Comments on: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I & II DOS Reviews! http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/ It's Scary-Crayon's blog, baby. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:59:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: John http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-70911 John Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:43:17 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-70911 I remember that bloody jump too. Never occurred to my 10 year-old brain that it may have been inpossible as they didn't playtest it. I also remember a NES owning friend pointing out how ropey my PC version of TMNT looked. I guess I was just grateful for ANY ports of games back then, in the early days of PC gaming (wouldn't have expect a decent arcade port in a milliion years). Thinking about it, I had very similar semi-disappointed memories of Ocean's Robocop PC effort too... I remember that bloody jump too. Never occurred to my 10 year-old brain that it may have been inpossible as they didn't playtest it. I also remember a NES owning friend pointing out how ropey my PC version of TMNT looked. I guess I was just grateful for ANY ports of games back then, in the early days of PC gaming (wouldn't have expect a decent arcade port in a milliion years).

Thinking about it, I had very similar semi-disappointed memories of Ocean's Robocop PC effort too...

]]> By: Geoff http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-56288 Geoff Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:45:43 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-56288 I had the original DOS PC game of #1, I didn't have a Nintendo, so for me, that was as good as it got. I remember the ill-fated jump quite well, as not only did I waste several days of my youth pouring over it but it pretty much ruined a few days with me seething in anger over not being able to progress in the game. For the longest time I thought it was due to the touch sensitivity of my joystick at the time, but it's good to see that there was an actual bug. I did make the jump on a couple of occasions, though I am not proud to say so, as I attempted it no less than about 5,000 times, sitting, angry in front of the screen hoping against hope that "next time for sure". As I remember I did make that first jump a couple of times, but even with saving it right then and there, there were 2 more right after it that were equally impossible. Once your Turtle hit that water you were dead and gone, so trying after that point became a fools errand. Eventually I gave up, angered and annoyed and eventually I got the ROM and passed that jump in one try, and proceeded to finally beat the game about 10 years after wasting my days with that terrible DOS game. I remember a friend of mine and his buddy watching me try to play the NES version and them mocking me as I had a lot of trouble adjusting to the differences in the game. My pal stuck up for me and said it was different on my cpu, but his jerky rich-boy friend insisted they were 'exactly the same' and I was deemed a dork for not being very good at it after playing for so long. That kid was a dink. I had the original DOS PC game of #1, I didn't have a Nintendo, so for me, that was as good as it got. I remember the ill-fated jump quite well, as not only did I waste several days of my youth pouring over it but it pretty much ruined a few days with me seething in anger over not being able to progress in the game. For the longest time I thought it was due to the touch sensitivity of my joystick at the time, but it's good to see that there was an actual bug. I did make the jump on a couple of occasions, though I am not proud to say so, as I attempted it no less than about 5,000 times, sitting, angry in front of the screen hoping against hope that "next time for sure". As I remember I did make that first jump a couple of times, but even with saving it right then and there, there were 2 more right after it that were equally impossible. Once your Turtle hit that water you were dead and gone, so trying after that point became a fools errand.

Eventually I gave up, angered and annoyed and eventually I got the ROM and passed that jump in one try, and proceeded to finally beat the game about 10 years after wasting my days with that terrible DOS game.

I remember a friend of mine and his buddy watching me try to play the NES version and them mocking me as I had a lot of trouble adjusting to the differences in the game. My pal stuck up for me and said it was different on my cpu, but his jerky rich-boy friend insisted they were 'exactly the same' and I was deemed a dork for not being very good at it after playing for so long. That kid was a dink.

]]> By: whetphish http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-40639 whetphish Sat, 20 Sep 2008 19:59:43 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-40639 There were two ports of this game on the PC - one was the American port Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the other was the British port Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (as the Turtles were called here). They were two completely different ports with different graphics, gameplay, etc. I downloaded the American version mentioned in the article but can't find the UK version anywhere on the net. I bought it from eBay but it's on 5.25" floppies and I can't find my old 5.25" drive. :( If I do find it, I'll make it available. There were two ports of this game on the PC - one was the American port Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the other was the British port Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (as the Turtles were called here).

They were two completely different ports with different graphics, gameplay, etc.

I downloaded the American version mentioned in the article but can't find the UK version anywhere on the net. I bought it from eBay but it's on 5.25" floppies and I can't find my old 5.25" drive. :(

If I do find it, I'll make it available.

