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Earthworm Jim 1 & 2: The Whole Can 'O Worms

The bundle contains the two 2D-Shoot-and-runs featuring Earthworm Jim in his space suit. It has been release for Windows and Linux. A 25th anniversary Edition, limited to 2000 copies, has been released for…

30 April 1996

Earthworm Jim 1 & 2: The Whole Can 'O Worms is an adventure developed by Shiny Entertainment, released 30 April 1996 on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Earthworm Jim 1 & 2: The Whole Can 'O Worms is

Earthworm Jim 1 & 2: The Whole Can 'O Worms is an adventure game developed by Shiny Entertainment and released in 1996. It was published by Activision. It is available on DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The bundle contains the two 2D-Shoot-and-runs featuring Earthworm Jim in his space suit. It has been release for Windows and Linux. A 25th anniversary Edition, limited to 2000 copies, has been released for SNES. Jim wasn't always a studly super-worm. He was once just a spineless, dirt-eater with no real mission in his life... But then something unexpected happened. The evil Psy-Crow was transporting a super suit, built by the genius Professor Monkey-For-A-Head, to Queen Pulsating, Bloated, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-Filled, Malformed, Slug-For-A-Butt, but along the way it was stolen by a rebel. Although Psy-Crow killed the rebel, the suit fell down to Earth, landing on an Earth Worm. That…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Earthworm Jim series

Earthworm Jim 1 & 2: The Whole Can 'O Worms is the ninth of 22 entries we hold in the Earthworm Jim series. The next entry was Earthworm Jim in 1996.

See all 22 Earthworm Jim games in release order →

What it launched against

Earthworm Jim 1 & 2: The Whole Can 'O Worms launched on 30 April 1996, within three weeks of Duke Nukem 3D and Jumping Flash! 2.

Released around the same time: Duke Nukem 3D, Jumping Flash! 2.

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When did Earthworm Jim 1 & 2: The Whole Can 'O Worms come out?
Earthworm Jim 1 & 2: The Whole Can 'O Worms was released on 30 April 1996 for DOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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