Tombi!/Tomba! (PS1) | The Rarest Game in my Collection!?
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2022
- This is a review of Tombi (or Tomba, as it's known in America), which was developed by Whoopee Camp, published by Sony Computer Entertainment and released in 1998 for the PS1. Because there was never very many copies of the game printed, it quickly became one of the rarer games on the original PlayStation. What made it even more sought after was the fact that it was actually promoted quite heavily in magazines and was even featured on demo discs too, meaning that lots of people knew about it, but very few would have managed to actually get hold of it.
I'm one of the lucky people who actually got this game when it first released as a Christmas present in 1998 after playing the demo and it's remained an integral part of my collection ever since. I have extremely fond memories of Tombi, but does it actually live up to those memories? Let's find out together!
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I also have this game :) It was one of my favorite games when i was a kid..
I was born in 1994 and I thank you so much for this.. my dad got me this game I first experienced it on a demo disc and never forgot about it reminds me of the concept of my ancestors and the history of you must ask I am African American I stop there. Again thanks for this 🤎
A new Pixel Pursuit video? My weekend is made 😁🙌🏻 Great work as always Rob, every video is a hit and masterfully done 🤩
Haha, that's good to hear! I would have got this video done ages ago but the dreaded COVID got to me and delayed it. I'm back to full health again now though and working on more stuff! 😀
All I can say is WOOOOOOOW HAVENT THOUGHT ABOUT THIS GAME IN OVER 20yrs !!!! Wow
Haha, I'm glad to have jogged your memory! It's since been announced that it's getting ported to modern consoles too so you hopefully won't need to wait long to play it again!
Also, apologies for not saying this before, but this was a really excellent review and showcase of the game. You seem to get more confident on camera with every video I see of yours and you strike me as a really decent guy :) I'll enjoy watching your content for some time to come
Thank you so much! The confidence on camera has been something that I've been working on for a very long time now, so it's good to know that it's getting better! :D Thanks for watching and enjoying the videos!
Very cool looking game! Oh, and at last, I've watched all of your older videos and caught up to your modern videos 😆 keep up the great content, Rob! I'm looking forward to your future videos! (...and streams 😉)
Woah! I appreciate you watching all the videos, that's a crazy amount of content to get through haha!
I still haven't continued my Bloodborne stream! I tend to get so invested in making videos that I focus on that instead of streaming often haha!
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Ok buddy, you cannot just casually drop 2 of my favorite games like that and expect me not to comment about it...
These are the 2 pillars of my childhood
Along with maybe Spyro and such..
Glad you did a video on this, i wasn't expecting to watch anything about this game today but i sat through the whole thing.
I have actually played the remake of Klonoa since making this video and I really enjoyed it! I still want to go back and play the original at some point though!
Thanks so much for watching though! I'm glad you enjoyed my Tombi ramblings 😂
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Excuse me what in the god damn was that apple trick? This is one of my favourite games of all time and I've 100% it multiple times but never thought to throw a pig at that particular blue apple to feed the plant to turn it into a flower. Apparently you find another flower later to avoid trapping I assume the 99.9% of players that just picked it up for the health? I can't believe it, thanks for blowing my mind in a way I can never explain to anyone else without getting sectioned. How many other secrets are still hidden in this unfathomable game I wonder
Oh... I always did that whenever I played through the game :D I didn't even know there was another way of getting the flower haha! Another similar thing is that if you unlock the second chest in the mansion before helping Charles on the Stormy Mountain, you actually get the Funky Parasol from the chest, rather as a gift from Charles. That's probably more widely known but it's another example of an alternate method of getting an item.
I'm glad that I could teach a veteran of the series something new! Even if it was totally accidental haha! :D
Man looking back I think we all wish we had brought this one back in the day 😅
Yeah, then it would have been re-released as a platinum/greatest hits version and it probably wouldn't be so rare! To be honest though I'm not even sure that enough copies were ever even printed for that to become possible!
Ooooh, I hope SegaBlocks sees this video--I'll share it out to him!
That was me--first experience was via a demo disc. A buddy and I both enjoyed it and he bought it so we played it a lot, but I've yet to ever get my own copy and I really want to because it's so good!
I really enjoyed the 2.5D gameplay style. It's held up incredibly well, but even then I hoped we'd see more of it. When so many others were trying to go full 3D (with mixed results) I wondered we we didn't see more of this "transitional" style that works so well.
I had never heard of SegaBlocks before! I've just been checking out some of his videos, it's good to know there are more Tombi fans out there!
I bet more people played the demo of this than actually had the full game! It really wouldn't surprise me if there were more of those demo discs printed than actual copies of the game.
Yeah the 2.5D elements are done exceptionally well here and it's a shame that this didn't inspire more developers to do more stuff like this. Klonoa is sort of similar but that's more of a straight up platformer so it's not really the same thing.
@@PixelPursuit He's got a great channel, so we're glad to have introduced him to you--especially through Tombi love!
Now that you mention it, I bet lots of games have that credo from the demo more than the game disc itself. There were plenty of things I liked playing just the demo to and never even sought out the game.
