Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

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  • A playthrough of Ultra's 1989 NES game, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
    *I've now uploaded a new playthrough in 4K. Please watch it for the best video quality! • Teenage Mutant Ninja T...
    I loved this game as a kid, and playing it over and over (and over) during my elementary school days was the only way I ever managed to get anywhere in this. Without TONS of practice, most people probably won't get past the first couple levels, and it is the difficulty level that most people criticize the most about this game. Thankfully, the graphics and sound are fantastic, and help to make seeing the same areas OVER and OVER again a bit less of a chore.
    It gets cheap at the very end, but otherwise, the challenge is extremely steep but usually fair once you get used to the finicky controls (I have no doubt people lacking an absurd amount of patience will completely disagree!). I actually managed to get through it without losing a turtle once, though I almost lost Donatello a few times. Without good ol' Don, you might as well just reset the NES and try again.
    And, is it just me, or does April's hair make her look like Davy Crocket in just about every cinematic that she appears in? I swear she's wearing a coon-skin cap! Just look at the intro or the ending and you'll see what I mean, I'm sure.
    This replacement to my original, 240p recording is a much better video in just about every way. I practiced a fair amount more before playing this time, don't struggle anywhere near as much in the harder parts near the end, and happen to guess the correct area to find the Technodrome entrance in the very first time! I hope you enjoy this sadistic classic!
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  • @NintendoComplete
    @NintendoComplete  Před 2 lety +64

    I've now uploaded a new 4K playthrough. Please check it out for the best quality! czcams.com/video/k4MjHpc25eg/video.html

    • @chikuman6224
      @chikuman6224 Před 2 lety +1

      hehee

    • @ruedgaj5198
      @ruedgaj5198 Před 6 měsíci

      For me it was 😄 didn’t know that it was possible to change the Charakter 🤦🏻‍♂️

    • @sarimaleitaron-dw7bd
      @sarimaleitaron-dw7bd Před 5 měsíci

      صدام حسين قسي قسي
      50,794

  • @steveairport
    @steveairport Před 4 lety +2809

    That water level was pretty much the end of the game for most of us

    • @hondamanvtec2894
      @hondamanvtec2894 Před 4 lety +244

      I beat the water level.. And it felt like I beat the whole game

    • @rgygduysdgyuygsduysd
      @rgygduysdgyuygsduysd Před 4 lety +128

      lol, kinded like battletoads level 2 with the jet ski nightmare

    • @lordgargamel4124
      @lordgargamel4124 Před 4 lety +55

      Ill be that guy and say it, i beat this game numerous times. It took me awhile. Practiced, but i did it. Then again im surrounded by players who thought Contra was hard and needed a 30 man code to beat it. So theres that...

    • @rich_da_prophet6424
      @rich_da_prophet6424 Před 4 lety +24

      Steve Airport lmao I swear, you are so right. I think I beat the water level only a couple times as a kid.

    • @jermaineelliott2685
      @jermaineelliott2685 Před 4 lety +26

      This is facts.

  • @bobsmith2373
    @bobsmith2373 Před 2 lety +212

    Just hearing the music gave me goosebumps. 41 years old and still loving it.

    • @devill2312
      @devill2312 Před 10 měsíci +3

      im 29 but yeah me 2 it was amazing time when we was small kids and play it this it was super cool and fun the underwater level was the best and he have good music it was super cool game and time when we playit her i wanna back in time hehe :D

    • @gunsharck
      @gunsharck Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@devill2312The underwater level was cool??? Are you some kinda masochist mate LOL

    • @dimitries
      @dimitries Před 8 měsíci +5

      I’m about to start crying brah. 40yo man in tears right now

    • @5starreactions
      @5starreactions Před 6 měsíci +3

      40 years old and my wife is looking at me asking me why I have tears running like a faucet..and idk what to tell her lol

    • @marcoyankovich
      @marcoyankovich Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@5starreactions I don´t wanna be a monster but your wife is not human!

  • @mgarcia121752
    @mgarcia121752 Před 3 lety +135

    So it's been 32 years since I was able to really see the ending. Will admit, couldn't pass that water level and gave up. Today happens to be the anniversary of when this game came out (May 12th, 1989). Good job beating it towards the end.

    • @johneymute
      @johneymute Před rokem +2

      I beated this game twice with the gamegenie but it took me 5 years to beat world 3 as i simply didn’t were to find the exit and some levels did lead to a dead end or they just put you to the other exit next to it.

    • @mgarcia121752
      @mgarcia121752 Před rokem +1

      @@Swampert2344 awesome. Yeah, it sure is the anniversary.

  • @Haamre
    @Haamre Před 3 lety +54

    ~25 years after I actually played the game, with my classmates, and we couldn't beat it, I finally learn that you can actually switch the character mid-game. :O

    • @Apollyon_Rev911
      @Apollyon_Rev911 Před 3 lety

      I never knew that either😩.

    • @aaronblake8378
      @aaronblake8378 Před 2 lety

      Same here!!!!! Yet somehow we got to the end

    • @jimb.7523
      @jimb.7523 Před 2 lety

      Ditto.

    • @kmatcyk
      @kmatcyk Před 2 měsíci

      No one beat this game back in the day. Especially with one guy lol

  • @BrandinZinck
    @BrandinZinck Před 4 lety +502

    I appreciate how supportive April was being throughout this entire ordeal.

