Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist
Also known as: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Return of the Shredder (JP), Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (EU) Developer: Konami Publishers: Konami (JP/US/EU), Tec Toy (BR) Platform: Genesis Released in JP: December 22, 1992 Released in US: December 11, 1992 Released in EU: April 1993 Released in BR: 1993 This game has unused graphics. This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences.

To do: Compare title screens between regions:[1]

A Turtles In Time-esque TMNT game on the Genesis, which is actually based rather loosely on some episode of the show. Curiously, Tatsu from the movies puts in an appearance for good measure.

Level Select

Enter A, B, B, C, C, C, B, A at the title screen. Start the game, and the level select will appear.

(Source: GameWinners (Benjamin J, Nichols))

Friendly Fire

In the Japan and Europe versions, enter C, B, B, A, A, A, B, C at the Konami logo. Start a 2 player game and both turtles will be able to hit each other. This feature is not available in the US version.

Unused Green Foot Soldier Palette

Sequentially after the other foot soldier palettes, there are unused palettes corresponding to a green foot soldier.

Title Screen

While the USA and European versions share the same subtitle, the European version changes "Ninja" to "Hero", due to the U.K.'s British Board of Film Classification censoring any media associated with ninjas. In Japan, the game is subtitled as "Return of the Shredder" using a similarly colored but different font.

Japan	US	Europe