Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (NES): The City - All You Gotta Do Is Jump

We do a deep dive of the buildings, sewers, and rooftops in the city, all in search of the captured Master Splinter.

[@MegaManmodelT101]

Yeah, you'd think it'd be called the "Turtle mobile" or "Turtle van" at the very least. But it's actually called the "Party van". And yeah, 1:54: is the jump I specifically just could not master, and thus I now rely upon the jump you were testing just a few seconds prior. I just prefer falling down it to save time after successfully doing the skip jump. And this level is certainly long if you don't know where to go specifically. Basically checking every building to find Splinter. But to an extent April is sorta your guide as she and splinter tend to warn you when actual bosses are nearby. Basically asking if your weapons and health are ok, the footclan is near. It's a good heads up if you're paying attention and they do give you some directions. Like Splinter in the next area actually says what number you're aiming for to reach to get the blimp.

[@darkwolf2859]

Hah, that makes sense. I can picture Don spending months building it and planning the big reveal of the super sophisticated name he came up with, and at the last second Mikey slapping a pizza sticker on the side and declaring it the Party Van.
That jump at 1:54 is so insulting cause the other hard ones are obviously hard but that one feels like it should be easy so you feel like an idiot anytime you miss.
This was actually the part of the game that I would generally get held up on as a kid. Pretty sure I never beat it once (without Game Genie cheats) cause I thought I had to do every single building and would just slowly die.

[@SuperLapplander]

TMNT the most confusing game as a kid when you thought you had to kill everything :)

[@darkwolf2859]

Haha I always loved it but I also always got slaughtered...