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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Dominik Diamond

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was the hardest game I ever played – so why am I back?

an 8 bit graphic of two Turtles characters
Cowabunga or clunky mess? … Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the ZX Spectrum. Photograph: Teenage Mutant Ninja Game on the ZX Spectrum

I do not replay games. Don’t see the point. I don’t reread books either, and I rarely rewatch movies or TV shows. There’s too much new, bigger and better stuff coming out every day, and too little time to consume it. However, I made an exception with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Because the original was so special.

It came along towards the end of my ZX Spectrum playing days. I was at university and was previously only interested in a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle if it came in a tall glass and was at happy hour prices in the Mandela Bar. But the game hooked me one summer back home and became the hardest video game that I ever completed. And that’s what worried me when I started the rerelease on the PS4 that comes as part of the TMNT Cowabunga Collection. (Playstation Plus Essentials March)

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