Toejam and Earl - Back in the groove / KICKSTARTER Campaign (until March 27th)

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JedWhitaker at destructoid.com said:
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

The funkotronic duo are back in ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove, and this time the developers are turning to Kickstarter to make sure the game gets made without publisher interference. Greg Johnson, one of the two creators of the franchise, has pitched the game as a ToeJam & Earl experience similar to the original game.

While being old school at its core, it looks like there are going to be some welcome additions to the formula such as four-player cooperative, upgrades that carry between games, and hats that affect stats. ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove hopes to get $400,000 to release on PC and potentially other unspecified platforms.
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ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove is being developed independently from Sega and funded by Kickstarter. The game revisits the format of the original game, featuring 2D character models on 3D worlds with overhead perspective, and is planned to support online multiplayer. The game is seeking a funding target of $480,000 USD by March 27, 2015.
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Hello retrolovers, I came here because some of you probably played Double Dragon 2, Streets of Rage and Golden Axe on Sega consoles. Man, I love beat'em ups. Because of this I think that you guys must be interested in ToeJam & Earl IV. I know it's another genre but it is as fun as Openbor modules. If you loved the golden era of Sega Mega-Drive Genesis you should Back this project. And if you not, well... do it anyway, you won't regret!

Toejam and Earl was a hit in 1991, an action game that was beyond it's time, was one of the first roguelike games, had random worlds, comedy, jokes, lots of good funk music, fun factor and it had a unique personality. All of that with splitscreen cooperative gameplay.

At it's Kickstarter page there is some videos and some screenshots of its very early prototype. That's why you must understand that it's not the final look, but only a concept of the working gameplay.

Now, don't forget to BACK and SPREAD THE WORD about this good news.
URL :: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1578116861/toejam-and-earl-back-in-the-groove

Cya folks!
 
maaaaan! oh, the memories!
:')

It's always so nice to see designers going past publishers with their ideas and making good stuff even if just for niche consumers.

(by the way, the second video was awesome! LOL!)
 
Hey guys, you should check this out, I really recommend it:
http://www.gamingrebellion.com/2015/03/back-in-the-groove-an-exclusive-interview-with-greg-johnson-creator-of-toejam-earl/

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It's an in-depth interview with Greg Johnson of ToeJam & Earl. He talks about some curiosities of the franchise and some new features that will improve the gameplay experience of this sequel. There is a brief transcript and an uncut video version with almost 2 hours long of interview  :o

I made my Kickstarter pledge, did you?
 
No it's not my project! I wish it was LOL.
I'm just a fan of games made for Sega Mega Drive Genesis. And this franchise Toejam & Earl is a classic!

By the way lately I don't post quite often at ChronoCrash. I was a more frequent user in the early days of beats of rage, senileteam, openbor.org, lavalit.

Oh man is this your project? Bad ass babes? This looks good! Like a Pitfighter but wilder and with hot chicks  :o
 
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