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| TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA |
| T U R T L E S: |
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| The Manhattan Missions |
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| FAQ by hundley4ever@letsgomets.net |
| Version: 1.0 |
| Date: 4/16/2000 |
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IMPORTANT!
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This FAQ may be distributed as free, public domain. Please
DO NOT modify or change it in anyway, shape or form and
claim it as your own. Thank you. :)

What's New?
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Version 1.0 - This FAQ! It's all brand new to you! There's
some sections in the missions section that still aren't finished
yet.

If you can help out with some walkthroughs of Extortion,
Areas 2+3 or you can transcribe some of the stuff April says
on the news after you beat an area, then e-mail me. Thanks.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
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I. Introduction
II. Story
III. Startup
IV. Characters
V. Controls
VI. Missions
VII. Tips

Introduction
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Well, it had to happen sometime. This is probably the only FAQ
about TMNT: The Manhattan Missions on the web today. If you don't
know what the game is, then here's the 411. The game was released
for the PC by Konami in 1991 and follows the adventures of the
then-popular cartoon/comic book/movie heroes. It is drastically
unlike the excellent TMNT arcade game released around the same
time and is more similar to the NES/PC game that was released
before it. The game is an adventure game where the turtles have
to complete various missions to save the city from their nemesis
Shredder. It's a pretty good game, so track it down if you can, it's
for DOS.

Story
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The evil Shredder is taking over the city! Meanwhile, there seems to
be a rash of crime in NYC, which is not very unusual, but they seem
to have a connection to the Shred-head's plan of taking over Manhattan.
So who can save the city from the clutch of crime and Shredder's master
plan? Everyone's favorite pizza-eating, crime-fighting, catch-phrase
spewing mutated ninjas: the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!

Startup
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After the Konami logo, a little intro about the turtles' history plays.
If you don't want to see it, press ENTER. This should bring you to the
setup menu. Chances are you'll want to setup your joystick, so choose
the left/right/single joystick and press ENTER. Calibrate the joystick
according to the screen instructions and you're ready to go.

In the lair, you have several options. You can go straight to the action
via the city map, practice your fighting skills in the training room, check
out the power each of your turtles has left in examine turtles, charge up
your turtles' energy by resting 1-8 hours, save and load or exit the game.
You only have 48 hours to save the city from Shredder. Training, resting,
examining and executing missions costs time, so use your time well!

Characters
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Leonardo - The serious, strong leader of the turtles is a very well-rounded
character. He has good strength, good speed and good power. His katanas have
decent range too. Good all-purpose character.

Donatello - This braniac is the turtle's resident gadget-head. He has very
good power, good strength, but limited speed. His bo staff has excellent
range.

Michaelangelo - The party boy of the turtles can be quite lethal. He has
good strength, good speed, but limited power. His nunchakus have good range.

Raphael - This hotheaded, brash and cocky turtle is the renegade of the group.
He has good strength, very good speed but only decent power. His sais have
limited range.

April O'neil - This reporter at Channel 6 is the turtle's eyes and ears on the
above ground. She informs the turtles of the current state of crime in the city
and helps the turtles find about what's going down in the city.

Casey Jones - This vigilante is a friend of the turtles and helps them out when
they're injured.

Splinter - The great master of the turtles, he is the most dangerous rat in the
world. He uses his martial arts knowledge to help the turtles train to get ready
for their battles.

Controls
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The controls in TMNT are a little bit confusing, especially if you don't
have a manual, so here's a little explanation about how to us them.

There are two buttons, one called a "base button" and another called a
"post button". Using these buttons in conjunction with pad directions, the
turtles can perform various moves.

In addition, there are two modes for the turtles, walk mode and fight mode.
Walk mode allows the turtles to walk around freely and at full speed while
fight mode equips your weapons and readies your turtle for battle. To switch
between modes, press both buttons at the same time.