Feeling you on the Klonoa front--similar but soooo different and honestly, I loved the blending of some RPG lite elements to the puzzle solving with our pink haired hero more anyway.
The Tomba Club UA-cam page mentions of a whole deleted area of the game and that he jungle was supposed to be bigger and another fortune teller was also scrapped there was a deadline unfortunately and perhaps budgetary reasons as well. I'd check em out for sure whoever is reading this. 📚
That definitely explains why the very end of the game feels a little bit rushed! Luckily it isn't too big of an issue though because the game is long enough as it is, but it would have been interesting to see what the ending would have been like if they had more time!
Maybe if it ever gets a remake!
I had a lot of fun with this game when I played a borrowed copy back then in 2005. Some years ago, I remembered the game, looked up some information on it (where I also heard about the sequel for the first time) and went back to enjoy sme pices of its soundtrack, the themes from that stormy mountain and the regular boss fights being my favourites.
The boss fights, however, are really quite disappointing, just as you said. I mean, what's up with one-hitting every one of them? How's that supposed to be a boss fight?
It is a ton of fun, even if it is very slightly flawed. It seems that the sequel is much less known than the first game. I don't remember exactly when I first heard about it, but it would have been quite a long time after it released.
But yeah, potentially the biggest downfall of the entire game is the combat. They could have come up with some way more interesting ideas for the enemies and especially the bosses! At least make the final boss be a bit different!
I see something like this and I always think; "My Saturn, Dreamcast, and Megadrive games are probably dust up in my parents attic"
This game looks nice, mind you
You should have a look at all of those games in your parents attic! You never know what you might find! :D
This was easily my favorite game on the system, played it through emulation multiple times since
It's such a shame that it never really got the recognition it deserved. It should be much more popular than it is!
@@PixelPursuit it was pretty beloved just didnt get marketed at all. It sold reasonably well though because it got a sequel. Have you played tombi 2?
It's such a shame it never got marketed very heavily because if it had I think it would have been much more successful. I talk a little bit about Tombi 2 at the very end of the video, but no I haven't ever played Tombi 2 and I don't own it either unfortunately. I really want it but it's super expensive!
@@PixelPursuit if you arent against emulating games, I'd recommend just emulating it. Emulation is there to save you a fortune on games, and then if you're in a position in future to do so, buy it then :)
I'm definitely not against emulation, I tend to stick to real hardware whenever I can though but some games are so difficult or expensive to track down that it's not always possible to do that. Also, there's been several cases in the past where I've emulated stuff to record footage if it's something like a 3DS game where I can't record from the actual console.
But yeah, most likely if I ever review Tombi 2 it will be because I've emulated it, but you never know! Maybe I'll see a good deal one day and get the real thing!
thanks for the tip, now I know what to steal
So long as it's not my copy you're stealing!
Both tombi games were on the ps3 ps1 classics back in the day i think its still thete
Unfortunately both of the Tombi games have been delisted from the PS3 store. I talk a little bit about that right at the end of the video, but I'm hoping that we're going to see them get put on the new PS+ tier at some point.
Really a shame the company went defunct. Tombi/Tomba is impressive and just fun
It really is, their games still stand out even now. There's nothing I've ever played that has felt all that similar to Tombi!
Well a remake is getting made soooo....
@@supermom8502 I know! I'm so excited to see more of it! It's less of a remake though and more of a straight up port to modern consoles. Although they are changing the music using new stuff from the original composer, I'm unsure as to whether the music is changing for the whole game or just the intro. Either way, I can't wait! 😀 There's also the Gex trilogy and Clock Tower making a return!
@@supermom8502i thought it was remastered not remake
Do you have tombi 2? Would love a review of that
No I don't have it unfortunately :( I've never played it either so I would be really interested in reviewing it!
@@PixelPursuit you can easily emulate it these days.. on pc
I know, but there's a part of me that thinks I might one day buy the physical game and then I'd regret emulating it for the review 😅
@@PixelPursuit no worries, subbed so ill be waiting :) for a tomba 2 review.
The rarest game I have is klonoa on the ps1 and I bought it for 3 bucks at a yardsale
I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty jealous of that! I really want to get Klonoa!
@@PixelPursuit I even got 2 copies of klonoa 2 at the flea market for like 7 dollars but one didnt work, they just release the remake of klonoa 1 and 2 today on the ps5
You've had some very good luck at these flea markets and yard sales. I never normally find anything like that.
Yeah, I might end up getting the remake soon but I'd also like to play the originals. For some reason I always prefer playing the original versions of stuff like that.
@@PixelPursuit this was years back so the used game market wasn't that expensive yet, I think namco in interested on making a new klonoa if the remake sells well
Yeah it's getting pretty ridiculous now. Some games are completely outside of any normal person's budget which is a shame.
Yeah I've heard that too! I might have to get the remake on PS5 soon and maybe even stream it 🤔
60 fps finallyyyy
Haha, I'm now fully committed to the 60fps lifestyle! :D