Franchise file / Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Heroes in a half shell, on screen
Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's comic turtles have been in games since 1989. Konami's arcade and console brawlers set the template, and modern studios keep returning to it.
- 1989
- First game
- 1
- Series
- Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird
- Creator
One world. Many eras.
Choose your chapter
The Konami years. Konami led the first run, from the 1989 console game to Turtles in Time, The Manhattan Project and Tournament Fighters.
Start with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in TimeYour next late night
The essentials
A legacy worth revisiting
Four brothers, one beat em up.
The Turtles and side-scrolling brawlers fit together from the start. Konami's run gave the line Turtles in Time, later teams tried 3D, and Tribute Games brought it home with Shredder's Revenge. Spin-offs have since explored tactics and roguelike ideas.
- 1989 to 1993
- The Konami years
- 2003 to 2016
- Into 3D
- 2022 to 2025
- The revival
Scenes that stay with you
Inside the world
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