

From there, the game's design actually started with creator Doug TenNapel's simple sketch of an earthworm that he presented to Shiny Entertainment. Inspired by the success of the Sonic the Hedgehog series with Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2, they decided that they wanted to start the franchise as a video game, a rare approach at the time. Playmates Toys, finding success with the license for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, wanted to start their own franchise. Interplay announced Earthworm Jim 4 in 2008 little to no information had been surfaced until May 2019 and August 2020. The series had lain dormant for almost a decade before Gameloft remade the original game in HD for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in 2010. Four games were released in the series: Earthworm Jim, Earthworm Jim 2, Earthworm Jim 3D, and Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy, with the first game released in 1994. The series is noted for its platforming and shooting gameplay, surreal humor, and edgy art style. It has a great variety of levels with a lot of handmade art by the developers of Shiny Entertainment who created another great characters from the classic games.Earthworm Jim is a series of platform games featuring an earthworm named Jim who wears a robotic suit and battles the forces of evil. This title is characterized by its fluidity, with a style similar to that of cartoons, plus a lot of character animations that were different from each other. It is a game of bidirectional platforms that is handled with any of the 2 controllers of the Genesis, it has the best quality of music and adapted originally, its graphics are achieved since they were used again in Earthworm Jim: Special Edition (SCD) that included the second game.

Its initial prologue is the story of a worm named Jim who, dressed in a cybernetic suit and armed with a gun, which acquires all kinds of powers, is dedicated to travel the universe in search of the princess "What's her name" for some very recondite places. in Japan and Metro Games in Australia from 1994. This page is for the Sega Genesis version of game, for other platforms see Earthworm Jim.Įarthworm Jim is a game originally for the Sega Genesis, later serving as the basis for all systems of the time, being developed by Shiny Entertainment and published by Playmates Interactive Entertainment in USA and Canada, Tec Toy in Brazil, Virgin Interactive Entertainment in Europe, Interplay Productions, Inc.
