Turtles (video game)

Turtles is a video game developed by Konami and published in arcades in 1981 by Stern and Sega.[1] The Sega version was published as Turpin (ターピン). Turtles is a maze game where the player is a turtle trying to bring baby turtles (called "kidturtles") to their homes while avoiding beetles.

Turtles
Developer(s)Konami
Publisher(s)Stern
Sega
Platform(s)Arcade, Arcadia 2001, Adventure Vision, Odyssey², Casio PV-1000
Release1981: Arcade
1982: Arcadia 2001, Adventure Vision, Odyssey², handheld
1983: PV-1000
Genre(s)Maze
Mode(s)1-2 player alternating

The game was ported to an unusual set of home systems. 1982 releases were for the Magnavox Odyssey², Arcadia 2001, and one of the four cartridges for Entex Adventure Vision. A handheld version of Turtles was also released by Entex in 1982.[2] A port for the Casio PV-1000 followed in 1983.

Gameplay

Scattered throughout the maze are boxes with question marks on them. When the player walks over a question mark, a baby turtle crawls onto the main turtle's back, a house will appear at a random location on the map, and the player will have to bring the baby turtle to its house while avoiding beetles. Other times, however, beetles will come out of the boxes, which the player will have to quickly run away from.

The player's only offensive move is the ability to drop bombs (which behave more like mines) to temporarily stun the beetles. Additional bombs can be picked up in the middle of the maze. Each maze represents a floor of the building. After eight floors, there's a cutscene showing the baby turtles following their rescuer out of the building, and gameplay begins again on the ground floor.

Reception

The Odyssey² version of Turtles received a Certificate of Merit in the category of "1984 Best Arcade-to-Home Video Game/Computer Game Translation" at the 5th annual Arkie Awards.[3]:29 Joystik magazine had a different view of the Odyssey port: "There is not much more to this slow-moving game. Even the background music is disappointing and joystick control is awkward."[4]

References
  1. "Turtles Release Information for Arcade Games". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
  2. "Entex Turtles". Handheld Museum.
  3. Kunkel, Bill; Katz, Arnie (February 1984). "Arcade Alley: The 1984 Arcade Awards, Part II". Video. Reese Communications. 7 (11): 28–29. ISSN 0147-8907.
  4. "The Home Front: Turtles!". Joystik. 2 (1): 57. September 1983.
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