The only port made for Turtles in Time before 2005 was released exclusively on the SNES in summer of 1992, and now retitled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time, placing it into the numbered sequel line since the NES brawler, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Manhattan Project had been released February of that year. This led to some naming confusion in Europe, since the third NES game was never released in that region. The Japanese game omitted the numbering completely, due to TMNT III being known as II, and Konami opted not to confuse gamers further. Like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game, the Super Nintendo port would see a number of enhancements and new additions not found in the original arcade game. In Europe, it was released in winter of 1992, in time for the Holiday season.

The overall game, from controls to graphics remain nearly identical to the arcade versions, losing very little in the way of detail or sound, in fact it has even been improved upon despite the weaker tech. The most major change to the controls is that the throws have now been made an executable move rather than a randomly occurring one, done by timing both the strike button and down on the D-pad in place of the final strike. Unfortunately the scaling effect looks choppier in the SNES version. There is also a button dedicated to running, which would happen automatically in the arcade version if you walked forward for a few seconds.

The SNES port also sports several new enemies and boss characters and an all new stage, along with some being lengthened. The new bosses include Slash, Rocksteady, Bebop, Rat King and Shredder's robot suit. Shredder also sports a new makeover in the climatic final battle of the game. The all new stage is the return of the Technodrome, sorely missed from the arcade version, and styled very much from its design in the first arcade game. The boss layout has been changed to accommodate for extra level, so in the SNES version, Tohka and Rahzar appear as midstage bosses inside the Technodrome, while Rocksteady and Bebop take their places on the pirate ship, sporting dashing pirate attire. Another greatly missed brawler institution is reinstated into the game, the rising elevator, leading to an early showdown with Shredder. The sewer surfing stage, originally done as a short bridging point into the time traveling plot, is retooled as a bonus stage with Rat King riding a footski as the boss. Neon Nightriders, the futuristic surfing stage, now sports extensive Mode 7 twists and turns, turning it into a much more elaborate stage as well. Mode 7 was also used in a very creative boss battle, being the one with Shredder in the Technodrome, where Shredder's robotic suit is situated in the forefront of the screen, requiring the turtles to perform the screen throw to hurt him.

Some things went missing in transition however, Cement Man is now completely replaced by Slash, not to be seen anywhere, and several animation frames are cut due to memory constraints. Most of the sound bytes, including all of the boss quotes are missing, and Pizza Power is also omitted, replaced with the instrumental rendition of the TV show theme. The four player option is also gone as with the original arcade game port, allowing only for two players. Some of the stages in the arcade version also had small intros and outros showing some scenery and interesting details, which has been left out on the SNES. April also takes Splinter's place as the timekeeper for each stage, but does not choose to kill off her friends in this game like Splinter did.

Konami added an additional 1-on-1 fighting mode into the game, allowing two players to go head to head with the turtle of their choice under the watchful eye of Master Splinter. Due to the small moveset compared to actual fighting games, it doesn't play very smoothly, and is quickly forgotten. There is also a time trial mode, and the option to use the Adventures comic book skin tones is available. The game's true ending can only be achieved by finishing the game on Normal or above. The overall game has been toned down in difficulty due to the option being available to make it either easier or harder.

Even with the loss of the four-player option, the numerous extras and care taken into the SNES port makes it a fantastic game and better than its arcade counterpart, being a shining example of how to handle ports back in that era of gaming. The length is perfect for the genre, the music is brought over with some arrangements to the sound to make it sound even better, and the graphics are as colorful and imaginary as they seemed on the arcade monitor. The time travel is still poorly realized, and the extra level being set in contemporary times doesn't do much to remedy this fact.

Corresponding with the release of the 2007 movie, Ubisoft created a unique deal with Konami to sublicense The Arcade Game for release on the Xbox Live Arcade download service, and tie it with the new motion picture loosely based on the 2007 materials. This was also a necessity due to much of the music and voice clips taken from the 1987 series being owned by the Fred Wolf Group. The 1989 arcade classic became one of the most popular downloadable titles on the service and would rank in the top 10 for a great period of time, with Ubisoft and Konami splitting the revenue and at one point also extending their contract for that particular game in order to keep it available. The success of the 1989 arcade game on XBLA proved that even with the potentially deal breaking changes made to the sounds and art, fans were still embracing the genre and the characters like never before, and that would eventually inspired Ubisoft to not only provide more TMNT action, but also attempt to give it their own spin.

While the response for the 1989 game was favorable, it also came with a massive wave of demand and requests to bring Turtles in Time onto Live Arcade. Ubisoft however had learned one things from the release of Arcade Game, that they were not interested in yet again splitting profit with another company. To most fans' surprise when Turtles in Time was finally announced for a rerelease, they would not be getting the classic game simply upscaled and online enabled, this time, they were getting a complete 3D remake. This in turn would give the game greater marketing opportunities and allow for Ubisoft to completely bypass Konami, since the actual likenesses and storylines were owned by Mirage Studios. The game received a new subtitle, Re-Shelled, a play on the naming scheme given to Capcom's Bionic Commando Rearmed from 2008.

