Thanks for all the views so far! Just to clear some possible misconceptions, please read the description or this post for some errors: Errata: • Middle screenshot at 3:27 is actually from Prepre9, not JP Retail • At 3:11, the button to use isn't actually Square, but Circle instead • At 6:20, one of the slab numbers is wrong... you got 37 for the one in Phoenix Mountain (three dots above three lines) but the middle dot isn't raised higher on the slab, which means it's 18! Deeply sorry about this oversight. • At 9:55, the video S̵̙̿͗̊̕L̸̝̽͑͘̚͜͜Ȧ̴̫̻B̸̟̣̒͗

I always thought they were like decorative letterboxes, with handles to pull down that you just couldn't interact with

i KNEW there was something wierd about those slabs... Man... theres so many hidden secrets and stuff in Tomba... Also... missed opportunity to use the "Return the Slab" clip from Courage the Cowardly Dog for a brief segway to Tomba! Remastered. :3c

0:19 high level of animation here

I hope tomba gets a remake of a 3rd game, that game was my childhood.

little fun fact: in italian Tomba means grave, so they changed the name in Tombi :)

That's been driving me insane for years, glad we FINALLY got some insight into what the hell that damn slab outside the Dwarf Village was for. For years, I thought it was a socket, and I was supposed to plug something into it... This video is incredible, the editing is on point and very entertaining to watched. Loved the animation of Tomba carrying the TCRF wiki logo. :) Subbed & joined the Discord!

Thanks for keeping tomba alive with this content ❤

Ngl I saw these slabs on multiple playthroughs but never thought much about them until seeing this 😮

Well done, I would pay good money for a fully realized copy of Tomba today

Holy cow this went into more detail than I was expecting! Can’t believe I’m still learning more about one of my all time favourite games!

It always bugged me what those slabs were!!!! Can't believe you guys did such an awesome video!! Well done 👏 This game brings back such amazing memories ❤️

2:11 that’s exactly how I was introduced to Tomba. I was like 4, my neighbor was like 10, he had a PS1 and a Demo Disc that had Tomba. I also remember one of the Demo Discs came with Tekken. And Pizza Hut used to give them 🥲 the memories

Honestly, an amazing video. I'm amazed at how Tomba Club has grown, and to think that when I first met this project/community there were only unboxings. The edition is amazing, the narration is just as good, and the whole video is amazing. Thanks for bringing back my favorite childhood game, I hope this continues and more people join in. So much love!

First of all, I didn't even realize anyone was data mining this game. Just finding that people have learned as much as they have about such a great obscure game is blowing my mind. I knew about the top down town sprites hidden on the disc since I was able to see them when I used a gameshark to view the sprites way back when, but I didn't realize there was THIS MUCH cut content. In regards to the slabs, I always wondered about that myself, but not too much. Mostly because there's so many weird things about this game that it's easy to overlook some of those details. I was about to say that the symbols had something to do with maybe visiting each slab in some kind of order, since the two dots and the single line seemed to indicate each symbol would maybe count as a section of that 5 line number or something. Granted, three of those lines were identical, but maybe they expected people to guess the order a little? But then you mentioned the Mayan number system and that makes a lot of sense too. Of course, I'd imagine they cut it because it was the late 90s, who the hell was going to actually understand the Mayan number system back then? These days, sure, you can google anything. But back then, not so much. I'm sure if they'd had enough time to develop it, they could've made it like a weird teachable moment in-game, but it doesn't surprise me that it went unused. Also, your production value is awesome. Love your sense of humor. And, obviously, the topic is close to my heart. So you got my attention!

Love the way your videos are edited! 7:32 really got me lol

This was really well produced and I can tell you put a lot of effort into it. Thank you for posting! I love finding out more about Tomba

ngl I thought it was a mailbox in the haunted mansion and never questioned it.

