andrewenserro3185

2 жыл бұрын

Is it because of the cowabunga collection coming soon

Seeing this game in the arcade for the first time as a kid was nothing short of absolute wonder.

@rjcupid

2 жыл бұрын

I can vouch for that!

This game has an entire chip on the board dedicated to just the opening song. That's how much Konami cared about this game and it shows.

@djromaxtions8328

2 жыл бұрын

the arcade so much better then both home versions

@mindcrome

Жыл бұрын

Dude, hearing that play for the first time playing at my grocery store as a kid godsmacked me. I believe my mom just gave me money because she know I was going to ask to play it. (Had a cool mom who would also play arcade games).

@Max_Toons

8 ай бұрын

Wish it stayed in The Cowabunga Collection! The best intro NOBODY has forgotten deserves more attention!

@user-yn5wk6gq8m

5 ай бұрын

Wow no shizz

@elmalloc

5 ай бұрын

Do you have reference to that information?

Never noticed before that attacking the girl on the skateboard in scene 2 gives you a point.

*leaps into Technodrome* "WE GOTTA FIND THE TECHNODROME!!"

One of the most wanted game I truly wanted on a Nintendo system is *FINALLY* coming to the Switch as part of The Cowabunga Collection! Turtles fight with honor!

@knuclear200x

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine waiting for an 80s game to come out in 2022

@GavinsGoldenEntertainment2005

2 жыл бұрын

@@knuclear200x do you know why the shredder’s minions Has been exploded it doesn’t make any

@knuclear200x

2 жыл бұрын

@@GavinsGoldenEntertainment2005 robots

@GavinsGoldenEntertainment2005

2 жыл бұрын

@@knuclear200x & his minions

@JohnSmith-zw8vp

2 жыл бұрын

For truth, justice, and a bigger slice of the pizza pie!

"WINNERS USE DRUGS TO WIN" Turtles Cowabunga Collection is going to be awesome!

Pause at 11:18 seeing that foot flip you the bird is classic

This is on the "short list" of the best arcade games of all time. As a kid, I vividly remember wanting to hang out with The Neutrinos in Dimension X. Such cool characters.

@MegaMan87

2 жыл бұрын

The Coolest cats in Dimension X and Mikeys crush on Kala.

@rjcupid

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Kala still has one of the coolest hairstyles in any dimension. Also Mega Man, say hi to Dr. Light for me.

@MegaMan87

2 жыл бұрын

@@rjcupid Will do. The best man of Robotics!

@jimboswamps5602

Жыл бұрын

Totally!!! 🙌🏼

@rjcupid

Жыл бұрын

@@jimboswamps5602 Totally Tubular Dude!

Ohh man .. so many good memories in the arcade, as a kid , playing this for hrs .. or until I was super broke haha ! Classic !

@kesun32145

Жыл бұрын

You think it’s just as good on the console as it was in the arcade or the feeling would be different?

The upcoming TMNT collection 13 games will pretty much have every game made pre 1999 in 1 large collection of games. However to this day I never did beat the original NES game its easily the hardest one but those upcoming 13 collection of games will include the Game boy games as well.

This game is a classic, but I've never been able to figure out why the turtles look so unhappy about getting a smooch from April after rescuing her.

That game was so much fun to play

That was hilarious the way you made Rocksteady and Bebop collide into each other!!! 😂

@KEN-1991

Жыл бұрын

Just like in the cartoon.

I've said it a gazillion times already, bless Konami and their talent for making these masterfully crafted licensed beat-em-ups. These games have stood the test of time. What a soundtrack!

i played this game every holiday in a little arcade hall in bibione/italy in the 90`s. so many other guys played it along my site and we dont know each other. it was a great time :)

A man on a quest to play every iteration of every classic TMNT game.

When Konami brought this to the NES, the bosses of the 2 new stages (Tora, the alien bounty hunter from the icy planet Traglodoon and the robotic Shogun, also an alien bounty hunter) were designed by Kevin Eastman specifically for that game. They haven't appeared in any other TMNT media since to my knowledge.