    • @edwardgaines6561
      @edwardgaines6561 Před 4 lety +63

      She can be more supportive without her banana jumpsuit on!

    • @jedahn
      @jedahn Před 4 lety +9

      Same here.

    • @edwardgaines6561
      @edwardgaines6561 Před 4 lety +13

      @@DeadmanDave That too! Makes the imagination work that much harder.

    • @cla1814
      @cla1814 Před 4 lety +17

      @@DeadmanDave Yes especially in that "bikini" episode.

    • @cj.59
      @cj.59 Před 4 lety +2

      @@cla1814 lol

  • @ASimoneau
    @ASimoneau Před 4 lety +548

    "You have my support."
    Thanks, April. That's useful.

    • @JuliusCaesar888
      @JuliusCaesar888 Před 4 lety +80

      This is typical female contribution in any situation.

    • @adventureoflinkmk2
      @adventureoflinkmk2 Před 4 lety +53

      You can do it.
      Thanks, Splinter..

    • @markryan4373
      @markryan4373 Před 4 lety +30

      I loved this game. Glad he used Raph to swim. That was always my strategy, pretty much useless otherwise.

    • @piturock8946
      @piturock8946 Před 4 lety +5

      jajajajajjaaa

    • @djbloodshot
      @djbloodshot Před 4 lety +48

      Stupid banana coat wearing bitch

  • @patrickmurphy9470
    @patrickmurphy9470 Před rokem +25

    Donatello is a beast in this game. If you lose him good luck beating this game.

    • @greyfox8310
      @greyfox8310 Před 2 měsíci +2

      And Michaelangelo was darn near useless 😂

    • @patrickmurphy9470
      @patrickmurphy9470 Před 2 měsíci +1

      @@greyfox8310 when Michelangelo gets low on health he becomes the strongest in the game tho. Weird.

    • @amruzaky4939
      @amruzaky4939 Před měsícem

      Legit had Donatello as my main all the way until Technodrome. His range is insane. 😂

  • @kaiserj1982
    @kaiserj1982 Před 3 lety +37

    Those damn "jumps" that you can just walk across. Those are what always got me as a kid.

    • @michaelkrueger7297
      @michaelkrueger7297 Před 2 lety +1

      I was feeling the same sentiment. Those stinking jumps in the sewers.

    • @0neDoomedSpaceMarine
      @0neDoomedSpaceMarine Před 2 lety +3

      @Juanecio Fernandecio There's occasionally these short gaps which are just wide enough to fall through, at times you don't have the space to leap over them, and if you try you'll fall through, either to the floor below or to your death. The way you cross those is to plain walk forward to the other side.

    • @0neDoomedSpaceMarine
      @0neDoomedSpaceMarine Před 2 lety +1

      @Juanecio Fernandecio There's one of those in the dam section, it's not that long, just watch the beginning from there and you'll see it, it's a "one unit" wide gap with no room to jump over it.

    • @1Holbytla
      @1Holbytla Před měsícem +1

      😂LOL! Man, I was an arrogant ass. After trying for what seemed like hours, I needed to see my little sister to “just walk over it!” in Level 3 (for necessary missiles?) to smarten up a bit.

  • @cicstommy
    @cicstommy Před 4 lety +246

    The second I hear that music, it triggers my PTSD.

    • @ivansin85
      @ivansin85 Před 4 lety +6

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @bigwin2010
      @bigwin2010 Před 3 lety +14

      There I am again, four years old, throwing the controller.

    • @shadowalk
      @shadowalk Před 3 lety +5

      that music when he's above ground would randomly play in my head ever since i was a kid

    • @cicstommy
      @cicstommy Před 3 lety +2

      shadowalk - Dude, now you’ve mentioned it, it’s back in my head again 🤯 🤪 🤦🏻‍♂️ 😂😂

    • @tiffaniwilliams5526
      @tiffaniwilliams5526 Před 3 lety +1

      😂😂😂😂😂

  • @artgutierrez6568
    @artgutierrez6568 Před 4 lety +267

    Raphael was always the sacrificial turtle used in the water level because he is useless everywhere else.

    • @Kowasi
      @Kowasi Před 4 lety +22

      His sai's range was way too short… but they did have overhead strike capacity while crouching which was occasionally useful.

    • @edwardgaines6561
      @edwardgaines6561 Před 4 lety +15

      @@Kowasi Raphael had overhead priority? Now you tell me! It's been over 30 flippin' years. 😝

    • @Kowasi
      @Kowasi Před 4 lety +7

      @@edwardgaines6561 If only we'd had the Internet back then!
      Edit: 'priority' is a bit strong, but if crouching, he could hit a target directly overhead. In the same stance, Don's bo went straight down. The katana and nun-chuk would go a way out horizontally, I think, but it's kind of hard to remember…

    • @joe718gt4
      @joe718gt4 Před 3 lety +6

      I used Michaelangelo as my sacrificial lamb. Raphael had the 2nd strongest weapon if the worst range

    • @zZiL341yRj736
      @zZiL341yRj736 Před 3 lety +5

      @@edwardgaines6561 Yea I thought Mike and Ralph moves were the same but I cannot hit flying enemies above me with Mike.

  • @aaronv2photography
    @aaronv2photography Před 3 lety +98

    The CIA uses this game to train it's agents how to endure torture.

