Today, PlayStation released a blog post stating the upcoming release of a landmark collection containing 13 classic Konami TMNT games. These titles originally came out in the 80s and 90s for home consoles, portables, and the arcade. And now, they will be all available on PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. Through the 13 games included in the Cowabunga Collection, you will be able to see the mutation of TMNT games unfold in front as you play each title on your console. Probe the ancient secrets hidden deep in this package of radical classics!
Luckily, Konami and Digital Eclipse shared some gameplay as a treat for the fans. And it’s nothing less than boss fights against everybody's favorite dimwitted henchmen: Bebop and Rocksteady.
If you want to find out more about this compilation, here is an overview of some of the titles you could stumble upon in the brand-new TMNT Cowabunga Collection:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (8-bit)
You encounter the pair early on in the first TMNT home game. Bebop is the game’s first mini-boss, attacking you in a cramped sewer corridor. While this fight is going on, Rocksteady stands guard over April O’Neil. If you touch Rocksteady, he will damage you—there’s no way to beat him now. Just concentrate on Bebop. Bebop doesn’t fire a weapon; he just tries to ram you! At the end of stage 1, you get the chance to take on Rocksteady and his trusty machine gun. Just when you think you have the upper hand, Shredder shows up and kidnaps April yet again!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Arcade Game (Arcade/8-bit)
Rocksteady is the first boss you take on in the classic four-player experience. Again with a machine gun, he fires diagonally to punish you for doing too many jump kicks. Bebop shows up at the end of the next stage, packing a Ripple Laser weapon. And as if that weren’t enough, Bebop and Rocksteady show up together at the end of stage four!
Don’t let these two goons get you down; we have a range of valuable options that will beat them, including Rewind, Save/Load anywhere, and a custom Watch Mode that lets you view a playthrough of each game and jump in any time to start playing.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan (Handheld)
In the fearsome foursome’s first portable adventure, Bebop and Rocksteady are armed with their same tricks in the Ripple Laser and machine gun. Fortunately, in this version, you can knock down their projectiles with a well-timed attack, making these mutated punks a couple of pushovers.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back From The Sewers (Handheld)
Rocksteady doesn’t fight fair when you encounter him in this portable sequel, calling in a bunch of Foot Soldiers to drop flowerpots on top of your head. Bogus indeed! Back From The Sewers is a unique combination of side-scrolling and three-quarter-view action; the Rocksteady fight takes side-scroll mode while the Bebop fight later is in the three-quarter view.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project (8-bit)
An 8-bit masterpiece with tons of stages and many inventive bosses, you see Bebop and Rocksteady begin to get a little more creative with their ambushes. Rocksteady emerges from the Key West surf firing a spear-fishing gun. (Whoops, did we interrupt his vacation?) Meanwhile, Bebop goes ridiculous with a ball and chain attached to his head that he swings around with his neck muscles before launching at you.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles In Time (16-bit)
Although Bebop and Rocksteady didn’t appear in the Turtles In Time arcade game, the duo is in the expanded 16-bit version as the bosses of the pirate ship level, “A.D. 1530: Skull And Crossbones.” Since this is ye olden times, they are dressed in elegant finery, and Captain Rocksteady attacks with an elegant epee while poop-deck-swabbin’ sailor Bebop tries to tame you with his whip.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist (16-bit)
Rocksteady without Bebop? That’s Peanut butter without chocolate! Pizza without cheese! But it’s true, this adventure is the only time in the Collection Rocksteady, and the reliable machine gun shows up as a boss without his best pal.
If you want to check out the entire list, you’ll have to wait a bit. As exciting as the Cowabunga Collection sounds, it still hasn’t a set release date. Fortunately, according to the PlayStation post, we could hear news on this matter very soon!
What are your thougts on the Cowabunga Collection? Are you a TMNT fan? Let us know in the comment section!
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