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For the Sega Mega-CD game, see Earthworm Jim: Special Edition.

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Mega Drive
Game Gear
Master System

Earthworm Jim

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear, Virtual Console, Nintendo Switch Online

Publisher:

Playmates Interactive Entertainment (US)

Virgin Interactive Entertainment (EU)

Interplay (JP; Sega Channel)

Ballistic (US re-release)

Tec Toy

Interplay

Developer:

Shiny Entertainment

Eurocom Entertainment Software

M2

Supporting companies:

Moore & Price Design Group (US) (packaging)

Distributor:

Metro Games (AU)

SF Interactive Media (SE rental)

Sound driver:

GEMS

Genre: Action^[1], Action/Humour^[2]

Number of players: 1

* Presumably 1994-06-09 if 2's quiz question on Jim's birthday refers to it.

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP ▼ (Sega Channel)	1995-12-01	SUBsub
US	1994-10^[3]	$69.9969.99^[4]	T-132036
US (re-release)	199x
EU	1994-11-11		T-70386-50
PT	1994		MD70386
UK	1994-11-11	£44.9944.99^[5]^[6]	T-70386-50
SE (Rental)	199x
AU	199x
BR	1994		047080
ZA	199x
US	1995-07^[7]	$39.9939.99^[7]	T-132028
EU	1995-07^[8]		T-70178-50
UK	1995-08^[9]	£29.9929.99^[10]	T-70178-50
BR	1997-03		028690
JP ▼	2008-12-16^[14]	600pts600^[15]
US ▼	2008-10-27^[13]	800pts800^[13]
EU ▼	2008-10-03^[11]^[12]	800pts800^[11]
AU ▼	2008-10	800pts800^[16]
JP ▼	2022-09-16^[17]	SUBsub
US ▼	2022-09-15^[18]	SUBsub
EU ▼	2022-09-16^[19]	SUBsub
AU ▼	2022-09-16^[20]	SUBsub

Non-Sega versions
Game Boy Game Boy Advance IBM PC Super NES

Earthworm Jim (アースワームジム) is a Sega Mega Drive action platform game developed by Shiny Entertainment. First published in November 1994 to commercial and critical acclaim, it is most remembered for its self-aware humor, detailed graphics and animation, well-received soundtrack, and surrealist parodies of popular culture, and has since become one of the most fondly-remembered American-developed Mega Drive titles.

Story

The story begins with Jim, a common garden earthworm, primitively evading a hungry crow on Earth. Meanwhile, up in space, Psy-Crow pursues a renegade ship that has stolen an ultra high tech super suit and, under orders from Queen Pulsating, Bloated, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-filled, Malformed, Slug-for-a-Butt, blasts the renegade ship to smithereens. Following the explosion, the suit plummets down to Earth, and lands right on top of Jim as he was checking his surroundings. Through sheer luck, he was enveloped in the neck ring of the suit.

Suddenly, a rapid light-speed evolution is triggered by the particles in the super suit, vastly increasing Jim's size and intelligence and granting him full control of the suit. Taking his time to figure out how his suit works, Jim ends up blasting the crow that pursued him with the suit's plasma blaster, and crushes the crow while leaning against a tree while gathering his thoughts.

Just as he thought he was getting it easy in life, he sees Psy-Crow investigating the suit's landing zone and reporting to the Queen that the suit is very near, with Jim overhearing that the Queen wants the suit to make her more beautiful than her imprisoned twin sister, Princess What's-Her-Name. Afterwards, Jim decides to go and meet this princess before Psy-Crow finds him.

Gameplay

The player takes control of the titular hero, Earthworm Jim. Jim quickly finds that while getting used to being able to jump (), shoot (), and fly with his Pocket Rocket, he's being eyed up by several villains for the suit... Whipping with and shooting his way through the game's levels, Jim also has the ability to twirl his head around like a helicopter to slow his rate of descent by repeatedly pressing while in the air, as well as being able to use his whip to not only shoot down enemies (including some impervious to his pistol), but to use with hooks to navigate to otherwise impossible to reach areas.

The super suit's energy is measured by a percentage - it will drain if Jim takes damage, and if it drops to 0%, the suit will explode, taking away one of Jim's lives. If Jim's ammo runs too low, the plasma gun will slowly recharge itself, but it is generally a good idea to conserve ammo as much as possible. Hunting around the levels can reveal all kinds of hidden items.

Items

	Plasma Power
	Adds 250 rounds of plasma power to the pistol.
	Mega Plasma
	Adds 1 extremely powerful shot to the pistol (up to 9 at once) that will instantly wipe out any regular enemy in one shot.
	Suit Power
	Recharges a small percentage of the suit's energy.
	Super Suit Power
	Recharges a huge percentage of the suit's energy.
	Extra Life
	Awards an extra life.
	Asteroid Shield
	Appears only in Andy Asteroids. These can be activated with to temporarily protect Jim from asteroids.
	Atomic Accelerator
	Appears only in Andy Asteroids. Instantaneously gives Jim's rocket a burst of speed.
	Fuel Pod
	Appears only in Andy Asteroids. Collect 50 of these to earn a continue.

Levels

Earthworm Jim takes place over 7 main levels, plus 7 bonus segments between levels, bosses for the player to fight and a hidden bonus level halfway through the game.

