Earthworm Jim

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148K plays 1994 #Action#Platform#Shooter

Earthworm Jim is a 1994 run and gun video game developed by Shiny Entertainment and published by Playmates Interactive Entertainment. The game was released for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System, before being subsequently ported to several other video game consoles.

It had a positive reception from critics and received a sequel, Earthworm Jim 2, in 1995. In 2009, Gameloft developed and released a remake for mobile phones and Nintendo DSi which was later ported to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as Earthworm Jim HD. In February 2018, Gameloft's contract with Interplay ended and all of the ports developed by Gameloft were removed from digital stores.

From Wikipedia's article Earthworm Jim (video game), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Keyboard controls

Game BoyPlayer 1
D-pad↑↓←→
BZ
AX
SelectShift
StartEnter

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

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Keyboard controls

Game BoyPlayer 1
D-pad↑↓←→
BZ
AX
SelectShift
StartEnter

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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Pixel Verdict

Earthworm JimGame Boy

3.5 Good job

Critics 79 · 2 reviews

What the reviews talk about

Key wordsfrustratingcheaphilariousslickfluidrevolutionary

What the critics said

  • Computer Game Review remarked, "If you found Pitfall, The Mayan Adventure entertaining, you'll want to check this one out."

    — Computer Game Review, 1996

  • Next Generation reviewed the Genesis version of the game, and stated that "Sure, it's only a slick 16bit platform game. And anyone looking for anything revolutionary will be disappointed - there's nothing strictly new here. But it's a whole load of fun, and that's what counts."

    — Next Generation, 1995· about another version

  • GamePro also felt the two-button control to be a serious problem, but concluded the Game Gear version to be "Overall... fine for fans who want to take their EWJ show on the road."

    — GamePro, 1995· about another version

  • Next Generation reviewed the Game Boy Advance version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "Luckily, aside from some cheap hits, missed dodges, and blind jumps, everything else is pretty fun."

    — Next Generation, 2001· about another version

From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Earthworm Jim (video game) article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.

Scores

  • Electronic Gaming Monthly 9/10, 9/10, 9/10, 8/10 (Genesis) ; 8/10, 9/10, 9/10, 8/10, 8/10 (SNES) ; 9/10, 8.5/10, 9/10, 9/10 (Sega CD) ; 6.5/10 (Game Gear) (other versions)
  • Famitsu 6/10, 8/10, 7/10, 9/10 (SNES) (other versions)
  • GameFan 1995 98/100, 97/100, 98/100 (Sega CD) (other versions)
  • Maximum 4/5
  • Mega 92% (Mega Drive) (other versions)
  • Next Generation 4/5 (Genesis) ; 4/5 (Sega CD) ; 3/5 (GBA) (other versions)
  • Computer Game Review 1996 86/100, 79/100, 68/100
  • AllGame 4.5/5 (SNES) ; 4/5 (PC) (other versions)

From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' archived average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.

Players' rating: 77/100 · 508 votes

Full reviews

Face key

  1. 1.00+
  2. 1.540+
  3. 2.050+
  4. 2.560+
  5. 3.068+
  6. 3.575+
  7. 4.080+
  8. 4.585+
  9. 5.090+

5.0 Outstanding! · 4.0 Great job! · 3.0 Good job · 2.0 Could be better · 1.0 Wake me up when it's over · A thumbs-up adds half a point. Our own drawings, in the spirit of the faces GamePro magazine used in the '90s.

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