19th November 2009, 10:20 PM
Game Boy
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan (cart only, $3)
... Yeah, a questionable purchase. On the one hand, $3 isn't much, the game is decent, and I didn't previously have any of the GB TMNT games, though I have played one before because my cousins had one of the Million Seller series re-release of this game. (at least, I think it was this one... it may have been the second one, I'm not certain, but I'd guess it was the first). They sold their old GB stuff years back, but I remember it being quite short and easy. I don't remember playing it much because it was so uninteresting compared to the arcade beat 'em ups...
Anyway, the reason why it's a questionable purchase for anyone other than a TMNT fan. It's short. Really short. No too hard either. It's only got five levels, and here is a level select on the main menu so if you get game over you can just start again from that level. They levels aren't too long and the difficulty level is low. I did get a couple of game overs before beating it, in the final level, but got the first four levels losing only three turtles (that is, not getting one game over yet). Beat the game in less than an hour, and there's not much else to do aside from trying to find where the three bonus games are hidden, and they're nothing too amazing. So yeah, there's not much content here.
But on the other hand, as a Turtles fan of course I had to have it when I saw the cart. It's got a decent GB-ized version of the Turtles theme in it, the graphics are okay, and ... well, it's Ninja Turtles. Of course it's worth playing. Also, though it's way, way too short, what there is is fun... it's more side-scrolling beat 'em up than it is platformer, and it works. It is a Konami game, and has good graphics and sound as you'd expect, with the distinctive Konami GB look of all their early GB titles. It's no competition for the beat 'em ups, of course, but for what it is, eh, not bad. The graphics are good for an early GB game (this was a 1990 release), the music is good as I said, and the levels, while far too short, are well designed. The gameplay's simple but fun, and reminded me of Ninja Gaiden Shadow for some reason... though that game's far deeper and better than this one. Anyway, the last level was pretty fun, took me three continues to beat. :) So yeah, far too short and you'll beat it in half an hour to an hour, but what's there is done well, for a simple side-scrolling beat 'em up game.
... I still want the third GB TMNT game a lot more though. I remember thinking that that game looked pretty cool back when it came out in 1993, but didn't get it at the time, and don't remember seeing it very often... it's not that common, sadly. Too bad, it looked like a pretty good game. Non-linear design, exploration, and more... supposedly it's hard, but I want to play it. It's the rarest of the three by far though, unfortunately.
Anyway, downsides aside
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan (cart only, $3)
... Yeah, a questionable purchase. On the one hand, $3 isn't much, the game is decent, and I didn't previously have any of the GB TMNT games, though I have played one before because my cousins had one of the Million Seller series re-release of this game. (at least, I think it was this one... it may have been the second one, I'm not certain, but I'd guess it was the first). They sold their old GB stuff years back, but I remember it being quite short and easy. I don't remember playing it much because it was so uninteresting compared to the arcade beat 'em ups...
Anyway, the reason why it's a questionable purchase for anyone other than a TMNT fan. It's short. Really short. No too hard either. It's only got five levels, and here is a level select on the main menu so if you get game over you can just start again from that level. They levels aren't too long and the difficulty level is low. I did get a couple of game overs before beating it, in the final level, but got the first four levels losing only three turtles (that is, not getting one game over yet). Beat the game in less than an hour, and there's not much else to do aside from trying to find where the three bonus games are hidden, and they're nothing too amazing. So yeah, there's not much content here.
But on the other hand, as a Turtles fan of course I had to have it when I saw the cart. It's got a decent GB-ized version of the Turtles theme in it, the graphics are okay, and ... well, it's Ninja Turtles. Of course it's worth playing. Also, though it's way, way too short, what there is is fun... it's more side-scrolling beat 'em up than it is platformer, and it works. It is a Konami game, and has good graphics and sound as you'd expect, with the distinctive Konami GB look of all their early GB titles. It's no competition for the beat 'em ups, of course, but for what it is, eh, not bad. The graphics are good for an early GB game (this was a 1990 release), the music is good as I said, and the levels, while far too short, are well designed. The gameplay's simple but fun, and reminded me of Ninja Gaiden Shadow for some reason... though that game's far deeper and better than this one. Anyway, the last level was pretty fun, took me three continues to beat. :) So yeah, far too short and you'll beat it in half an hour to an hour, but what's there is done well, for a simple side-scrolling beat 'em up game.
... I still want the third GB TMNT game a lot more though. I remember thinking that that game looked pretty cool back when it came out in 1993, but didn't get it at the time, and don't remember seeing it very often... it's not that common, sadly. Too bad, it looked like a pretty good game. Non-linear design, exploration, and more... supposedly it's hard, but I want to play it. It's the rarest of the three by far though, unfortunately.
Anyway, downsides aside