Earthworm Jim
A crow is chasing a worm named Jim while in outer space Psy-Crow is chasing a renegade ship. The ship's captain has stolen an ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit and Queen Slug-for-a-Butt has…
Earthworm Jim is a platform developed by Shiny Entertainment, released 1 October 1994 on Wii and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
What Earthworm Jim is
Earthworm Jim is a platform game developed by Shiny Entertainment and released in 1994. It was published by Playmates Interactive Entertainment. It is available on Wii and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Jim is a normal earthworm, until a special "super suit" falls from the sky and allows him to operate much like a human, with his "worm-part" acting as a head and the suit acting as arms, body, and legs. Jim's task is two-fold, he must evade the game's many antagonists, who are after him because they want the suit back, and also rescue and protect Princess What's-Her-Name from them. The game plays out with Jim eluding and defeating all enemies, and saving Princess What's-Her-Name. However, not only does she not return Jim's affection, but she is also crushed by the flying cow that was launched at the beginning of the game by Jim himself.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Earthworm Jim series
Earthworm Jim is the first of 22 entries we hold in the Earthworm Jim series. The next entry was Earthworm Jim in 1994. Its critic score of 76 is 5 points above the series average of 71. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.
How it was received
Earthworm Jim holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 54% of the 2,372 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1994 averaged 72, so it scored 4 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 76, across 225 votes.
What it launched against
Earthworm Jim launched on 1 October 1994, within three weeks of DOOM II, Doom II: Hell on Earth, System Shock (1994) and Kirby's Dream Course. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: DOOM II, Doom II: Hell on Earth, System Shock (1994), Kirby's Dream Course.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Earthworm Jim yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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