I was a Nintendo kid. I relied on friends for Genesis game time and buying into the hype of the day I wouldn’t have pursued one myself. But I did enjoy the games, and I wouldn’t be spurned to collect Genesis games of my own for a long time yet.
But there was one game that defined my ‘rival envy’ of the time, Toejam & Earl. If there was one game I was jealous of in those days, it was this one. And the thing is – I didn’t have the opportunity to play. I was going by the GamePRO TV coverage alone.
I’m not too proud to admit that this interest was a product of a time. Toejam & Earl looked funky and rad, my brother was keen on it (so little brothers have to be too), and I was sold on GamePRO TV. But the thing is, I could never convince anyone to pick it up and no one wanted to rent it. I guess I could have rented it myself but the host usually rented games in my crew and there never would have been the interest in the game besides.
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