And let’s be honest—this game is still absolutely unhinged (in the best way).
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Developed by Whoopee Camp (founded by former Capcom veteran Tokuro Fujiwara, the mind behind Mega Man and Ghosts ‘n Goblins ), Tomba! defies easy genre labels. Is it a 2.5D platformer? An action-adventure? An open-world Metroidvania before we called it that? defies easy genre labels
The best way to play today? Sony actually released a proper emulation on PS5/PS4 via the PlayStation Classics catalog (with rewind/save states). But for purists, nothing beats listening to that CD-ROM spin up in a PS1 with a CRT filter.
Tomba! (SCUS-94236) isn’t just nostalgia bait. It’s a reminder of a time when developers threw spaghetti at the wall to see what stuck—and somehow, all of it stuck. Pink hair. Evil pigs. Pants-stealing dwarves. It shouldn't work. But it’s a masterpiece.