Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Nintendo Entertainment System (1989)
The original NES TMNT adventure sends Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo through New York-area stages to stop Shredder and the Foot Clan.
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When, why and how it was created
Konami adapted the rapidly growing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles property into an NES action game during the franchise’s late-1980s surge. The game predates the later arcade-style NES sequels and has its own mix of overworld navigation, platforming and character switching.
Early TMNT boom
Konami released the game during the late-1980s rise of the TMNT cartoon/comics phenomenon.
Not the arcade game
This is a distinct NES adventure with overworld exploration, platforming and turtle switching—not a port of the four-player arcade brawler.