Tomba...

[Tarshish]

Much to my chagrin, a copy of tomba is going for upwards of 90 bucks on ebay. I guess if I enjoyed this game that much then others must have as well, but I feel this is a little ridiculous. Anyone else wanted to replay this game but only get pissed a used copy costs this much? Guess this should have taught us kids to take better care of our games, I guess.

[Vyk]

My one friend was always talking about this game. So when I hacked my PSP I hunted it down to download it for him so he could play it on PSP. I found it, downloaded it, and converted it. The game itself is 50mb. Which is ridiculously small for a PSOne game. And when I tried it, I realized why. Its barely more than a 16-bit game. And its ..... insane. There was no rhyme or reason to anything said or done in that game. I couldn't get past the first level

But yeah. I do know someone who adored this game. For whatever reason. Its gotta be more nostalgia than quality

[Psychotic]

Was this the 2D platforming game with that little troll fella with the wacky hair who liked to jump on pigs? I used to love the demo of that, but it was pretty hard to my 12-or-so-year-old self, so I never bothered with the real thing.

[DK]

Was this the 2D platforming game with that little troll fella with the wacky hair who liked to jump on pigs? I used to love the demo of that, but it was pretty hard to my 12-or-so-year-old self, so I never bothered with the real thing.

Yeah I loved the Demo of that too, actually went out of my way to hunt it down and play it a few years ago. Awesome game.

[Clo]

I played this entire game. I remember finding some aspects to it creepy. But I can't remember what. I probably repressed them.

[Tarshish]

Yeah I think I played the demo and decided to rent it after that. I find this game extremely amusing, and I love that it's bascially a16 bit platformer. I understand that we have progressed to better quality graphics, but these games were just so fun!

[Vyk]

I must have missed something. Or maybe the Demo was better than the game? Or I was introduced to it with too mature a mind. Obviously it was intended for 12-year-olds anyway. I wonder if my nephew would like it

[Levian]

I played it for the first time this year, after hearing many good things about it. I'm sure I would've loved it if I played it when I was younger, but I just couldn't get into it. I know a lot of the games I played when I was a kid are total crap, but I still love them and play them. I feel like Tomba is one of those games, except I didn't play it as a kid. xD

Anyway, don't buy it, just download it somewhere. Playing PS games on the computer ain't so bad if you have a joystick.

[Tarshish]

well I actually was doing the swap trick on an old ps2 but it crapped out. I can't justify paying that much when I can get it for free. It's also sitting in my gf's house in Denver. Her mom is just to busy to send it to us.

[Jowy]

that game was smurfing amazing, i rented it once when i was twelve and never saw it again.

speaking of 2D games, I found Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (not greatest hits!) buried in a bargain bin of games at the grocery store when I was 14 for $20. that ranks on the top 10 days of my life.

[DMKA]

This reminds me of when I was trying to buy Valkyrie Profile and couldn't find it for less than $200...$90 isn't bad for a game as rare as Tomba!

[Tarshish]

that's crazy. I remember when Valkyrie Profile came out and was like "oh that looks like a cool game." but never picked it up. I kinda wish the PSN would just figure out the rights for some of these games so could just download it on there for 10 bucks.

[I Took the Red Pill]

that game was smurfing amazing, i rented it once when i was twelve and never saw it again.

[Polnareff]

Funny you started a thread about this game; I just put Tomba! 1 and 2 on my PSP a couple days ago.

I used to have both games, but sold them thinking I'd be able to get them back. Boy was I wrong. The first game popped up at Buybacks last year for about 60 bucks but didn't have enough to buy it.

I was always hoping that maybe they could put both games on PSN. Sony published them and all and they're mostly putting Sony-published stuff on the service. Maybe it'll happen one day.

The thing I liked about the series was that it felt kinda like a Ghouls 'n Ghosts game in terms of difficulty (it should; the guy behind that series was one of the driving forces behind Tomba! but that's for another thread). That and I liked the soundtrack and graphics a lot too.

But now, playing it, I don't see how the hell I never threw my controller in frustration over how hard the game is.

[Jiro]

I smurfing loved the demo of Tomba so hard. I played it at least a dozen times until I was so damn good that I wanted to give it a go irl.