Trivia Facts

The gaming company, Ultra, that created this game for the original Nintendo system, created the game more in mind of the comic book series instead of the original 1987 cartoon series.  

Game ports to the PC have a glitch.  There's a missing platform in the sewers that when a character attempts to jump to it, it's impossible.

The Japanese version has April O'Neil as Splinter's daughter.

Earned a total of $125 million for Konami.

The NES game cover image comes from the Mirage comic book issue #4 front cover.

Voted Game Of The Year in 1989 by the Nintendo Game Awards.

Konami sold over 4 million copies.

The game got a 4 out of 5 stars by Nintendo Power magazine.

The game was released after the second season final of the 1987 cartoon show.