Earthworm Jim
Earthworm Jim is a 2D side-scrolling platformer with action elements where the player takes control of Jim, a worm wearing a spacesuit. Jim can shoot enemies with his gun or use his body (the spacesuit's…
Earthworm Jim is a platform, released 1 July 1995 on Sega Game Gear.
What Earthworm Jim is
Earthworm Jim was released in 1995. It was published by Playmates Interactive Entertainment. It is available on Sega Game Gear only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Earthworm Jim is a 2D side-scrolling platformer with action elements where the player takes control of Jim, a worm wearing a spacesuit. Jim can shoot enemies with his gun or use his body (the spacesuit's "head") in a variety of ways to overcome obstacles, such as whipping it at enemies, grappling hooks to swing from them, or making it spin very fast like a rotor to hover for a short time.
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 is the fourth of 22 entries we hold in the Earthworm Jim series. The next entry was Earthworm Jim 2 in 1995.
What it launched against
Earthworm Jim launched on 1 July 1995, within three weeks of Tekken 2, The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat and Air Combat.
Released around the same time: Tekken 2, The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery, MechWarrior 2: 31st Century Combat, Air Combat.
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