Jake Posted April 28, 2004 Best cheezy 2D top-view co-op ever. Also: winnar (thats an MP3). I could never forget about this game obviously, but that MP3 reminded me that I really need to find and buy a new copy of it, and beat it. How can you go wrong with crazy aliens and rocket skates, and enemies designed by Steve Purcell? Answer: you can't... Well, unless you make a horrible ripoff of your own game for Xbox minus the true craziness and minus the Steve Purcell. Also it should be added that you very easily can go wrong with that late 80s/early 90s design ethic (including copious use of really bad record scratch samples) but with TJ&E its totally acceptable. ToeJam has that huge gold chain and the backwards yellow hat... aww. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted April 28, 2004 Gotta love that shit. See also: the title screens in Sonic the Hedgehog. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrHoatzin Posted April 28, 2004 Gotta love that shit. See also: the title screens in Sonic the Hedgehog. Ewww.... Idle Thumbs should've looked like that. A pity. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris Posted April 29, 2004 There's an Xbox version of Toejam and Earl? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted April 29, 2004 Yeah. TJ&E 3. Its vastly inferior however, despite its use of the same Genesis-esque gameplay. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Edison 007 Posted May 16, 2004 Really, Purcell did art in that game? Were there any appearances of his most popular characters..... the citizens of Toybox. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted May 17, 2004 He did character design of a lot of the bad guys. The shopping lady with the beehive hair and the crazed dentist with the drill are both clearly born from the mind of Purcell. If you have the original game, look through the instruction book for his original concept art of the baddies. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johanna Posted October 25, 2004 Sorry to drag this topic back up. I’ve got to say I much preferred the second game. I never got to complete the first. Maybe subconsciously I hated it because of that. I never played the first with the same obsession I played the second with though. I think it was the mini games in Panic on Funkotron. I never bothered with TJ&E 3. Something tells me I didn’t miss much. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted October 25, 2004 TJ&E 1 was a great game if you played it co-op with someone else, otherwise it was a little drab. Most all my memories of that game are from playing it with a second person.... I never played the second game but it looked like, as more of a platformer, it could be more fun than the first to get through on your own? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Simon Posted October 25, 2004 Wow. Thanks for bringing this thread back up, Johanna. I might never have discovered that Steve Purcell, one of my top five most favouritest cartoonists ever, had a hand in ToeJam & Earl otherwise. Don't know how that's passed me by for so long, considering I really like both Purcell and TJ&E. Back in the days of the Megadrive (Brit name for Genesis) me and my brother spent many hours co-opping this funkadelic piece of console history. It was awesome just for the jacuzzi island with the lemonade stand hidden across the sea on the first level. Jake's right that it's less fun single-player. It's not one I would tend to pick up when playing minus a player 2. I remember being disappointed that the sequel was a departure from the top-down exploration, and I didn't really give it much of a chance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted October 25, 2004 TJ&E3 isn't really 'inferior' to TJ&E1...it's just that the simplicity of the Genesis version doesn't really work in a modern game. I wish I held on to my copy of it, as it's beautiful to look at, at least. I disagree, I thought it was crap. The music wasn't as catchy despite being higher quality audio, the art wasn't as stylish despite being more detailed... It had the new unappealing female character, etc. It just didn't really feel inspired, or as if it was made with any love at all, while the first TJ&E just sort of seemed like people cared. Oh well. Fortunately the first game plus a used Genesis/MegaDrive costs less than buying a copy of TJ&E 3... Well maybe not anymore Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johanna Posted October 26, 2004 I think I was about 8 or 9 the last time I played these games, and my friends at the time weren’t interested in games, so I never got to try co-op. Looks like I missed out on some fun, but never mind. I remember I played the sequel first too, so didn’t know any better about the format change. And yeah, it was probably more fun to play on my own. I sound like such a loner. Yay. They added a female character? I hate it when games have to put a girl in just for the sake of it. It’s fucking obligatory to have a token girl in games now… but that’s a rant for another time and place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jake Posted October 26, 2004 True on all counts, I guess. Maybe if they'd stuck entirely to their guns re: early 90s "fresh prince opening titles" style of cool and played that up, instead of trying to hide it a bit, I would have liked it more. That crap is apparently in now anyway right? ¬ ¬ okay or maybe not quite the same. And you're right about the gameplay too... Erm right. I think we're saying the same thing, at least in regards to it not being as good a game as it should have been Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tanukitsune Posted October 26, 2004 I have the Real Arcade version, which is just as good as the real thing and it let's you save the game... I never played TJ&E 2 but I liked the TJ&E 3, but I agree that adding a girl just to have one was lame... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
