Well I just looked it up and found out that they only made the pilot. I could swear that I watched more than one episode, I must be confusing them with some other show. I do remember feeling like they were a rip off of TMNT though.

I've heard of the show (long after it was a thing) but I never saw it.

Battletoads the game came first, and it was no secret that it was indeed a TMNT ripoff. The franchise was a goldmine so naturally imitators were drawn. As I understand things, the Battletoads show didn't go forward because it didn't have nearly the quality that was in the game.

Besides the game, I read comic books featuring:
Pre-Teen Dirty Gene Kung Fu Kangaroos
Geriatric Jiu-jitsu Gerbils
Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters
Cold-Blooded Chameleon Commandos

Most of those were not serious.

I'm pretty sure Street Sharks and Biker Mice from Mars were also directly "inspired" by the turtles, but I never watched them.

I remember for years waiting for it and being woefully disappointed when it finally came out. Same with the Mutant League cartoon. There's a lesson in there somewhere, maybe it's sometimes it's better to wish for something than to finally receive it or maybe it's that 9 times out of 10 video games usually suck when they're adapted into another medium. That would probably sound way more profound if you picture it being read aloud by either Morgan Freeman or Tom Bosley.

Shows based off popular video games would all be great if they could just get it right. Zelda comes to mind, would have been an awesome show but they did a crappy job and gave link that annoying catch phrase "Excuuuuse me princess", what a shame.

That would probably sound way more profound if you picture it being read aloud by either Morgan Freeman or Tom Bosley.

In my opinion, Super Mario Bros. Super Show came the closest to being "great". I loved the live-action portions.