TMNT: The Cowabunga Collection: 5 hidden gems you should play

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Konami and Digital Eclipse are serving up a tasty pizza pie of a retro collection with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, out now on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. Featuring a pizza baker’s dozen titles from three consoles, one handheld, and a few arcade originals — plus the Japanese versions where applicable and oodles of concept art — it’s a retro feast.

Since the collection has so many titles to choose from, we’re going to look at which pizza toppings in the rough are worth checking out. Beyond the beloved arcade beat-’em-up classics, here are five games included in the Cowabunga Collection that are worth checking out.

The Sega Genesis gets a bad rap for its more limited color palette and crunchier sound chip compared to the SNES, but its faster processor often excelled at speedy arcade action (thanks Blast Processing!). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist remixes levels and enemies from both acclaimed beat-’em-up arcade games with a few original touches into its own unique experience.

The Hyperstone Heist is also the only TMNT video game to feature Tatsu, Shredder’s bald henchman played by Toshishiro Obata from the original Ninja Turtles live-action movies, as a boss.

Much like its predecessor, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Back From The Sewers is a side-scrolling beat-em-up along the lines of Bad Dudes. You move your turtle from left to right beating up Foot Soldiers until you reach a boss at the end of each stage.

Back From The Sewers ups the ante of the original with larger, more distinct graphics. In fact, the sprites are so large it can make it hard to dodge projects like Krang’s missiles or flying ninja stars. Not a