Just watched this video again....i cant wait for more tomba club content

Hello, you assembled the stones I the correct order, it is a mouse following cheese, a little hint to the maze we wanted to include, the numbers were supposed to be for after you have captured the last boss, they would release a set of powers which was hoped to be a hint to the next game, which unfortunately never went through, which is why we left them there at such a late stage, six was removed because it would activate, and too many strings attached to the event meant it was easier to cut one and leave the rest

Thanks for this video, its super nice to see that by your work, others are also searching about this game, and to find that actually there is a group of Tomba fans. Love the game, and will never forget it all my lifetime. One of my real childhood feelings...

Who knows, with a new Limited Run release of the game maybe things are finally happening and we'll eventually get a Definitive Version with most of the cut content restored. I could see Night Dive doing a good job remastering Tombi.

Imagine after all this research and work, one if the developers of tomba says that it was gonna be a puzzle but they scrapped it.

El mejor video de tombi! / The best video of Tomba!

This video is awesome!! So interesting to watch... deserves a lot more views

I wish we had more to do in the Lumberjack Factory and area around it.

Thanks for doing tomba content. Very well done

This is the kind of content I need ty!

My guess is that you could pick up the slabs once the event is triggered and then place them on a room in order to solve a math puzzle that unlocks a room or area. That's the only logical conclusion that i can come up with. In fact, in 8:50 you can see the icon showcases what it looks to be tiles with two symbols one next to another, which could indeed be related to the slab event.

i can finally die in peace

Wow very interesting.i have always thought I missed something with those stone carvings

The video is very cool, will be awesome to ask directly to some developer, the only ones that know the truth.

There is another very big mistery in this game: the treasure of the leader of the pirates.For 2 times during the game you find a pirate that tell you that the leader of the pirates has entrusted him with the task of protecting his treasure,but he losts it and he asks you to find it.After that you find it for the second time,he thanks you and says he'll rush to return it to the leader of the pirates before losing it again.When you go in the room of the leader of the pirates in the haunted house (after freeing that area from the influence of the related evil pig) and you talk to him,at the end of the conversation he gives you his treasure telling to you that he doesn't need it anymore,then he go away and you'll never see him again...The mistery is: what the hell is that treasure and what is it for?!Because if you look in your inventory you can see this object (with an icon that has always made me think of a crystal ball on a bearing),but in the info box the game doesn't give you any specific information of it,and from that point until the end of the game there is absolutely no events where you can use it (as the icon reminded me of a crystal ball,i've also tryed to give it to the witch Mizuno and to the soothsayer in the Bacchus village,but nothing...)...And i ended the game multiple times finding and solving all the 130 events of the game...I've always missed something or simply that object was for an event that then they remove from the final version of the game (maybe when they decided to remove that event they were in too advanced stage of development to also remove that object and all the rest of the events that led to obtaining it and therefore they could only eliminate the event for which it was needed and that's it?)? 🤔

Never played the first Tomba, only the second.. but this was very interesting. I always like video game mysteries like these. Great work detective!

You guys are the best!

You are doing the lord’s work, and our lord is Tomba!

Finalmente um canal bom! Desde pequena me perguntando o que era essas pedras!

Return the slab... or suffer Tomba 3's curse...

There is a strange machine in the dwarf village, where the Elder Dwarf is. I don't remember that was used for any event. Do someone know what It is for?

what a very good video! i have to say!

Wonderful video! I love Tomba & every mystery around its decelopment... I wonder, is there any chance for you to get contact of any whopee camp producer/developer? So he or she can "bring some light" on what was ment to be when they created these Doodle rocks and all of the unused items and places? It would be really cool tp know. Thanks!

Interesting video, always wondered what the slabs were about. The announcer has a Finnish/Swedish accent?

Tomb i/a

As i remember there was one place i could not go to on the map. It was a village that you could see on the map but could not activate

remake ya!!!!

I always wonder what tomb stones were designed for.

:3

So why exactly didn't this really awesome game sell well??

6:20 , why 37? Is 18, no?

nice editing, shame about the mic quality

Wish some publisher would buy the IP from whoever owns it. And remaster both games, and put them on all systems

Might want to get a muffler for the mic. Everytime you spoke the sound had an awful hissing in the background. Neat vid though

good job guys! i always think that symbols are mayan ones

intro was 86 seconds. i'd prefer the video to be 86 seconds total.