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'''''ToeJam & Earl''''' (トージャム&アール) is an action game developed by Johnson Voorsanger Productions, and published by [[Sega]] for the [[Sega Mega Drive]]. It stars two extraterrestrial rappers who, by way of pilot error, end up crash-landing on Earth. While there, they must search for the missing pieces of their spacecraft in hopes of reassembling it. The game frequently parodies and satirizes 1990s urban culture, and includes common 90's slang and a funk soundtrack. Much of this charm is what drew people toward the game. The game was followed by ''[[Toejam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron]]''.
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'''''ToeJam & Earl''''' (トージャム&アール) is an action game developed by Johnson Voorsanger Productions, and published by [[Sega]] for the [[Sega Mega Drive]]. It stars two extraterrestrial rappers who, by way of pilot error, end up crash-landing on Earth. While there, they must search for the missing pieces of their spacecraft in hopes of reassembling it. The game frequently parodies and satirizes 1990s urban culture, and includes common 90s slang and a funk soundtrack. Much of this charm is what drew people toward the game. The game was followed by ''[[ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron]]''.
  
 
==Gameplay==
 
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Sound Fx: Robert Leyland, Mark Miller<br/>
 
Sound Fx: Robert Leyland, Mark Miller<br/>
 
Invaluable Aid: Paul Reiche, Fred Ford<br/>
 
Invaluable Aid: Paul Reiche, Fred Ford<br/>
Producer: Scott Berfield<br/>
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Producer: [[Scott Berfield]]<br/>
 
Awesome Support: Hugh Bowen<br/>
 
Awesome Support: Hugh Bowen<br/>
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File:ToeJam&Earl Steam manual.pdf|Steam manual
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* [http://vc.sega.jp/vc_toejam/ Sega of Japan Virtual Console page (Japanese)]
 
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* [http://store.steampowered.com/app/71166/ ''{{PAGENAME}}'' on Steam]
 
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ToeJam & Earl
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console, PlayStation Network, Steam
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Release Date RRP Code
Wii Virtual Console
JP
600pts600
Wii Virtual Console
US
800pts800
Wii Virtual Console
EU
800pts800
CERO
Missing Parameter!

ToeJam & Earl (トージャム&アール) is an action game developed by Johnson Voorsanger Productions, and published by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive. It stars two extraterrestrial rappers who, by way of pilot error, end up crash-landing on Earth. While there, they must search for the missing pieces of their spacecraft in hopes of reassembling it. The game frequently parodies and satirizes 1990s urban culture, and includes common 90s slang and a funk soundtrack. Much of this charm is what drew people toward the game. The game was followed by ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron.

Gameplay

The game takes place in a surreal isometric world representing Earth, where land is in the form of a stack of randomly-generated floating islands. In each of the game's 25 island, the player must find the elevator that will bring them to the next level. Occasionally, a rocketship piece will be hidden somewhere on an island, although the player is not required to collect it right away before moving onto the next island. Every island besides the first is surrounded by a void, falling in at any time will cause the player to fall to the previous level.

Presents are scattered around the island that can be collected and used at any time. The effects of each present box are randomized each time the game is played. Some presents have helpful effects, such as restoring health, temporarily bestowing special abilities, or revealing hidden sections of the map. Others, however, can do more harm, and can do things such as summon enemies, cause the character to fall asleep and leave them open to attack, or randomize the effects of all the presents.

While most inhabitants of Earth will attack or otherwise hinder Toejam & Earl when they spot them, some will help them in exchange for money. The man in the carrot suit will identify presents, and the wizard will fully restore a character's health. On occasion, Santa Claus can be found, if the player is successful in sneaking up to him without alerting him, he will drop a few random presents.

The player has a rank shown on the bottom of the screen with their health and number of extra lives, and begins the game at the rank of 'Weiner'. As the player scores points by uncovering squares of the map and opening presents, their rank will increase at certain point values. When the player increases in rank, their maximum health increases, and for every second increase in rank, the player receives an extra life. The player is able to increase in rank eight times.

The game can either be played with one or two players. In two-player mode, if Toejam & Earl wander too far apart, the game will go into a split-screen so both players can keep track of their characters, with the screen returning to normal once the characters reunite. If Toejam & Earl walk into each other, they will high-five, causing the player with the most health to give a little to the player with less health. If one player loses all of their lives, they can also take a life from the other player to come back into the game.

The game ends when the player finds all 10 pieces of the spacecraft.

A sneaks and causes a character to use a present's special ability, when applicable. B pulls up an item screen. C switches to a map of the current island.

