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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

An action platformer developed by Konami for the NES and Famicom in 1989.

12 May 1989

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an adventure developed by Konami, released 12 May 1989 on Wii, Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.

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What Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an adventure game developed by Konami and released in 1989. It was published by Image Works. It is available on Wii, Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Shredder kidnaps April and gains the Life Transformer Gun, a weapon capable of returning Splinter to his human form. In order to save April, the turtles (Leo, Mikey, Donny and Raph) embark on the streets of New York to confront the Foot Clan. While traversing the sewers, the turtles encounter Bebop, a mutated pig, and Rocksteady, a mutant rhino. Though the turtles defeat Bebop, Rocksteady escapes with April O’Neil. The turtles then chase Rocksteady to an abandoned warehouse, fight him, and rescue April. After disabling bombs in the Hudson River dam, Shredder captures Splinter, so the turtles give chase in the Party Wagon. Hot in pursuit, the turtles scour the city and eventually find that…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, kids and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is the first of 118 entries we hold in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. The next entry was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 1989.

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What it launched against

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles launched on 12 May 1989, within three weeks of Tennis, Super Dodge Ball and Alleyway.

Released around the same time: Tennis, Super Dodge Ball, Alleyway.

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When did Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles come out?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was released on 12 May 1989 for Wii, Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.

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