Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (arcade)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 1989 arcade game by Konami. It is based on the popular comic and television cartoon; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Description
Up to four players, each playing a different Ninja Turtle (Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Donatello and Raphael) have to rescue April O'Neil and Splinter. The game features levels based on different locations, each culminating in an enemy of the turtles, including Krang, Shredder, Rocksteady, Bebop, Baxter, Granniter and General Tragg.

The game's cabinet is designed for four simultaneous players, each turtle has seperate controls which include a standard 8-way joystick, and two buttons (jump and attack).

Legacy
This was followed by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time released in 1991.

Ports
This game was ported to the NES and the Atari ST under the title Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game due to the fact that an unrelated game called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had already been released on these systems. The game was also ported to the Commodore 64, the Commodor Amiga, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, and the Amstrad CPC.

Trivia
In the UK due to censorship issues involving the word "ninja" this game was released as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles which was also the name given to the TV show in the UK. There was also a version of this game with controls for only two players allowing the player to select which turtle to play.