Earthworm Jim/Reception

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Critical reception

Mega Drive version

Ratings

Publication awards
CVG Hit
Gold
Ultimate
Unstoppable!
It's a Man!ac
Gold Game
Mega Game
Play Time Star
Get It!
Yo!
Recomendado
Classic
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70 1700 igr dlya Sega 2001-xx-xx RURussia RU [1] [details]
80 Cool Gamer 2002-10-13 RURussia RU [2] [details]
88 Computer & Video Games 1994-10-15 UKUnited Kingdom UK [3] [details]
89 Digitiser 1994-11-22 UKUnited Kingdom UK [4] [details]
70 Edge 1994-08-25 UKUnited Kingdom UK [5] [details]
67 Electronic Games (1992-1995) 1994-xx-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [6] [details]
88 Electronic Gaming Monthly 1994-xx-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [7] [details]
80 Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 1999-xx-xx RURussia RU [8] [details]
80 Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2 2000-xx-xx RURussia RU [9] [details]
97 Freak 1994-xx-xx ILIsrael IL [10] [details]
95 Game Players 1994-1x-xx USUnited States of America US [11] [details]
96 Game Players 1994-1x-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [12] [details]
100 GamePro 1994-xx-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [13] [details]
93 GamesMaster 1994-10-20 UKUnited Kingdom UK [14] [details]
94 GamesMaster 1994-10-11 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [15] [details]
93 Games World: The Magazine 1994-10-28 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [16] [details]
92 Game Informer 1994-1x-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [17] [details]
95 Hobby Consolas 1994-xx-xx ESSpain ES [18] [details]
94 Hyper 1994-xx-xx AUAustralia AU PAL [19] [details]
85 LeveL 1995-04-20 CZCzechia CZ [20] [details]
86 MAN!AC 1994-10-12 DEGermany DE PAL [21] [details]
92 Mega 1994-10-27 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [22] [details]
97 Mega Force 1994-12-02 FRFrance FR PAL [23] [details]
87 Mega Fun 1994-11-23 DEGermany DE PAL [24] [details]
91 Megazin 1994-xx-xx SISlovenia SI [25] [details]
100 Micro Kid's Multimédia 1994-1x-xx FRFrance FR [26] [details]
93 Mean Machines Sega 1994-08-xx UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [27] [details]
75 Next Generation 1994-12-08 USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [28] [details]
98 Player One 1994-1x-xx FRFrance FR [29] [details]
88 Playjoy 1995-10-xx YUYugoslavia YU [30] [details]
87 Play Time 1994-11-09 DEGermany DE PAL [31] [details]
89 Sega Magazin 1994-11-17 DEGermany DE [32] [details]
93 Sega Magazine 1994-09-15 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [33] [details]
94 Sega Power 1994-09-29 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [34] [details]
93 Sega Pro 1994-10-06 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [35] [details]
92 Sega Mega Drive Review 1995-04-03 RURussia RU [36] [details]
94 Sega Mega Drive Review 1996-01-03 RURussia RU [37] [details]
94 Sonic the Comic 1994-12-24 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [38] [details]
93 Super Juegos 199x-xx-xx ESSpain ES [39] [details]
95 Todo Sega 1994-1x-xx ESSpain ES [40] [details]
81 Tricks 1995-xx-xx RURussia RU [41] [details]
93 Tricks 16 bit 1998-03-20 RURussia RU [42] [details]
93 Ultimate Future Games 1994-11-01 UKUnited Kingdom UK [43] [details]
95 Video Games 1994-10-26 DEGermany DE PAL [44] [details]
90 VideoGames 1994-1x-xx USUnited States of America US [45] [details]

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Region Version № reviews Average Lowest Highest Range Views
World All 45 90 67 100 33 Very positive
World NTSC-U 6 86 67 100 33 Very positive
World PAL 14 92 86 97 11 Very positive
United States of America US All 8 88 67 100 33 Very positive
United States of America US NTSC-U 6 86 67 100 33 Very positive
United Kingdom UK All 13 91 70 94 24 Very positive
United Kingdom UK PAL 7 93 92 94 2 Very positive
France FR All 3 98 97 100 3 Very positive
France FR PAL 1 97 97 97 0 Very positive
Germany DE All 5 89 86 95 9 Very positive
Germany DE PAL 4 89 86 95 9 Very positive
Spain ES All 3 94 93 95 2 Very positive
Australia AU All 1 94 94 94 0 Very positive
Australia AU PAL 1 94 94 94 0 Very positive
Czechia CZ All 1 85 85 85 0 Very positive
Israel IL All 1 97 97 97 0 Very positive
Russia RU All 8 84 70 94 24 Very positive
Slovenia SI All 1 91 91 91 0 Very positive
YU_1992 YU All 1 88 88 88 0 Very positive

