Whoopee Camp
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Whoopee Camp was a video game developer started in 1997.
They had hoped to make innovations in the gaming world but only made two games: Tomba!
(Tombi outside the U.S. and Ore! Tomba in Japan) in 1997, and Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return
(Tombi! 2 outside the U.S. and Tomba!: The Wild Adventures in Japan) in 1999. Tomba! was a game about a child with pink hair and green shorts that had to get his grandfathers bracelet back from the evil pigs invading their world. While Tomba! 2 was about a completely different group of evil pigs (aside from the leader, the last evil pig) kidnapping the child's childhood friend, Tabby and trying to take over the continent Tabby lives on.
Both games were critically well received but in the long run, they both sold poorly and never attained Greatest Hits/Platinum
status. Today, both Tomba! games are very rare and many sellers on eBay
will sell copies of both games for ridiculous prices regardless of conditions. Tomba! is the most expensive ranging from $60–70, while Tomba! 2 ranges from $40–50. Both games new can be priced around $100 - $150.
Whoopee Camp split and the staff went to work for other companies shortly after the release of Tomba! 2 (with most of them going to Access Games
).
They had hoped to make innovations in the gaming world but only made two games: Tomba!
Tomba!
Tomba! is a side-scrolling adventure game created by Whoopee Camp Co. Ltd. for the Sony PlayStation. Tomba! was followed by a sequel titled Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return. The imaginative atmosphere and innovative gameplay of Tomba! has continued to keep it nostalgically popular with gamers...
(Tombi outside the U.S. and Ore! Tomba in Japan) in 1997, and Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return
Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return
is a platform-adventure video game game developed by Whoopee Camp and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation...
(Tombi! 2 outside the U.S. and Tomba!: The Wild Adventures in Japan) in 1999. Tomba! was a game about a child with pink hair and green shorts that had to get his grandfathers bracelet back from the evil pigs invading their world. While Tomba! 2 was about a completely different group of evil pigs (aside from the leader, the last evil pig) kidnapping the child's childhood friend, Tabby and trying to take over the continent Tabby lives on.
Both games were critically well received but in the long run, they both sold poorly and never attained Greatest Hits/Platinum
Platinum range
The Platinum Range is a Sony PlayStation budget range in the PAL regions, notably Europe , Australia, New Zealand, India, and Africa...
status. Today, both Tomba! games are very rare and many sellers on eBay
EBay
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will sell copies of both games for ridiculous prices regardless of conditions. Tomba! is the most expensive ranging from $60–70, while Tomba! 2 ranges from $40–50. Both games new can be priced around $100 - $150.
Whoopee Camp split and the staff went to work for other companies shortly after the release of Tomba! 2 (with most of them going to Access Games
Access Games
Access Games is a Japanese videogames development studio based in Osaka, Japan. The studio was founded on the 16th of January 2002. Former members of development teams including Kojima Productions and Deep Space who developed Extermination joined shortly after Access Games was founded...
).