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It is the 3rd T.M.N.T. game on the Famicom, and in North America it was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992 under the title Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project.
The Japanese game magazine Famitsu rated it 27 out of 40.
The Japanese version is numbered 2 and the North American version III. The difference comes about because the first Turtles game on the Famicom was released in Japan under the different title Gekikame Ninja Den, and the North American T.M.N.T. II was released in Japan as T.M.N.T.
Unlike the other Turtles games for the NES, Manhattan Project was never released in the PAL region, with The Cowabunga Collection marking its first release in PAL territories.
Tezuka said he wished the game had focused on more strict 2D gameplay as seen in games like Yie Ar Kung-Fu (1984).
One of the reviewers called it the best of the recent Famicom games, while one said the gameplay was monotonous and another said the game would appeal to fans of this style of action game.
The Japanese version is numbered 2 and the North American version III. The difference comes about because the first Turtles game on the Famicom was released in Japan under the different title Gekikame Ninja Den, and the North American T.M.N.T. II was released in Japan as T.M.N.T.
Unlike the other Turtles games for the NES, Manhattan Project was never released in the PAL region, with The Cowabunga Collection marking its first release in PAL territories.
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