Aggro Sky of Gaming Rebellion Writes: "For those that were unaware, there have been three major ToeJam and Earl games thus far (and a fourth if you count a light gun mini-game released on the Sega Genesis), the original ToeJam and Earl, ToeJam and Earl: Panic on Funkatron and ToeJam and Earl 3: Mission to Earth. Since the release of TJ&E3 in 2002 on the Microsoft Xbox, (of all things) the franchise has been silent, well, until February 25th of 2015. After long last we have a new TJ&E game in development entitled: “Back in the Groove”, a fitting name for a long dormant franchise. However, things are a bit different in this fourth outing. Gone is Sega, a name that has been practically psynonemous with ToeJam and Earl for nearly 25 years. This time around, TJ&E mastermind Greg Johnson has decided to go directly to fans for support via kickstarter."
Starting today, Darkwood and ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove are free at Epic Games Store. The free game offers run until October 20 at 11 AM Eastern. Once you claim them, they're yours to keep.
In the 16-bit era, game devs and composers could finally change the type of tones used in the music, simulating a wider array of instruments and creating a whole lot of great soundtracks in the process.
It wasn’t easy picking out the best of the best because there were so many great ones. Even middle-of-the-road soundtracks seemed to deserve a bump if the game was just that damn good, and so many from that era are that damn good!
Here's the Ghetto Gamer list of top 20 soundtracks from the 16-bit era.
HumaNature Studios is exploring making a new ToeJam & Earl game and asking fans to take a survey admist the franchise's 30th anniversary.