]]> By: lampadario http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-8843 lampadario Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:32:14 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-8843 I remember the issue of the jump in the sewers, as far as I can remember there were 2 versions of the game for the PC. One called "teenage mutant hero turtles" with the issue, and another called "teenage mutant ninja turtles" that solved the issue and the jump gap was reduced (or vice-versa). I remember the issue of the jump in the sewers, as far as I
can remember there were 2 versions of the game for the PC.
One called "teenage mutant hero turtles" with the issue, and another
called "teenage mutant ninja turtles" that solved the issue
and the jump gap was reduced (or vice-versa).

]]> By: garsh http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-7821 garsh Sat, 21 Jul 2007 07:28:11 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-7821 Hey, thanks for this awesome article. A couple weeks ago I scoured the onlineslol for something exactly like this and turned up nothing significant. I'm really glad I stumbled on your site. It's the details that I appreciate most, like the music file download, side-by-side comparison screens, and even using the proper "title" tags on your images (as opposed to "alt") so they show in firefox on mouseover. Evidently it's been a while since you did this, but I just wanted to let you know how grateful I am. Hey, thanks for this awesome article. A couple weeks ago I scoured the onlineslol for something exactly like this and turned up nothing significant. I'm really glad I stumbled on your site. It's the details that I appreciate most, like the music file download, side-by-side comparison screens, and even using the proper "title" tags on your images (as opposed to "alt") so they show in firefox on mouseover. Evidently it's been a while since you did this, but I just wanted to let you know how grateful I am.

]]> By: Nigel http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-6357 Nigel Mon, 28 May 2007 05:25:40 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-6357 This article exposed a whole (darker) side to TMNT video games I had no idea existed. That underwater section is hell itself and the simple reminder of it makes me angry. Also, I know this isn't about this article specifically but I am amazed I haven't read any of the stuff on this site before. I had a fantastic time reading through a whole load of articles in the archives. This article exposed a whole (darker) side to TMNT video games I had no idea existed. That underwater section is hell itself and the simple reminder of it makes me angry.

Also, I know this isn't about this article specifically but I am amazed I haven't read any of the stuff on this site before. I had a fantastic time reading through a whole load of articles in the archives.

]]> By: Matto http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-6261 Matto Thu, 24 May 2007 16:08:48 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-6261 @ haywood: Don't feel discouraged, the underwater level is tough as nails, but it IS beatable. You should use Raph or Mikey since they are pretty much useless in the majority of the other stages. @ haywood: Don't feel discouraged, the underwater level is tough as nails, but it IS beatable. You should use Raph or Mikey since they are pretty much useless in the majority of the other stages.

]]> By: haywood http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-6171 haywood Tue, 22 May 2007 03:53:59 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-6171 You always do a great job with your articles. After reading the review of both games, I had to go break out TMNT on the NES (I couldn't get the Dos version to work for some reason...) Nearly 15 years later I still can't do anything about the stupid underwater section. Maybe it was never meant to be. You always do a great job with your articles. After reading the review of both games, I had to go break out TMNT on the NES (I couldn't get the Dos version to work for some reason...) Nearly 15 years later I still can't do anything about the stupid underwater section. Maybe it was never meant to be.

]]> By: Matto http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-5877 Matto Fri, 11 May 2007 23:10:52 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-5877 Very in-depth and written wonderfully. I'm still LOLing over that image tag on that one screen shot of Scene 1 where April is screaming by her desk. "What a scoop!" but... the NES version of scared April is by far better then the Arcade version (even if she didn't have a mouth and eyes, and her breasts grew bigger...) Cheers! Very in-depth and written wonderfully. I'm still LOLing over that image tag on that one screen shot of Scene 1 where April is screaming by her desk. "What a scoop!" but... the NES version of scared April is by far better then the Arcade version (even if she didn't have a mouth and eyes, and her breasts grew bigger...)

Cheers!

]]> By: spoodles http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-5853 spoodles Fri, 11 May 2007 03:33:14 +0000 http://www.scary-crayon.com/blog/05-10-2007/tmnt12pc/#comment-5853 Wow...I didn't even know they ported those over to PC. I got TMNT on the virtual console, and I can't even get past that first water level. In fact, that's as far as I got when I rented it as a kid, too. That's a hard-assed game. Meanwhile, TMNTII: The Arcade Game was one of my absolute favorites, and I much preferred it to the actual arcade. Great article, and I really liked the poem too. Funny shit. Wow...I didn't even know they ported those over to PC.

I got TMNT on the virtual console, and I can't even get past that first water level. In fact, that's as far as I got when I rented it as a kid, too. That's a hard-assed game. Meanwhile, TMNTII: The Arcade Game was one of my absolute favorites, and I much preferred it to the actual arcade.

Great article, and I really liked the poem too. Funny shit.

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