Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Turtles in Time (Japan)
Super Nintendo (SNES)
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Reviewed in 1992
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✪ Reviewed on January 16, 2026
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Turtles in Time is a Konami brawler peak, two player coop. Essential for Turtles and genre fans.
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Category
Beat-'Em-Up4 players7+
Description
Beat-'em-up with the four Ninja Turtles battling the Foot Clan, original Japanese version. Published by Konami, released in Japan in 1992. Four turtles traversing cartoon-inspired levels across different eras. Original Japanese version of Konami's Turtles in Time on Super Famicom.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 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.
Q1 damagedQ6 completeQ10 new
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Collector interest
The Japanese Super Famicom version of Konami's TMNT Turtles in Time, Japan-exclusive under this full name (without 'IV'). The Japanese cart sports an original cover and preserves the unremastered original audio. The presence in 'The Cowabunga Collection' has not disturbed the physical cote. Intact boxed CIB with cardboard sleeve and illustrated Konami manual is valued by Japanese Konami collectors for the coherence of the local pressing, and the cote climbs hard.
Better with friends
A beat'em up classic where two martial turtles travel through eras dealing stylish blows to an army of minions. Co-op is everything: covering each other, flinging enemies toward your partner and combining attacks turns the journey into a tight, explosive duo. Punchy and full of retro charm, it restarts in an instant and makes two-player sessions a nostalgic ride packed with laughs.
Is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - 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.