Master System version

Ratings

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Region Version № reviews Average Lowest Highest Range Views

Game Gear version

Ratings

Publication awards
Gamers Star
Mega Game
Score Publication Date Region Version
58 Electronic Games (1992-1995) 1995-0x-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [46] [details]
65 Electronic Gaming Monthly 1995-0x-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [47] [details]
82 Freak 1995-xx-xx ILIsrael IL [48] [details]
76 Game Players 1995-0x-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [49] [details]
73 GamePro 1995-xx-xx USUnited States of America US NTSC-U [50] [details]
87 Gamers 1995-10-11 DEGermany DE [51] [details]
75 Mega Fun 1995-10-18 DEGermany DE PAL [52] [details]
90 Mean Machines Sega 1995-06-26 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [53] [details]
93 Player One 1995-1x-xx FRFrance FR [54] [details]
83 Sega Magazin 1995-07-12 DEGermany DE [55] [details]
91 Sega Magazine 1995-07-13 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [56] [details]
82 Sega News 1996-1x-xx CZCzechia CZ [57] [details]
91 Sega Power 1995-07-20 UKUnited Kingdom UK PAL [58] [details]
93 Super Juegos 1995-0x-xx ESSpain ES [59] [details]
86 Todo Sega 1995-0x-xx ESSpain ES [60] [details]

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Region Version № reviews Average Lowest Highest Range Views
World All 15 82 58 93 35 Mixed
World NTSC-U 4 68 58 76 18 Positive
World PAL 4 87 75 91 16 Very positive
United States of America US All 4 68 58 76 18 Positive
United States of America US NTSC-U 4 68 58 76 18 Positive
United Kingdom UK All 3 91 90 91 1 Very positive
United Kingdom UK PAL 3 91 90 91 1 Very positive
France FR All 1 93 93 93 0 Very positive
Germany DE All 3 82 75 87 12 Very positive
Germany DE PAL 1 75 75 75 0 Positive
Spain ES All 2 90 86 93 7 Very positive
Czechia CZ All 1 82 82 82 0 Very positive
Israel IL All 1 82 82 82 0 Very positive

Sales

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Software charts

Mega Drive version

Master System version

Game Gear version

References

  1. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 66
  2. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 70
  3. Computer & Video Games, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 42
  4. Digitiser (UK) (1994-11-22)
  5. Edge, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-08-25), page 54
  6. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 74
  7. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
  8. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 309
  9. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 115
  10. Freak, "12/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1
  11. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 51
  12. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 11 November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 148
  13. GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 72
  14. GamesMaster, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 68
  15. GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 4" (1994-10-11, 24:00) (+0:00)
  16. Games World: The Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 13
  17. Game Informer, "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 40
  18. Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 64
  19. Hyper, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 36
  20. LeveL, "Duben 1995" (CZ; 1995-04-20), page 34
  21. MAN!AC, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-12), page 66
  22. Mega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 12
  23. Mega Force, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 38
  24. Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 119
  25. Megazin, "Letnik 2, Številka 16, December 1994" (SI; 1994-xx-xx), page 31
  26. Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 60
  27. Mean Machines Sega, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-08-xx), page 60
  28. Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 105
  29. Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 148
  30. Playjoy, "Oktobar 1995" (YU; 1995-10-xx), page 31
  31. Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 110
  32. Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 20
  33. Sega Magazine, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 86
  34. Sega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 46
  35. Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 72
  36. Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 49
  37. Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 60
  38. Sonic the Comic, "January 6th 1995" (UK; 1994-12-24), page 10
  39. Super Juegos, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 104
  40. Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 40
  41. Tricks, "4/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 30
  42. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 13
  43. Ultimate Future Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-01), page 108
  44. Video Games, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-26), page 104
  45. VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 92
  46. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 100
  47. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 40
  48. Freak, "7/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
  49. Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 8 August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 67
  50. GamePro, "June 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 106
  51. Gamers, "November 1995" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 50
  52. Mega Fun, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-18), page 74
  53. Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 78
  54. Player One, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 144
  55. Sega Magazin, "August 1995" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 84
  56. Sega Magazine, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 88
  57. Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 34
  58. Sega Power, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-07-20), page 58
  59. Super Juegos, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 118
  60. Todo Sega, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 55


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