# Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection is a video game compilation developed by Digital Eclipse and published by Konami. It features 13 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles video games developed by Konami between 1989 and 1994. It was released for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows via Steam, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on August 30, 2022.

## Content

The Cowabunga Collection compiles 13 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games developed by Konami between 1989 and 1994, listed below.
Titles included in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection :
| Released (NA) | Title | Original system | Local players | Online multiplayer |
| 1989 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES video game) | NES | Single-player | No |
| 1989 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (arcade game) | Arcade | Multiplayer | Yes |
| 1990 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game | NES | Multiplayer | No |
| 1990 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fall of the Foot Clan | Game Boy | Single-player | No |
| 1991 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time | Arcade | Multiplayer | Yes |
| 1991 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Back from the Sewers | Game Boy | Single-player | No |
| 1992 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project | NES | Multiplayer | Yes |
| 1992 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time | SNES | Multiplayer | Yes |
| 1992 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist | Sega Genesis | Multiplayer | Yes |
| 1993 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue | Game Boy | Single-player | No |
| 1993 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (SNES version) | SNES | Multiplayer | Yes |
| 1993 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (Genesis version) | Sega Genesis | Multiplayer | No |
| 1994 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters (NES version) | NES | Multiplayer | No |
The Cowabunga Collection adds save states, rewind functions, button mapping, as well as online capabilities in certain games and local co-op in all games where it was originally intended. It also features an in-game museum that offers previously unseen development art, sketches and game design material for the titles. Almost every game includes both the Western and Japanese versions, with the exceptions being the arcade version of Turtles in Time and the NES version of Tournament Fighters, which did not have Japanese versions.

## Development and release

The compilation was developed by Digital Eclipse, who had previously worked on other retro collections, such as The Disney Afternoon Collection and Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection. The Cowabunga Collection was announced as part of the PlayStation State of Play event on March 9, 2022. The game was also featured at San Diego Comic-Con 2022. It was released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on August 30, 2022. A limited edition physical version of the game was also released, containing a cloth poster, an acrylic diorama, an enamel pin set, 12 Tournament Fighters cards, and a 180-page artbook. The box art and cloth poster were designed by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman.

## Reception

Aggregate score :
| Aggregator | Score |
| Metacritic | (NS) 83/100 (PC) 78/100 (PS5) 79/100 (XSXS) 81/100 |
Review scores :
| Publication | Score |
| Destructoid | 8/10 |
| Hardcore Gamer | 4/5 |
| IGN | 7/10 |
| Nintendo Life | 9/10 |
| Nintendo World Report | 9/10 |
| NME | 3/5 |
| Push Square | 8/10 |
| Shacknews | 9/10 |
| The Guardian | 4/5 |
| TouchArcade | 5/5 |
| Video Games Chronicle | 4/5 |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection received "generally favorable" reviews, according to the review aggregator Metacritic. By April 7, 2023 the release had sold over 1 million copies.