Johnny Turbo Does The Dinosaur With Caveman Ninja

May the thirty-firth, eh? May pick this up, loved the SNES version for ohh, at least 25+ years - and I'm intrigued to see the differences in the arcade version.

Would love to get this but hopefully they’ve removed their blur filter, my eyes just can’t handle it

Oh, I was looking forward to seeing it released, but by someone else. Johnny Turbo means barebones emulation and maybe some features missing, like charge attack in Bad Dudes.

I remember playing Joe & Mac on SNES with my cousin,I wonder how different the arcade version is,I might acctually pick it up

@Moroboshi876 To be fair they pushed back the release of that one until they had everything fixed.

Looks a great new edition loved it on my Snes, hope it comes out in Europe.

@Shiryu I didn't know that. I just read the review and they said it was missing this feature. So did they fix it and re-released it? Nice.

Anyway, Johnny Turbo is not Arcade Archves. No region option, screen filters without the option of no filter, no hi-score or Caravan mode, no dip switch... and a price that is 1 buck higher.

I'll wait for the review and maybe buy it, anyway, because I've always wanted to play this game, since I saw screenshots of SNES version in magazines. And Mega Drive version is regarded as better than that one, but is too expensive.

Oh... sweet memories!

@Moroboshi876 In fact, I hope it was my feedback from my own NL review that tipped them off about the oddities from the 1.0 release.

YES!!!!!!!!

Stoked for this, loved it on SNES back in the day. I’ve got my fingers crossed for some company bringing RoboWarrior to modern consoles, miss that game. We lost a lot of good games when Data East folded.

Pre-historic Contra with Damsel in Distress plot ??

Oh yeah!!!! I absolutley love this game!!! I’ll finally have Caveman Ninja and Spinmasters on the same console!!!!

My real name is Joe, and my favorite color has always been blue. I remember being an annoyed kid because Joe was green, not blue! Anyway, I’m also very curious about the original arcade game, which I never played.

I love these Johnny Turbo games!

I loved this game as a kid. The arcade version seemed so cutting edge back in the day, and it is definitely superior to the home console versions from a visual and gameplay standpoint.

Nice! Love this game. Played it on snes.

Awesome, I like how it's cheaper than the SNES collection Retro-Bit is selling which is $29 for all 3 Joe & Mac games on one cart. By buying these at $8 per game, you will only pay $24 for all three games in the collection if all are ever available for Switch.

I have fond memories of this game on the SNES.

Even though this is unrelated to the article, (I'll probably pick this up! There, related) I just want to say that the comments section on NintendoLife articles is so much better, friendlier, and more positive than the hate and negativity - fueled IGN comments section. I'm officially going to stop checking IGN and only listen to the Nintendo Voice Chat podcast on Spotify, and frequent Nintendo Life and Push Square from now on.

Yea baby!! Another absolute classic hitting the Switch!! Pre Ordered!!!! 👍

Stoked... preordering, for sure!

@Moroboshi876 I thought the SNES version was the unique console version and the rest (NES, Game Boy and Genesis) were ports of the arcade version (which seems to have been closer to a beat-em-up than the platforming emphasis of the SNES game)
So the Genesis version is expensive now? I can remember buying that for only like $3 a decade ago (but then again in the same time I think the SNES version jumped from a $1 game to a $20+ game?)

@KingMike Yes, you just have to search in eBay and you'll see the Genesis version is 3 figures now. Crazy.

Starting to give up on hoping for any Data East golden age releases with this program. Hopefully Hamster has something cooking in that area, since Flying Tiger Entertainment evidently doesn't.

I really enjoyed this game back in the day!

I wasn't aware that the extra buck we have to pay for Johnny Turbo's releases -compared to Hamster- can be avoided by preordering (predownloading?) the games. Does it happen in Europe too? Because obviously it is too late for checking it in Bad Dudes and Sly Spy.

One of my all-time arcade favourites. Classic.

Getting it, It was only a matter of time when this game would be released on Switch.

Fun fact: The first boss uses Godzilla's roar! Data East was seemingly fond of that sound bit, because they used it again in Tumblepop (certain bosses), and possibly other games!

I used to play this on an arcade machine at the sports centre after swimming

@GeminiSaint That's why It was such a familiar sound

I wonder if they used it in other similar titles too like:
Joe & Mac 2 - Lost in the Tropics
Joe & Mac Returns
Diet Go Go

not interested. I prefer bad dudes.

@Shiryu I see you reviews also, Did you review other games that they published?
So maybe you could help them to fix other little issues, I'm still waiting for the EU release of Super Burgertime (was suppose to be the 24th of May) JK

@Alex16J I also did Sly Spy.

@Moroboshi876 I picked up Bad Dudes and Sly Spy on pre-order and got something like a pound off in Europe so I think yes. At least so far.

Loved it on the NES, but could
never beat it. Just beating the flower boss was a major feat.

Is there no soundtrack on this release?!?

I always skip Johnny Turbo’s Data East releases and it’s a pity because I’d love to buy them all but blurry and stretched image (going by eShop’s screens and Nintendolife’s screenshots) ain’t my thing and I’m not wasting money like that... I’m
willing to give a pass to no dip-switches but not AR/blurred images. Btw, can you at least play local co-op with just the joycons?
Missing online leaderboards sucks too... bought many retro games I was merely interested in and just because of the inclusion of online leaderboards! Ugh! 😑