Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Series

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Tournament Fighters

Excerpt from Genesis Game Guide by The Scribe

NAME:             Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series (2 titles)
AUTHOR/VENDOR:    Konami
RELEASED:         various
TYPE:             Fighting
LANGUAGE:         English and Japanese

PREMISE:          A series of fighting games based on the cult characters
                  from the syndicated animated TV series.  The Turtles were
                  four normal terrapins who were doused with radioactive
                  goo and mutated into the lovable superheroes we know.
                  With the help of their martial-arts sensei Shredder the
                  Rat and the occasional aid of TV news anchorwoman April
                  O'Neil, the Turtles fight to rid the streets of the
                  influence of the evil Shredder and his minions.

IMPRESSIONS:      If you've seen one Turtles game, then you've seen them
                  all - they're pretty much the same platform fighter with
                  some variation in background graphics and the occasional
                  new villian or two.  That can't be said for Tournament
                  Fighters, though, which in many gamers' opinion is one
                  of the finest Street Fighter 2 clones ever made.

VARIATIONS:       This series was known as the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles
                  in most Asian markets.  Since the title is quite a
                  mouthful, most folks just abbreviate it to TNMT instead.

                  TNMT - The Hyperstone Heist (1992, released in Japan
                    under the title The Return of Shredder - the Turtles
                    must foil a plot by Shredder to defeat his foes with
                    the aid of the mysterious Hyperstone)
                  TNMT - Tournament Fighters (1993 - ditches the platform
                    fighting engine for SF2-style versus bouts)

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