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.

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Screenshots

ToeJam & Earl Genesis At least they hint that there's a space ship piece around

ToeJam & Earl Genesis Tomato-shooting hen

ToeJam & Earl Genesis Hula Dancers slow you down by making you dance.

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Alternate Titles

"TJ&E" -- Informal name
"トージャム＆アール" -- Japanese spelling
"홀이와 뚱이" -- Korean spelling

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User Reviews

If George Clinton And Parliament Made A Game, The Result Might Be ToeJam And Earl….	Genesis	MasterMegid (902)
Earth is probably the last place you'd want to be stranded.	Genesis	Adzuken (854)
Original idea, but sadly unsatisfying	Genesis	Andrew Fisher (707)
All Funked Up!	Genesis	Classic Nigel (150)
Can I Drive?	Genesis	brandon kasper (3)
Jammin	Genesis	Liam Dowds (51)
Like, Totally Funky Man	Genesis	ETJB (480)
TJ&E? its for (expletive deleted) on, silly	Genesis	paul cairey (359)

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Critic Reviews

Sega-16.com	Genesis	Jul 05, 2004	10 out of 10	100
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Genesis	Dec, 1991	11 out of 12	92
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Genesis	Dec 10, 2003	9 out of 10	90
Sega Nerds	Genesis	Apr 11, 2013	4 out of 5	80
Retroage	Genesis	Sep 13, 2014	7.7 out of 10	77
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Genesis	Nov, 1991	29 out of 40	72
Nintendo Life	Wii	Dec 23, 2006		70
Video Games	Genesis	Dec, 1991	62 out of 100	62
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Wii	Jan 23, 2007		40
Retro Gamer	Wii	Mar 01, 2007	Unscored	Unscored