

Maybe a side scrolling action game like Ninja Gaiden or a beat em up like Double Dragon? Keep in mind I still had yet to learn of the arcade game’s existence. Honestly I don’t know what I wanted out of a TMNT game back in 89. While certainly ambitious Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles suffers from numerous flaws that make it an incredibly frustrating game. At the height of this hysteria Konami dropped their first game and…….it wasn’t what we expected. Turtlemania swept the country and it hit its peak with the 1989 movie that is still perfectly watchable today.

If you didn’t then sue your parents because your childhood was robbed. It’s no slight exaggeration to say that every kid across the country wanted a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video game back in the 80s.
