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 several 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.