	New Junk City
	The first level, New Junk City, is a giant rubbish dump. Tyres can be bounced over, ziplines hooked on to and conveyor belts climbed. Watch out for crows and Fifis - the crows will try to pull Jim out of the suit, damaging him in the process, while the Fifis try to bite Jim (though shooting them will gain some health back). In the Mega-CD version, there's an extra segment where Jim is suit-less and has to time jumps between platforms to reach the suit again. Shown here is the cow near the start of the level - whipping the fridge launches it into space, where it will fly past in the background in some levels, moo-ing in terror as it does so. The first boss Jim encounters has two forms - the kart shown here, and a humanoid shape where he calls tubas down from the sky to fall on Jim's head. If he hits Jim when he's driving around as the cart form, he'll go back up to full health. The first end of level boss (and planet mascot) of the game is Chuck - a magnet drops crates and tubas on Jim from above, while he sits on a zip line. Dodge the tubas (or whip them away), and whip the crate on to the spring while he's under it - but watch out for the resulting fish he starts throwing up. He can't be hit directly so only the crates will work.
	Andy Asteroids?
	At the end of every level is a transition racing level to the next planet, one of a steadily-growing harder set of stages called Andy Asteroids (named after Andy Astor, one of the game's programmers). Here, Jim has to race a giant bird in a spacesuit called Psy-Crow to the end of a tunnel, accelerating with while dodging asteroids and collecting Fuel Pods & Asteroid Shields. Picking up the Atomic Accelerators will give Jim temporary invincibility and a short jump ahead in the race - getting these are later on the only way to win the stages. Psy-Crow will grab these if given the chance after the first stage or so.
	Psy-Crow!
	If the player loses a race in Andy Asteroids, then they must battle Psy-Crow, who will attack Jim with a fish-hook gun. Shoot him and when he's dazed, whip him to finish him off and start the next level proper.
	What the Heck?
	Home to Evil the Cat, What The Heck? is the second level proper. Elevator music plays in the background (with the occasional scream of horror from the musak), demons are everywhere and Jim will also need to dodge fire & brimstone - plus suitcase-wielding lawyers (Hell is full of them, after all). The Mega-CD version has an expanded section of level just before the first boss, which is a giant snowman that belches fireballs that must be dodged. Evil the Cat makes numerous appearances throughout the level to impede Jim's progress by throwing a bomb and trying to impale him with falling stalactites. Should Jim make it to the end of the level, Evil will manage to get Jim's suit away from the worm and fires balls of flame at him from an oversized gun. However, the shots melt the support for the platform he's standing on and it collapses, causing Evil to run away and Jim to reclaim the suit. From there it's just a case of shooting away his lives (9, naturally) and dodging the flames that come from the sides of the screen.
	Down the Tubes
	Down The Tubes is a water-themed level consisting of rooms linked by tubes (some of which Jim will travel down riding the back of a giant hamster that can eat all obstacles in its path, with Jim clinging on for dear life). Shown in the first screenshot is one of the two level mascots, No. 4 - these muscular cloned cats are all over the level acting as bodyguards for the main level mascot. Touch one and they'll punch Jim so hard he'll go flying back and lose health in the process. The Mega-CD version has a hidden spot that when touched, has a secret alternate Andy Asteroids level with no asteroids in and no Psy-Crow - just speed boosters, Fuel Pods and Shields, that takes the player straight to Snot A Problem without having to do the second half of the level. This level is possibly best known for the second half (one of only 2 levels to have more than one title card displayed, not counting the multiple Andy Asteroid races; the other being Snot A Problem), which is mostly navigating one of the glass pods from the first half of the level around on a time limit with a lot of walls, some narrow sections, and not a lot of air refillers. If the pods hit the walls too many times, they will shatter, resulting in millions of gallons of wet death. At the end of the pod navigation sequence, Jim will come face to face with Bob the Goldfish. Somewhat of an anticlimax after the pod, the player can complete the level either with a single pistol shot, whipping Bob or simply walking into the bowl - all three knock it to the floor, where as he flops about, Jim hops on the Rocket and zooms off.
	Snot a Problem!
	The next level is Snot A Problem! - an interesting change in that not only are there 3 sub levels (each with a progressively more intelligent Major Mucus), but Jim has none of his normal weaponry available. Instead, Mucus must be defeated by ramming him against the sides of the level until his rope snaps, but he can do the same to Jim - and he has a spinning attack that will also wear Jim's rope down. There's an added hazard for the second and third bouts - a monster at the bottom of the screen. For the first round it just watches, but from the second round onward it will actively try to eat Jim when he reaches the bottom of the chasm and the cord stretches out, snapping the rope (and Jim!) instantly.
	Level 5
	The rather imaginatively titled Level 5 (which thanks to the inclusion of Big Bruty, is actually the sixth level on the Mega-CD version) is a giant laboratory, home of Professor Monkey-For-A-Head (and his flipped personality, Monkey Professor-For-A-Head). Both will attack Jim as he progresses through the level dodging leaping brains, flying eyeballs, giant cells, green blobs with eyes on a stalk that explode into a shower of maggots, and electrified ball platforms. Later in the level Jim gets separated from the suit and must navigate spiked platforms and fans to re-connect with it. The boss of Level 5 is a chicken in a mech suit - it lays eggs that roll towards Jim and explode, and flies over his head occasionally. It must be defeated by whipping the target when the chicken is below the drop chute, which will cause a giant cell to fall onto the chicken and hurt it. When the chicken has taken enough damage, it will shift to a second form, where it and Jim are in free-fall down an endless shaft. Here the method to kill it is simple - just shoot at it with the pistol. Dodge the bombs it drops and the feathers it sheds that explode, as well as the mecha-chicken itself, and eventually it will blow up, ending the level. This level is not present in the Game Gear and Master System versions. About halfway through Level 5, the player will come across a section with health leading away in an arc from a large black box with a red dot in the middle (shown in the second screenshot). This can be ignored with no repercussions, but if Jim ignores the indicated route and jumps into the dot of light...
	Who Turned Out the Lights?
	...he will enter a secret level titled Who Turned Out The Lights?, that's played with Jim entirely in silhouette apart from his eyes, with the enemies in the level also only being visible by their eyes. There are 5 sections to the level, all of which are fairly short - Jim transfers between them by running out of an exit door and into the next room. In the 5th room, Jim will scream in terror at what's this level's mascot - a giant pair of eyes that will roar and chase him. Jumping over the eyes and running as fast as you can to the right, Jim will enter a point where 3 rays of light meet and be teleported back to the same point in Level 5 that he left, with all the items just as they were when he left it. This level is not present in the Game Gear and Master System versions.
	For Pete's Sake!
	The next level proper is For Pete's Sake!, which has Jim playing escort to a prancing Peter Puppy who is trying to get back to his house at the end of the level. There's a slight problem - if he gets hurt or falls off the main path, he transmogrifies into a demonic beast and grabs Jim in his mouth, flying backwards in the level until the last invisible checkpoint passed whereupon he spits Jim out and turns back into his normal self. Jim has to not only whip him over gaps and shoot down asteroid bombardments but must get Peter past cement mixers with electric sparks, shoot down flying saucers (that don't hurt Peter or Jim, but capture Jim for a few seconds which can be long enough for Peter to end up in trouble and transforming), and giant vines that grab Peter, squeezing him until he transforms and bursts them apart. Eventually, Peter Puppy's house is in sight, but the player has the option of whipping him over the house for a more difficult section of level for bonus items. Either way, when Peter enters one of the houses, the level is over - there's no boss here.
	Intestinal Distress!
	The penultimate level is Intestinal Distress! - Jim must tackle spikes, wind pipes, flying fish and balls of.... something.... to reach the end of the level. The boss of the level is Doc Duodenum, who likes to jump around rapidly and spew material at Jim. Defeating him rewards the player with one last Andy Asteroids before the final level. This level is not present in the Game Gear and Master System versions. Some non-Sega versions of the game, such as the Super NES and IBM PC versions, also lack this level.
	Buttville
	Finally, Jim has reached Buttville. The first section sees Jim using his helicopter move to navigate a maze of thorns - it's short, but difficult, and this is only a taste of what's to come later on. When Jim reaches the bottom, he will teleport to the main section of the level. In Buttville proper, Jim must avoid bugs that spew from nests, one-hit knock-out worms that jump in and out from the background (shown to the right of the second shot), more thorns and creatures that spit electric sparks at Jim. Should the player survive all of this, they'll start to pass under a large segmented ceiling, which when they reach the end of it is revealed to be the game's final boss, Queen Pulsating, Bloated, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-filled, Malformed, Slug-for-a-Butt. To fight her, Jim has to stand on the floating Snott platforms that circle her and shoot her at the 3, 6, 9 and 12'o'clock positions, or whip her once, finally defeating the evil queen and meeting her sister, Princess Whats-Her-Name (who clearly got the more attractive end of the gene pool, as Jim discovers). However, the rather bitter-sweet ending has one final surprise in store for the gallant earthworm...

