Since the NES version only allows up to two players, Shredder only has one clone here. The final battle with Shredder in the arcade version would have up to five clones, depending on how many people were playing.In the arcade version, it stayed open all through the final battle. At the end of the Technodrome, the portal to Dimension X closes right after Shredder emerges from it.Due to this, the cutscene that appears after the sewer stage (in which Bebop, Rocksteady, and Shredder taunt the Turtles to come rescue April) was changed accordingly.The NES version replaces it with another battle against Baxter Stockman, in his mutant form. In the arcade version, the boss fight for the parking garage stage was a rematch against Bebop and Rocksteady together.In the arcade version, the cars the foot soldiers drive in the highway stage go right.
The sewer stage and the cheapskate stage have different music from the arcade version.In particular, the apartment building stage includes an extra stairway with the bowling balls rolling down, and the parking garage stage includes another car driving out. Some of the stages are longer than in the arcade version.The arcade version had much more dialogue, with voice clips accompanying the lines.Let's Melt Snow and Rebuild New York City.ĭifferences from the arcade game Besides the graphic/sound downgrade and the addition of the two new stages.
