Episode 600: Toe Jam & Earl
Added 2024-03-18 11:00:07 +0000 UTCJeremy: Patron Scott Rothman joins us (myself, Kevin Bunch, and Stuart Gipp) again for this episode, wherein we take a dive into the weirdly innovative Toe Jam & Earl series. It will never cease to amaze me that the first proper distillation of Rogue's principles into an action milieu came in the form of a wacky action game about weird-looking aliens with a predilection for rap music. An unlikely pairing! But, as we explain here, an extremely good one.
Art by Greg Melo; edits by Greg Leahy.
- 08:18 - ToeJam & Earl: ToeJam Jammin'
- 22:22 - ToeJam & Earl: Big Earl Bump
- 32:47 - ToeJam & Earl: Rapmaster Rocket Racket
- 42:41 - ToeJam & Earl: Funkotronic Beat
- 51:48 - ToeJam & Earl: ToeJam Slowjam | Panic on Funkotron: Lewanda's Love
- 1:03:56 - "Fresh Prince of Funkotron" from ZombieRaccoon on YouTube
- 1:14:13 - Panic on Funkotron: Aquajam
- 1:30:16 - Mission to Earth: Character Select (Latisha)
- 1:38:20 - Back in the Groove: Alien Breakdown
- 1:45:00 - Back in the Groove: Peabo's Party Jam
- Closing - Panic on Funkotron ("Sega Tunes" CD Album): Theme Song
Comments
No mention of Macaulay Culkin's involvement in Back in the Groove? Shame shame...
Sean Ryan
2024-04-03 18:21:53 +0000 UTC“If only someone had written about every single Game Gear game ever made”
Craig
2024-03-19 11:13:14 +0000 UTCI’m surprised Jeremy seems to treat rogue-lite as being “subjectively some amount divergent from Rogue.” I always thought rogue-lite was a clear term, indicating meta progression. Since there is no permanent progression between games of TJ&E, I believe it would go in the rogue-LIKE bucket.
Max du Coudray
2024-03-19 01:09:19 +0000 UTC