Misc items

Jim exits each level by hooping on his Pocket Rocket and flying off to the next world, via an Andy Asteroids stage.
"A whole new can of worms", these are granted by picking up 50 blue orbs in an Andy Asteroids stage.

History

Head programmer and Shiny Entertainment founder David Perry.

Development

With most of Shiny Entertainment originating from Virgin Interactive Entertainment, Earthworm Jim was built using similar techniques to Cool Spot and Disney's Aladdin. Animations were drawn by hand and digitised into the game.

Release

In the United States, television advertisements featuring an old lady eating (plastic) earthworms garnered some controversy, with complaints forcing the advert to be pulled from television network in Portland (Oregon), Spokane (Washington) and Sacramento (California)^[21].

Legacy

Earthworm Jim was quickly ported to a variety of systems including the Sega Game Gear, Super Nintendo and Game Boy. It was released for the Sega Master System in 1996 exclusively in Brazil by Sega's distributor Tec Toy.

An enhanced version of the game, Earthworm Jim: Special Edition was released for the Sega Mega-CD and Windows PCs, and in more recent times ports have been made to the Game Boy Advance, iPhone, Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and the Wii's Virtual Console service. The game is also included in the Western units of the Mega Drive Mini.

The game was followed by Earthworm Jim 2 and a variety of other sequels. It also led to a cartoon show by Universal Animation Studios, which is arguably one of the more successful video game cartoon adaptions of all time.

Versions

The Sega Mega Drive was the lead platform for Earthworm Jim, with all other ports stemming from this version. This includes the port to the Mega Drive's nearest rival, the Super NES, which although benefits from a increased colour palette, uses fewer animations due to sprite and memory limitations.

The Intestinal Distress stage was originally exclusive to the Mega Drive version of the game, reportedly put in at the last minute due to a request from Sega (thus making the game bigger than the Super NES version). In return, Sega reduced cartridge manufacturing costs for the game.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Program: Andy Astor
Programming: David Perry
Additional Programming: Nicholas A. Jones, Andy Astor
Original Concept: Douglas TenNapel
Level Design: Tom Tanaka
Animation Director: Michael Francis Dietz
Animators: Edward Schofield, Douglas TenNapel
Art Director: Nick Bruty
Lead Artist: Stephen Crow
Ink & Paint: Eric Ciccone, Mike Pilotti
Clean Up: Clark Sorenson, Ryan Silva, Nicholas Wilson
Additional Artwork: Lin Shen
Music and Sound FX: Mark Miller
Designed by: Shiny Entertainment [Many, Many Shiny Meetings]
Produced by: David A. Luehmann
Development Tools by: Andy Astor, Dan Chang, Psy-Q, Rob Northern Computing
Special Thanks: Playmates Toys, Richard Sallis, Becky Tran, Bug Busters, Game Test, Michael Koelsh, Sachs Finley & Co., Golin Harris Communications, Moore & Price Design

Game Gear version

Conversion Developed by: Eurocom Entertainment Software
Programming: Dave Looker, Kevin J. Grantham, Dave Pridmore, Tim Rogers
Graphics: Andy Bee, Nigel Bentley, Steve Bedser
Sound: Martin Walker
Quality Assurance: Kevin Holt
Producers: Mat Sneap, Mark Hetherington, Hugh Binns

Playmates Staff

Quality Assurance: Ray Nivarel, PIE QA Crew
Executive Producer: David Luehmann
Project Manager: Scott Herrington

Source:

In-game credits^[22]

Digital manuals

Mega Drive Mini US manual
Mega Drive Mini EU manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Earthworm Jim/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Earthworm Jim/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

70

^[23]

Cool Gamer (RU)

80

^[24]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

88

^[25]

Digitiser (UK)

89

^[26]

Edge (UK)

70

^[27]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

67

^[28]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[29]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

80

^[30]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2 (RU)

80

^[31]

Freak (IL)

97

^[32]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

96

^[4]

Game Players (US)

95

^[33]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

100

^[34]

GamesMaster (UK)

93

^[35]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

94

^[36]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

93

^[6]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

95

^[37]

Hyper (AU)

PAL

94

^[38]

LeveL (CZ)

85

^[39]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

86

^[40]

Mega (UK)

PAL

92

^[41]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

97

^[42]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

87

^[43]

Megazin (SI)

91

^[44]

Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR)

100

^[45]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

93

^[46]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[47]

Player One (FR)

98

^[48]

Playjoy (YU)

88

^[49]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

87

^[50]

Sega Magazin (DE)

89

^[51]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

93

^[52]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

94

^[53]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

93

^[54]

Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)

92

^[55]

Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)

94

^[56]

Sonic the Comic (UK)

PAL

94

^[57]

Super Juegos (ES)

93

^[58]

Todo Sega (ES)

95

^[59]

Tricks (RU)

81

^[60]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

93

^[61]

Ultimate Future Games (UK)

93

^[62]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

95

^[63]

VideoGames (US)

90

^[64]

	89
Based on 44 reviews

Earthworm Jim

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual Poster

Mega Drive, US (cardboard)
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, PT
Cover

Mega Drive, SE rental (SF)
Cover

Mega Drive, GR (Zegetron)

Cart

Mega Drive, AU
Cover

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, ZA
Cover
Cart

Master System version

Master System, BR
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[65]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

65

^[66]

Freak (IL)

82

^[67]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

76

^[68]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[7]

Gamers (DE)

87

^[69]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

75

^[70]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

90

^[10]

Player One (FR)

93

^[71]

Sega Magazin (DE)

83

^[72]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

91

^[73]

Sega News (CZ)

82

^[74]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

91

^[75]

Super Juegos (ES)

93

^[76]

Todo Sega (ES)

86

^[77]

	82
Based on 15 reviews

Earthworm Jim

Game Gear, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Game Gear, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

Main article: Earthworm Jim/Technical information.

