Tom and Jerry: Fists of Furry (2000)
3D slapstick fighting for the Nintendo 64, featuring the cartoon cat-and-mouse duo Tom and Jerry!
First released
Aug 12, 2000
Franchises
Tom and Jerry
Developed by
VIS Entertainment
Published by
NewKidCo, Ubisoft Entertainment
Platforms
Nintendo 64, PC
Genres
Fighting
Themes
Comedy
Rating
ESRB: E
Releases
- N64 - Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry United States
- N64 - Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry United Kingdom
- PC - Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry United Kingdom
- PC - Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry United States
Community reviews
All right game from my youth which I enjoyed back then
Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry is a fun, cartoon-based tournament fighter in which your only goal is to beat the living crap out of your opponents.
You got some sort of a campaign mode, like the arcade mode in Tekken, in which you fight a series of characters and in the end, fight a character that you can unlock afterwards. You progress through four or five fights and then beat the boss. When all the characters are unlocked, you can earn different skins for them by completing the arcade mode again.
In the arena, there are many objects that you can interact with. You can throw bombs, whack your opponent with a broom or throw chairs at each other. There are also powerups scattered around like invincibility or contaminating gas. This makes for good old fun and makes it somewhat unique from many other fighting titles.
The camera is in a fixed position which works well for this game. It is in the top left corner and faces down in an angle, giving you a good overview of the arena.
The graphics are all right, especially for the time period that this game came out. The animations are a little stiff, but the punch impact effects and “cartoon dust” effects are cool.
The sound is great, however. Punches have a satisfying sound to them and the different objects in the environment that you can use, all sound unique. The music tracks are all classic trumpet-based and jolly soundtracks that gives Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry a certain charm.
The controls work well and are easy to understand and learn. The movements
The PC version looks and plays superior from the Nintendo 64 installment. The N64 variant is buggy, ugly and runs at ten frames per second while the PC version is smooth and responsive.
A downside I had with this game is the lack of more than two fighters at the same time in the arena and the lack of combo’s that you can make. Mainly, it is punch, punch, and punch again and hoping for the best.
Also, the difficulty spikes are all over the place. It is common for tournament fighters to start off with less difficult opponent but here, you can start against top-tier fighters and then face the easiest end fighter the game has to offer.
A special down note is for the screams of some of the characters, especially Tyke. They were really annoying. It is high-pitched, sounds like you strangle a flock of rubber ducks with a leather belt, and overall, just really made my skin crawl sometimes.
As a kid, I loved Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry and the tension was great when you almost beat Tyke, one of the hardest characters to overcome. It was a simple time in which such a thing could be considered an achievement. I played hours with my siblings and beat the sh!t out of them every time. Good times.
If you are looking for any old school fighting tournament game, there are surely better specimens out there. However, from a nostalgic standpoint, I would recommend Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry.
You got some sort of a campaign mode, like the arcade mode in Tekken, in which you fight a series of characters and in the end, fight a character that you can unlock afterwards. You progress through four or five fights and then beat the boss. When all the characters are unlocked, you can earn different skins for them by completing the arcade mode again.
In the arena, there are many objects that you can interact with. You can throw bombs, whack your opponent with a broom or throw chairs at each other. There are also powerups scattered around like invincibility or contaminating gas. This makes for good old fun and makes it somewhat unique from many other fighting titles.
The camera is in a fixed position which works well for this game. It is in the top left corner and faces down in an angle, giving you a good overview of the arena.
The graphics are all right, especially for the time period that this game came out. The animations are a little stiff, but the punch impact effects and “cartoon dust” effects are cool.
The sound is great, however. Punches have a satisfying sound to them and the different objects in the environment that you can use, all sound unique. The music tracks are all classic trumpet-based and jolly soundtracks that gives Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry a certain charm.
The controls work well and are easy to understand and learn. The movements
The PC version looks and plays superior from the Nintendo 64 installment. The N64 variant is buggy, ugly and runs at ten frames per second while the PC version is smooth and responsive.
A downside I had with this game is the lack of more than two fighters at the same time in the arena and the lack of combo’s that you can make. Mainly, it is punch, punch, and punch again and hoping for the best.
Also, the difficulty spikes are all over the place. It is common for tournament fighters to start off with less difficult opponent but here, you can start against top-tier fighters and then face the easiest end fighter the game has to offer.
A special down note is for the screams of some of the characters, especially Tyke. They were really annoying. It is high-pitched, sounds like you strangle a flock of rubber ducks with a leather belt, and overall, just really made my skin crawl sometimes.
As a kid, I loved Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry and the tension was great when you almost beat Tyke, one of the hardest characters to overcome. It was a simple time in which such a thing could be considered an achievement. I played hours with my siblings and beat the sh!t out of them every time. Good times.
If you are looking for any old school fighting tournament game, there are surely better specimens out there. However, from a nostalgic standpoint, I would recommend Tom and Jerry in Fists of Furry.