Earthworm Jim (video game)
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Earthworm Jim is a 1994 run and gun platform game developed by Shiny Entertainment, featuring an earthworm named Jim, who wears a robotic suit and battles the forces of evil. The game was released for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System, before being subsequently ported to a number of other video game consoles.
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Developer(s) | Shiny Entertainment (MD, SNES, Mega CD)
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Producer(s) | David Luehmanh |
Designer(s) | Doug TenNapel Tom Tanaka |
Programmer(s) | David Perry Nicholas Jones Andy Astor |
Artist(s) | Doug TenNapel Nick Bruty Steve Crow Mike Dietz Ed Schofield |
Composer(s) | Mark Miller[1] |
Series | Earthworm Jim |
Platform(s) | Genesis, Super NES, Sega CD, Game Boy, Game Gear, Windows, MS-DOS, Master System, Game Boy Advance |
Release | October 1994
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Genre(s) | Run and gun, platformer |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
It was well received by critics, and received a sequel, Earthworm Jim 2, in 1995. In 2009, Gameloft developed and released a remake for mobile phones and Nintendo DSi which was later ported to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 as Earthworm Jim HD. In February 2018, Gameloft's contract with Interplay ended and all of the ports developed by Gameloft were removed from digital stores.