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.
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).
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!
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.
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.
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.
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 :)
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'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.
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.
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.
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.
@@solarflare9078 The best solution devs can only do before the SNES is postpone their games on hold. The NES was never made for arcade games and beat 'em ups, due to scaled down graphics and sounds as well as hardware limitations such as allowing only two enemy characters at a time to fight the player character.
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.
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).
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!"
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...
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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 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...
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.)
@@NintendoComplete At the time I posted this, I didn't realize she actually gave you a point. Now I do and I think that's hilarious. But there's no extra lives in the arcade version though :p
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.
Loved this game in the arcade. 35 years ago or whatever it was. The first few bosses you did I was like wtf where is thier health? The rock guy from Dimension X I was like oh... he took all the other bosses health and put it into his health pool.
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 🇦🇷😎
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.
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This game was straight up magic. Still is.
Fun times playing this at Funspot!
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.
@@rjcupid
the nes version is even cooler because it has extra levels that the arcade doesn't have
the magic of ninja turtles in arcade and nes will live for many more generations
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.
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.
the arcade so much better then both home versions
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).
Wish it stayed in The Cowabunga Collection! The best intro NOBODY has forgotten deserves more attention!
Wow no shizz
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!
Imagine waiting for an 80s game to come out in 2022
@@knuclear200x do you know why the shredder’s minions Has been exploded it doesn’t make any
@@GavinsGoldenEntertainment2005 robots
@@knuclear200x & his minions
For truth, justice, and a bigger slice of the pizza pie!
Pause at 11:18 seeing that foot flip you the bird is classic
Ohh man .. so many good memories in the arcade, as a kid , playing this for hrs .. or until I was super broke haha ! Classic !
You think it’s just as good on the console as it was in the arcade or the feeling would be different?
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.
The Coolest cats in Dimension X and Mikeys crush on Kala.
Exactly. Kala still has one of the coolest hairstyles in any dimension. Also Mega Man, say hi to Dr. Light for me.
@@rjcupid Will do. The best man of Robotics!
Totally!!! 🙌🏼
@@jimboswamps5602 Totally Tubular Dude!
This game is the reason why I became obsessed with the arcade.
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.
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.
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 :)
Ahhh..... The FBI thing they said before playing.... The memoriess...
That FBI anti-drug slogan should've been mandatory for every game.
Will never get those quarters back, but the memories are worth so much more.
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.
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!
*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
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.
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?
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.
It’s being done for preservation purposes.
@@AgentofLADON Shredder's Revenge is an entirely new game, not a remake....
For some reason I LOVED hitting those fire hydrants on level 2
Classic and one of the great Konami beat'em ups ever made.
I remember this game really setting the bar for brawlers
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.
The NES version sucked though
Can't wait for that TMNT Konami collection.
That was hilarious the way you made Rocksteady and Bebop collide into each other!!! 😂
Just like in the cartoon.
Use to go to the ground round restaurant and play this there. I was amazed of the graphics in 89
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.
@@rjcupid It was in New York City.. Love Montreal
This and TMNT 4 arcade is just PURE GOLD 🪙 priceless
The only mistake Konami ever made to this game was porting it to the NES instead of the SNES.
Double Dragon, same problem.
@@KenMasters. SNES wasn't out for Double Dragon until at least 3 more years.
@@solarflare9078
The best solution devs can only do before the SNES is postpone their games on hold.
The NES was never made for arcade games and beat 'em ups, due to scaled down graphics and sounds as well as hardware limitations such as allowing only two enemy characters at a time to fight the player character.
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.
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).
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!"
I blame this for my pre-teen bankruptcies. My weekly allowances couldn't stand a chance with this at my local arcade.
Spent a ton of quarters on this one! Thanks for sharing.
Love this game,bruh.90s best
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.
Arguably one of the most fun & unique team of comic book superheroes!!
A man on a quest to play every iteration of every classic TMNT game.
Can't wait for the collection! Playing this final stage with three other people is an epic experience.
I can’t wait to get this when the collection comes out.
I love playing this game everyday
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...
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
The fun of putting a lot of quarters in this game. 😀
I love the original. This is my childhood. I can't wait the Cowabunga Collection and Shredder's Revenge. Turtle Power!
Perfect timing, as I just finished a 1 credit clear of this last night as Donatello
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.
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
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.
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.
Brings back sssooo many groovy memories 😎
The music with this cabinet was off the hook. Sounded wicked good.
I still think the Technodrome theme in this game is the best Technodrome music in the entire TMNT game series. :)
Gotta love foot soldiers armed with brooms 🤣🤣🤣
This and The Simpsons game took most of my tokens when I went to Chuckie Cheese as a kid
that intro sound was dope
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.
I spent many tokens at Chuck E. Cheese playing this game back when I was a kid.
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
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 hope the Arcade version of TMNT be on the Cowabunga collection?
20:22 Those *orange triangles* on the ground tell you when the freezer tubes are coming up! Never noticed that before. 🙃
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.
So many memories
19:30 What do you Turtles mean "We gotta find it"? You already found it!
Spent to many quarters on this instead of roller skating like I said I would as a kid. 😂
This game was my childhood!! So many memories.
"Winners don't use drugs" 👍
Awesome playthrough.
Thanks! :)
One of my favorite video games of all time. 🤘
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.
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 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...
I can totally relate, I miss arcade camaraderie. The Golden Axe games were great for that too.
In the arcade version of Bad Dudes you can rescue the then for real President (Reagan)!
@@JohnSmith-zw8vp I love how you grab a burger with him... 80s overload!
@@deprogramr I would think he'd offer jelly beans though...
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.)
I can't wait teenage mutant Ninja turtles cowabunga collection to come out
Excelente juegasoo las tortugas ninja en el tiempo de Arcade
3:51 Just had to hit her, huh?
Of course! She's .5% of an extra life in points. How could I not?
@@NintendoComplete At the time I posted this, I didn't realize she actually gave you a point.
Now I do and I think that's hilarious.
But there's no extra lives in the arcade version though :p
@@solarflare9078 Ah, right. I guess NES habits die hard.
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.
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.
Tmnt arcade game still kick ass today. 😀👍🐢🎮
Back when everything Konami touches,
turns to gaming blockbusters.
Loved this game in the arcade. 35 years ago or whatever it was. The first few bosses you did I was like wtf where is thier health? The rock guy from Dimension X I was like oh... he took all the other bosses health and put it into his health pool.
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.
This game took all my money as a kid
Always loved how foot soldiers exploded after you hit them
Magnificent video.
Amazing
thank you 🎩👍
3:52 😆
I love the totally original character actors
Classic game
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 🇦🇷😎
MEMORIES
I think a better remaster would've been a brand new arcade machine for Dave and Buster's or something.
I’d rather have the Rescue Palooza graphics enhancement applied to the NES games in the Cowabunga Collection.
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.
I love this game!
U play the best old games
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Say your praers toitles!
Arcade machine release history:
1989 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1991 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time
Why is the Foot Clan just hanging out in a giant building they set on fire?
I guess it's them trying to hold April captive as they take out anyone that tries to rescue her.
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
I like this videogame.
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
This game is great 😊