  • @justjokinntokin5474
    @justjokinntokin5474 Před 4 lety +6

    I'm 37 yrs old this took me back 30 yrs.....these games are so much better then today 😆

  • @Raw-guitar
    @Raw-guitar Před 5 lety +183

    I was born 1983 i remember playing nintendo all the time in the late 1980s and early 1990s great time to be born...

    • @kiluangu
      @kiluangu Před 4 lety +11

      Me too I was born in 1983

    • @edwardgaines6561
      @edwardgaines6561 Před 4 lety +15

      @@kiluangu Sucks that we're almost 40 years old now. But yes, those were good memories. The 16-bit Era was the most innocent and fun. *Sega Vs. SNES!*

    • @willnill7946
      @willnill7946 Před 4 lety +6

      Me too

    • @edwardgaines6561
      @edwardgaines6561 Před 4 lety +5

      @matt Okay Zoomer. 😁

    • @edwardgaines6561
      @edwardgaines6561 Před 4 lety +3

      @matt Forgive this old man. Rarely do we get to be snarky. Enjoy your video game roots here!

  • @Swisha623
    @Swisha623 Před 4 lety +24

    Oh this brings back the memories of just shutting off the TV but keeping the Nintendo on with the game paused, because video games hadn’t developed memory cards or save points yet. Ahhhh

    • @suchiuomizu
      @suchiuomizu Před 3 lety

      Saving was possible at that point, though they were exceptions and mostly RPGs.

    • @protoaim597
      @protoaim597 Před 3 lety +3

      How about when you get home from school and the NES is off. Your mom is like, Oh you forgot to turn your games off again. MOM!!! NOOooooooo!!!

  • @leonardoc.7718
    @leonardoc.7718 Před 2 lety +5

    Dear lord! This game was freaking difficult. When I was 6, back in the late 80's, I beat Super Mario Bros in 10 minutes and many other NES games, but I could never beat TMNT, just made it into the final base, but never to Shredder.
    Whoever made this, I take my hat off!

    • @kmatcyk
      @kmatcyk Před 2 měsíci +1

      No one beat this. Don't feel bad!!

  • @davideagin5321
    @davideagin5321 Před 3 lety +29

    This game was so damn hard.

    • @migzfuentes
      @migzfuentes Před rokem +3

      Because of the electrical seaweed

  • @scottodrowsky9835
    @scottodrowsky9835 Před 8 lety +257

    I remember playing this game every chance I had as a kid.
    Hard as Hell at some spots. Especially where you swimming through the electric seaweed! I HATED that part!
    Great job on this.

    • @NintendoComplete
      @NintendoComplete  Před 8 lety +40

      +Scott O'Drowsky Dear God the seaweed is the worst thing ever. It doesn't even make sense, sometimes it hits you, sometimes it doesnt. I don't get it.
      As a kid I used to call it devil hemorrhoids

    • @lyricaldeezy4151
      @lyricaldeezy4151 Před 5 lety +12

      Bro I swear I hated that level. He made it look hella easy. My 6 or 7 year old mind keeps shouting "HOW!!!" But my 33 year old self now is guessing much practice and patience lol. Great gameplay!!!

    • @jmi84
      @jmi84 Před 4 lety +2

      This game is hard and the swimming level was hard too but not that bad for me. I see a lot of folks had trouble with the dam level but I’ve always been able to beat it quickly.

    • @lickkittysplit3871
      @lickkittysplit3871 Před 4 lety +3

      I didn't have a problem with the seaweed at all when I was a child. Today however is a different story!!

    • @MrX-rk9or
      @MrX-rk9or Před 4 lety +3

      @@lickkittysplit3871 Yea, skills were somewhat more acquireable as a kid. I did have problems with it back then, lotsa. My friend was first to beat it and man was I ever envious lol. But patience and training got me there and beyond.
      Today, however is a different story. If anything in a game doesn't work right away the controller goes through the window and I curse everything and everyone in a 3 mile radius. Because I know if I cant do it right then and there, it will all boil down to pure luck... as in when a lost red full moon crosses Plutos orbit right when Mars turns blue and strikes out a lightning hitting earth making Hell freeze over and a smiling Devil pops out of a christmas angel ornament saying Ho ho ho!
      Couldnt beat the Seaweed retrying it ten years ago and still cant.

  • @RyuEnGamer
    @RyuEnGamer Před 4 lety +70

    Let's just appreciate how OP Donatello was.

  • @toewstokane9023
    @toewstokane9023 Před 3 lety +17

    That intro is the most hype cutscene of all time.. I remember after the water dam how shook I was as a kid after going home to see the lair destroyed and Shredder appears on the tv saying he has Splinter. Looking at it now, the game had a kind of darker/gritty tone like the first movie, I love it.

  • @IamY00t
    @IamY00t Před 2 měsíci +1

    Damn nostalgia. It's like I can still smell those summer days in the early 90s when I'd wake up and play this game for hours. Then head on out telling Mom not to turn off the NES. Then bringing friends back and continue on.

  • @Birdhouseart
    @Birdhouseart Před 5 lety +124

    39:20 "Use Careful Timing and TEAMWORK to win". Sonic Booms Shredder to death. Teamwork.

