TMNT DOS game oddity

Re: TMNT DOS game oddity

feeds@yuku.com (Stepchan) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:44:13 GMT

Crawl and 1OOO wrote:
The other difference is that Konami is a reputable company, and that the DOS version of TMNT was based on an NES game that was beatable; whereas Action 52 was just a crazy get-rich-quick scheme.

That's true.

Too bad AE couldn't code to...

Re: TMNT DOS game oddity

feeds@yuku.com (Stepchan) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:39:14 GMT

Agisuro wrote:

http://www.sweet-bee.com/action52.html

Older games aren't the only ones that have problems like that. I've played 3D games where a character fell through the floor and got stuck underneath the playing field. But it's been so long I don't remember exactly what game it was. I do remember getting stuck on the train...

Re: TMNT DOS game oddity

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 09:58:14 GMT

The other difference is that Konami is a reputable company, and that the DOS version of TMNT was based on an NES game that was beatable; whereas Action 52 was just a crazy get-rich-quick scheme.

Re: TMNT DOS game oddity

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Omelette) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:19:47 GMT

Well, the difference in those situations is that even if a glitch causes you to get stuck once or a few times, it can still be bypassed through normal play.

Re: TMNT DOS game oddity

feeds@yuku.com (TaroSH) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:31:48 GMT

I got stuck in a wall once playing Painkiller.

Re: TMNT DOS game oddity

feeds@yuku.com (Agisuro) — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:18:14 GMT

http://www.sweet-bee.com/action52.html

Older games aren't the only ones that have problems like that. I've played 3D games where a character fell through the floor and got stuck underneath the playing field. But it's been so long I don't remember exactly what game it was. I do remember getting stuck on the train level in Goldeneye once.

Re: TMNT DOS game oddity

feeds@yuku.com (Stepchan) — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:19:30 GMT

CLOUDBOND007 wrote:

I heard that there's an "impossible jump" later on in the DOS version that was fixed on the NES version. It prevents you from getting farther than Level 3, so I guess it's just as well that I gave up on it.
That's seriously pathetic. That would mean that nobody even played the game to completion once before it went to stores. It reminds me of some Lord...

Re: TMNT DOS game oddity

feeds@yuku.com (Captain Ladd Spencer) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 11:04:42 GMT

It looks like the DOS version is stretched horizontally.

Re: TMNT DOS game oddity

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Omelette) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 07:16:36 GMT

Sometimes, I have a lot of difficulty getting either code to work at all. Like right now...There's gotta be something more to it than what GameWinners says...

The game has credits in the beginning:

Mike and Dean are two of the USI graphics artists who worked on the DOS conversion. Apparently, they sneaked their names into that offscreen area. I'm probably right that...

Re: TMNT DOS game oddity

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Omelette) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 06:57:08 GMT

CLOUDBOND007 wrote:

I heard that there's an "impossible jump" later on in the DOS version that was fixed on the NES version. It prevents you from getting farther than Level 3, so I guess it's just as well that I gave up on it.
That's seriously pathetic. That would mean that nobody even played the game to completion once before it went to stores. It reminds me of some Lord...

Re: TMNT DOS game oddity

feeds@yuku.com (Captain Ladd Spencer) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:56:59 GMT

Actually, you can beat it before it leaves the screen, but even if you beat it, you're still stuck.

There's a savestate or hack that lets you play whatever's after that boss, but when you beat the next boss, the same thing happens.

Now, I haven't actually played the game myself, so this is all just from reading.

Re: TMNT DOS game oddity

feeds@yuku.com (GasMaskMan) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:40:44 GMT

Crawl and 1OOO wrote:
I'll post something on topic now. Do you think the code is specific keys that you just so happen to hit while mashing, or do you think the code really is just "mash the keys"?

The part, "Recent research has revealed that there are two different codes that cause that - one for invincibility to enemies and one to walk through walls. My mashing somehow activated both...

Re: TMNT DOS game oddity

feeds@yuku.com (CLOUDBOND007) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:56:33 GMT

I heard that there's an "impossible jump" later on in the DOS version that was fixed on the NES version. It prevents you from getting farther than Level 3, so I guess it's just as well that I gave up on it.

That's seriously pathetic. That would mean that nobody even played the game to completion once before it went to stores. It reminds me of some Lord of the Rings game for GBA that would completely freeze every time you got to a certain...

Re: TMNT DOS game oddity

feeds@yuku.com (Crawl and 1OOO) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:54:22 GMT

I used to own the DOS version of the original TMNT game, which the NES game is basically a port of.

Okay, I know FO is gonna say this is less interesting that what she actually talked about, but I believe the NES version was the original. Supposedly (I don't know if this is true -- as I recall, the source was Nilet from NSider!) this was far and away Konami's best selling NES game to that point, which must have been what inspired the numerous...

Re: TMNT DOS game oddity

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Omelette) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:47:16 GMT

Okay, yeah, I had the CGA version, this is what I remember: cyan background with magenta letters, and the rocks were much simpler-looking:

Without the code you can't see this because there's no way to get to them and they're situated in such a way that no matter where you (legally) go,...

TMNT DOS game oddity

feeds@yuku.com (Flying Omelette) — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:30:31 GMT

I just had a childhood memory confirmed and clarified.

I used to own the DOS version of the original TMNT game, which the NES game is basically a port of. However, the DOS version was almost impossible for me to play both due to the lack of a joystick (keyboard is just too awkward to use) and the fact that my old IBM clone ran it much too slowly. I got frustrated with the game and started mashing on the keyboard. To my surprise, I did something that made me both invincible and able...