The instruction manual for the game's SNES port falsely claims that a box of pizza will cost the players a life. They actually fully replenish a player's health bar when obtained.
The present day is set in 1991 (1992 in the SNES version) to correspond with the game's release date. However, April O'Neil throughout the 1987 animated TV series was employed for Channel 6 for less than a year during its timeline of events.