    • @trans8010
      @trans8010 Před 5 lety +7

      Well it was teamwork that led the strongest turtle to Shredder. Look how OP is able to survive that gauntlet, any loss of one turtle and it becomes severely difficult (even more than it already is) to traverse the corridors of the Technodrome.

    • @croplaya
      @croplaya Před 3 lety +3

      Those sonic booms shouldn't have even been in the game. When I beat this I just spammed them at him and couldn't believe how easy it was to beat shredder after such an excruciating game to go through

    • @lfb7834
      @lfb7834 Před 3 lety

      @@croplaya They are not really necessary to defeat him. He is a jobber

    • @croplaya
      @croplaya Před 3 lety +1

      @@lfb7834 well good thing I will never have to find out

    • @lfb7834
      @lfb7834 Před 3 lety

      @@croplaya ???

  • @missb1982
    @missb1982 Před 5 lety +117

    1989 though! Played this EVERYDAY

    • @royking7607
      @royking7607 Před 4 lety +3

      Did you beat it

    • @1zeldalover
      @1zeldalover Před 4 lety +2

      A pair of shu's this tone is awkwardly unfriendly.

    • @VicM-xc9zb
      @VicM-xc9zb Před 4 lety +3

      Is that picture of you in 1989?

    • @GamerGee
      @GamerGee Před 3 lety +1

      Did you get past the damn as a kid.

  • @jmathieson15
    @jmathieson15 Před 3 lety +69

    I never realized how close I came to beating this. Game stressed me out so much as a kid

    • @Maximum7077
      @Maximum7077 Před 7 měsíci +1

      Dude. The water level was so hard i had nothing left to do the tank levels.

    • @amruzaky4939
      @amruzaky4939 Před měsícem

      Yeah, I also found a way to glitch in to Technodrome early by going in one of the building. But ain't no way the kid me was capable of beating him. Til today, I still don't feel like touching this game again.

  • @greghartman5895
    @greghartman5895 Před 4 lety +26

    This game used to give me fits...I only beat it one time but man was it brutal. Still a classic.

    • @luuk6718
      @luuk6718 Před 5 měsíci

      Same, what a hellish hard game

    • @greghartman5895
      @greghartman5895 Před 5 měsíci

      There was always something truly satisfying about finally besting those hellish games tho, ya know? It's like all those negative emotions and frustrations automatically turned into pure satisfaction and I'd be happy for days. Until the next hard game kicked my ass 😂

  • @stretchlimo7275
    @stretchlimo7275 Před 4 lety +48

    This game had the best music, I loved the sound effects too. Played this endlessly as a little kid but never could beat it

    • @Latinofire202
      @Latinofire202 Před 4 lety +2

      I think I beat it once. I'm not really sure, but this game was super hard.

    • @reiddutchess9955
      @reiddutchess9955 Před rokem +3

      There isn’t a kid under 10 who beat this game. This was designed for professionals 😂

  • @jolfer1334
    @jolfer1334 Před 4 lety +84

    Oh man so many memories. The music brought me right back

    • @aaronlusanko6356
      @aaronlusanko6356 Před 4 lety

      The video game music sucked

    • @Ash_Rein
      @Ash_Rein Před 4 lety +3

      Jolfer 13 yes. Memories of rage, confusion, violence against my tv and controller, and tears

    • @justanameonyourscreen5954
      @justanameonyourscreen5954 Před 4 lety +2

      That first sewer scene did it for me...man I played the sh!t outta this game

    • @mal2ksc
      @mal2ksc Před 4 lety +1

      Did you catch where the song was a blatant rip-off of the Beatles' _Come Together?_ It made me laugh, but I was trying to figure out why they'd choose to lift that song, at that moment.

    • @cj.59
      @cj.59 Před 4 lety +1

      @@Ash_Rein ah yes. The nearly impossible sewer jumps and underwater level.

  • @ashleylorraine8387
    @ashleylorraine8387 Před rokem +18

    My childhood 😭😭 hearing the sound effects really takes me back to playing this as a little kid❤

  • @marielabasante9480
    @marielabasante9480 Před 3 lety +30

    My dad used to pass the levels I couldn’t, and I remember screaming at him every time he couldn’t pass it! Sorry dad! 🤣🤣

  • @frankiegee6135
    @frankiegee6135 Před 4 lety +88

    Oh how I miss the NES! I don’t care what anyone says, these still and always will be the best video games ever made!

    • @senseicorey9979
      @senseicorey9979 Před 10 měsíci +1

      I recently found my old stash of NES games, and bought an old NES from a pawn shop. Super fun.a lot games really hold up

    • @msw0322
      @msw0322 Před 9 měsíci

      TRUTH!

    • @timd729
      @timd729 Před 6 měsíci

      The Nes along with the lightgun and many games has been lying dormant since the late 90s in a bin in the basement. One day I will hook it up and see if the games still work

    • @MrMuaythai84
      @MrMuaythai84 Před 4 měsíci

      yeah right nes is like the old fart who played it. OLD! haha fortnite kick ass

  • @jasontodd8071
    @jasontodd8071 Před 4 lety +32

    Probably one of my favorite TMNT games! April: You have my support. TMNT: That's not helping beat this game!!!!!

  • @jeste4187
    @jeste4187 Před 3 lety +3

    This game was good. I know we love to shot on it for it’s difficulty, but many like myself come from that old school where these games were instant death, unlike nowadays where games are no where near as hard to play or win at. I beat this game when I was 13, and that’s a badge of pride that most new gen gamers won’t ever understand.

