TMNT Shredder’s Revenge update adds new arcade options, retro filters

New update Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, Tribute Games’ homage to the Konami TMNT games of yore, adds even more arcade flavor, thanks to new custom rules for the game’s Arcade mode. To make it more fun, the game’s developer included virtual DIP switches. Shredder’s RevengeThis will allow you to experience the fun and financial satisfaction of an arcade operator trying to get more money out of children by making it difficult.

(If you don’t know what a DIP switch is, it’s basically a series of hardware or software modifiers that arcade cabinet owners could adjust to make games easier by, say, giving players extra health, or harder, by making in-game projectiles faster or enemies stronger.)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s RevengeThere are also a lot of visual filters that can be added to the game. These include CRT-style scanlines, slightly curved screen options, and the option of making the entire thing look like it was taped on VHS. This option adds visual noise and color distortion to the game, as well as a tracking effect (see below). It’s very well done.

Arcade mode’s new custom game options are similarly rich, letting players emulate Konami’s brand of Ninja Turtles beat-’em-ups with a free play option, tougher Foot Clan ninja enemies (who can now explode upon death!Old-fashioned supers that can drain health when they are used.

Tribute Games’ update for Shredder’s RevengeThere are also some improvements that you will appreciate. Players will now be invulnerable to throws. Online game hosts can set maximum players. Taunts can only be used to fill the Ninja Power Bar.

For more information, see the patch notes. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge below.

NEW FEATURES

Gaming

New arcade mode: Custom Game DIP switches can be used to customize the arcade game. You’ll get old-fashioned Super Attacks, fast enemies and no taunts. Custom Games’ lobbies allow you to customize your game. Achievements’ progression and unlocking is disabled in Custom Games.

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You can set your lobby’s maximum player count in Character Select.

Graphics

Some new filters have been added: VCR and CRT (normally or curved). These filters can be found in the Options menu.

FIXES

Gaming

Rare crash fixed in Arcade mode during difficulty changes
When a player is Armored, cars can’t deal huge damage (for instance: Charging a Heavy swing).
Fixed bosses may sometimes be unable or unwilling to get at a player who is positioned near the bottom or top of the stage.
Fixed bosses sometimes frozen after being hit by Raphael’s Super Flying Attack.
Player cannot keep a fixed score when they switch characters after completing a continuation.
Fixed April’s Super Flying Attack sometimes seemingly reviving KO’ed enemies.
Reviving an KO player at the transition point was possible. This would, for example, prevent progress from occurring.
Updated the timer to reflect special statuses, such as Infinite Ninja Power. This was done when you KO or during a cutscene.

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Guest players may now join the same game.

Enter

When selecting Backflip from Roundoff, the fixed input was not properly assessed.

Menus

Rare soft lock fixed for users who have completed Stage 8 and Stage 10 respectively.

IMMPROVEMENTS

Gaming

Taunt fills the Ninja Power bars now, but not yet.
If we KO on Chill, our Ninja Power bars are no longer fully cleared.
To grant invulnerability, throw now.
The HUD has been updated to provide more feedback when performing a Super Attack using less Ninja Power.
Numerous animation changes were made to bosses to improve the readability of attacks.
Fixed Dirtbag’s dig holes collision detection that was too wide and deep.
Reduced the number of enemies spawned in Zorax’s stampede and the frequency of stampedes. Zorax has slightly less health when faced with multiple players.
Pied Piper is now less frequent for Rat King.
For smoother combat, many minor improvements were made to the Super Shredder fight. Also tweaked some damage value. However, his grab is used much more often and is far more effective. Bummer dude!
Improved Statue of Tyranny pace and some tweaked damage values
Mother Mouser’s new animation for the bite allows players to distinguish between the charge bite and the idle bite.
Now, Mother Mouser Mouser 3 and Mouser Model 3 are acting faster.
The Radical Mode damage multiplier can now be applied to any throws, Super Dive attack, and the charged Heavy Swing.
When respawning in certain areas, Fixed Players can sometimes fall out of view repeatedly.

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A Refresh button has been added to the lobby search listing.
Our Arcade Score calculation has been improved. Each player is now individually recorded, even after they exit the game.

Localization

Spent some time correcting or improving a few Spanish, French, and German strings.

Menus

It will recognize if How To Play was played previously, in Story or Arcade modes.
You can improve the prompt and reset your character’s progress.
Arcade mode has a Pause menu that displays the current play time.

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