Production Credits

Game Design: Greg Johnson
Game Program: Mark Voorsanger
Additional Programming: Robert Leyland
Music Direction: Mark Miller
Music Composition: John Baker
Artwork: Greg Johnson, Avril Harrison
Sound Fx: Robert Leyland, Mark Miller
Invaluable Aid: Paul Reiche, Fred Ford
Producer: Scott Berfield
Awesome Support: Hugh Bowen

Promotional Material

Digital manuals

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
20 №53, p98[1]
80 №3, p8
73
70 №5
90 №28
89 №3, p24
87
94 №1, p65-67[2]
88 №20, p164[3]
72 №5, p95
91 №9, p23
87 №1, p81[4]
87 №14, p106-108[5]
75 №14, p60/61[6]
94 №1, p30/31[7]
91 №27, p34/35
93 №1, p62/63[8]
88 №18, p68
67 2008-04-07
62 №4/91, p32
Sega Mega Drive
80
Based on
20 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
70
[9]
ACE (UK)
0
[1]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
73
[10]
Computer Game Review (US) NTSC-U
79
[11]
Console XS (UK) PAL
93
[12]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
70
[13]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
70
[14]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
80
[15]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
68
[16]
Game Power (IT)
72
[17]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
84
[18]
Gamers (DE)
73
[19]
GamesMaster (UK)
70
[20]
Games-X (UK)
90
[21]
Game Informer (US)
90
[22]
Game Zone (UK) PAL
89
[23]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
80
[24]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
87
[25]
Joypad (FR) PAL
94
[2]
Joystick (FR) PAL
88
[3]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
72
[26]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
71
[27]
Mega (UK) PAL
91
[28]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
85
[29]
MegaTech (UK)
87
[4]
Mean Machines (UK) PAL
87
[5]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
87
[30]
Player One (FR)
75
[6]
Play Time (DE)
95
[31]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
91
[32]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
93
[8]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
88
[33]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
94
[7]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
73
[34]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
77
[35]
Video Games (DE)
62
[36]
Sega Mega Drive
79
Based on
36 reviews

ToeJam & Earl

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
TJE md us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
ToeJam MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
TJaE MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, JP
Tje md jp cover.jpg
Cover
ToeJamEarL MD JP CartTop.jpg
TJaE MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, BR
TJaE MD BR Box.jpg
Cover
TJaE MD BR Cart.jpg
Cart
Toejamearl md br manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, KR
ToeJamandEarl MD KR cover.jpg
Cover
ToeJamandEarl MD KR carttop.jpg
ToeJamandEarl MD KR cartback.jpgToeJamandEarl MD KR cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, CA
ToeJamEarl MD CA cover.jpg
Cover

External Links



Games in the ToeJam & Earl Series
Sega Mega Drive
ToeJam & Earl (1991) | ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron (1993)
Xbox
ToeJam & Earl III: Mission to Earth (2002)
Xbox Live Arcade
Sega Vintage Collection: ToeJam & Earl (2012)
PlayStation 3 PlayStation Network
Sega Vintage Collection: ToeJam & Earl (2013)
ToeJam & Earl related media
Music
ToeJam and Earl Rap (1991) | Sega Tunes: ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron (1996)
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  4. 4.0 4.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 81 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p81" defined multiple times with different content
  5. 5.0 5.1 File:MeanMachines UK 14.pdf, page 106 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachines UK 14.pdf_p106" defined multiple times with different content
  6. 6.0 6.1 File:PlayerOne FR 014.pdf, page 60 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 014.pdf_p60" defined multiple times with different content
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:SegaForce UK 01.pdf, page 30 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 01.pdf_p30" defined multiple times with different content
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  9. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 246
  10. Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1992" (JP; 1992-03-07), page 35
  11. Computer Game Review, "January, 1992" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 32
  12. Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 135
  13. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1991" (US; 1991-1x-xx), page 24
  14. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 363
  15. Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 109
  16. Famitsu, "1992-03-20" (JP; 1992-03-06), page 38
  17. Game Power, "Febbraio 1992" (IT; 1992-0-xx), page 54
  18. GamePro, "October 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 40
  19. Gamers, "Februar/März 1992" (DE; 1992-xx-xx), page 60
  20. GamesMaster (UK) "Series 1, episode 5" (1992-02-04, 24:00) (+5:40)
  21. Games-X, "31st October-6th November 1991" (UK; 1991-10-31), page 36
  22. Game Informer, "November/December 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 33
  23. Game Zone, "January 1992" (UK; 1991-12-18), page 24
  24. Hippon Super, "April 1992" (JP; 1992-03-04), page 84
  25. Hobby Consolas, "Enero 1992" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 34
  26. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 95
  27. Mega Drive Fan, "June 1992" (JP; 1992-05-08), page 83
  28. Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 21
  29. Mega Force, "Septembre/Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-09-13), page 86
  30. Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 142
  31. Play Time, "3/92" (DE; 1992-02-05), page 86
  32. Sega Power, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-02), page 35
  33. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 68
  34. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
  35. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 203
  36. Video Games, "4/91" (DE; 1991-12-06), page 32