External links

Eat Dirt!: A Conversation with Earthworm Jim Creator Doug TenNapel article by Jason Anders at Fülle Circle Magazine
Athena's Earthworm Jim Shrine! fansite (Wayback Machine)
Virtual Console listing (Sega of Japan)
Virtual Console listing (Nintendo of America)
Virtual Console listing (Nintendo of Europe)
Virtual Console listing (Nintendo of Australia)

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↑ Tricks, "4/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 30
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 13
↑ Ultimate Future Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-01), page 108
↑ Video Games, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-26), page 104
↑ VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 92
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 100
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 40
↑ Freak, "7/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 8 August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 67
↑ Gamers, "November 1995" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 50
↑ Mega Fun, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-18), page 74
↑ Player One, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 144
↑ Sega Magazin, "August 1995" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 84
↑ Sega Magazine, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 88
↑ Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 34
↑ Sega Power, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-07-20), page 58
↑ Super Juegos, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 118
↑ Todo Sega, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 55

Earthworm Jim
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Maps \| Hidden content \| Bugs \| Development \| Magazine articles \| Video coverage \| Reception \| Promotional material \| Region coding \| Technical information \| Bootlegs Prototypes: 1994-07-28

Earthworm Jim games for Sega systems
	Earthworm Jim (1994) \| Earthworm Jim 2 (1995)
	Earthworm Jim: Special Edition (1995)
	Earthworm Jim (1995)
	Earthworm Jim (1997)
	Earthworm Jim 2 (1996)
Earthworm Jim-related media
	Biblioteka zhurnala Tricks. Earthworm Jim I,II (?)

[:File:EWJ_GG_EU_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:EWJ GG EU Box Back.jpg

[:File:EWJ_MD_SE_rental_cover.jpg_p-2] File:EWJ MD SE rental cover.jpg

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0504.pdf_p36-3] Mega Play, "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 36

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0711.pdf_p148-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 11 November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 148

[:File:Mega_UK_26.pdf_p52-5] Mega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 52

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_06.pdf_p13-6] 6.0 ^6.1 Games World: The Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 13

[:File:GamePro_US_071.pdf_p106-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 GamePro, "June 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 106

[:File:CVG_UK_164.pdf_p48-8] Computer & Video Games, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-09), page 48

[9] Computer Trade Weekly, "" (UK; 1995-08-28), page 20

[:File:MeanMachinesSega34UK.pdf_p78-10] 10.0 ^10.1 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 78

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20170626214322.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendolife.com.2Fgames.2Fmegadrive.2Fearthworm_jim-11] 11.0 ^11.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/earthworm_jim (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-26 21:43)

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[:File:EGM_US_066.pdf_p64-21] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 64

[:File:Earthworm_Jim_GG_credits.pdf_p-22] File:Earthworm Jim GG credits.pdf

[23] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 66

[24] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 70

[:File:CVG_UK_156.pdf_p42-25] Computer & Video Games, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 42

[digitiser1994-11-22731-26] Digitiser (UK) (1994-11-22)

[:File:Edge_UK_013.pdf_p54-27] Edge, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-08-25), page 54

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_25.pdf_p74-28] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 74

[:File:EGM_US_063.pdf_p34-29] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34

[30] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 309

[31] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 115

[32] Freak, "12/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0712.pdf_p51-33] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 51

[:File:GamePro_US_064.pdf_p72-34] GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 72

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_023.pdf_p68-35] GamesMaster, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 68

[gamesmastertv4x04731-36] GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 4" (1994-10-11, 24:00) (+7:31)

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_039.pdf_p64-37] Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 64

[:File:Hyper_AU_011.pdf_p36-38] Hyper, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 36

[39] LeveL, "Duben 1995" (CZ; 1995-04-20), page 34

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-11.pdf_p66-40] MAN!AC, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-12), page 66

[:File:Mega_UK_26.pdf_p12-41] Mega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 12

[:File:MegaForce_FR_34.pdf_p38-42] Mega Force, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 38

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-12.pdf_p119-43] Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 119

[:File:Megazin_SI_0216.pdf_p31-44] Megazin, "Letnik 2, Številka 16, December 1994" (SI; 1994-xx-xx), page 31

[:File:MicroKidsMultimedia_FR_01.pdf_p60-45] Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 60

[:File:MeanMachinesSega24UK.pdf_p60-46] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-08-xx), page 60

[:File:NextGeneration_US_01.pdf_p105-47] Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 105

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_048.pdf_p148-48] Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 148

[:File:Playjoy_YU_01.pdf_p31-49] Playjoy, "Oktobar 1995" (YU; 1995-10-xx), page 31

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-12.pdf_p110-50] Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 110

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_13.pdf_p20-51] Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 20

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_10.pdf_p86-52] Sega Magazine, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 86

[:File:SegaPower_UK_60.pdf_p46-53] Sega Power, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 46

[:File:SegaPro_UK_38.pdf_p72-54] Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 72

[55] Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 49

[:File:Sega_Mega_Drive_Review_2_RU.pdf_p60-56] Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 60

[57] Sonic the Comic, "January 6th 1995" (UK; 1994-12-24), page 10

[:File:SuperJuegos_ES_033.pdf_p104-58] Super Juegos, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 104

[:File:TodoSega_ES_21.pdf_p40-59] Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 40

[60] Tricks, "4/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 30

[61] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 13

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_01.pdf_p108-62] Ultimate Future Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-01), page 108

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-11.pdf_p104-63] Video Games, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-26), page 104

[:File:VideoGames_US_71.pdf_p92-64] VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 92

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_33.pdf_p100-65] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 100

[:File:EGM_US_072.pdf_p40-66] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 40

