Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project is a side-scrolling action beat-'em-up videogame produced by Konami of Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) in 1991. It got released in North America in 1992. It is the 3rd Ninja Turtles game on the NES. It is based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles animated series of the late 1980s.
This game was a big improvement over the first NES Ninja Turtles game I have reviewed before. Everybody who had a NES/Famicom during the early 1990s in my country wanted to have this game. Its 2 player coop mode was so good.
The Story
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are going for a little vacation to the Sunshine State. Until the evil Shredder grabs the entire island of Manhattan! His power hungry plot involves even kidnapping April O'Neil.
The Ninja turtles go back home to save April and Manhattan, and send Shredder on a one way trip to the slammer! So unless you want Shredder to ninja-kick you all, you better get busy. Stopping him once and for all will be no damn holiday.
The Graphics and Sound
As the best of the 3 Ninja Turtles NES games, it has very good graphics. There is some slowdown when there are more than 3 enemies moving on the screen, but it does not hamper the gameplay. And it stops quickly. The animation in the game is surprisingly good considering how old it is.
Game music is good throughout even the boss music. The sound effects are kinda bizarre, which fits this game. The audio quality is really outstanding.
The Gameplay
The gameplay is quite repetitive. Mainly, it is just fighting enemies again and again. But the enemies are in good variety as you progress and the game gets harder with the only 3 continues provided.
You got 4 different turtles to choose from, with different weapons and special moves which gives it some replay value.
The replay value of this game is quite good enough. You can beat it by yourself or with a 2nd player friend. And you may add that extra challenge by letting your character turtles hurt each other, play through the entire game as the weaker character turtles, or try to beat the game without using a continue.
My Verdict
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project is a good NES game. I would recommend you to get it for your NES or retro-gaming collection. Because the good graphics and 2 player coop mode will make it worth it
Play this on the NES or your favorite NES emulator. Go and enjoy with a friend.
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