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 ordered Psy-Crow to get it, since it can make her more beautiful than Princess-What's-Her-Name. Psy-Crow blasts the captain and the suit falls to Planet Earth.

Back on earth Jim wonders if he is finally safe when an ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit lands on him. Luckily Jim rests in the neck ring of the suit. Then the space particles begin interacting with Jim, causing a light-speed evolution. Jim soon realizes he is in control of the suit.

Jim overhears the Queen's plans for the suit and decides to meet this Princess...

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Alternate Titles

"EWJ" -- Common abbreviation
"アースワームジム" -- Japanese spelling

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Earthworm Jim	Genesis	$6.99
	Earthworm Jim 1 + 2		$5.99
	Earthworm Jim 3D		$5.99
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User Reviews

The original and undoubtedly the best version of Earthworm Jim.

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The Press Says

Sega-16.com	Oct 17, 2005	10 out of 10	100
GamePro (US)	Nov, 1994	5 out of 5	100
Electric Playground	Jun 01, 1995	10 out of 10	100
Game Players	Nov, 1994	96 out of 100	96
Video Games & Computer Entertainment	Dec, 1994	9 out of 10	90
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Oct, 1994	8.8 out of 10	88
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Sep 24, 2005	8 out of 10	80
IGN	Oct 27, 2008	7 out of 10	70
The Video Game Critic	Apr 20, 2005	B-	67

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Trivia

Ending

Finishing the game in the easy difficulty setting shows you a different ending that consists of a rather verbose scientific description of earthworms, as well as their habitats, mating customs, etc.

Reception

Earthworm Jim was the first game ever to receive a perfect score of 100% from the European gaming magazine Games Master.

References

The between-level races against Psycrow, called "Andy Asteroids", are most likely a reference to one of the game's programmers, Andy Astor.

TV series

Earthworm Jim inspired an animated TV series by the same name.

Version differences

The PC version adds among other things, a new weapon not included on the original 16-bit console versions: the seeker missile.

Awards

FLUX
- Issue #4 - #7 in the "Top 100 Video Games of All-Time" list
GameFan
- 1994 (Vol.4, Iss.1) - Best Game of the Year
- 1994 (Vol.4, Iss.1) - Best Overall Action/Platform Game of the Year
- 1994 (Vol.4, Iss.1) - Best Genesis Action/Platform Game of the Year
- 1994 (Vol.4, Iss.1) - Best Genesis Soundtrack
- 1994 (Vol.4, Iss.1) - Best New Genesis Character
- 1994 (Vol.4, Iss.1) - Best New SNES Character
Game Players
- January 1995 - Best SNES Action Game in 1994
VideoGames
- March 1995 - Best Genesis Game
- March 1995 - Best Sound Effects