[67] Freak, "7/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0808.pdf_p67-68] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 8 August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 67

[:File:Gamers_DE_1995-11.pdf_p50-69] Gamers, "November 1995" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 50

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-11.pdf_p74-70] Mega Fun, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-18), page 74

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_059.pdf_p144-71] Player One, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 144

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_21.pdf_p84-72] Sega Magazin, "August 1995" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 84

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_20.pdf_p88-73] Sega Magazine, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 88

[:File:Sega_News_2_CZ.pdf_p34-74] Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 34

[:File:SegaPower_UK_70.pdf_p58-75] Sega Power, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-07-20), page 58

[:File:SuperJuegos_ES_040.pdf_p118-76] Super Juegos, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 118

[:File:TodoSega_ES_29.pdf_p55-77] Todo Sega, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 55

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 <nowiki>*</nowiki> Presumably 1994-06-09 if ''[[Earthworm Jim 2|2]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s quiz question on Jim's birthday refers to it.<br>
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-'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (アースワームジム) is a platform video game developed by [[Shiny Entertainment]] in 1994 for the [[Sega Mega Drive]]. Highly praised at the time of release, ''Earthworm Jim'' offers very detailed and smooth graphics, a very well received soundtrack and large amounts of surreal humour and parodies of popular culture.
+'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (アースワームジム) is a [[Sega Mega Drive]] action platform game developed by [[Shiny Entertainment]]. First published in November 1994 to commercial and critical acclaim, it is most remembered for its self-aware humor, detailed graphics and animation, well-received soundtrack, and surrealist parodies of popular culture, and has since become one of the most fondly-remembered American-developed Mega Drive titles.
+==Story==
+The story begins with Jim, a common garden earthworm, primitively evading a hungry crow on Earth. Meanwhile, up in space, Psy-Crow pursues a renegade ship that has stolen an ultra high tech super suit and, under orders from Queen Pulsating, Bloated, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-filled, Malformed, Slug-for-a-Butt, blasts the renegade ship to smithereens. Following the explosion, the suit plummets down to Earth, and lands right on top of Jim as he was checking his surroundings. Through sheer luck, he was enveloped in the neck ring of the suit.
+Suddenly, a rapid light-speed evolution is triggered by the particles in the super suit, vastly increasing Jim's size and intelligence and granting him full control of the suit. Taking his time to figure out how his suit works, Jim ends up blasting the crow that pursued him with the suit's plasma blaster, and crushes the crow while leaning against a tree while gathering his thoughts.
+Just as he thought he was getting it easy in life, he sees Psy-Crow investigating the suit's landing zone and reporting to the Queen that the suit is very near, with Jim overhearing that the Queen wants the suit to make her more beautiful than her imprisoned twin sister, Princess What's-Her-Name. Afterwards, Jim decides to go and meet this princess before Psy-Crow finds him.
 ==Gameplay==
-The player is the titular hero, a common garden earthworm who mutated into giant size when an alien super-suit fell from the sky and crashed on top of him. Jim quickly finds that while getting used to being able to jump ({{C}}), shoot ({{A}}), and fly with his Pocket Rocket, he's being eyed up by several villains for the suit..
+The player takes control of the titular hero, Earthworm Jim. Jim quickly finds that while getting used to being able to jump ({{C}}), shoot ({{A}}), and fly with his Pocket Rocket, he's being eyed up by several villains for the suit... Whipping with {{B}} and shooting his way through the game's levels, Jim also has the ability to twirl his head around like a helicopter to slow his rate of descent by repeatedly pressing {{C}} while in the air, as well as being able to use his whip to not only shoot down enemies (including some impervious to his pistol), but to use with hooks to navigate to otherwise impossible to reach areas.
-Whipping ({{B}}) and shooting his way through the game's levels, Jim also has the ability to twirl his head around like a helicopter to slow his rate of descent, as well as being able to use his whip to not only shoot down enemies (including some impervious to his pistol), but to use with hooks to navigate to otherwise impossible to reach areas. Hunting around the levels can reveal Plasma Shots that add 1 extremely powerful shot to the pistol per Plasma found (up to 9 at once).
-===Levels===
+The super suit's energy is measured by a percentage - it will drain if Jim takes damage, and if it drops to 0%, the suit will explode, taking away one of Jim's lives. If Jim's ammo runs too low, the plasma gun will slowly recharge itself, but it is generally a good idea to conserve ammo as much as possible. Hunting around the levels can reveal all kinds of hidden items.
-Earthworm Jim takes place over 7 main levels, plus 7 bonus segments between levels, a boss you can avoid if you're good enough and a hidden bonus level halfway through the game.
-{{InfoTable|imagewidths=200|
+===Items===
+{{InfoTable|
 {{InfoRow
-| title=New Junk City
+| title=Plasma Power
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive cow.png
+| sprite=
-| desc=The first level, '''New Junk City''', is a giant rubbish dump. Tyres can be bounced over, ziplines hooked on to and conveyor belts climbed. Watch out for crows and Fifis - the crows will try to pull you out of the suit, damaging you in the process, while the Fifis try to rip you to shreds (though shooting them will gain you some health back). In the Mega CD version, there's an extra segment where Jim is suit-less and has to time jumps between platforms to reach the suit again. Shown here is the cow near the start of the level - whipping the fridge launches it into space, where it will fly past in the background in some levels, moo-ing in terror as it does so.
+| bgcolor=#DCD8DC
+| desc=Adds 250 rounds of plasma power to the pistol.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
-| title=New Junk City first boss
+| title=Mega Plasma
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive njc-bin.png
+| sprite=
-| desc=The very first boss - this guy isn't too hard. He has two forms - the kart shown here, and a humanoid shape where he calls tubas down from the sky to fall on Jim's head. When he's driving around as the cart form, if he hits you, he'll go back up to full health.
+| bgcolor=#DCD8DC
+| desc=Adds 1 extremely powerful shot to the pistol (up to 9 at once) that will instantly wipe out any regular enemy in one shot.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
-| title=New Junk City end boss
+| title=Suit Power
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive njc-boss.png
+| sprite=
