![]() The brainchild of Rare founders, Tim and Chris Stamper ( read my book), Battletoads was unleashed onto the public in June, 1991. I say ‘grown up’, using that as loosely as I can, because we all know now just how puerile Battletoads was. It was the summer of 1991 when I was first introduced to Battletoads, a more ‘grown up’ parody of TMNT. ![]() Watching kids cartoons, playing kids games and so on just didn’t interest mid-teenage me then (yes I was an idiot). I mean, I was fifteen/sixteen at the time, growing up, leaving school and preparing to enter the real world. Part of the reason why TMNT had slipped away from me in 1991 was due to something similar, but with a bit more of an edge. By the time 1991 rolled around, I had pretty much forgotten all about Leo, Mikey, Don and the other one, Bob I think. I watched some of the cartoon, played a couple of the games and somewhat enjoyed the first film… and then got bored and moved on pretty quickly. The whole TMNT phenomenon didn’t really grab me. I lost interest in them pretty quickly to be honest. Those four deadly weapon wielding reptiles were hugely popular and still kind of are today, I guess. ![]() Comic books, cartoons, action figures, games and even movies. ![]() Back in the late eighties and early nineties, those pesky Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were everywhere.
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