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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: Konami | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Developer: Konami | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT), Hent Gruppen (SE rental), Tec Toy (BR), Samsung (KR) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Licensor: Mirage Studios, Surge Licensing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genre: Action[1][2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1-2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist, known in Europe as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist and in Japan as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Return of the Shredder (Ｔ.Ｍ.Ｎ.Ｔ. リターン オブ ザ シュレッダー) is a Sega Mega Drive beat-'em-up game developed and published by Konami. It was first released in Japan and the United States in December 1992, and it is the first game in the TMNT franchise to appear on a Sega console.[11]
It is a rearranged port of the developer's July 1992 Super Famicom game Turtles in Time (with additional elements taken from both the 1989 arcade game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the 1991 Famicom game The Manhattan Project).
Contents
Story
April O'Neil is reporting from Liberty Island when, in a flash of light, she and her audience witness Manhattan Island suddenly start to shrink. Shredder hijacks the airwaves and announces to the world that this was a demonstration of the power of the Hyperstone, the treasure of Dimension X. With the Hyperstone in his possession, he has the power to take over the world. The Turtles have no choice but to stop Shredder.
Gameplay
The game is a belt-scrolling beat-'em-up, similar to Turtles in Time. The player can choose from any of the four turtles at the beginning of the game. Each turtle walks with 
and 
and moves in and out of the plane with 
and 
. They jump with 
and attack with 
. Each turtle executes a unique power technique after landing several successive hits. Turtles sometimes grab enemies and body slam them while attacking them. Each turtle also has a deadly attack that can be performed with +, which attacks enemies all around the turtle at the cost of a small amount of health. Various objects around the level can sometimes be hit and knocked into enemies; some even explode, damaging nearby enemies. Some levels feature traps such as manholes or planks that hit the player when stepped on.
Turtles can dash by holding 
while walking. While dashing, the turtle can perform a shoulder charge with , a front flip with , a slide attack with then , or a front kick with +. The turtles also have a variety of techniques that can be performed by pressing in mid-air, such as a front kick right after jumping, a diving kick near the apex of the jump, a flying kick near the bottom of the jump, or a weapon swing at any other point of the jump.
Turtles have a health meter that goes down as they take damage from enemies. If a turtle runs out of health, he is stunned momentarily but revives if the player has lives remaining. If the player runs out of lives, the game can be continued from the beginning of the current stage.
The game can be played with two players simultaneously, with each controlling a different turtle.
Characters
| Leonardo | |
|---|---|
| The leader of the group. Leonardo is the most mature and disciplined. He wears a blue mask and fights with two katana. His power technique is the Bamboo Split, where he jumps in the air while thrusting his sword outward, and his deadly attack is the Spinning Blade, where he spins around with both katana extended. | |
| Michelangelo | |
| Michelangelo is good-natured and exuberant. He wears an orange mask and fights with dual nunchaku. His power technique is the Smile Finish, where he spins one of his nunchaku, and his deadly attack is the Kamikaze Attack, where he darts forward while fanning out his nunchaku. | |
| Donatello | |
| Donatello is the calmest and most intelligent of the group. He wears a purple mask and fights with a bō staff. His power technique is the Hurricane Attack, where he twirls his bō, and his deadly attack is the Toe Smash, where he uses his bō to do a leaping kick. | |
| Raphael | |
| Raphael is short-tempered and cynical. He wears a red mask and fights with twin sai. His power technique is the Vacuum Slice, where he spins his sai around, and his deadly attack is the Jumping Spin Kick. |
Items
| Pizza | |
|---|---|
| Fully restores the turtle's health. | |
| Bomb | |
| Makes the turtle spin around and attack enemies in an invulnerable state for a short duration. |
Stages
| New York City | |
|---|---|
| The boss fight is against Leatherhead. | |
| The Mysterious Ghost Ship | |
| The boss fight is against Rocksteady (but no Bebop). | |
| Shredder's Hideout | |
| The boss fight is against Tatsu, Shredder's right-hand man in the first two Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies (in his only video game appearance). | |
| The Gauntlet | |
| The stage contains a boss rush against the three previous bosses and a boss fight against a human Baxter Stockman. | |
| Technodrome, The Final Shellshock | |
| The boss fights are against Krang's Android and Super Shredder. |
History
Legacy
The game was included in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, a compilation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games released in late 2022 for the PC, Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Xbox One.
