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Description
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
Part of the Following Groups
- Animals: Worms
- Earthworm Jim series
- Games made into comics
- Games made into TV series
- Sound engine: GAX
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Critic Reviews
SuperGamePower | Jul, 1997 | 4 out of 5 | 80 |
Retro Archives | Nov 17, 2017 | 6 out of 20 | 30 |
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Trivia
1001 Video Games
The Mega Drive version of Earthworm Jim appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.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 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
- 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
Related Web Sites
- Earthworm Jim Fan Page (Game history, cast, pictures, sounds, fonts, and more.)
- 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)
Freeman (61563) added Earthworm Jim (SEGA Master System) on Jan 02, 2005
Other platforms contributed by Corn Popper (69094), Kartanym (12740), gamewarrior (5048), Satoshi Kunsai (2074) and vedder (50482)
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Raymond Nivarel, Pie QA crew
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