  • @aguinoun
    @aguinoun Před 3 lety +15

    Wow it's been 30 years since last time I played this game. Its a bizarre feeling when I listen to the music and see the scenes. It was in my brain as memories!

  • @NintendoComplete
    @NintendoComplete  Před 8 lety +301

    TMNT well deserves its notoriety for its difficulty level, but it's such a sweet game! ...unless you have no patience for brutal 8-bit style gaming. This is gloriously old-school Konami at its most sadistic.

    • @inspirationalgamer5443
      @inspirationalgamer5443 Před 7 lety +22

      It really is a great game! Yes back when Konami and other game companies hads to use subsidiary companies because Nintendo put restrictions on how many games could be developed within a fiscal year. Thus is why you see "Ultra Games" on the box, manual, cartridge sticker, and the title screen.
      Hey if you haven't already there is a hack of this game that changes all the levels and redesigns them.

    • @standardofexcellence
      @standardofexcellence Před 7 lety +7

      NintendoComplete i had no patience for the water level, probably being a brat with a.d.d at the x had something to do with i got this from my sister for christmas after much a gag

    • @knuclear200x
      @knuclear200x Před 6 lety +6

      Somewhere in mid Level 3 was the furthest i could get without save states.

    • @Rodzilla97
      @Rodzilla97 Před 5 lety +13

      yea this game is awesome. gotta love those infinate respawning enemies. proud to say i owned this when it was new

    • @persona83
      @persona83 Před 5 lety +7

      I love this game for these exact reasons. I made it to the end after months of non-stop trial and error, specially levels 3 and 4. It was 91 or 92, I guess. Fond memories of my childhood.

  • @jorchindattorch8340
    @jorchindattorch8340 Před 6 lety +32

    Oh god this game reminds me so much of my mom and little brother, playing late at night in the very early 90s. I'm not happy I never developed proper sleep habits but I'll always cherish our late-night gaming sessions.

    • @persona83
      @persona83 Před 5 lety +5

      Me too. In my case, the silence and that all-alone sensation increases the gaming experience a lot.

    • @edwardgaines6561
      @edwardgaines6561 Před 4 lety +4

      Our best memories tend to involve other people, I'm afraid.

  • @Freelight000005
    @Freelight000005 Před 2 lety +2

    I remember being blown away with this game of how many varied gameplay, from overworld exploration, side scroller, swimming, driving a tank (?), etc.

  • @ggletsplay5041
    @ggletsplay5041 Před 3 lety +15

    I remember being in college in the late 90's and playing this game all night with friends in our dorm. We would pass the controller around while getting baked out of our minds. One of the all time greatest games right here.

    • @abstractdaddy1384
      @abstractdaddy1384 Před rokem +1

      Late 90s or late 80s?

    • @timd729
      @timd729 Před 6 měsíci

      CO op today is a joke compared to NES games back then.

  • @thompsontroy083
    @thompsontroy083 Před 5 lety +60

    This bring back memories, never could beat this game

    • @yogidemis8513
      @yogidemis8513 Před 4 lety +1

      It should be time to hook it up and finally beat it. Hey no Game Genie tho haha!!

  • @CrimsonCavalierGaming
    @CrimsonCavalierGaming Před 4 lety +200

    This game found the line between “hard” and “not fun” and shat all over it. This game is infuriating.

    • @lordraptor5042
      @lordraptor5042 Před 4 lety +4

      LMAO! .

    • @ferensao
      @ferensao Před 4 lety +6

      I agreed. This the most difficult TMNT games

    • @gusdavid7798
      @gusdavid7798 Před 4 lety +12

      Nes games did that, A LOT. Ninja gaiden were infuriating, specially the 3rd one for me.

    • @lordraptor5042
      @lordraptor5042 Před 4 lety +3

      Ninja Gaiden was hard. 1- hardest, 2- easiest, 3 perfect balance. Beat them all.

    • @gusdavid7798
      @gusdavid7798 Před 4 lety +3

      @@lordraptor5042 beat them all except for 3.

  • @DUSKOsound
    @DUSKOsound Před rokem +4

    It's amazing to hear this score as an adult and realize how much it influenced my artistic output over decades. Mind blown

  • @whyhatestrangers
    @whyhatestrangers Před 3 lety +13

    April is always like “you have my support” but then she never fricken does anything.

  • @mylespl
    @mylespl Před 4 lety +28

    Loved this game when I was a kid. Everyone complained about the water level. It was actually one of my favourites in the game.

  • @yoursubconscious
    @yoursubconscious Před 3 lety +8

    When games gave you 3 lives only. Glad those days are gone, sort of.

  • @madone1980
    @madone1980 Před 2 lety +3

    Almost 33 years and this game still give me sweaty palms and I’m just watching someone else play.

  • @indiaalphanovember8217
    @indiaalphanovember8217 Před 3 lety +2

    Got this with the PAL NES boxset in 1990. Will never forget that moment holding a controller for the first time and not knowing wtf to do! Then the music! Merry Christmas everybody. 30 years has gone way too soon!

  • @tenup1715
    @tenup1715 Před 4 lety +28

    Playing this game after school while having a slice of Pizza back in the 80s was heaven

  • @mrtallgeesee
    @mrtallgeesee Před 4 lety +6

    I use to play this game so much as a kid. I could never get bored of it.

