Jim comes equipped with a big red gun, which he can fire in a number of directions, to dispatch any foe that comes his way. Instead of taking its cure from Super Mario, or Sonic, EWJ is suitably original.įor a start, there's none of this monster squishing, or spin attacking in this game. Like The Simpsons, Earthworm Jim (who was a lowly earthworm until he was one day accidentally given superhero powers) deftly walks the line between slapstick humor and social commentary-you could even call it subversive.Ĭhris McMullen's very thorough review for Games Domain describes what makes it a must-have: ' EWJ gives a breath of fresh air to the whole platform genre. What makes Earthworm Jim games a lot of fun is the excellent characterization of the hero. The game was so successful that it inspired a whole range of toys, as well as its own TV cartoon series. To accomplish this, you'll have to use every weapon and ability at your disposal to wriggle your way through dozens of original and just plain weird levels.After successfully updating classic Atari cartridge game Pitfall! to the '90s with Pitfall: A Mayan Adventure, the first platform game for Windows 95, Activision next turned their excellent game engine to Earthworm Jim, a cult classic on the SNES and Megadrive console systems.Įarthworm Jim was the brainchild of talented folks who created Aladdin for Disney, and later formed Shiny Entertainment (who would later be much more famous for MDK). Now Jim must make it to the princess and stay clear of Psy-Crow, the intergalactic bounty hunter, until the final battle with Queen Slug-For-A-Butt. Meanwhile, there's a bounty on Jimmy and plenty of people are in line to take Queen Slug-For-A-Butt up on her offer.

That cosmic twist of fate placed Jim in control of an ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit.Īnyway, Earthworm Jim found out that Princess What's-Her-Name had been captured and set out to save her. Although Psy-Crow killed the rebel, the suit fell down to Earth, landing on an Earth Worm. The evil Psy-Crow was transporting a super suit, built by the genius Professor Monkey-For-A-Head, to Queen Pulsating, Bloated, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-Filled, Malformed, Slug-For-A-Butt, but along the way it was stolen by a rebel.

He was once just a spineless, dirt-eater with no real mission in his life.īut then something unexpected happened.

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