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Earthworm Jim
| Title | Earthworm Jim |
|---|---|
| First release | 1994 |
| Developer | Shiny Entertainment |
| Publishers | Interplay Entertainment, Sega, Virgin Interactive |
| Platforms | DOS, Game Boy, Game Gear, Master System, Mega Drive / Genesis, PC (Windows), SNES / Super Famicom |
| Genre | platformer |
| Players | 1 player |
| Co-op | No |
| ESRB rating | E Everyone |
| Releases | Master System: 1994-01-01 DOS: 1994-08-02 SNES / Super Famicom: 1994-10-02 (NTSC-U) Mega Drive / Genesis: 1994-10-26 (NTSC-U), 1994-11-11 (PAL) Game Gear: 1995-01-01 (NTSC) Game Boy: 1995-09-01 |
| Wikidata ID | Q727139 |
Whipping Jim's head like a lash allows players to strike enemies or use it as a grappling hook to swing across gaps. This platformer also features a spinning head mechanic that acts as a rotor to provide short periods of hovering, alongside standard gunplay to blast through obstacles in a side-scrolling environment.
Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0 Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from REG-Vault and TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.Sources
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Box art
Box art (front) 1
Box art 5
Screenshots 13
Logos 4
Artwork 3
Sprites 3
Image credits
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork
(17): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Interplay Entertainment · internal use only.
REG-Vault page
Box art, Screenshots, Logos, Artwork
(7): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Interplay Entertainment · internal use only.
TheGamesDB page
Screenshots
(1): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © Interplay Entertainment · internal use only.
Sprites (3): fan rips from sprite sites, credited per sheet (ripper, site, rights) in Sprites below; internal use only.
Sprites
Mega Drive / Genesis version · 3 sheets · Earthworm Jim on The Spriters Resource ↗ (7 sheets on the site; 2 stored here)
Earthworm Jim
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Sprite sheets are fan rips of copyrighted game graphics (© Shiny Entertainment / Shiny Entertainment / Playmates Interactive),
credited to the ripper and linked to their page on the source site; internal use only.
“Rip by” is the uploader credit shown on the site. Click a sheet to view it at full size (pixel-exact zoom).
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Videos
Mega Drive Longplay [048] Earthworm Jim (US)
SNES Longplay [190] Earthworm Jim
