Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time
Also known as: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (JP), Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (EU) Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Platform: SNES Released in JP: July 24, 1992 Released in US: August 1992 Released in EU: November 19, 1992 This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences.

A port of the arcade game with some bosses changed around and a whole extra level added, plus time trial and versus modes.

The definitive TMNT title? You decide.

To do: Lots of prototype differences. http://www.nintendoplayer.com/prototype/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-iv-turtles-in-time/

Regional Differences

Title Screen

The USA and European versions add the roman number IV, and the European version changes Ninja to Hero.

Japan	US	Europe

Scene Select

Japan	US

In the Japanese version, enter Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, L, R on the second controller at the title screen, and then start the game for the scene select menu. If the demo starts by this point, the code must be entered again.

The button code was removed from the US version, though the scene select can still be activated by entering the Game Genie code 26C4-640F and selecting a mode.

(Source: GameFAQs, GSCentral (Ugetab))

Boss Text

In the Japanese version, bosses will say a short phrase after you beat them. This was removed from the English versions.

Miscellaneous

• Maximum number of lives selectable in the options menu was increased from 3 to 7 in international versions.
• Maximum number of continues in the international versions was increased from 3 to 5 and became tied to the difficulty level.