18. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare (GCN)

Based on the third season of the 2003 TMNT TV show, Mutant Nightmare features four chapters of turtle-based beat-'em-up action-platforming with a host of well-known TMNT villains. The Triceraton army are your first foes, then Baxter Stockman, then the Foot Clan, and finally, a nightmare-themed chapter that makes the heroes in a half-shell fight off dream enemies. You can also unlock a version of the arcade game, Turtles in Time, also made by Konami.

17. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (NES)

One of Konami's early TMNT games, Tournament Fighters is a single-player title in which the Turtles fight amongst themselves to decide who is the best of them to take on Shredder. The gameplay is heavily inspired by Street Fighter and was one of only a few fighting games released on NES in the fighting game boom of the early '90s. Fun fact: This NES version was never released in Japan.

16. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up (Wii)

Ubisoft hired Game Arts, a Japanese studio that had worked on Super Smash Bros. Brawl, to make this 2.5D four-player fighting game. Each stage has traps, interactive elements, and items to power-up and heal the players, much like Smash Bros.

Unlike many other TMNT games, Smash-Up is not based on any particular TMNT series, but it does feature many of the cast of the 2003 animated TV show.

15. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES)

Konami's first crack at the heroes in a half-shell on NES, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles can be tough to go back to if you don't have nostalgia for both the cartoon and the game. Like many an 8-bit tie-in, this is a relatively formulaic side-scrolling platformer that relies too heavily on its licence to power you through its unforgiving stages.

Konami would refine things further in the sequels, but if you were there in the beginning and invested time and effort in TMNT, you'll likely have fond memories of this debut entry. If you're looking to dip your toe in the Turtles pool, probably best to start elsewhere and circle back to this one.

14. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus (GCN)

Battle Nexus, a 2004 sequel to the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on GameCube, has a lot in common with its predecessor. It's based on the animated TV show, it's a third-person beat 'em up, and it's about several teenage mutant ninja turtles. You can even unlock the original 1989 arcade game within this incarnation of the Turts, and watch several animated cutscenes borrowed from the TV show. This game also features a multiplayer co-op mode, with each member of the Turtle team having unique powers to help complete levels all together-like.

13. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (GCN)

Konami's 2003 take on the TMNT games was — to no one's surprise — another beat 'em up, in which you can play as any of the Turtles (or all four in the Versus mode). It's based loosely on season one of the animated TV show, with plotlines cribbed straight from some of the show's episodes. Repetitive voice lines and simplistic gameplay meant that this one got mediocre reviews despite its slick presentation.

12. TMNT (GBA)

TMNT is a hack-and-slash brawler developed by Ubisoft Montreal, the same year that they also worked on and released the first Assassin's Creed, in fact. Despite having the same title as the Wii, DS, and GameCube version — which is fantastic fun when you're trying to find TMNT games in our database — the GBA game is quite different. The others are all 3D action games, whereas this one's a side-scroller — and a decent one, too!

11. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue (GB)

A third Game Boy entry for the boys in green, Konami delivered yet more quality 8-bit turtling in 1993 with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue. However, this time the game took the form of a light Metroidvania which saw Michelangelo setting out to rescue his three compadres and use their unique skills to save Splinter and April from, you guessed it, Shredder.

10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers (GB)

The sequel to Fall of the Foot Clan, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers gives the player the choice of the four turtles at the start of a level and it’s Game Over once you’ve gone through the lot. Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Mikey all control slightly differently and with chunky sprites and rockin’ music, Konami managed once again to deliver satisfying Ninja Turtle action on the Game Boy.

9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (SNES)

The NES and SNES versions of this game, despite sharing a title, are quite different — this SNES release features the Turtles entering a tournament, alongside Shredder, rather than just fighting amongst themselves. There is also a Story Mode that's all about rescuing Splinter and April O'Neil from Karai, the leader of the Foot Clan.

Fun fact: This one is known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Warriors in Japan.