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ToeJam & Earl

by Johnson Voorsanger Productions·published by Tec Toy, Sega of America, Sega

1991Everyone15
PCLinuxWindowsGenesisMacPlayStationPS3NintendoWiiSwitch

Reader score

7.8/ 10

71 votes

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About

Toejam and Earl are two hip aliens from the planet Funkotron. One day, they are cruisin' their galaxy in the sweet spaceship ride. Unfortunately, Earl wasn't paying enough attention to where he was driving, and ran the ship into an asteroid. The ship crash landed onto the most bizarre planet in the galaxy: Earth.

Toejam and Earl must travel from level to level on Earth and collect the 10 scattered pieces of the ship. But the various Earthlings, such as Nerd Herds, Giant Hamsters, Phantom Ice Cream Trucks and the Bogeyman will make that difficult.

The power up items that TJ and E can pick up come in the form of wrapped presents. You never really know what a power up is until you open it. What's more, randomized levels and item locations make it a different game every time.

The game features a dynamic screen splitting - screen joining 2-player mode. Players start the game close to each other. If one gets away from the other, the screen vertically splits to allow each player to move freely. When players are close again, the screens join together to become one single screen.

Ways to play

Modes

Single playerMultiplayerCo-operativeSplit screen

Together

Split-screenLocal co-op

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric

Players

2 offline

Included in

Sega Genesis Classics: Series 4Sega Mega Drive and Genesis ClassicsSega Vintage Collection: ToeJam & Earl

Languages

1 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English——

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Media Type

Download

Multiplayer Options

Same/Split-Screen

Number of Offline Players

1-2 Players

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium

Min. OS Class Required

Windows XP

Min. DirectX Version Required

DirectX 9.0

Min. Video Memory Required

32 MB

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Also known as

TJ&E — Informal name

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Facts

Released

1991

Platforms

PCLinuxWindowsGenesisMacPlayStationPS3NintendoWiiSwitch

Age ratings

ESRBEveryonePEGI3

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Top 13% by want to play

Tags

Diagonal-down2D scrollingSci-fi / futuristic