Use to go to the ground round restaurant and play this there. I was amazed of the graphics in 89

@rjcupid

2 жыл бұрын

What city was that in? In the late 80's/early 90's here in Montreal we had these two awesome restaurants with free arcade games in them: Crickets and Sammy's. Parents would eat and talk while all the kids went crazy playing all the amazing arcade games in a separate area. It was incredible.

@briank9375

2 жыл бұрын

@@rjcupid It was in New York City.. Love Montreal

I loved in these games when the little cutscene transitions have the turtles that you used. Almost reminds me of those sticker books they used to sell where you’d move around the little adhesive pictures to make your own scene.

I blame this for my pre-teen bankruptcies. My weekly allowances couldn't stand a chance with this at my local arcade.

With the upcoming Cowabunga Collection, lets hope they keep this game, and Turtles in Time's music unaltered, unlike the last time both were re-released and hidden in TMNT games.

Just in time for the cowabunga collection I’ve heard there’s going to be a new tmnt beat em up called shredder’s revenge hopefully it and the upcoming collection gains traction

I remember this game really setting the bar for brawlers

This game is (and always will be) one of the best Beat Em' Ups ever made. It's also one of the best Turtles games ever made.

I love the original. This is my childhood. I can't wait the Cowabunga Collection and Shredder's Revenge. Turtle Power!

I can’t wait to get this when the collection comes out.

Classic and one of the great Konami beat'em ups ever made.

Can't wait for that TMNT Konami collection.

For my money, all things considered, this is THE GOAT arcade game...just ahead of NBA Jam, Pac-Man, and Street Fighter II. Those are the core four games that both drew massive interest AND helped change a style of gaming in their genre. All of the subsequent co-op beat 'em ups were derivatives of this game (X-Men, The Simpsons, etc). And who hasn't said, "SAY YA PRAYERS, TOITLES!" at least a couple dozen times lmao.

Spent a ton of quarters on this one! Thanks for sharing.

I remember it when it rolled off the distributors truck and was a line to play it the moment it was installed NC. What a time it was to play it back in the late 80's bro. 8^) Anthony...

Love this game,bruh.90s best

For some reason I LOVED hitting those fire hydrants on level 2

I'm so unbelievably hyped for the upcoming collection. Games like this deserve so much better than to be unreleaseable on modern systems due to licensing.

@AgentofLADON

2 жыл бұрын

Collection and the remake of this game with April and Splinter as playable characters. I guess the characters you don't pick fill in the hostage role?

@BB-te8tc

2 жыл бұрын

That reminds me of a surprisingly great fangame called TMNT: Rescue-Palooza where you can play as all sorts of characters from the cartoon, even the game's bosses.

@davidhill8565

2 жыл бұрын

It’s being done for preservation purposes.

@newageBoundhippie

2 жыл бұрын

@@AgentofLADON Shredder's Revenge is an entirely new game, not a remake....

Crazy seeing how different elements from games got put into other games. Like the Technodrome doesn't show up in the TMNT 4 on the arcade, but does on the home console (SNES).

Perfect timing, as I just finished a 1 credit clear of this last night as Donatello

Brings back sssooo many groovy memories 😎

I hope the Arcade version of TMNT be on the Cowabunga collection?

The fun of putting a lot of quarters in this game. 😀

I Had this Game on the Gamecube One Time,TMNT 2 Battle Nexus,They had this In The Game,Good Memories Sucks that I sold It

One of the first 4 player co-op brawler titles ever created. Right on the massive popularity of the franchise, the classic 89 arcade was definitely a genre defining entry. I imagine you could encounter a cabinet of the game in any pizza parlor or theaters. "Yippee-I-Ay!"

Wow I had no idea how rocking the OST is! Like you know as they are often in loud as bunk arcades. The third stage sounds so effing chill I swear.

Gotta love foot soldiers armed with brooms 🤣🤣🤣

Will never get those quarters back, but the memories are worth so much more.

