1991-12-13
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project is the NES-exclusive sequel to TMNT II from Konami. It refines the combat of its predecessor and adds death-blow attacks that can be used at zero health as a last resort desperation move.
Despite the box art, you don't actually fight any Triceratons in this game. The final space station stage and music were re-used almost verbatim in Turtles in Time on SNES.
Manhattan Project is a solid follow-up to TMNT 2. Although it starts off on a bad foot with an ugly first stage and lame music, both the graphics and sound pick up a lot later on. The gameplay is more refined and the kamikaze death-blows are a great touch. Best of all, it's significantly longer and more challenging than its predecessor.