-| desc=The first end of level boss (and planet mascot) of the game is '''Chuck''' - a magnet drops crates and tubas on you from above, while he sits on a zip line. Dodge the tubas (or whip them away), and whip the crate on to the spring while he's under it - but watch out for the resulting fish he starts throwing up. He can't be hit directly so only the crates will work.
+| bgcolor=#DCD8DC
+| desc=Recharges a small percentage of the suit's energy.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
-| title=Andy Asteroids?
+| title=Super Suit Power
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive andy-asteroids.png
+| sprite=
-| desc=At the end of every level there's a transition racing level to the next planet, one of a steadily-growing harder set of stages called '''Andy Asteroids''' (named for Andy Aster, one of the game's programmers). Here, Jim has to race a giant bird in a spacesuit called Psy-Crow to the end of a tunnel, dodging asteroids and collecting blue orbs (collect 50 and you'll gain a continue) & shields (that deflect asteroids temporarily). Picking up the speed boosters (the orange icons in shot) will give Jim temporary invincibility and a short jump ahead in the race - getting these are later on the only way to win the stages. Psy-Crow will grab these if you let him after the first stage or so.
+| bgcolor=#DCD8DC
+| desc=Recharges a huge percentage of the suit's energy.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
-| title=Psy-Crow!
+| title=Extra Life
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive andy-asteroids-psycrow.png
+| sprite=
-| desc=Lost the race? Then you have to battle '''Psy-Crow''', who will attack Jim with a fish-hook gun. Shoot him and when he's dazed, whip him to finish him off and start the next level proper.
+| bgcolor=#DCD8DC
+| desc=Awards an extra life.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
-| title=What the Heck?
+| title=Asteroid Shield
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive heck.png
+| sprite=
-| desc=Home to Evil the Cat, '''What The Heck?''' is the second level proper. Elevator music plays in the background (with the occasional scream of horror from the musak), demons are everywhere and you also need to dodge fire & brimstone - plus suitcase-wielding lawyers (Hell is full of them, after all). The Mega CD version has an expanded section of level just before the first boss.
+| bgcolor=#DCD8DC
+| desc=Appears only in Andy Asteroids. These can be activated with {{B}} to temporarily protect Jim from asteroids.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
-| title=What the Heck? first boss
+| title=Atomic Accelerator
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive heck-snowman.png
+| sprite=
-| desc=On the note of that first boss... a snowball's chance in Hell doesn't describe beating this giant snowman - all you need to do is shoot him and dodge the fireballs he belches at you.
+| bgcolor=#DCD8DC
+| desc=Appears only in Andy Asteroids. Instantaneously gives Jim's rocket a burst of speed.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
-| title=What the Heck? end boss
+| title=Fuel Pod
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive heck-evil.png
+| sprite=
-| desc=Fresh from throwing a bomb and trying to impale Jim on several rows of spikes, '''Evil the Cat''' has managed to get Jim's suit away from the worm and fires balls of flame at you from an oversized gun. However the shots melt the support for the platform he's standing on and it collapses, causing Evil to run away and Jim to reclaim the suit. From there it's just a case of shooting away his lives (9, naturally) and dodging the flames that come from the sides of the screen.
+| bgcolor=#DCD8DC
+| desc=Appears only in Andy Asteroids. Collect 50 of these to earn a continue.
+}}
 }}
+===Levels===
+''Earthworm Jim'' takes place over 7 main levels, plus 7 bonus segments between levels, bosses for the player to fight and a hidden bonus level halfway through the game.
+{{InfoTable|imagewidths=320|
 {{InfoRow
-| title=Big Bruty
+| title=New Junk City
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaCD bigbruty1.png
+| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive cow.png
-| desc=Named for Nick Bruty, one of the artists, '''Big Bruty''' is a level exclusive to the Mega CD version of the game. In this level you need to avoid giant bees while luring the planet's mascot around - get close enough to him for him to pick up your scent and chase you and Bruty will knock away obstacles impeding Jim's progress. Don't get too close to him though (or try and jump over him), or he'll quickly snap his jaws around Jim, eating him whole.
+| screenshot2=EarthwormJim MegaDrive njc-bin.png
+| screenshot3=EarthwormJim MegaDrive njc-boss.png
+| tabs=yes
+| desc=The first level, '''New Junk City''', is a giant rubbish dump. Tyres can be bounced over, ziplines hooked on to and conveyor belts climbed. Watch out for crows and Fifis - the crows will try to pull Jim out of the suit, damaging him in the process, while the Fifis try to bite Jim (though shooting them will gain some health back). In the Mega-CD version, there's an extra segment where Jim is suit-less and has to time jumps between platforms to reach the suit again. Shown here is the cow near the start of the level - whipping the fridge launches it into space, where it will fly past in the background in some levels, moo-ing in terror as it does so.
+The first boss Jim encounters has two forms - the kart shown here, and a humanoid shape where he calls tubas down from the sky to fall on Jim's head. If he hits Jim when he's driving around as the cart form, he'll go back up to full health.
+The first end of level boss (and planet mascot) of the game is '''Chuck''' - a magnet drops crates and tubas on Jim from above, while he sits on a zip line. Dodge the tubas (or whip them away), and whip the crate on to the spring while he's under it - but watch out for the resulting fish he starts throwing up. He can't be hit directly so only the crates will work.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
-| title=Big Bruty
+| title=Andy Asteroids?
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaCD bigbruty2.png
+| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive andy-asteroids.png
-| desc=Here's '''Bruty''' himself. You don't actually fight him, making this one more of a puzzle level than the straightforward shooting of the last 2 levels.
+| desc=At the end of every level is a transition racing level to the next planet, one of a steadily-growing harder set of stages called '''Andy Asteroids''' (named after [[Andy Astor]], one of the game's programmers). Here, Jim has to race a giant bird in a spacesuit called Psy-Crow to the end of a tunnel, accelerating with {{A}} while dodging asteroids and collecting Fuel Pods & Asteroid Shields. Picking up the Atomic Accelerators will give Jim temporary invincibility and a short jump ahead in the race - getting these are later on the only way to win the stages. Psy-Crow will grab these if given the chance after the first stage or so.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
-| title=Down the Tubes
+| title=Psy-Crow!
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive downthetubes.png
+| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive andy-asteroids-psycrow.png
-| desc=Jim's next challenge following another Andy Asteroids is '''Down The Tubes''', a water themed level consisting of rooms linked by tubes (some of which you travel down riding the back of a giant hamster that can eat all obstacles in its path, with Jim clinging on for dear life). Shown in shot is one of the two level mascots, '''No. 4''' - these muscular cloned cats are all over the level acting as bodyguards for the main level mascot, who we'll get to in a bit. Touch one and they'll punch Jim so hard he'll go flying back and lose health in the process. The Mega CD version has a hidden spot that when touched, has a secret alternate Andy Asteroids level with no asteroids in and no Psy-Crow - just speed boosters, blue orbs and shields, that takes you straight to Snot A Problem without having to do the second half of the level.
