Michelangelo in yellow is always an odd sight. Arcade1Up chose to keep the mistake, and it makes it feel even more like the original. Anyone with a passing knowledge of the Turtles likely knows he wore orange, not yellow. On the original machine, Michelangelo wore a yellow mask and bands, and his buttons and joystick were yellow, too. My favorite bit is the reproduction of a clear mistake. Again, the dimensions of the two machines aren’t identical, but Arcade1Up reformatted the artwork to fit without any noticeable cutoffs. The company faithfully reproduced the original artwork in all of its hilarious, ’80s glory. The company bought an original machine and went over every detail-and it shows! Check out that hair! Josh Hendrickson The Arcade1Up version is a fraction of that price, and you get an incredibly accurate, 3/4-scale replica. However, not only will you need to make a lot of room in your home (a full-size four-player arcade is huge), you’ll have to shell out (pun intended) around $3,500. Some still work, and others need some loving care. If you want, you can buy an original TMNT machine. Here’s a quick video overview of what the assembly looks like. If you can build IKEA furniture, you can build this. Fortunately, Arcade1Up has done all of that for you!Īll you have to do is align the parts correctly and screw them together-no wiring joysticks or mounting a monitor required! You just have to connect one ribbon cable from the control box to the monitor and computer unit. The most difficult part of building your own arcade is cutting the pieces to the right size and shape, wiring the joysticks and buttons, and putting together a monitor, speakers, and computer system. Like most Arcade1Up classic-style arcades, you have to build the TMNT game when it arrives. The Arcade1Up version brings all of it back, and you get both the original TMNT game and Turtles in Time. The sequel, Turtles in Time, featured fun animations, like throwing enemies at the screen.
For a while, you could find it everywhere (sometimes, I would see it in a game store all by itself).
The arcade came out in 1989 when the original animated series was incredibly popular. It was about playing with friends and family, who also loved the Turtles. When I was young, TMNT was a shared experience. Shredder kidnaps April O’Neil, and it’s up to the Turtles to rescue her. Technically, it’s incredibly basic and simple (as most games were at the time), even down to the storyline. If you’ve never played the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ( TMNT ) arcade game, I weep for you, but not because it changed the face of arcades or introduced new concepts.