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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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 and Sega CD versions add among other things, a new weapon not included on the original 16-bit console versions: the seeker missile.
Awards
Electronic Gaming Monthly
March 1997 (Issue 92) - Side-Scrolling Game of the Year runner-up (multiplatform) (Readers' Choice)
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
Earthworm Jim : TGSMA (Contains various guides, history and information about Earthworm Jim and team behind the game.)
Lemm's Earthworm Jim Fansite (This site is an artistic tribute dedicated to the 1994 and 1996 original Earthworm Jim video games by Shiny Entertainment and the creator of the character, Doug TenNapel.)
Robert's EWJ Site (Fansite full of info. Probably the most complete site about the game)
Kartanym (12740) added Earthworm Jim (Game Boy Advance) on Jun 12, 2001