+| desc=If the player loses a race in Andy Asteroids, then they must battle '''Psy-Crow''', who will attack Jim with a fish-hook gun. Shoot him and when he's dazed, whip him to finish him off and start the next level proper.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
-| title=Down the Tubes
+| title=What the Heck?
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive downthetubes-pod.png
+| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive heck.png
-| desc=This level is possibly best known for the second half (one of only 2 levels to have more than one title card displayed, not counting the multiple Andy Asteroid races; the other being Snot A Problem), which is mostly navigating one of the pods from the first half of the level around on a time limit with a lot of walls, some narrow sections, and not a lot of air refillers.
+| screenshot2=EarthwormJim MegaDrive heck-snowman.png
+| screenshot3=EarthwormJim MegaDrive heck-evil.png
+| tabs=yes
+| desc=Home to Evil the Cat, '''What The Heck?''' is the second level proper. Elevator music plays in the background (with the occasional scream of horror from the musak), demons are everywhere and Jim will also need to dodge fire & brimstone - plus suitcase-wielding lawyers (Hell is full of them, after all). The Mega-CD version has an expanded section of level just before the first boss, which is a giant snowman that belches fireballs that must be dodged.
+'''Evil the Cat''' makes numerous appearances throughout the level to impede Jim's progress by throwing a bomb and trying to impale him with falling stalactites. Should Jim make it to the end of the level, Evil will manage to get Jim's suit away from the worm and fires balls of flame at him from an oversized gun. However, the shots melt the support for the platform he's standing on and it collapses, causing Evil to run away and Jim to reclaim the suit. From there it's just a case of shooting away his lives (9, naturally) and dodging the flames that come from the sides of the screen.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
 | title=Down the Tubes
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive downthetubes-bob.png
+| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive downthetubes.png
-| desc=Finally, you've reached the end of the pod navigation sequence, and you come face to face with '''Bob the Goldfish'''. Somewhat of an anticlimax after the pod, you complete the level either with a single pistol shot, whipping Bob or simply walking into the bowl - all three knock it to the floor, where as he flops about, Jim hops on the Rocket and zooms off.
+| screenshot2=EarthwormJim MegaDrive downthetubes-pod.png
+| screenshot3=EarthwormJim MegaDrive downthetubes-bob.png
+| tabs=yes
+| desc='''Down The Tubes''' is a water-themed level consisting of rooms linked by tubes (some of which Jim will travel down riding the back of a giant hamster that can eat all obstacles in its path, with Jim clinging on for dear life). Shown in the first screenshot is one of the two level mascots, '''No. 4''' - these muscular cloned cats are all over the level acting as bodyguards for the main level mascot. Touch one and they'll punch Jim so hard he'll go flying back and lose health in the process. The Mega-CD version has a hidden spot that when touched, has a secret alternate Andy Asteroids level with no asteroids in and no Psy-Crow - just speed boosters, Fuel Pods and Shields, that takes the player straight to Snot A Problem without having to do the second half of the level.
+This level is possibly best known for the second half (one of only 2 levels to have more than one title card displayed, not counting the multiple Andy Asteroid races; the other being Snot A Problem), which is mostly navigating one of the glass pods from the first half of the level around on a time limit with a lot of walls, some narrow sections, and not a lot of air refillers. If the pods hit the walls too many times, they will shatter, resulting in millions of gallons of wet death.
+At the end of the pod navigation sequence, Jim will come face to face with '''Bob the Goldfish'''. Somewhat of an anticlimax after the pod, the player can complete the level either with a single pistol shot, whipping Bob or simply walking into the bowl - all three knock it to the floor, where as he flops about, Jim hops on the Rocket and zooms off.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
 | title=Snot a Problem!
 | screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive bungee-mucus.png
-| desc=The next level is '''Snot A Problem!''' - an interesting change in that not only are there 3 sub levels (each with a progressively more intelligent '''Major Mucus'''), but Jim has none of his normal weaponry available. Instead, Mucus must be defeated by ramming him against the sides of the level until his rope snaps, but he can do the same to you - and he has a spinning attack that will also wear Jim's rope down.
+| screenshot2=EarthwormJim MegaDrive bungee-chomp.png
-}}
+| tabs=yes
-{{InfoRow
+| desc=The next level is '''Snot A Problem!''' - an interesting change in that not only are there 3 sub levels (each with a progressively more intelligent '''Major Mucus'''), but Jim has none of his normal weaponry available. Instead, Mucus must be defeated by ramming him against the sides of the level until his rope snaps, but he can do the same to Jim - and he has a spinning attack that will also wear Jim's rope down.
-| title=Snot a Problem!
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive bungee-chomp.png
+There's an added hazard for the second and third bouts - a monster at the bottom of the screen. For the first round it just watches, but from the second round onward it will actively try to eat Jim when he reaches the bottom of the chasm and the cord stretches out, snapping the rope (and Jim!) instantly.
-| desc=There's an added hazard for the second and third bouts - this monster at the bottom of the screen that for the first level just watches will actively try to eat Jim when he reaches the bottom of the chasm and the cord stretches out, snapping the rope (and Jim!) instantly.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
 | title=Level 5
 | screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive level5.png
-| desc=The rather imaginatively titled '''Level 5''' (which thanks to the inclusion of Big Bruty, is actually the sixth level on the Mega CD version) is a giant laboratory, home of '''Professor Monkey-For-A-Head''' (and his flipped personality, Monkey Professor-For-A-Head). Both will attack you as you progress through the level dodging leaping brains, flying eyeballs, giant cells, green blobs with eyes on a stalk that explode into a shower of maggots, and electrified ball platforms. Later in the level Jim gets separated from the suit and must navigate spiked platforms and fans to re-connect with it.
+| screenshot2=EarthwormJim MegaDrive level5-wtotl-enterance.png
-}}
+| screenshot3=EarthwormJim MegaDrive level5chicken.png
-{{InfoRow
+| screenshot4=EarthwormJim MegaDrive level5chickenfall.png
-| title=Level 5
+| tabs=yes
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive level5-wtotl-enterance.png
