[Cowabunga Collection]

Following on from my first play through of Turtles in Time arcade was my first play through of Hyperstone Heist. The combat and character movement felt instantly more satisfying and the difficulty level was far better balanced. The story was very brief (but I’m fine with that to be honest) and it did feel a little like a cut and paste of assets from previous games, but I enjoyed it and will play through again on Hard to see the better ending (I did this and it was nothing special). I can see myself returning to this instead of the arcade Turtles in Time for sure.

O tartarugas da minha infância, joguei até de trás pra frente isso.
Por mais que muitos o taxem como uma outra versão de Turtles in Time eu sempre achei ambos jogos muito distintos, só compartilhando a engine e alguns chefes, como o Letter Head e o Destruidor.
Triste que apesar da nostalgia devo condordar que o Turtles in Time é superior em varios quesitos.
Mais fases, maior diversidade, mais chefes.
Aqui é um jogo com poucas fases, mas essas fases se estendem ao máximo, mas sempre se baseando em esgotos, cavernas e templos, fora que tem apenas 6 chefes no jogo todo.
Ainda assim é um ótimo jogo e eu tenho um carinho muito grande por ele.

I always thought that Turtles in Time just had a port on the Genesis, but when my friend told me that it was straight up a different game. Not really in the sense that it wasn't as good as Turtles in Time, but that I didn't know a different Turtles Beat'em up was around. As much as I do think this is a cheap imitation of TMNTIV: Turtles in Time , it's still a pretty narly game.

By all means, the music, sprites, and levels weren't as memorable as Turtles In Time. Sadly, this is mostly due to this games difficulty and length. While the levels are longer than Turtles In Time, Hyperstone Heist has about half the levels IV did and the difficulty just isn't up to par with usual beat'em ups. While I'm usually a big fan of easier games, the problem with Hyperstone Heist is the lack of any challenge causes for a lot of moments to be fleeting rather than memorable. Boss aren't nearly as interesting either, and with a lot of them just having boring attack patterns and just being bigger punching bags; leaves for little impression on what otherwise is a good roster of baddies.

Hyperstone Heist still has it's own identity and merits as a beat'em up. It gives us some neat new stuff, and at times can be just as fun as it's SNES counterpart. Really it has all the DNA of what made Turtles In Time as good. Using the same kind of sprites, game mechanics, and presentation. If that means that it may be a shorter, slightly easier, and a different game, I'm all for it. Variety is the spice of life, and hey, can you really be mad at having two cakes?

This one's an odd duck to say the least. A slightly remixed version of Turtles in Time made for the Genesis trying to pass itself off as an original game, Hyperstone very awkwardly recycles assets from Turtles in Time and includes original assets of markedly inferior quality, particularly the bosses. The game also generally has weaker progression with a very underwhelming final two stages. Sound and visuals also take a bit of a dip in quality. The main thing that saves this game is the excellent play control, with a smoother feel and noticeably faster gameplay putting it closer to the arcade original Turtles in Time than the SNES version in that regard. Having a dedicated dash button also makes the dash attack moves much easier to use, though the Cowabunga Collection does kind of undermine this upgrade. It's definitely a fun game, and a different enough experience that I'd say fire it up from time to time, but the overall package falls pretty short of either version of Turtles in Time.

Turtles in Time genesis version with slight alterations basically.

Add Note: After playing this again in extremely long time I have a better understanding and memory of this game. It really is a huge step down from Turtles in Time SNES. I think it's balance puts it over the arcade game though. It's only five stages and a lot of reused assests to make up for the fact they could not do the Turtles in Time game on the genesis casuse the genesis just could not handle some of the graphical effects. 5 stages and one of them is a boss rush mode of the previous four bosses. The game doesn't feel very cohesive and has bad pacing problems. The fighting feels better than the arcade but lacks the sheer diversity of stuff that the other versions offer. If it's your only turtles game you can play I guess it's okay but in today's world there is no reason to ever be stuck with this one.