![]() ![]() As for how good the game was, it’s hard to put my finger on what held it back. To its credit, the game attempted to recapture the magic of the first as it provided a 3D world to explore. I say that because I don’t remember any type of build up or advertising for the game’s release. While in a video game rental store and noticed the familiar duo and had to give it a try. I have to be honest, I only rented this game. This plot was originally the direction the second game was headed before the switch of genre. ![]() Their mission is to retrieve the twelve stolen Sacred Albums of Funk. In this Xbox game, the two are joined by Latisha as they trek back to Earth. In 2002, a third game was released, ToeJam & Earl III – Mission to Earth. ![]() I much prefer the first release to the sequel. To me, changing the soul or genre of a franchise is a risky move. GamesRadar ranked it the 10th best Genesis game ever while not ranking the first at all. Surprisingly, there is a group that thinks it is better than the original. The objective is to send them back where they came from.Īgain, the game was well received but never quite captured the original indescribable experience. Now on the loose, they start terrorizing Funkotron, ToeJam & Earl’s home planet. The story opens up with the realization that some Earthlings were stashed in ToeJam & Earl’s spaceship. Comedy, style, and uniqueness all were preserved. The result was a carry over of the lore from the first game. Now, that’s not to say ToeJam & Earl 2: Panic on Funkotron was not a good game. Though the developers didn’t want to make this genre, they still put their hearts into it. See every non-hedgehog animal running and jumping while collecting shiny objects. They told the two to make a sequel that expanded on everything the first offered in terms of uniqueness and gameplay to created a bigger and better game morphed the game into a side-scrolling platformer because side-scrolling platformers were IN! Among the presents you’ll find are running shoes, a tomato slingshot (for those pesky chickens), wings, and an inner tube.Īdd in a promotional system which will you have climbing from a Weiner to a Funklord, the ability to randomize the levels for essential replayability, the fact that junk food is good for you (while the opposite is true for healthy food), and a groovy soundtrack, and this game becomes a one-of-a-kind experience.Īfter the great reception of the first game, Sega made the logical next step. These presents contain power-ups which level the playing field. Of course, to combat all of this evil, the two can find literal presents scattered across the levels. If you have never treated yourself to this game, now is the time. Some of the sillier enemies include a monster disguised as a mailbox, a flock of military grade chickens armed with a tomato canon, and an interpretation of the boogieman.ĭisclaimer: I’m not crazy or on drugs, these are all in the game. The catch is the “Earthlings” are a little more (or perhaps a little less, depending on who you ask) treacherous than the real world counterparts.Įarthlings range from a little devil and a giant hamster in a ball to a crazy dentist and a herd of nerds. The two traverse levels of increasing difficulty in search of the spaceship pieces to eventually escape the planet and head home. It opened up with both aliens crashing their spaceship into several pieces that scattered across Earth. TJ&E is a two-player dynamic split-screen cooperative adventure game which had plenty to explore. Developed by Mark Voorsanger and Greg Johnson, the game was, in some ways, groundbreaking. These two Funkotronians have the charisma, style, synergy, and dance moves to back up this claim.Ī Brief History Nothing Like The Originalįirst released in 1991 on the Sega Genesis, ToeJam & Earl remains one of my favorite games of all time. When I think of other predominant pairs, these two belong alongside the likes of Mario and Luigi, Sonic and Tails, Donkey Kong and Diddy, Master Chief and Cortona, Banjo and Kazooie, Jak and Daxter, and Ellie and Joel. Perhaps undervalued, probably underrated, and definitely underappreciated, ToeJam & Earl deserve a seat at the table of iconic video game duos. ![]()
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