Spent to many quarters on this instead of roller skating like I said I would as a kid. 😂

20:22 Those *orange triangles* on the ground tell you when the freezer tubes are coming up! Never noticed that before. 🙃

Here in the UK the show was censored to "Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles", so this arcade game was the first time I got to hear the original unedited song. Played it quite a bit as a kid!

I love playing this game everyday

Doesn't get much better than this here. Oh those sweet sound effects haha Man I miss the old arcades. This cranked up in one of those is one of those forever memories.

Ninja Turtles Arcade, X-men Arcade, Simpsons Arcade were my absolute favorites. Terminator 2 Judgment Day with that rattling gun was awesome just to play the first level though.

This and The Simpsons game took most of my tokens when I went to Chuckie Cheese as a kid

Arguably one of the most fun & unique team of comic book superheroes!!

Can't wait for the collection! Playing this final stage with three other people is an epic experience.

I put so many quarters into this game; it was probably cheaper buying the NES game version of this than how much i spent playing it at arcades.

@MrSpooner1985

25 күн бұрын

The graphics on this game were truly amazing at the time and i wish there had been a way to bring these to home consoles and have them look just like the arcades.

The music with this cabinet was off the hook. Sounded wicked good.

@Zaxares

2 жыл бұрын

I still think the Technodrome theme in this game is the best Technodrome music in the entire TMNT game series. :)

i got a story related to tmnt arcade back when i was 4 my mom and i went shopping at a local k mart i saw they had this cabinet in the entrance way after following mom around i got bored and i snuck off to look at this game and i just stood there watching the attract mode for an unknown period of time after a while one of the store employees found me and mom was not happy after what i did i was literally a single click away from buying the arcade1up cabinet when they announced the collection that is the better deal this game is reason #1 why im getting it day one

I spent many tokens at Chuck E. Cheese playing this game back when I was a kid.

I like how the game still has Konami's muted/greyish color scheme that many Konami games had in the late 80s, yet simultaneously has really colorful graphics that represent the license. Their art team is top notch

So many memories

Cuando era chiquito recuerdo mirando la televisión en los 90 me acuerdo tenía mi mano con mi juguete TMNT era rapael era mi favorito pero los vídeojuegos yo jugaba por primera vez es muy difícil hoy en 2022 hace 35 años nace TMNT en los dibujos animados y tenía la película de 1990 yo miré en tv no en el cine por el último las nuevas series y películas son malos en la actualidad vuelve ese juego saludos desde argentina 🇦🇷😎

19:30 What do you Turtles mean "We gotta find it"? You already found it!

This is probably one of the best arcade beat em' up's ever. Although I did prefer the NES port for the better music, and added features which were cut in the arcade.

Tmnt arcade game still kick ass today. 😀👍🐢🎮

@KEN-1991

Жыл бұрын

Back when everything Konami touches, turns to gaming blockbusters.

I used to love to go to the arcade. I'd always be able to find at least one other person to beat this game, Simpsons, X-men, or Bad Dudes with. Those were some good times...

@rjcupid

2 жыл бұрын

I can totally relate, I miss arcade camaraderie. The Golden Axe games were great for that too.

@JohnSmith-zw8vp

2 жыл бұрын

In the arcade version of Bad Dudes you can rescue the then for real President (Reagan)!

@deprogramr

2 жыл бұрын

@@JohnSmith-zw8vp I love how you grab a burger with him... 80s overload!

@JohnSmith-zw8vp

2 жыл бұрын

@@deprogramr I would think he'd offer jelly beans though...

I can’t wait for the collection to come out and they better not get rid of the rewind function like they did with contra and castlevaina and this game has good memories for me and turtles in time it’s sad arcades are starting to go more VR meaning some of us will have to wait until they get more headsets that can go over glasses.

Excelente juegasoo las tortugas ninja en el tiempo de Arcade

I like how konami reused animations from this and put them in the simpsons beat em up. (Enemy walk cycles, rocksteady falling over = wrestler boss, etc.)

that intro sound was dope

Awesome playthrough.

