| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue | |
| Developer: | Konami |
| Publisher: | Konami |
| Director: | Hiroyuki Fukui |
| Programmer: | Masatsugu Nagata Yasufumi Fukui |
| Artist: | Chisa Matsuda Masashi Sakurai |
| Composer: | Akihiro Juichiya |
| Series: | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| Genre: | Action, Platform game, Metroidvania[1] |
| Modes: | Single player |
| Platforms: | Game Boy |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Radical Rescue, released as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles III: Radical Rescue in Europe, and in Japan, is a Game Boy game by Konami, released in November 1993. It is the third Game Boy game based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, following and . The game was re-released as part of in 2022.[2]
The player begins the game by taking control of Michaelangelo, who must rescue the other turtles, along with Splinter and April O'Neil, who have been kidnapped by Shredder.[3] Unlike other games based on the franchise, this is a scrolling action-adventure game reminiscent of Metroid, Konami's own The Goonies II and the later . Each turtle has a different ability which is necessary to finish the game. Michaelangelo can hover using his nunchakus as a helicopter, Leonardo can drill the floor by spinning with his katana, Raphael can hide himself inside his shell to enter passages that are otherwise too small to enter, and Donatello can stick to and climb walls.
The bosses are Scratch, Dirtbag, a Triceraton, Scale Tale, and Shredder (in this game known as Cyber-Shredder).