When did ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron release?

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron was first released on December 31, 1993.

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron

Dec 31, 1993PlatformAdventurePlayStation 3LinuxWii Sega Mega Drive/GenesisPC (Microsoft Windows)

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron — frequently asked questions

What platforms is ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron on?: ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron was released on PlayStation 3, Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac.
When did ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron release?: ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron was first released on December 31, 1993.

About ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron is a platform video game, developed by Johnson Voorsanger Productions and published by Sega originally in 1993. The game concerns two alien protagonists, ToeJam and Earl, both of whom have escaped from Earth, where they had crash landed. After returning to their home planet of Funkotron, the duo discover a number of antagonistic Earthlings have stowed away on the spacecraft and are wreaking havoc across the planet. The player must hunt down these Earthlings and imprison them in jars before sending them back to Earth.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: PlayStation 3, Linux, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
Developer: Johnson Voorsanger Productions
Publisher: Tec Toy
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Themes: Action, Fantasy, Comedy

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

72/100

from 24 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Period reviews	Fake risk
Sega Genesis	1993	$15	$29	—	4 reviews	Low

Also released on: PlayStation 3 · Linux · Wii · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · PC (Microsoft Windows) · Mac. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega Genesis · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-29

Loose

$15

Complete

$29

Sealed

—

Other releases and variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
European (PAL) release	$13	$23	$60

How often it sells

Loose: about 2 times a week
Complete: about 2 times a week
Sealed: about once a year

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-29.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $8.55 in Oct 2007, $15.98 five years ago, and $14.74 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2008	$11.64	—
Jan 2009	$9.43	—
Jan 2010	$8.00	—
Jan 2011	$10.00	—
Jan 2012	$10.22	—
Jan 2013	$10.00	—
Jan 2014	$11.00	$14.50
Jan 2015	$11.16	$19.99
Jan 2016	$19.59	$22
Jan 2017	$19.09	$25
Jan 2018	$17.33	$23
Jan 2019	$14.61	$24
Jan 2020	$14.95	$27
Jan 2021	$16.58	$27
Jan 2022	$14.97	$30
Jan 2023	$17.75	$36
Jan 2024	$12.75	$28
Jan 2025	$14.24	$27
Jan 2026	$15.50	$27
Oct 2026	$14.74	$29

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Product number	Barcode	Known board
North America	December 1993	1043	010086010435	171-6329A · MPR-16112-H
Europe / PAL	21 January 1994	670-2197-18	—	171-6329A · MPR-16363-S / 171-6329A · MPR-16179-MX

Source: Product numbers: MAME's Mega Drive software list and the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database, published where both agree on the same cartridge dump, or from the libretro records alone where MAME lists no number for that dump. Board and ROM numbers: MAME's software list

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1993
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases, such as Sega Ages, the Genesis Mini and Nintendo Switch Online, are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk

Sega Genesis prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A funky platformer sequel that keeps the personality of the original but plays quite differently.

ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron is a sequel to ToeJam & Earl, developed by Johnson-Voorsanger Productions and published by Sega. It came out in North America in December 1993 and in Europe on 21 January 1994. Where the first game was a treasure hunt through randomly generated levels, this one is a platformer: the aliens have returned home to Funkotron and must catch the Earthlings who stowed away and send them back in jars. Greg Johnson designed it, Mark Voorsanger programmed it and John Baker composed the music.

Mega placed it fourteenth in its list of the top Mega Drive games of all time, and GamesRadar+ ranked it tenth among the best Genesis games in 2014.

What the press said at the time

MegaTech Issue 27	March 1994	91%
MegaTech Issue 30	June 1994	91%
MegaTech Issue 33	September 1994	91%
MegaTech Issue 34	October 1994	91%

“Buy it safe in the knowledge that you’ll have a whole lot of fun and laughs in perhaps the mos^ original MD platformer ever.”
— Mega, February 1994

“They’re back and in an entirely new adventure. … The second time is a charm.”
— Electronic Gaming Monthly, February 1994

“The crazy off-the-wall humour, psychedelic graphics and big, funky sounds will hook you instantly.”
— MegaTech, March 1994

“The crazy off-the-wall humour, psychedelic graphics and big, funky sounds will hook you instantly.”
— MegaTech, June 1994

Also on other platforms

Wii

Wii. The game was re-released in 2007 on the Wii Virtual Console to mixed reviews.

How the other versions reviewed

Wii	Eurogamer	6/10
Wii	GameSpot	5/10
Wii	IGN	7/10

These are the other versions’ scores, not this one’s. Ports of this era were frequently built by different studios, so they do not transfer.

Before you buy

Among US carts it sits just above the middle. The European cart usually costs a little less than the US one. Sega Retro lists it as using the six-button pad.