I wouldn't say I hated the original TMNT game but I did dislike it. Heck I even beat it once, but frankly that was enough for me, the game was poorly designed. Enemies are so random, and there are so many situations where if you don't have a particular turtle alive you are screwed. Not to mention how it had nothing really to do with the cartoons when it came to characters that were used. Oh well, at least TMNT Arcade (which I just got for Xbox Live) for both NES and the arcade was a great game, along with Turtles in Time and TMNT3.