@NintendoComplete

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :)

At first, I thought that the NES version was more difficult, but after seeing the level of skateboards, there is no doubt, this game was made to get coins at large.

@NintendoComplete

2 жыл бұрын

The skateboard level was the hardest part of this one, I think. That one stage aside, I'd say the NES version is the harder game overall.

@suicidebxmber1234

2 жыл бұрын

@@NintendoComplete I remember that, although I didn't play it thaaat much, (I mean, I didn't have a lot of games and this was one of my favorites, but I'd rather rent or trade games with my friends, so I never became an expert) I could finish it without a continue. Anyway, good run as always.

@mitu123Copper

2 жыл бұрын

@@NintendoComplete The skateboard level is easy in the arcade one if you do the "pacifist trick" when not fighting enemies for minutes means no more enemies will spawn as well.

This game was my childhood!! So many memories.

Ahhh..... The FBI thing they said before playing.... The memoriess...

@KEN-1991

Жыл бұрын

That FBI anti-drug slogan should've been mandatory for every game.

I can't wait teenage mutant Ninja turtles cowabunga collection to come out

Magnificent video.

Classic game

This game took all my money as a kid

"Winners don't use drugs" 👍

2022 is shaping up to be a good year for TMNT fans. Not only Shredder's Revenge is coming soon, so is the Cowabunga Collection.

Amazing thank you 🎩👍

*really got weird didnt it? brain from another dimension. does that mean kang is in the mcu - i mean this is the daredevil universe hey?* -JC

MEMORIES

I love the totally original character actors

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I remember playing this game in the arcade and I was always confused as to how and why Rocksteady and Bebop were the bosses at the end of the level at 9:08 since they were defeated on the first two levels. Either they had themselves cloned, or have twins, or the person who made the arcade game accidentally had them again back to life. On the other hand on the NES game, the level had Baxter Stockman as the fly instead of Rocksteady and Bebop which was confusing since Baxter Stockman was defeated on the third level in the sewer.

U play the best old games

I’d rather have the Rescue Palooza graphics enhancement applied to the NES games in the Cowabunga Collection.

This game is great 😊

I think a better remaster would've been a brand new arcade machine for Dave and Buster's or something.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Arcade, 1989) with or without Tora, Baxter Stockman on his Fly Form, even Shogun

Wish I got to play this one as a kid, but the NES version wasn't bad a substitute at least!! You excited for Shredder's Revenge? :D

Can’t wait to play this on Switch cowabunga collection

(SHORT VERSION) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! (X3) HEROES IN THE HALF-SHELL, TURTLE POWER!

I like this videogame. 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

Arcade machine release history: 1989 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1991 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time

Fists against bullets, Volta Redonda Pride.

BA BA up down BA left right BA select start ifykyk I loved this game put in mad hours on it

3:52 😆

Did you will redo with 4K of other TMNT games? such an example: Turtles in Time

@NintendoComplete

2 жыл бұрын

Yup!

@darkerfalcon3747

2 жыл бұрын

@@NintendoComplete All right. I'll wait Turtles in Time

Did they actually get the voice cast for this game (i.e. Peter Renaday, Renee Jacobs, Townsend Coleman, Robbie Rist, and James Avery)?

@NintendoComplete

2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same. It sounds like it.

@MattoMakesLetsPlays

2 жыл бұрын

@@NintendoComplete The answer is unfortunately no. No-name voice actors with digitized voices.

@NintendoComplete

2 жыл бұрын

@@MattoMakesLetsPlays No kidding? They had me fooled.

@mavinaxi4240

2 жыл бұрын

@@NintendoComplete what is name of the villain boss at scene 4? Wow! The various weapon wielding foot soldiers are so impressive, how I wished their toy action figures were on sale, that I wouldn't mind buying and collecting them at even my current age of 37!

@MattoMakesLetsPlays

2 жыл бұрын

​@@NintendoComplete Some I will say do sound similar, like Bebop and Krang, but I am fairly certain those are not the TMNT 80s cartoon voices we're hearing. It could also be on-staff developers or localizers.