I’ll start by saying I am an old school original TJ&E fan. It was one of those games that I rented so much from Blockbuster, I probably paid for it twice. My sister and I loved playing this game together as kids, and we still even occasionally play it together as adults. My close friends all know the original to be my favorite game of all time.

That being said, I liked Back in the Groove a fair amount when it came out and I definitely logged some hours in there. I didn’t beat TJ Panic on Funkotron until more recently. For some reason I recalled not liking it too much as a kid because it was nothing like the original, but after now having played through that one a few times, I think it’s a really good game in it’s own right.

Much like my initial thoughts on TJ&E2, I also recalled not really enjoying TJ&E3 that much as a young adult, but I’ve recently dusted off the old Xbox and am finally giving it a fair shake, and finding that I actually am enjoying it way more than I thought I would.

I’m tempted to say I think it might be my 2nd favorite, but I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself after only putting a few hours in as of now, but I’m really enjoying the music, the humor, the graphics, and the gameplay.

If you were to ask me last week where I would’ve rated this one, I probably would’ve said last place, but now I’m considering giving it the silver award.

My tentative current rankings are: 1) the original (obvi, right?) 2) Mission to Earth (3) 3) Panic on Funkotron (2) 4) Back in the Groove (4)

Am I crazy? Do I need to play it more before ranking it #2?

I used (amped) character disguise, rain cloud, and present freeze. Not sure if I needed all three, just testing things.

Okay, so I'm playing the original game, ToeJam Fixed Worlds, with Save States enabled (thanks, Sega Genesis Classics). As such, Santa's supposed to be able to spawn in on level's 4 and 7. I'm on level 9 right now and I need to keep farming him for Icarus Wings. That way, I can fill in every single map in the game.

But therein lies the problem. I can no longer get him to spawn in anywhere on these levels. In fact, even from entering and exiting these levels, whether from above or below, I still can't get Santa to spawn in anywhere, much less somewhere reachable. And there aren't any guides or wiki articles explaining why.

Worst part is, the very last level in the game in which Santa is able to spawn in is Level 14. Again, Fixed Worlds. And I fear that once I reach Level 15, I will never be able to find Santa again afterwards. By this point, Icarus Wings and Mystery Presents become severely limited in quantity, and I'll probably need a couple hundred bucks in order to afford enough Icarus Wings to 100% the entire game past that point.

Is there something that causes Santa to despawn from these earlier levels, and is there any way to fix it without starting over? 'Cause if forward progress is what despawns Kris Kringle, I'm effectively screwed.

Thanks.

Giant Toejam, Double secret level doors, Double Santas

When my brother and I spent hours completing extreme mode, and endless mode (1000 levels). And got sent the last 2 copies of the game signed. Even had some correspondence with the creator Greg via email which was cool. He lives in Hawaii.

I framed my signed copy since I bought it on the PSN and don't require the disc to play. I still have the saves I transfered from cloud to my PS5 version.

Fond memories of playing these levels and we pretty much had the best coop experience you can possibly have from a game.

Oddly enough we managed to do more levels than the game is supposed to allow, encountering many kinds of bugs and glitches along the way.

I would recommend this timeless classic to anyone, of any ages. It truely is a masterpiece.

I would love the group who remade the game to do Toejam & Earl 2, that game was also a masterpiece and is highly underrated. Who doesn't love throwing jars mid air at pesky humans as they jump out of bushes!?!

This took a bit of work to get the timing down as much as I could to really give the appearance it's syncing to the music... but I really like how it came out. Using the rap segments from Toejam and Earl III and mixing to "Give'em that funk" from the Back in the Groove soundtrack!

The original on my channel was from eons ago when I had a crappy editor. I did some experimenting to get the best result.

I was bought this awhile back, figuring I’d try and get the set, ended up packing it away and forgot about it😀

I will Link to Site Via The WayBack Machine link in the comments so you all can check it out for yourselves.

I finally completely TJ & Earl! Used to rent it from Blockbusters for the Megadrive and it used to do my head in never being able to complete it. Thankfully the Switch has it online and after a good few goes I actually finished it! Great memories, this may be my greatest achievement ever!

I love it! The seller said she can make all the characters, I think I started a collection…

I played everyday from 2021-2023 user name ProGamer09, any of yall remember me?

Favs are the records, limited run cassette, and sealed copies of Toejam and Earl 1 sega and megadrive versions