Turtles in Time Re-Shelled is still very much grounded in the design from the arcade game and adheres to most of the same designs. Set on a fixed 2.5D playfield, Re-Shelled is a one to four player beat-em-up where the Ninja Turtles once again has to bring back the Statue of Liberty and are sent through time by a trap set by Shredder. Battalions of Foot Clan warriors fill up the screen constantly for melee mayhem and at the end of each stage wait a boss, before the two toed bros can venture on through time in order to find Shredder and Krang.

Unlike the 1991 game however, attacks can now be done in all 8 directions, allowing for full 3D combat. Controls remains mostly identical to the arcade release rather than the revised SNES scheme, so throws aren't as easy to pull off, but it does add a run button. Moves are recreated in 3D without much change from how it looked in 2D. The stages' structure will be instantly recognizable as well as each backdrop has been recreated as experienced in the original, though with more visual presentation overall.

It's in the exteriors that most of the significant changes can be seen and felt. One of the major issues felt in the original is the lack of proper use of the opportunities the time travel plot presents, and backgrounds being largely uninspired. In Re-Shelled, the designers have actually taken the opportunity to give each stage a much more distinct feeling along with greater depth. In the distance you'll see jungles, islands, huts, which might feel like rather small visual improvements, but it is the smaller detail that gives the greater atmosphere. The train stage really benefits from this, with gusts of strong winds and blurring effects to more properly illustrate the speed of the train and the background scenery changing from rivers to grass lands and nature. The prehistoric level also looks closer to being actually set in prehistoric times rather than largely just taking place within a cave.

The update in visuals don't travel quite as far in near all other areas however. Re-Shelled suffers greatly from the law that every game made after 2004 must have faded colors, preferably with a overcasting tint rather tham making the game stand out with the use of actual colors. Turtles in Time were a colorful delight with great scenery, primitive coloring and charismatic characters. Re-Shelled on the other hand becomes entirely too dark and tones down the use of color significantly, making the New York stages much more industrial than what one might remember from the 1991 game. There are also moments of some weird filtering used on some of the stages, like the Sewer Surfin' stage which now is gulping green for no real reason other than obstructing the details in the graphics. The physics in Re-Shelled are also exceptionally weak, making the whole game feel like it has no weight whatsoever, and the strikes looks like something with the strength that would have trouble cutting melted butter.

The artstyle has been retooled completely, using the leaner body tone of the 2007 movie combined with the 2003 cartoon characteristics, and all of the supporting boss characters have been given a redesign, as have the cutscenes of the game. The artstyle is more in line with fanart made for deviant art than it is for an official video game, and all the characters come with an unnecessary amount of exaggeration even for TMNT, and the illustrations especially look very amateurish in the way it is colored. The turtles themselves look fine, though their headbands seemed to have been washed together and faded in color. You're always supposed to seperate dark from light colors.

What really limits the game the most is the length and lack of any real updates to the core game. Even though the action takes place in 3D and in multiple directions, the game doesn't make any use of this to do anything new, essentially complicating the combat for no real reason as the eight directions means the attack needs to be accurately lined up. Even though the visual look to each stage has improved, the length, enemy activators and boss battles are exactly the same. The most common fan complaint is that the game is based on the much shorter arcade version rather than the SNES version with its extra levels and content. The specific content added to the SNES game is actually locked in a deal signed with Nintendo to make the game exclusive for the console, and Ubisoft would have to sought permission from them to base it on that particular version so it is understandable they did not go that route, but it doesn't really excuse the fact that they didn't add anything new at all besides the online play and a few achievements.

That's really the problem Ubisoft ran into with the 2007 game as well, the inability to go beyond what is already done and rely too much on the standard set by the inspiration. Re-Shelled is a game that really needs to be packed to the gills with innovative ideas and ways to renew the original game, because without the classic visuals and music, fans won't look at this 3D remake with the same set of goggles that they would with a direct port, as a port would be able to hide its weaknesses behind being of age and nostalgic qualities, while Re-Shelled time and time again points at its own limitations. It's a 3D brawler in 2009 with unremarkable graphics, limited movesets and curious art design changes, not to mention a hilariously weak low key fusion soundtrack that is such an opposite from the original that it becomes offensive. Both the music and voice clips is of very low quality.

While Re-Shelled is mediocre, it is only made to look worse by bearing the name of an all time classic that it can't live up to, due to the fact that it relies on mechanics that were already facing some fatigue in 1991 and in 2009 only becomes wholly shallow. Regardless, it sold relatively well and topped the download charts after its release, and seemed to find a stronger footing with the younger audiences that weren't familiar with the original game, but rather just enjoyed a simplistic brawler.

Re-Shelled became de-listed from both PSN and XBLA in July of 2011 due to the licensing deal with the Fred Wolf Group expiring along with the fact that the TMNT franchise was sold to Nickelodeon in late 2009, resulting in all the pre-existing deals to be renegotiated in order to be extended further. It is unknown if the game will return to either service.