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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (DOS, 1990)

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The DOS Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a port of the NES game. Unfortunately, the original US version has a massive design flaw in Level 3 that makes it unbeatable without cheating, though it was fixed in the US 2.0 version and European version.

Debug Modes#

  • Q + R + P - invincibility
  • A + S + G - noclip (walk or swim through walls)

Hidden Credits#

With noclip enabled, you can access a hidden area in Level 2 (the underwater portion of the dam area) which contains a secret message.

DEAN & MIKE RULE (If they rule so much, why is this port unbeatable?)

"Dean & Mike" likely refer to Dean Griffiths and Mike S. Smith, graphic artists of the game.

(Source: Flying Omelette)

Version Differences#

US

Europe

"Ninja" was changed to "Hero". That's it.

US 1.0

US 2.0/Europe

Notably, the European version and some of US 2.0 version copies fixes the impossible gap in Level 3.