Is TMNT IV Turtles in Time the best side scrolling beat em up ever?

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Ryven
07/31/2017
08:44 AM
#1
Simple question, simple answer.


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While there are some that come close, definite yes from me.
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CableZL
07/31/2017
08:45 AM
#2
It's definitely my favorite. I spent so many hours playing that game in the arcades and on SNES.
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DifferentialEquation
07/31/2017
08:47 AM
#3
It's up there. I also really like Battletoads, Dragon's Crown and Cadillacs and Dinosaurs.
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Caution999
07/31/2017
08:49 AM
#4
I prefer the original TMNT arcade game. But this one is just as good.
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DevsBro
07/31/2017
08:56 AM
#5
I haven't played any better ones, but I did miss a few classics like the SoR games and River City.

Double Dragon NES comes close (I'm probably the only one but I preferred it to all three arcade ones), and Batman Forever was p good tbh, but that's about it. Battletoads was honestly just too weird for my tastes, and Double Dragon/Battletoads for SNES just felt... off... in some way I can't explain.
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Krystalcyanide
07/31/2017
08:58 AM
#6
Streets of Rage 2 and Final Fight would like a word with you
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Super Saiyan 3 Goku
07/31/2017
09:01 AM
#7
Dunno about the best and I've played my share of beat 'me ups. Streets of Rage is my go-to.
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DevsBro
07/31/2017
09:03 AM
#8
beat 'me ups

lmao best typo ever.

In fairness, a lot of those old beat em ups were hard enough that the genre might as well have actually been called this.
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Nomadic View
07/31/2017
09:04 AM
#9
DifferentialEquation posted...
It's up there. I also really like Battletoads, Dragon's Crown and Cadillacs and Dinosaurs.


I liked Battletoads except for the rocket mission. I could never beat it.
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hollow_shrine
07/31/2017
09:04 AM
#10
Battle Circuit
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The Top Crusader
07/31/2017
09:06 AM
#11
It's really good, but I always liked Final Fight, X-men, and the Punisher better. Actually might like the first TMNT arcade game better, too.
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07/31/2017
09:33 AM
#12
Odin Sphere >>>>>>>>>
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eston
07/31/2017
09:36 AM
#13
For me, Streets of Rage 2 will always be the pinnacle, but Turtles in Time is definitely close
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PostCrisisJ2
07/31/2017
09:37 AM
#14
Streets of Rage 2 exists, so no.

But it is great.
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SSJGrimReaper
07/31/2017
09:58 AM
#15
River City Ransom is underrated

Also the Scott Pilgrim game is great too
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creativeme
07/31/2017
09:58 AM
#16
it's top 5 for sure.

original arcade TMNT
turtles in time
dragons crown
streets of rage series

sure there's a couple others i'm forgetting that could round up the top 5.
Giant_Aspirin
07/31/2017
10:00 AM
#17
i like Streets of Rage 2 the best
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omega cookie
07/31/2017
10:07 AM
#18
Dragon's Crown
Odin Sphere
Double Dragon
Streets of Rage 2
Final Fight

I'd put those far ahead of TMNT IV, honestly. As well as some others I can picture, but can't remember the names of. To be fair though, to even be mentioned near those five means it's a pretty damn good game, just not the best.
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nativengine
07/31/2017
10:14 AM
#19
It's my favorite, don't know if it's the best but it is my personal fav.
KILBOTz
07/31/2017
10:15 AM
#20
guardian Heroes on Saturn.
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creativerealms
07/31/2017
10:16 AM
#21
What's really good about it is the arcade and SNES versions are different enough that it's worth beating twice.
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Ryven
07/31/2017
12:32 PM
#22
Streets Of Rage 2 was great. Id say thats my number two.
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SpiralDrift
08/01/2017
04:00 PM
#23
My personal faves, in this order:

Golden Axe
Final Fight
Streets of Rage III
TMNT arcade
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judasmaiden15
08/01/2017
04:01 PM
#24
The simpsons game was good
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Ryven
08/02/2017
05:36 PM
#25
judasmaiden15 posted...
The simpsons game was good


Good but hard. Or maybe I was just bad at it.
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Kajagogo
08/02/2017
05:46 PM
#26
X-Men
The Simpsons
TMNT: The Arcade Game



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SavenForever
08/02/2017
05:49 PM
#27
That would be Streets of Rage 2.
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Ryven
08/02/2017
06:52 PM
#28
Dead even vote!
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Yaridovich
08/02/2017
06:54 PM
#29
DevsBro posted...
I haven't played any better ones, but I did miss a few classics like the SoR games and River City.

