Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game

This guide is for the NES and Atari ST version. For the arcade version, see Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (arcade).

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game is a 1990 Atari ST and NES port from the arcade game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The game was developed by Mirage Studios and licensed to Konami to distribute. At the time, Konami used their subsidiary, Ultra Games, for their North American distribution.

The NES version's title screen.

This game was ported to the NES and the Atari ST in 1990 under the title Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game to disambiguate it from the previous Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game released for the NES. The Japanese Family Computer version retained the original title since the first game was titled differently in Japan. This would later affect the numbering of the game's immediate sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project, which was titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 in Japan.

These ports of the arcade game included two new levels for the benefit of home players with two new bosses Tora and Shogun. Most of the original stages from the arcade game are extended as well. Also, at the end of the parking garage stage, instead of fighting both Bebop and Rocksteady, the player must fight the fly form of Baxter Stockman. There are also some altered graphics that include advertisements for Pizza Hut, in addition to the game's manual including a Pizza Hut coupon.

Story

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles jumping into action.

April O'Neil, friend of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, is trapped in a burning building by the Foot Clan. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, guided by their Master Splinter, leap onto the roof of the fiery tower from a nearby building and make their way to rescue April. Unfortunately, the fire is the least of their worries...

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