Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles IV - Turtles in Time (Europe)
Super Nintendo (SNES)
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Reviewed in 1992
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✪ Reviewed on March 21, 2023
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The European name for Turtles in Time, identical in content. Konami brawler peak, essential for Turtles coop fans.
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Beat-'Em-Up4 players7+
Description
Beat-'em-up featuring the four Ninja Turtles battling the Foot Clan through New York and time. Published by Konami, released in Europe in 1992. Four turtles with distinct techniques, levels across different eras, cartoon bosses and two-player co-op. European version of Konami's TMNT IV beat-'em-up masterpiece.
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles IV - Turtles in Time review
MAX
Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
MAX
Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Colourful sprites faithful to the cartoon, New York streets and spectacular Mode 7 effects: Konami unfurls a beat'em up of delightful liveliness. The roundness of the design and the energy of the clashes overflow with cartoon charm. This visual direction, polished and dynamic, illustrates the golden age of the Konami beat'em up.
Funky and rousing, Konami's music electrifies the Turtles' fights with nervy urban themes, from the famous "Big Apple, 3 AM" to the time travels. Each level pulses with an irresistible groove perfectly in tune with the action. This sonic vitality gives this peak of the beat-'em-up on SNES all its charm.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first seconds"
Dishing out staff and nunchaku blows, hurling enemies toward the screen and travelling through the ages with the Ninja Turtles: this Konami beat'em up overflows with energy and fun. The four-player co-op, snappy pace and cartoon humour make it a gleeful blow-off. Colourful, spectacular and bursting with personality, a peak of the genre to savour among friends.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Collector interest
The European PAL SNES edition of Konami's TMNT IV Turtles in Time from 1992, rebadged 'Hero Turtles' for the PAL market due to the BBC's censorship of the Ninja term. The PAL cart is rarer than the US version, and PAL boxed CIB in the original cardboard box is one of the most expensive and identifiable Konami SNES PAL titles. The cote climbs hard, sustained by real physical scarcity and by the canonical status of the SNES port of the Konami arcade.
Better with friends
A cult beat'em up where up to two fighting turtles pulverize robot hordes in snappy, hilarious co-op. Mutual aid is a joy: taking turns, hurling enemies toward the screen and syncing special attacks makes every level a pleasure to clear. Brisk and colorful, it chains fights with gusto and remains a peak of the genre to devour as a duo, dotted with nods to the series.
Is Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles IV - Turtles in Time still worth playing in 2026?
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV - Turtles in Time, released as Hero Turtles in Europe, is the SFC peak of the Konami beat them up, namely a polished port of the arcade board with fully functional local two player co op. The handling stays precise, signature attacks such as throwing enemies into the screen still feel great and the soundtrack is among the most pumping on the system. Recommended for the best SFC beat them up, especially as a duo, and to nostalgics of the 90s Turtles cartoons.