  • @landocalrissiann
    @landocalrissiann Před 2 měsíci +1

    His interchangeable use of the Turtles is supreme!!! Leo was my guy on this game

  • @vandakaii2893
    @vandakaii2893 Před 3 lety +64

    This was the first game I ever played in my life and omfg the Nostalgia!!

  • @thedevilskind
    @thedevilskind Před 4 lety +10

    Who else imagined Uncle Phil's voice when reading Shredder's text?
    You have my support

  • @billfromEtown
    @billfromEtown Před 3 lety +9

    i played this game religiously. thought having pizza would restore my health everytime i got hurt or sick. now I'm fat

    • @theevilascotcompany9255
      @theevilascotcompany9255 Před 2 lety +1

      But you still haven't been killed by flying robots or random guys who just squat there until you walk close to them, so clearly the video game was accurate.

  • @kaydawgy1999
    @kaydawgy1999 Před 3 lety +4

    Seriously the music playin when yer driving the Turtle van through out the map brings back the feels

  • @jona9456
    @jona9456 Před 9 měsíci +2

    The amount of stress and anxiety to get that ending is unreal lol. I’ll never forget this game from my childhood.

  • @frankdux6930
    @frankdux6930 Před 4 lety +42

    Absolute bastard of a game. Haunts my dreams with its evil, too this day.

    • @patrickoakley7890
      @patrickoakley7890 Před 4 lety +7

      They had no mercy on us kids back in the 80s.

    • @tootsiroll4134
      @tootsiroll4134 Před 4 lety +2

      Howling!!!

    • @agentfancypants1654
      @agentfancypants1654 Před 4 lety +10

      I just remembered that you didn't get your life points back even after you completed a stage.
      Are you kidding me??? It's borderline child abuse.

    • @MiXedPlague
      @MiXedPlague Před 3 lety +1

      evil evil evil game

    • @timsmooth39
      @timsmooth39 Před 3 lety

      I'm triggered by the sight of it

  • @ej4667
    @ej4667 Před 4 lety +16

    Seeing someone else play this makes me realise how many small things I optimized on my playthrough.
    Edit: that includes small things like how boomerangs were pretty much infinite as long as they were caught and that you can pass them between Turtles by throwing them then switching turtle

    • @Thr33Sh33ts
      @Thr33Sh33ts Před 4 lety +1

      I see that you're a person of culture as well. *Nods*

  • @michaelharmon7052
    @michaelharmon7052 Před 4 lety +8

    God I remember playing this game for hours with my cousins. This one and Mario 2 and 3. The 80s were a great time to be a kid.

    • @topshot2219
      @topshot2219 Před 9 měsíci +1

      I got to watch kids play Mario 3 in FAO Swartz up on some crazy tv screens 30 ft in the air. That was a time and place in NYC you didn’t call out other 9 year olds for hogging the controller because you knew they basically ran their own lives taking the subway around and you had to respect it was their toy store

    • @manlymanyo2511
      @manlymanyo2511 Před 9 měsíci

      Indeed

    • @blokin5039
      @blokin5039 Před 7 měsíci

      Michael are you a stripper?

  • @chillsquid
    @chillsquid Před rokem +2

    I was today years old when I learned that it was possible to switch turtles at any time and the pause screen updated with tips. :')

  • @Calbenmike
    @Calbenmike Před 8 lety +22

    I don't know why, but I never get sick of playthroughs for this game.

    • @NintendoComplete
      @NintendoComplete  Před 8 lety +10

      Probably because it's such an awesome game! :)

    • @starofjustice1
      @starofjustice1 Před 6 lety

      It's kinda weird, really. I still find this TMNT game enjoyable and stimulating but I can't play the arcade one or any of the ones with the same beat em up gameplay anymore. I just get bored too fast.

    • @edgarbrooks7695
      @edgarbrooks7695 Před 5 lety

      same lol

  • @louiskeiflin5858
    @louiskeiflin5858 Před 5 lety +76

    One of the hardest game on the nes.

  • @nicolascorre6830
    @nicolascorre6830 Před rokem +2

    Christmas 92. My first game console and video game bundle, that would see 6 yo me struggle so hard in the water level first, then 8 yo me struggling to find a way through the city and getting lost at the rope stuff because nobody in my family nor me did know what it meant (I'm french and we are mostly language disabled, here's a baguette 🥖)
    I still know the soundtrack by heart and the outside melody is often the first tone that comes to mind when I find myself bored and wanting to sing something to my toddlers.
    Thank you for showing us Shredder's fight most of us heard as a long forgotten legend. 🙌

  • @ghostlover951
    @ghostlover951 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Ill never forget the first day i got this game for the nes, i couldn't wait to get home and play, and once i started playing, i must not slept for two days, one of the best day of my childhood

  • @garrybutler5
    @garrybutler5 Před 4 lety +22

    One of the best games on nintendo. Dope soundtrack as well

  • @christiankleinen6556
    @christiankleinen6556 Před 3 lety +8

    Me: "This game is fucking difficult."
    April: "You have my support."

  • @usptact
    @usptact Před 3 lety +4

    Ah, I remember Donatello doing the bulk of the work! I remember struggling a lot playing this game. Definitely among the hardest.

