Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cowabunga Collection: 5 hidden gems to play

Konami and Digital Eclipse have a great retro-inspired pizza recipe. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, now available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 (Windows PC), Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and PlayStation 4. Featuring a pizza baker’s dozen titles from three consoles, one handheld, and a few arcade originals — plus the Japanese versions where applicable and oodles of concept art — it’s a retro feast.

Since the collection has so many titles to choose from, we’re going to look at which pizza toppings in the rough are worth checking out. Beyond the beloved arcade beat-’em-up classics, here are five games included in the Cowabunga CollectionThese are well worth a look.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Sega Genesis).

Sega Genesis has a poor reputation for being limited in color and having a more crunchier sound processor than the SNES. However, its faster processor excelled at fast arcade action (thanks to Blast Processing!)). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Hyperstone Heist remixes levels and enemies from both acclaimed beat-’em-up arcade games with a few original touches into its own unique experience.

Hyperstone Heist is also the only TMNT video game to feature Tatsu, Shredder’s bald henchman played by Toshishiro Obata from the original Ninja Turtles live-action movies, as a boss.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II – Back From The Sewers

It is much the same as its predecessor. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back From The SewersThis is a side-scrolling, beat-em up that plays along the lines of Poor Dudes. Your turtle will move from left to right, beating up Foot Soldiers. You’ll eventually reach a boss at every stage.

Return to the SewersThe original is enhanced with more distinctive graphics. In fact, the sprites are so large it can make it hard to dodge projects like Krang’s missiles or flying ninja stars. It’s not a lengthy game, but it is fun and provides great graphics.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 : The Manhattan Project

The follow-up to a best-selling port of the famous arcade game, a beat-’em-up not unlike Final Fight, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 (The Manhattan Project) takes the heroes in a half shell from the beach to Krang’s Spaceship.

The NES has a late release Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 (The Manhattan Project)This is an amazing visual masterpiece with a powerful soundtrack. Slowdown does occur when too many enemies appear on the screen, but it’s worth it to play through this overlooked classic.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 (Game Boy)

It is far better than any other way. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3Players take on the role of Michelangelo, a brave man who sets out to save his Terrapin brothers from an enormous fortress. The Metroidvania style was first introduced. In this game, the players move from one room to the next, unlocking abilities, defeating bosses and finally becoming the other ninjas turtles.

Despite the game forcing players to be Michelangelo right off the bat, the game’s groovy cover art features a pissy Leonardo full of ’90s rage like a mutant rat in a cage. There’s an impressive scope at play with a high level of challenge. It’s not just the rescue that’s radical here.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (NES)

Fighting games caused an arcade revival in the mid- to late ’90s with the one-two punch of Street Fighter 2 Mortal Kombat. Although 16-bit systems could be loaded with fighting games on the 64-bit, the aging NES lacked any.

The NES version is one of the most popular games on the system. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament FightersIt is an original take on a classic genre. The turtles aren’t equipped with weapons, and they have different colored eyes to help you distinguish who is who.

Apart from the special moves for each character (frustratingly the Story Mode only supports turtle-centric characters, but you can also play as other characters in multiplayer modes), random fireballs are dropped onto the field. Sort of like a proto Poké Ball, when players pick it up they can do a special move. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament FightersIt is much better than what you would expect from NES.

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