#131 TURTLES IN TIME - FULL PLAYTHROUGH - Beating My SNES Games
2Here is my Full playthrough of Syvalion done, as always using original hardware on a Super Nintendo with no cheats or save states!
Follow me on instagram @CabinSNES_fever to join me live or via my reviews and uploads to witness me take down all the games currently in my SNES colleciton, following on from having already beaten all 234 licenced UK releases for the NES. I only use original carts, no cheats & no save states.
REVIEW: (Posted originally on Instagram):
-Franchises dont always offer the reward that the Turtles's series of games does, but then not all franchises had the luxury of having Konami at the helm. After a very positively received NES trilogy and landmark arcade cabinet, Konami roll the series in a new generation with 2 different beat em ups across both the major 16 bit machines.
Having never played the Megadrive's 'Hyperstone Heist', I can only reference the many online comparison's that seem fairly unified in the opinion that the SNES's Turtles in Time is the marginally better game. In reality, a mindless bashing of an endless stream of Footsoldiers likely remains enjoyable whichever console you chose, but there's no denying that Turtles in Time plays extremely well and looks outstanding!
Based on the arcade cabinet of the same name, the snes port is actually considered to be the better version which is perhaps the biggest complement the game could receive. It does lack the ability to go 4 player of course tho.
Capturing the essence of a franchise never seems an issue for Konami, and again the cartoon/comics routes are brought to life effortlessly and the rich colourful sprite & level design which is a joy to play, featuring all the series's most infamous rolecall of badguys. Some impressive moments featured in the arcade cabinet make an appearance, like the giant Krang robot, shooting lasers at you from the construction site in stage 1(never understood how the robot got so big, nor why it's so much smaller when you encounter it later on?)
Despite all that's impressive, the actual fight mechanics are a little lacking. Though the games showpiece of slamming enemies from one side to the other and the even more impressive throwing off screen by launching directly at you, both look great, the rest of the combat lacks the depth that gave the most rewarding beat em ups of the era, that little bit more.
It also happens to be one of the easiest in its genre with Shreddar's final encounter proving frankly laughable (Impressive first bout tho).
A very enjoyable game but by no means a perfect one.
CHAPTERS:
00:00 - STAGE 1
04:37 - STAGE 2
08:44 - STAGE 3
11:41 - STAGE 4
18:33 - STAGE 5
24:16 - STAGE 6
29:12 - STAGE 7
37:30 - STAGE 8
41:05 - STAGE 9
48:35 - FINAL BOSS