Just beat TMNT for the first time
I never made it past level 3 when I was young and really never tried that hard to get further.
But this week I decided to give it another shot. I knew it wasn't really as hard as it seemed and some people say. But you can't play it casually; you have to know what to do and be very careful.
Well, I got through the first 3 levels and stupidly died and had to use a continue. Then I put my NES on pause for 3 days because I had other things to do.
Then on level 4 I ended up screwing up again and burned another continue.
At this point I was on level 5 (with the technodrome) and had all my turtles but no scrolls or items.
But I figured out an important key to this game; the easiest and best place to get scrolls is the top left building of level 5- I found the trick to get around the spiders and build up scrolls, and I used the pizzas in the center building to refill my life.
So now I was set, I had about 80 scrolls for every turtle and full life.
The technodrome was pretty easy using scrolls (actually every boss in this game was pretty easy).
So then the final level. I very carefully went through, spamming scrolls whenever I needed to.
Luckily, Shredder was also a joke like the other bosses and went down in like 4 hits.
So now I feel like I could beat this game again pretty quickly; definitely not easy, but far from the hardest NES game either. (as long as you have a map)
But this week I decided to give it another shot. I knew it wasn't really as hard as it seemed and some people say. But you can't play it casually; you have to know what to do and be very careful.
Well, I got through the first 3 levels and stupidly died and had to use a continue. Then I put my NES on pause for 3 days because I had other things to do.
Then on level 4 I ended up screwing up again and burned another continue.
At this point I was on level 5 (with the technodrome) and had all my turtles but no scrolls or items.
But I figured out an important key to this game; the easiest and best place to get scrolls is the top left building of level 5- I found the trick to get around the spiders and build up scrolls, and I used the pizzas in the center building to refill my life.
So now I was set, I had about 80 scrolls for every turtle and full life.
The technodrome was pretty easy using scrolls (actually every boss in this game was pretty easy).
So then the final level. I very carefully went through, spamming scrolls whenever I needed to.
Luckily, Shredder was also a joke like the other bosses and went down in like 4 hits.
So now I feel like I could beat this game again pretty quickly; definitely not easy, but far from the hardest NES game either. (as long as you have a map)
Comments
Yiur right . You cant casually play tmnt 1
That's probably why a lot of people don't like it - kids just want to casually play a game for fun, not strategize about how to save up scrolls for the final level.
Still on my list of things to do. Congrats
Ditto - I gave it a real shot a year or so ago when I was checking a lot of classics off the list. This is one of few I did not beat - a huge accomplishment. Nicely done.
I never made it past level 3 when I was young and really never tried that hard to get further.
But this week I decided to give it another shot. I knew it wasn't really as hard as it seemed and some people say. But you can't play it casually; you have to know what to do and be very careful.
Well, I got through the first 3 levels and stupidly died and had to use a continue. Then I put my NES on pause for 3 days because I had other things to do.
Then on level 4 I ended up screwing up again and burned another continue.
At this point I was on level 5 (with the technodrome) and had all my turtles but no scrolls or items.
But I figured out an important key to this game; the easiest and best place to get scrolls is the top left building of level 5- I found the trick to get around the spiders and build up scrolls, and I used the pizzas in the center building to refill my life.
So now I was set, I had about 80 scrolls for every turtle and full life.
The technodrome was pretty easy using scrolls (actually every boss in this game was pretty easy).
So then the final level. I very carefully went through, spamming scrolls whenever I needed to.
Luckily, Shredder was also a joke like the other bosses and went down in like 4 hits.
So now I feel like I could beat this game again pretty quickly; definitely not easy, but far from the hardest NES game either. (as long as you have a map)
Congrats!
Now do it without the scrolls.
Some of the GB/GBA games come close as far as the platforming involved and combat style, but they don't have the overworld map to explore. To me, that makes the original on NES much better. It makes you feel like you're actually IN the TMNT universe.
Congrats OP! Now go relax and watch the original motion picture! (Actually, Secret of the Ooze was always my favorite )