Versions
While the arcade and SNES versions follow a time travel theme, Hyperstone Heist follows an original storyline written for this port. The game shares nearly the same soundtrack and sound effects as Turtles in Time, but the music plays faster in Hyperstone Heist. Though there are fewer than half the levels as Turtles in Time, each level is longer. Furthermore, Hyperstone Heist has a more aggressive enemy AI and faster-moving gameplay. The player can still slam enemies back and forth on the ground in Hyperstone Heist but can no longer throw them towards the screen. Unlike the original arcade and SNES version, whose art style is closer to the 80s cartoon series, the Mega Drive version's art style is closer to the original comic book series by Eastman and Laird (for example, no pupils and overblown muscles).
Localised names
| Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
|---|---|---|
| English | Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist | Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist |
| English (US) | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist |
| Japanese | Ｔ.Ｍ.Ｎ.Ｔ. リターン オブ ザ シュレッダー | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Return of the Shredder |
Production credits
- Game Programmer: Y. Sasaki, A. Minakata, I. Akada, H. Yamane, O. Maruyama
- Character Designer: T. Miyoshi, T. Nishiwaki, Y. Takano, Y. Kambe, K. Fujioka
- Sound Designer: M. Ikariko, Y. Takamine, K. Kinouchi, H. Inoue
- Products Designer: H. Sumida, K. Nanba, K. Yoshihashi
- Cover artist (US/EU/BR): Tom DuBois
Magazine articles
Promotional material
Physical scans
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Technical information
External links
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist article by Kurt Kalata at Hardcore Gaming 101
References
- ↑ File:TMNTTHH MD KR Box.jpg
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1993" (JP; 1992-12-08), page 7
- ↑ Sega Visions, "November/December 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 93
- ↑ GamePro, "November 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 62
- ↑ GamePro, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 59
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 GamesMaster, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-18), page 64
- ↑ MegaTech, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-20), page 14
- ↑ Sega Pro, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-13), page 21
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 69
- ↑ http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-hyperstone-heist/
- ↑ File:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Hyperstone Heist MD credits.pdf
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 239
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- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Mai 1993" (DE; 1993-04-08), page 47
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "January 1993" (JP; 1992-12-08), page 30
- ↑ Consoles +, "Décembre 1992" (FR; 1992-1x-xx), page 68
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 229
- ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "February 1993" (US; 1993-01-12), page 92
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 28
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 10, "" (RU; 2003-10-08), page 200
- ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 5, "" (RU; 200x-xx-xx), page 248
- ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 106
- ↑ Famitsu, "1993-01-01" (JP; 1992-12-18), page 39
- ↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 2: December 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 8
- ↑ GamePro, "January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 58
- ↑ Hippon Super, "January 1993" (JP; 1992-12-04), page 82
- ↑ Joypad, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 86
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 58
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "March 1993" (JP; 1993-02-xx), page 59
- ↑ Mega, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-18), page 34
- ↑ Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 45
- ↑ Mega Force, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 78
- ↑ Mega Fun, "11/92" (DE; 1992-10-xx), page 33
- ↑ MegaTech, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-20), page 46
- ↑ Marukatsu Mega Drive, "January 1993" (JP; 1992-12-xx), page 108
- ↑ Player One, "Avril/Mai 1993" (FR; 1993-04-10), page 64
- ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, May 01, 1993" (UK; 1993-05-01), page 1
- ↑ Power Play, "3/93" (DE; 1993-02-10), page 106
- ↑ Power Unlimited, "Nummer 1, Juli 1993" (NL; 1993-0x-xx), page 24
- ↑ Sega Power, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-01), page 42
- ↑ Sega Pro, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-11), page 34
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
- ↑ Sega Zone, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-11), page 18
- ↑ Sega Force, "4/93" (SE; 1993-07-08), page 10
- ↑ Sega Force, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-01), page 76
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
- ↑ Todo Sega, "Abril 1993" (ES; 1993-03-15), page 34
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 263
- ↑ Tricks Gold, "Sega dlya fantazerov" (RU; 2002-08-23), page 198
- ↑ Video Games, "3/93" (DE; 1993-02-24), page 86
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