Saturday, March 26, 2022

Only One of these Turtles is Played by Clorey Feld- Cory- Uh, Cloris Leachman

What they said.
(image from Turtlepedia)

Hey, I remembered that thing I wanted to bring up earlier! It's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, coming to every major game console in... uh, sometime this year. I can't find a solid release date, but whenever that is, I want it. It's got thirteen video games from the good old days, when both the heroes in a half-shell and Konami as a game developer were way radical and not a total bummer. That includes the Turtles arcade game, the sequel to the Turtles arcade game, the home version of the sequel of the Turtles arcade game, the NES exclusive sequel to the home version of the sequel to the Turtles arcade game, and Hyperstone Heist for the Genesis, which was almost but not quite a home version of the sequel of the Turtles arcade game. 

(Phew.)

Other highlights include all of the Tournament Fighters games (but particularly the Super NES version, which was better than the other two), all three GameBoy Turtles games, and that despicable side-scrolling platformer with the nigh impossible underwater stages. If that wasn't enough, the most popular games have online support, to reproduce that arcade experience in the comfort of your own home. You can also play the Japanese versions, a feature that was very much appreciated on the Sega Genesis Mini where some games were markedly different depending on the region you selected. You're getting a pretty comprehensive package, and it's being handled by Digital Eclipse, so you know the emulation will be good. 

The price of admission is $39.99, which is acceptable when you consider that this puts each game in the package at just over three dollars. Who am I kidding... Konami pretty much had me from "hello" with this one.

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