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The gameplay consists of the player controlling the characters around several levels in a search for their funkotronic space ship parts, while fighting earthlings with tomatoes. During the game, the player will also collect present boxes which contain special items.

The items vary from food (to gain or lose health points) to rocket- skate shoes, and each different type of present box contains the same kind item.

The music plays an important role in the game, being even part of the major concept. The whole game revolves around " funk". The soundtrack is composed by John Baker .

Another notable feature of the game is the multi-screen capability. When on two players mode, if the characters get too far away from eachother, the screen will split in half letting each character free to move through the game. The players could even be on different levels at the same time.

The two characters also talk with eachother during the game, if they're close enough and if they're both not moving. When two players get together again, the characters also say things like "Yo, what's up!". They also talk in most elevator scenes, between each level.

1 Characters

• ToeJam: a skinny three-legged red alien with snail-like eyes. Wears a white hat, black and white shoes and a golden necklace.
• "Big" Earl: an obese yellow alien. Wears sunglasses and blue shorts.

2 Sequels

The game spawned two sequels:

• Toejam and Earl II: Panic on Funkotron ( 19931993 is a common year starting on Friday and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003 Events January January 1 Czechoslovakia divides. Establishment of independent Slovakia and Czech Republic.) — after getting back to their planet, ToeJam and Earl find out that some earthlings hitchhikedHitchhiking (also called lifting or thumbing is a form of transport, in which the traveller tries to get a lift (ride) from another traveller, usually a car or truck driver. The distance covered may vary from a short distance that could also be walked, to on their spaceship. The humans are now disturbing the funkness of Funkotron, and it's ToeJam's and Earl's mission to trap them in jarA jar is a wide-mouthed container typically made of glass or earthenware designed to hold a fluid. Types of jars include: Mason jar Canopic jar Leyden jar (an apparatus using a jar as the first capacitor) Bell jar model lung uses a jar in demonstrating ths and send them back to Earth. This was a platform gamePlatform games or platformers are a very popular genre of video games that originated in the early 1980s. In the mid 1990s, they made the transition to 3D Traditionally, the platform game scrolls right to left, with the playable character viewed from a si and featured a lot more characters.
• ToeJam and Earl III: Mission To Earth ( 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom) — ToeJam and Earl must get back to Earth in order to bring back the "12 Vinyls of Funk". This game presented a more adult approach, full random 3-D3-D or 3D abbreviates "three dimensional" and is often related to a stereoscopic display that exploits binocular vision. Three dimensional objects have volume and may be measured and described using three orthogonal directions. In animation, 3-D sometimes levels and another playable character, Latisha. It was released exclusively on XboxThe Xbox is Microsoft's game console, released on November 15 2001. It is Microsoft's first independent venture into the console arena, after having collaborated with Sega in porting Windows CE to the Sega Dreamcast console. The price is currently 149 USD.
• A mini-game entitle Ready-Aim-Tomatoes, packaged with the Sega Light gun, was also released just after the first game. In this game, the player would have to use the light gun to make ToeJam shot tomatoes on the earthlings.