  • @jonathanmbrassea128
    @jonathanmbrassea128 Před 3 lety +11

    i still cant believe how in the world did i finished this game when I was 8.... at 40 years old I just marvel at the sheer patience and precision that I was capable of. incredible.

  • @MrX-rk9or
    @MrX-rk9or Před 4 lety +13

    9:55 - Damn, that is some poltergeist phenomena reaching outta the TV right there (yeah, I'm old, kids), lol.

  • @drewpdrew2004
    @drewpdrew2004 Před 3 lety +4

    Wow, this game brings back so many memories. The music plus the endless gameplay of trying to pass the water level 😂.

  • @timothylewis2527
    @timothylewis2527 Před 11 měsíci +1

    When we played this as kids, we only had a black and white TV. I thought all of the turtles had red bandanas. Seeing that they actually charge colors is blowing me away!

  • @mezmerizer0266
    @mezmerizer0266 Před 3 lety +10

    The memories, and the feels.

  • @marlonsanchez3141
    @marlonsanchez3141 Před 4 lety +9

    I was in my early 20's when I beat this game, for over a decade I could not beat it but I did and I even man cried like Matthew McConaughey in INTERSTELLAR .

    • @alucard624
      @alucard624 Před 4 lety

      It's quite an accomplishment to beat this difficult game. Most people give up right at the underwater level.

    • @steve_ire321
      @steve_ire321 Před 4 lety

      LOL

  • @DrClay999
    @DrClay999 Před 7 lety +20

    One of the NES games I actually owned as a kid... (I only had 3)

  • @AbleAnderson
    @AbleAnderson Před 2 lety +2

    One of the things that is crazy about watching playthroughs of my childhood games is realizing how short the games actually were. They felt so incredibly long in my head but apparently games like this weren’t very long. Today, when I find myself playing a game like hollow knight, I hear the average playtime and I think “shoot I wish that were a bit higher,” but in all honesty it’s much longer than games used to be. Hell super Metroid felt like an epically long game that took 30 hours, and in reality it’s super short. Not knocking any of these games just observing a distorted perception

  • @richfancy653
    @richfancy653 Před 3 lety +1

    So many memories from seeing this and hearing the music again. I used to love this game when i was like 10 years old in like 89-90. Those were the good ol days for sure!!

  • @digitaldigdug7811
    @digitaldigdug7811 Před 4 lety +26

    Heh, one of those games where the road to the boss is tougher than the boss themselves

  • @dalton2k538
    @dalton2k538 Před 4 lety +14

    39:17 "Use careful timing and teamwork to win!" Nah, I'll just use Don with the scroll to cheese shredder out.

  • @MarySamsonite
    @MarySamsonite Před 3 lety +9

    That opening theme is “stone Cold Crazy” by Queen lol

    • @NintendoComplete
      @NintendoComplete  Před 3 lety +2

      Omfg, hahaha! You're absolutely right, I don't even need to go look it up. How'd I never notice that? Nice catch 👍

  • @ryangibbs496
    @ryangibbs496 Před 4 lety +9

    This is giving me insane nostalgia!

  • @RoyStantz
    @RoyStantz Před 7 lety +39

    At times, this game comes under attack for not reflecting the TMNT 1987 cartoon all that well, especially by CZcams users who inexplicably do commentary with little to no research whatsoever. A quick timeline inspection from director of the first live action TMNT film, Steve Barron, and details from Bey Logan and the Golden Harvest production help clears up some questions and rumors surrounding the game.
    Negotiations for licensing rights began in 1986 with various developers on what was then, an underground comic sensation that had an upcoming toyline and TV miniseries that was not established in mainstream circles yet. When Konami was set to the task of making the game, their design documents and resources from Mirage Studios and Surge Licensing were based on the original TMNT comic by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman and a brief overview of the TV show that debuted in December 1987. This resulted in the game becoming a hybrid of the original comic and 1987 cartoon series, a bridging of the two very different iterations of TMNT. Barron explains further that when the movie initially began funding and planning, the details on the story was very brief and only had certain scenes, the kidnapping of Splinter and the burning of the antique store. This is why some scenes are shared between the game and the movie despite them being so far apart in release date.
    This fact probably helped the game become the million dollar seller more than what it's given credit for. The cartoonization of the very gritty reptilian mutants had left the original fanbase disgruntled, to put it mildly, and the 1987 show was as close to a bizarro world as it could be - a bright art style and slapstic humor, essentially a half hour toy commercial, though with a certain amount of heart. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for NES manages to blend elements just so both fanbases can find enjoyment within, and also creates a style unique to the game, for example blending the red clothed Shredder from the Mirage universe with the cartoony sidekicks Rocksteady and Bebop. A complaint that often arises from fans is the cast of enemies, which consists of weird aliens and an ensemble of unknowns. While it's true the majority of the enemies are completely original, by the time the game was in actual development, the cartoon show simply didn't feature a very large cast beyond the central figures. The more sci-fi inspired enemies featured does reflect the original comics which featured more science-fiction elements due to Laird's love for the genre. Further bridging was done with the cover art. Though probably more of an accidental move rather than planned marketing, the use of Mike Dooney's art from the TMNT #4 reprint issue from 1987 drew in the comic book fans with a familiar image, though the red bands across the entire cast of turtles led to a common misperception that the cover was subject to a print error. For those who are only familiar with either the cartoon show or the origin comics might have trouble seeing the true benefit of this game's content and style.
    I'm just saying.

