Cowabunga!
One of the great games from the SNES/Arcade era was TMNT 4 – Turtles in Time. It was an awesome game to play that had familiar characters, insanely good music, and fun gameplay (despite being only 2 buttons). This game and The Simpsons were easily the two 4-player arcades I played the most.
What sets Turtles in Time apart though between the two games was the music. It was full of caps-lock-on-purpose BANGERS with an iconic 1st level track in ‘Turtle Swing’, quite possibly the best boss track ever (aptly titled ‘Boss Track’), and others like ‘Sewer Surfin” and ‘Alleycat Blues’. If you want to check out an MSU with tracks from this game and other old-school TMNT games – you can grab the Retro Collection here.
In 2022, developer Tribute Games made a brand-new TMNT fighting game that calls back to Turtles in Time, with a fresh look but most importantly the same feel. And yes, that feel includes some more killer music.
The OST for TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge is great, with tracks that sound like they could be in the original but with a 2020’s level of sound production. Originally when I heard it I instantly had to figure out how to get it into an MSU.
But it was light on tracks… so I tried combining it with tracks from the Arcade/SNES versions of Turtles in Time. It turned out to be an alright MSU, but it certainly seemed off. Creating MSUs made from (very) old music and newly produced tracks is a fine balance, and quite frankly it doesn’t work most of the time. So like many of my MSU’s this one sat on the shelf until I found some more inspiration to revisit it.
Enter the DLC, “TMNT: Dimension Shellshock”! The DLC somehow included a completely new OST from the same artist (Tee Lopes), adding another 15 tracks to the original 28 which provided enough material for a cohesive “ok, NOW this sounds right” MSU.
With both albums it now shares all the right beats with Turtles in Time – great level tracks, an amazing set of boss tracks, and most importantly it retains the nostalgia of the original.
Time for a Pizza Party!
Download Pack – TMNT – Shredders Revenge and DLC.rar (556.5 MB)
Track Listing
Track 1: Opening Theme – Dimension Shellshock – 13 Bloody Shards of Doom
Track 2: Light World Overworld – Shredder’s Revenge – 04 Big Apple, 3 PM
Track 3: Rain State Overworld – Shredder’s Revenge – 22 Cypher Cats
Track 4: Bunny Overworld – Dimension Shellshock – 02 I 8 a Bit much
Track 5: Lost Woods – Shredder’s Revenge – 02 The Wrecking Crew
Track 6: Prologue – Dimension Shellshock – 12 Artificial Facts
Track 7: Kakariko – Shredder’s Revenge – 03 Jaw-Breaking News!
Track 8: Portal – Shredder’s Revenge – 11 Roof Running Reptiles!
Track 9: Dark World Overworld – Shredder’s Revenge – 09 King of the Spill
Track 10: Pull Pedestal – Dimension Shellshock – 01 Ah shell, here we go again!
Track 11: File Select Game Over – Dimension Shellshock – 03 Dire horizon
Track 12: Guards Summoned – Shredder’s Revenge – 21 Partners in Slime
Track 13: Dark Death Mountain – Dimension Shellshock – 05 Four Red Masks
Track 14: Minigame – Dimension Shellshock – 14 Anything BUT Pineapple
Track 15: Skull Woods Overworld – Shredder’s Revenge – 07 Inner Peace
Track 16: Castle – Dimension Shellshock – 08 Nostalgia Evoking Song
Track 18: Cave – Dimension Shellshock – 07 Pizza in the Sewers with Crystals
Track 19: Boss Victory – Shredder’s Revenge – 28 It’s a Pizza Party!
Track 20: Sanctuary – Shredder’s Revenge – 15 Rush Hour Power
Track 21: Boss Fight – Shredder’s Revenge – 20 Clash of the Outcasts
Track 23: Shop and Fortune Teller – Dimension Shellshock – 15 Wanna go again?
Track 24: Cave – Shredder’s Revenge – 10 Mall Meltdown
Track 25: Zelda Rescue – Dimension Shellshock – 06 Believable Source
Track 26: Crystal Cutscene – Dimension Shellshock – 06 Believable Source
Track 27: Fairy Fountain – Shredder’s Revenge – 14 The Side Hustle
Track 28: Agahnim Top of Castle Tower – Shredder’s Revenge – 08 Turtle Throwdown
Track 29: Ganon Reveals Himself – Shredder’s Revenge – 26 Wrath of the Lady
Track 30: Drop into Ganon – Shredder’s Revenge – 18 It Won’t Fly!
Track 31: Ganon Fight – Shredder’s Revenge – 26 Wrath of the Lady
Track 32: Triforce Room – Dimension Shellshock – 06 Believable Source
Track 33: Ending Sequence – Shredder’s Revenge – 05 Mutants Over Broadway! / 12 Panic in the Sky!
Track 34: Credits – Shredder’s Revenge – 28 It’s a Pizza Party! / 25 We Ain’t Came to Lose
Track 35: Eastern Palace – Dimension Shellshock – 11 Heroes in Halftone
Track 36: Desert Palace – Dimension Shellshock – 10 Sunset Showdown
Track 37: Agahnim’s Tower – Shredder’s Revenge – 06 Rumble in the Zoo
Track 38: Swamp Palace – Dimension Shellshock – 09 Rust and Dust
Track 39: Palace of Darkness – Shredder’s Revenge – 11 Roof Running Reptiles!
Track 40: Misery Mire – Shredder’s Revenge – 23 The Lost Archenemies
Track 41: Skull Woods – Shredder’s Revenge – 17 Dinosaur Stampede!
Track 42: Ice Palace – Shredder’s Revenge – 16 A Few Screws Loose
Track 43: Tower of Hera – Shredder’s Revenge – 13 Crisis at Coney Island!
Track 44: Thieves Town – Dimension Shellshock – 04 Ninja Sasanja
Track 45: Turtle Rock – Shredder’s Revenge – 24 Outworld Strangeoids
Track 46: Ganon’s Tower – Shredder’s Revenge – 19 Technodrome Redux
Track 59: GT2 – Shredder’s Revenge – 27 A Dish Best Served Cold
Track 61: DW – Post 7 Crystals – Dimension Shellshock – 13 Bloody Shards of Doom