Toe Jam & Earl

Getting Started

Your alien buddies crash land on Earth and need to find ten pieces of their spaceship scattered across randomly generated levels. Each level is a large, open field with trees, roads, and a few human enemies wandering around. You move using the D-Pad, jump with X, and run with S. The core loop is simple: explore every corner of the map, collect presents (which are your items), avoid getting killed by angry Earthlings, and find the elevator that takes you deeper underground.

Presents are your lifeline. Open them carefully - some give you useful tools like rocket skates or a tomato launcher, while others backfire and hurt you. You can also find food to restore health, and sometimes other aliens to help you in co-op mode. The map is different every time you play, so no two runs feel the same. If you die, it is game over and you have to start from the beginning, but you can keep playing with a continue token if you found one.

Two-player mode lets both Toe Jam and Earl play at once, sharing the screen. Communication and sharing presents makes the survival much more manageable. New players should focus on learning which presents are safe and which humans are slow enough to outrun. There is no set order for collecting ship parts, so feel free to explore whichever direction looks safe.