Double Dragon NES comes close (I'm probably the only one but I preferred it to all three arcade ones), and Batman Forever was p good tbh, but that's about it. Battletoads was honestly just too weird for my tastes, and Double Dragon/Battletoads for SNES just felt... off... in some way I can't explain.


Do you mean Batman Returns? Batman Forever was the Mortal Kombat rip-off side-scroll and it was awful.

Double Dragon Neon I think is a lot of fun, but there's something special about Turtles in Time. A lot of nostalgia, but there's also something magical there too, I dunno.
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spikethedevil
08/02/2017
06:55 PM
#30
Streets of Rage 2.
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MadDewg
08/02/2017
07:01 PM
#31
It was aight' for its time, but a good bit of beat'em ups made later on is better. Final fight 3 on the snes, alien vs predator in the arcades, dungeons and dragons, etc. (I love the beat'em ups where you get to do command moves in general).
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SpiralDrift
08/02/2017
07:01 PM
#32
I remember loving the shit out of The Simpsons when it was actually in the arcades but it's hard to go back to now. It just feels really simplistic compared to the other classic beat em ups that came out over the next few years after.

Also, and this is maybe just me, but there's something about TMNT that doesn't feel as solid as Final Fight or Streets of Rage. In those two the attack/injury animations and sound effects are done in a way that gives a lot more weight to every attack, while everything feels a little... I dunno, paper cut out, in TMNT. It's a minor gripe, yeah.
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kuwab0
08/02/2017
07:02 PM
#33
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Ruvan22
08/02/2017
07:04 PM
#34
Hard to tell between it and Cadash
Ryven
08/02/2017
07:10 PM
#35
Yaridovich posted...
DevsBro posted...
I haven't played any better ones, but I did miss a few classics like the SoR games and River City.

Double Dragon NES comes close (I'm probably the only one but I preferred it to all three arcade ones), and Batman Forever was p good tbh, but that's about it. Battletoads was honestly just too weird for my tastes, and Double Dragon/Battletoads for SNES just felt... off... in some way I can't explain.


Do you mean Batman Returns? Batman Forever was the Mortal Kombat rip-off side-scroll and it was awful.

Double Dragon Neon I think is a lot of fun, but there's something special about Turtles in Time. A lot of nostalgia, but there's also something magical there too, I dunno.



Batman Returns was badass. Very underrated game.
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SpiralDrift
08/02/2017
07:14 PM
#36
Ruvan22 posted...
Hard to tell between it and Cadash

Great game, very underrated.
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Vertania
08/02/2017
07:33 PM
#37
Reshelled is better.
Ryven
08/02/2017
08:11 PM
#38
Vertania posted...
Reshelled is better.


Get out.
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Sami1000
08/02/2017
08:15 PM
#39
DifferentialEquation posted...
It's up there. I also really like Battletoads, Dragon's Crown and Cadillacs and Dinosaurs.


Dragon's crown? I thought it was way over priced and big let down. Yeah, i get that the game was going for old school style, but if you're giving as little content as games back then don't charge 40€.
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TheDarkCircle
08/02/2017
08:19 PM
#40
Ryven posted...
Vertania posted...
Reshelled is better.


Get out.
SSJGrimReaper
08/02/2017
09:29 PM
#41
Vertania posted...
Reshelled is better.


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Ryven
08/02/2017
09:43 PM
#42
SSJGrimReaper posted...
Vertania posted...
Reshelled is better.


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XD

Couldnt have put it any better.
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RIPVyseCity
08/02/2017
09:59 PM
#43
Batman Returns was on SNES?
Skye Reynolds
08/02/2017
10:01 PM
#44
RIPVyseCity posted...
Batman Returns was on SNES?


Yes.
OwlRammer
08/02/2017
10:08 PM
#45
I like the modern beat em ups like scott pilgrim and stuff with good combo systems and mechanics and stuff

things like tmnt and streets of rage and stuff was my jam back in the day though, would play them like infinity times per day
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LordMarshal
08/02/2017
10:17 PM
#46
I would never have the audacity to call even my most favorite games the best ever at anything.
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RIPVyseCity
08/02/2017
10:23 PM
#47
Skye Reynolds posted...
RIPVyseCity posted...
Batman Returns was on SNES?


Yes.


Then yes, that game was great
Ryven
08/02/2017
10:43 PM
#48
Vote is still split 50/50 down the middle. Nice.
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