Tom & Jerry 64

History
Tom & Jerry 64 is a Nintendo 64 Game developed by Valley Sun Games and Published by Warner Bros Interactive in 1997, The Development for Tom & Jerry 64 began in August 1996 when a deal was made between Valley Sun Games and Warner Bros Interactive where Valley Sun Games would make games and Warner Bros would Publish & Market the games for a 50% Split of the Revenue, For Valley Sun Games who was a Tiny Developer at the time for a 50% split of profits it would be amazing for the small company, By December Development for Tom & Jerry 64 began, There were a couple of issues but it basically was that for one according to the deal they needed to publish games for Nintendo since both of the Companies had Contracts with Nintendo, The Problem was that the console Valley Sun previously developed on (The Super Nintendo) was aging so they were basically forced to develop a game for the newly released Nintendo 64 which according to former programmer Ted Gordan "We were not ready for the task to develop for the Nintendo 64", But they tried and showed the prototype for the game in May of 1997, But according to the representative to the company James Cormen "When they saw our prototype they were like "Good Enough" and said they could show it at E3 1997" And show it they did to mixed reception like the Atlanta Tribune saying: "The game is interesting, But not to engaging", According to Ted Gordan once again "We did not feel right releasing the game in its state that it was in, But whenever we tried to fix anything we kept on being told by Warner to "Don't worry about it"" The game was released on December 1st 1997 to a 5,000 Dollar Ad Campaign, But Just like the E3 Showing reviews were once again mixed with many reviews like "Too Bland for something like Tom & Jerry" - Electronic Gaming Monthly but on the other side of the spectrum Nintendo Power spoke positively with "Tom & Jerry 64 is super fun! It has cute and colorful worlds that lives up to the Cartoon", Either way it only sold 4.92 Million Units with around 1.48 Million being returned to stores becoming 3.44 Million Copies sold in total, The Game was cancelled for Holiday 1999 to make way for their new game "Warner Bros Cartoon Brawl" where Tom & Jerry are playable characters.



Legacy
These days the game is known for its weird 3D Graphics and its strange level design, But despite all of the reviews copies of the game has high as 1000 Dollars on bidding sites like Ebay most likley because of the "It is so Bad its Good" Status the game is known for and is sought out by collectors despite the quality.