    • @dillontam9752
      @dillontam9752 Před 6 lety +5

      Source: Hardcore Gaming 101, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Series

    • @persona83
      @persona83 Před 5 lety +2

      Interesting. Thanks for share this information.

  • @susanfit47
    @susanfit47 Před 5 lety +4

    Alongside the arcade game (also developed by Konami), it was one of the first video games based on the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series, being released after the show's 2nd season.
    The game got 3 sequels: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game in 1990, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time in 1992.

  • @Flmiv88
    @Flmiv88 Před 3 lety +3

    Got this game when I was 4 years old in 92 took me 25 years to finally beat it.

  • @theweatherman9915
    @theweatherman9915 Před rokem +3

    I’m lucky to say I grew up playing this game. Im 40 and still game daily, and this is one of the hardest games I’ve ever played lol.

  • @Quimper111
    @Quimper111 Před 4 lety +18

    There's a special place in hell for games that respawn enemies if the screen leaves their spawn location by 1 pixel.

    • @NintendoComplete
      @NintendoComplete  Před 4 lety +2

      This and Ninja Gaiden (f'ing birds!!) will keep one another company.

  • @Rcguyankid
    @Rcguyankid Před rokem

    im 49 yrs old the music from this is stuck in my head for all eternity from playin it with my brother so much back in the day.

  • @AmbientWalking
    @AmbientWalking Před 3 lety +1

    One of my absolute favourites! I can't stop thinking about this game when I was a kid!

  • @hectorgonzalez185
    @hectorgonzalez185 Před 3 lety +6

    Watching this vid just reminds me how fortunate and lucky I was for growing up in the 90s.

  • @SeanzoPlatinum
    @SeanzoPlatinum Před 4 lety +9

    The graphics were legit for it’s time

  • @jeffreese8694
    @jeffreese8694 Před 4 lety +5

    Given how hard that game was, whoever played it THAT well must be some kind of video game god lol.

    • @0neDoomedSpaceMarine
      @0neDoomedSpaceMarine Před 2 lety

      They make the earlier parts look easy, and then they get their ass kicked in the Technodrome, which means they're good because that means they didn't get outright killed.

  • @Gildedbutterfly1976
    @Gildedbutterfly1976 Před 2 lety +1

    The music brings back so many memories. This game was so incredibly hard. I don't know anyone who passed it. This takes me right back to those days. Oh how I miss them.

  • @aflacemery
    @aflacemery Před 3 lety +16

    Turtles: Work their butts off and almost die
    April: Pizza Party!

    • @jasonb.6623
      @jasonb.6623 Před 3 lety +1

      "You can have a pizza" - April's only buying one. Kinda stingy

  • @dawnbreaker2912
    @dawnbreaker2912 Před 3 lety +45

    12:31 - "You can just walk over it."

    • @jimkurth
      @jimkurth Před 3 lety +5

      I laughed so hard when I saw the AVGN get angry over that part because as a child I had the same problem with this game when I came out in the early 90s.

  • @oliviermairesse4179
    @oliviermairesse4179 Před 3 lety +3

    WHAT??? YOU CAN SWITCH TURTLES DURING THE GAME?????? My God, I lowered my life expectancy with 2 decades trying to get through the water level was an 8 yo. Wish I knew back then!

  • @b00rk
    @b00rk Před 8 lety +109

    9:58 SHREDDER INVENTED 3D TVs

    • @davidnec571
      @davidnec571 Před 4 lety +10

      b00rk I love this comment. Watching this thirty years ago as a child, I was wondering “Is Shredder’s hand coming out of their TV?” Lol

    • @UniMindPerson
      @UniMindPerson Před 4 lety +1

      Paper TV box.

  • @Zstray17
    @Zstray17 Před 4 lety +10

    This is where Game Genie came in handy.

  • @dallowharton8725
    @dallowharton8725 Před rokem

    This game conquered me back then. It was so satisfying watching you for 40mins just to beat this. You're going to heaven for sure.

  • @mrt2322
    @mrt2322 Před 2 lety

    So glad you posted this! Never was able to finish this game when I was little.

  • @PacMan78Classic
    @PacMan78Classic Před 4 lety +3

    This game murdered me relentlessly as a kid but growing up on the NES you learned to keep trying even in the face of certain defeat time and time again. Bayou Billy was another almost unbeatable game served up by the sadists at Konami. Great job man I have to say you are the best original TMNT player I have ever seen in my life and deserve some kind of statue erected in your honor in the Konami company CEO's office or his home or both. Those who got the shit kicked out of us on those 8 bit Konami classics salute you to the fullest.

  • @vicious-pi3rd
    @vicious-pi3rd Před 5 lety +11

    You make it seem easy and enjoyable. For me to give it another chance and play it again!

  • @LightningCollector
    @LightningCollector Před 4 lety +1

    Awesome walk through. Gonna be uploading more of this game for sure. Keep up the great content.

  • @mogdor
    @mogdor Před 3 lety +5

    Oh man, I remember it taking me forever to beat this. When I finally did I was one proud 10 year old!

  • @roughroadrunner88
    @roughroadrunner88 Před 3 lety +4

    This was one of my favorite game back then. If i can recall, I mostly used donatello. April was very supportive. Lol