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Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles II: The Arcade Game for Nintendo NES
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles II: The Arcade Game for Nintendo NES is a beat 'em up in which you try to rescue April from Shredder. You choose Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael or Michelangelo and travel through a burning building, New York's streets and sewers, and finally the Technodrome. Between fights, you avoid falling objects and other obstacles. You move not only left and right but also towards the foreground and background to line yourself up with an enemy.
Each turtle uses his familiar weapon: swords, staff, sai or nunchaku. You combine ordinary strikes with jumps and flying kicks as Foot Soldiers surround you from several directions. Pizza replenishes lost energy, and defeated enemies can earn you extra lives. Familiar faces such as Bebop, Rocksteady and Baxter Stockman oppose you, alongside Tora and Shogun in the two areas added specifically for this NES adaptation. The snowy park and Shogun's house give the route a different rhythm from the city streets.
You play alone or with two players simultaneously, each using a standard controller. Together, you divide up the enemies, and after losing your final life you can use a spare life belonging to your partner. Four simultaneous players are not supported. The original NES cartridge has no battery-backed saves or passwords. Continues help within the same play session; after switching off, the rescue mission starts again in the first area.
Region and language
Our Nintendo NES games are PAL editions, unless stated otherwise. This product contains a loose cartridge for the European market. A box is only included if explicitly stated in the product details. We note any different region in the product details. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
With Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles II: The Arcade Game for Nintendo NES, you receive a loose cartridge. A box and manual are not included unless we explicitly state otherwise in the product details. This is the standard way we supply this copy.
The history of Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles II: The Arcade Game
Konami based Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles II: The Arcade Game on its 1989 Turtles arcade game. The NES adaptation first appeared in 1990 and was released in Europe with Hero Turtles in the title. Despite the number II, it does not continue the gameplay structure of the first NES adventure. The more open city map and switching between four energy reserves gave way to successive fights in which a second player can join you side by side.
The arcade material was adapted and expanded for the home console. The NES game supports two simultaneous players, whereas the familiar arcade version could let four players cooperate. In return, there are two extra areas, with Tora in a snowy Central Park and Shogun in his own house. The route also includes recognisable sections from the arcade, including April's burning home and the journey to the Technodrome. The NES version is therefore a distinct adaptation, with different technical limits and additional encounters.
Konami continued using the brothers in new fighting games and adventures across different systems. The Cowabunga Collection from 2022 presents this NES adaptation and the original arcade game as separate entries. This makes the differences between the versions clear and also preserves drawings, manuals and other historical material. The compilation additionally received modern aids such as rewind and saving at any time. The standalone NES cartridge contains only the older game, with local cooperation for two and the original lives and continues.
Similar games for Nintendo NES
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles for Nintendo NES uses the same brothers and the same rescue struggle against Shredder, but combines platforming routes with an overhead city map. You play alone and switch between the four turtles during the journey to use their weapons and energy. Part II lets two players follow a fixed route simultaneously. The focus therefore shifts from investigating entrances and keeping a team in reserve to surrounding enemies together and surviving fights.
Double Dragon II: The Revenge for Nintendo NES also offers street fighting for up to two simultaneous players. Billy and Jimmy combine strikes, grapples and special techniques, but the attack buttons work according to the direction in which your opponent stands. The Turtles use a more direct combination of attacking and jumping with their permanent weapons. Both games have dangerous jumps and bosses; Double Dragon II demands more attention to button direction and specific fighting techniques.
Like Turtles II, Battletoads on Nintendo NES mixes fighting, a rescue mission and cooperation for two. Its route changes gameplay more dramatically, however, including fast vehicle rides and sections where you descend on a rope. Turtles II stays focused for longer on fighting groups at street level. Playing Battletoads together often means passing the same tricky obstacle in time; cooperation in the Turtles game centres more on positioning and dividing up opponents.
River City Ransom for Nintendo NES also lets two players fight through a city together and tackle enemies from different sides. Defeated opponents drop money with which you buy food, better attributes and new techniques. The Turtles mainly collect healing pizza and extra lives during a fixed sequence of areas. River City Ransom therefore gives you more room to backtrack and strengthen your fighters, while Turtles II moves more quickly from one fight to the next.
Battletoads & Double Dragon for Nintendo NES shares a choice of several fighters, local play for two and clearing groups of enemies. You choose from three Battletoads and the two Lee brothers, and also encounter vehicle and space battles. Turtles II limits the choice to four turtles and builds its route around their permanent weapons and New York enemies. The crossover therefore changes activities more often, while the Turtles develop their cooperative street fighting further.
