Jim's gun does drain energy, and recharges, given half a chance.
There are the usual power ups to grab, such as plasma, or power ups. Or should the worst come to the worst, he can use his head like a helicopter to guide himself away from a particularly nasty fall. Then, there's his body, which can be used to whip monsters out of the way, or can be used to swing across hooks and ravines. Jim comes equipped with a big red gun, which he can fire in a number of directions, to dispatch any foe that comes his way. Instead of taking its cure from Super Mario, or Sonic, EWJ is suitably original.įor a start, there's none of this monster squishing, or spin attacking in this game. Like The Simpsons, Earthworm Jim (who was a lowly earthworm until he was one day accidentally given superhero powers) deftly walks the line between slapstick humor and social commentary-you could even call it subversive.Ĭhris McMullen's very thorough review for Games Domain describes what makes it a must-have: " EWJ gives a breath of fresh air to the whole platform genre. What makes Earthworm Jim games a lot of fun is the excellent characterization of the hero. The game was so successful that it inspired a whole range of toys, as well as its own TV cartoon series. Blaze! The ship is cooked away, the suit falls helplessly to Earth, Psycrow sees he must pursue the suit.After successfully updating classic Atari cartridge game Pitfall! to the '90s with Pitfall: A Mayan Adventure, the first platform game for Windows 95, Activision next turned their excellent game engine to Earthworm Jim, a cult classic on the SNES and Megadrive console systems.Įarthworm Jim was the brainchild of talented folks who created Aladdin for Disney, and later formed Shiny Entertainment (who would later be much more famous for MDK).
He reaches inside and pulls out the huge Motha' Blaster of them all! Snott throws up his hands in numb despair, but as Psycrow pulls the trigger Snott jumps in the backpack of the suit. This of course worries Psycrow because he has gun envy. Snott reaches inside for a slightly bigger gun. Psycrow pulls out a gun to make Snott hand over the suit. The craft is being pursued by the infamous bounty hunter Psycrow. Meanwhile, out in space, a tiny renegade ship piloted by Snott a booper-being escapes from the evil Queen with a stolen ultra-high tech, indestructible, super space cyber suit on board. It was a day like any other! A crow pursues a worm through a field. Now Jim must make it to Princess-What's-Her-Name by staying clear of Psy-row, the intergalactic bounty hunter, until the final battle with Queen Slug-for-a-Butt Then a cosmic twist of fate placed him in control of an ultra-high-tech-indestructible-super-space-cyber-suit. He was once just a spineless, dirt eater with no real mission in life.
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