–>>The North American version of ** NINTENDO POWER is no more as of last month, yet lives on forever in the memories of a couple of generations now.
Obviously, the Teens have impacted the video game scene within’ and beyond N.P.’s important 25 year video game legacy & coverage.
Featured multiple times in the mag, and handful of times featured directly on the cover .. this was their first N.P. review paralleling their famous N.E.S. introduction way back in 1989.
“I’ve been self-publishing cereal:geek magazine since the beginning of 2007. It is a 100 page glossy magazine (with NO ads) dedicated to showcasing the cartoons of the eighties. The writers and artists that contribute to cereal:geek bring with them exclusive content (none of this material has been printed in any other media before).
Issue two was originally published in the second quarter of 2007 and has been out of print ever since. As only 1000 copies were originally printed it is incredibly hard to obtain. So here I am, seeing if Kickstarter is a viable means to see if there is a demand for issue two…and maybe at the same time introduce some new people to the world of cereal:geek!
Issue two covers the subject of magic and science throughout the cartoons of the eighties. The main article covers many shows including Dungeons & Dragons, He-Man, She-Ra, Thundarr the Barbarian, and ThunderCats, detailing how each of them utilized magic and science to tell their stories. Jack Olesker reveals how he balanced magic and science on The New Adventures of He-Man. Another article explains how after the sci-fi-heavy first season of The Transformers the show began to delve into the realm of magic. Visionaries and Centurions (both overlooked shows) are covered. And Robert Lamb explains how magic and science worked during his time on He-Man and She-Ra. Aside from those lengthy articles there is also an in-depth history of the much-celebrated animation studio Tokyo Movie Shinsha, the changes found in MASK’s season two are highlighted, the Top Ten cartoon transformations are listed, the Rocky films are reworked as an animated series, the love triangle in the Jem series is questioned, a page full of Galaxy Rangers trivia is featured, the amazing origin story of Smurfette is revealed, and much, much more! Other shows covered include Defenders of the Earth, Galaxy High School, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Thunderbirds 2086.” .. ..
— **JAMES EATOCK; animator, cartoonist, writer, noted He-Man Historian , CG publisher , and official audio commentator on HE-MAN & the MOTU, Dungeons & Dragons, and THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS.
” – Save the Earth from Berserko, Bebop, Rocksteady and their band of cyber soldiers!
– Play as your favorite Turtle in five stages of awesome Ninja fighting action!
– Step up to the challenge and meet Berserko and his “Annihilator”
– Attack vehicle in the final stage!
The evil Drakkus has changed his name to Berserko and is out to get his revenge on our “heroes in the half-shell” by destroying the Earth!
Not a chance! These Turtles have an attitude! Cleaver, cooler and edgier than ever, they’re ready to kick some butt!
Use your Ninja moves and special weapons to put Berserko, Bebop and Rocksteady in their place! Power up on some pizza when you grab a bite!
Best of all, you get to hear the awesome voices of your favorite dudes while you play! Cowabunga!
– Cool Dude ! You can choose the Turtle of your choice to battle the bad guys!
– Awesome! Pizza slices appear on screen – you have to scarf ’em up to replenish your energy!
– Whoa! Watch out for Bebop and Rocksteady, they’re some dangerous dudes! Show ’em some attitude with a Ninja kick or use your Ninja Fighting weapon! “
–>> Another complex set of sprites, of coarse the Teens all share the same main walking and jumping sprite with the exception of the character select and winning animation & variations in weapons.
Pretty straight forward play. Beat up & fend off Rocksteady n’ Bebop and the Cyber-Soldiers, diffuse bombs at the end of the levels ( well ..slashing them ) ..then blow up Berserko and his Annihilator Tank at the very end.
A mix up in the manual has Don listed as Mikey & vice verca, A mistake in-game has Raphael using the nunchucks and Mikey using the sai.
A noisy but funky little game. i do like the somewhat monotonous & repetitive voice work & weird modification of the RED-Sky TMNT theme that was the intro to the final seasons of the show.
Deviating from the “Shredder” themes of the prior Konami handhelds of years prior.. Tiger’s first TMNT handheld focus’s of the ambitions of Drakkus a.k.a. Berserko. The interesting choice for the lead of the villain line-up as you may know was the deranged and villainous designer of the TECHNODROME.
Seeking revenge on Krang for leaving him for dead.. in the initial episode of the “Red-Sky” eps of the classic Turtles show, a hostage Krang reluctantly helps Berserko finalize his his evil super weapon, the Annihilator for his own ambitions to conquer earth.
A bending of that plot seems to be present in the game.
The Cyber-soldiers clearly are not the robots form the episode that served out Berserko’s every command but the Foot Clan’s traditional “Foot Bots” Foot Soldiers. And Bebop and Rocksteady are suddenly out of nowhere are also taking orders from the vengeful alien.
The Annihilator is scaled down from large tank shown in the show and Drakkus is popping pit of the top spouting the same one liner each time he fires at the guys in the last battle.
Perhaps after his one and only appearance ( & defeat ) on the original cartoon, Berserko on went berserk once again.. rebuilt a modified and smaller version of the Annihilator, stole a small legion of Foot Soldiers and reprogrammed them to serve him. Bebop & Rocksteady ..having finally been fired for their incompetence by Krang n’ Shredder so they went to Drakkus to look for a job in cuz there was no place else that would hire the boobs in this chaotic economy. All this silliness in his last-ditch campaign of vengeance against the Turtles.
Ok, well maybe not.. but that scenario sounded kinda kinda plausible.