Now your turtles can perform different defensive and offensive moves depending
on the mode they're in, the buttons you press and the direction where you press
the pad in. This is what they can do in each mode, according to the manual:

(Hold pad direction on left, hold button on right)

Walk Mode, No buttons
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Up: Jump straight up
Up-left: Jump back-up
Up-right: Jump up forward

Neutral: Stand
Left: Walk left
Right: Walk right

Down, down-left, or down-right: crouch/pick up item

Walk Mode, Base Button
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Up-left, left, or down-left: Throwing star left
Up-right, right, or down-right: Throwing star right

Up: Climp up/Enter door on top

Neutral: Stand

Down: Climb down/Enter door on bottom

Walk mode, Post Button

Walk Mode, Post Button
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Any direction: Use item

Fight, No Buttons
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Up: Jump straight up
Up-left: Jump back-up
Up-right: Jump up forward

Neutral: Stand
Left: Shuffle left
Right: Shuffle right

Fight, Base Button
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Up: Power Attack
Up-left/right: Attack high left/right

Left: Attack middle left
Right: Attack middle right

Neutral: Stand

Down-left: Attack low left
Down: Attack low/kick
Down-right: Attack low-right

Fight Button, Post Button
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Any direction: Block in that direction

Missions
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Now that you know the controls, you're ready to go out and brave the jungle
that is Manhattan. Here is a guide to the various missions you go on in the
city. Hope this helps you thwart the baddies and get you on your way to kicking
some major shell and scarfing down some mondo pizza!

You have a total of 5 missions + Schredder's lair. They can be completed in any
order. Once you've completed an area, you're rewarded with a nice cinema scene
that advances the storyline and the next area of the mission appears
on the area map. You don't have to complete the 3 areas of a mission in sucession,
to complete the mission. You can switch to another area of another mission at any
time. Note that every time you don't sucessfully complete an area (by exiting before
defeating the boss or having all your players injured), the situation in the area
gradually gets worse, until it can no longer be contained. Try to complete each
area on one try to avoid this.

Triceratons
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Channel 6 reports that a mysterious gang of dinosaur-like creatures have been
robbing banks in the city. Your job is to go to the latest bank that the robbers
have struck, stop the robbery and find out where these things are coming from!

RECOMMENDED CHARACTER: LEONARDO
Leo has the reach and the strength to defeat the triceratons in short order. Try
him out!

Area 1:

When you get to the bank, two of the creatures are stationed out in front of the
bank. Equip your katanas (assuming you're Leo) then wait until they're in striking
distance, then let loose your middle attacks until they're defeated. Enter the
doorway on the far right to go on.

Here are more of those dastardly dinos! Use the same strategy as before. When
they get too close for comfort, jump to the right and in front of the next
doorway. Collect the stars before you go. Enter the doorway to go on.

More dinos are in front of the park. Just use the same strategy as you used with
the previous two and you'll be okay. There's no need to waste your precious
energy to beat these guys. Enter the gateway of the park.

Now you're in the park. There's only one dino in this section, so you can
dispatch of him quickly. There's pizza on the screen to the right, if anyone
needs it. Exit to your left.

There's two dinos here, yet again. Just do like you did before and jump away to
safety. Continue to the left.

Another pair of dinos. Again, try to jump to safety. Enter the doorway on the left.

Here's another dino, but this one has a laser gun. Jump over the little laser
beams, and get close to him. Then wail away at him with your middle attack until
he's down. You won't lose much, if any energy at all.

Now the turtles will find a strange teleporter, which can take them to the next
scene!

Area 2:

RECOMMENDED CHARACTER: DONATELLO
Don has the power and the strength to beat the stronger Triceratons here!
The range of his bo staff also helps!

You have been transported to the sewers, a familiar locale. Quickly
dispatch of the dino using the technique described before. Jump down
the hole into the deeper sewers.

Another dino is waiting for you on the platform. Dispatch of him quickly.