+| desc=The rather imaginatively titled '''Level 5''' (which thanks to the inclusion of Big Bruty, is actually the sixth level on the Mega-CD version) is a giant laboratory, home of '''Professor Monkey-For-A-Head''' (and his flipped personality, Monkey Professor-For-A-Head). Both will attack Jim as he progresses through the level dodging leaping brains, flying eyeballs, giant cells, green blobs with eyes on a stalk that explode into a shower of maggots, and electrified ball platforms. Later in the level Jim gets separated from the suit and must navigate spiked platforms and fans to re-connect with it.
-| desc=About halfway through Level 5, the player will come across this section with health leading away in an arc from a large black box with a red dot in the middle. This can be ignored with no repercussions but if Jim ignores the indicated route and jumps into the dot of light...
+The boss of Level 5 is a chicken in a mech suit - it lays eggs that roll towards Jim and explode, and flies over his head occasionally. It must be defeated by whipping the target when the chicken is below the drop chute, which will cause a giant cell to fall onto the chicken and hurt it. When the chicken has taken enough damage, it will shift to a second form, where it and Jim are in free-fall down an endless shaft. Here the method to kill it is simple - just shoot at it with the pistol. Dodge the bombs it drops and the feathers it sheds that explode, as well as the mecha-chicken itself, and eventually it will blow up, ending the level.
+This level is not present in the Game Gear and Master System versions.
+About halfway through Level 5, the player will come across a section with health leading away in an arc from a large black box with a red dot in the middle (shown in the second screenshot). This can be ignored with no repercussions, but if Jim ignores the indicated route and jumps into the dot of light...
 }}
 {{InfoRow
 | title=Who Turned Out the Lights?
 | screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive whoturnedoutthelights.png
-| desc=...he will enter a secret level entitled '''Who Turned Out The Lights?''', that's played with Jim entirely in silhouette apart from his eyes, with the enemies in the level also only being visible by their eyes.
+| screenshot2=EarthwormJim MegaDrive wtotl-door.png
-}}
+| screenshot3=EarthwormJim MegaDrive wtotl-eyesofdoom.png
-{{InfoRow
+| tabs=yes
-| title=Who Turned Out the Lights?
+| desc=...he will enter a secret level titled '''Who Turned Out The Lights?''', that's played with Jim entirely in silhouette apart from his eyes, with the enemies in the level also only being visible by their eyes. There are 5 sections to the level, all of which are fairly short - Jim transfers between them by running out of an exit door and into the next room.
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive wtotl-door.png
-| desc=There are 5 sections to the level, all of which are fairly short - Jim transfers between them by running out of an exit door and into the next room.
+In the 5th room, Jim will scream in terror at what's this level's mascot - a giant pair of eyes that will roar and chase him. Jumping over the eyes and running as fast as you can to the right, Jim will enter a point where 3 rays of light meet and be teleported back to the same point in Level 5 that he left, with all the items just as they were when he left it.
-}}
-{{InfoRow
+This level is not present in the Game Gear and Master System versions.
-| title=Who Turned Out the Lights?
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive wtotl-eyesofdoom.png
-| desc=In the 5th room, Jim will scream in terror at what's this level's mascot - a giant pair of eyes that will roar and chase him. Jumping over the eyes and running as fast as you can to the right, Jim will enter a point where 3 rays of light meet and be teleported back to the same point in Level 5 that he left, with all the items just as they were when he left it.
-}}
-{{InfoRow
-| title=Level 5 Boss
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive level5chicken.png
-| desc=The boss of Level 5 is a chicken in a mech suit - it lays eggs that roll towards you and explode, and flies over your head occasionally. It must be defeated by whipping the target when the chicken is below the drop chute, which will cause a giant cell to fall onto the chicken and hurt it.
-}}
-{{InfoRow
-| title=Level 5 Boss
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive level5chickenfall.png
-| desc=When the chicken has taken enough damage, it will shift to a second form, where it and Jim are in free-fall down an endless shaft. Here the method to kill it is simple - just shoot at it with the pistol. Dodge the bombs it drops and the feathers it sheds that explode, as well as the mecha-chicken itself, and eventually it will blow up, ending the level.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
 | title=For Pete's Sake!
 | screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive forpetessake.png
-| desc=The next level proper is '''For Pete's Sake!''', which has Jim playing escort to a prancing Peter Puppy who is trying to get back to his house at the end of the level. There's a slight problem - if he gets hurt or falls off the main path, he transmogrifies into a demonic beast and grabs Jim in his mouth, flying backwards in the level until the last invisible checkpoint passed whereupon he spits Jim out and turns back into his normal self. Jim has to not only whip him over gaps and shoot down asteroid bombardments but must get Peter past cement mixers with electric sparks, shoot down flying saucers (that don't hurt Peter or Jim, but capture Jim for a few seconds which can be long enough for Peter to end up in trouble and transforming), and giant vines that grab Peter, squeezing him until he transforms and bursts them apart.
+| screenshot2=EarthwormJim MegaDrive forpetessake-end.png
-}}
+| tabs=yes
-{{InfoRow
+| desc=The next level proper is '''For Pete's Sake!''', which has Jim playing escort to a prancing '''Peter Puppy''' who is trying to get back to his house at the end of the level. There's a slight problem - if he gets hurt or falls off the main path, he transmogrifies into a demonic beast and grabs Jim in his mouth, flying backwards in the level until the last invisible checkpoint passed whereupon he spits Jim out and turns back into his normal self. Jim has to not only whip him over gaps and shoot down asteroid bombardments but must get Peter past cement mixers with electric sparks, shoot down flying saucers (that don't hurt Peter or Jim, but capture Jim for a few seconds which can be long enough for Peter to end up in trouble and transforming), and giant vines that grab Peter, squeezing him until he transforms and bursts them apart.
-| title=For Pete's Sake!
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive forpetessake-end.png
+Eventually, Peter Puppy's house is in sight, but the player has the option of whipping him over the house for a more difficult section of level for bonus items. Either way, when Peter enters one of the houses, the level is over - there's no boss here.
-| desc=Eventually, '''Peter Puppy's''' house is in sight, but you have the option of whipping him over the house for a more difficult section of level if you want to. Either way, when Peter enters one of the houses, the level is over - there's no boss here.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
 | title=Intestinal Distress!
 | screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive intestines.png
-| desc=The penultimate level is '''Intestinal Distress!''' - Jim must tackle spikes, wind pipes, flying fish and balls of.... something.... to reach the end of the level.
+| screenshot2=EarthwormJim MegaDrive intestines-DocDuodenum.png
-}}
+| tabs=yes
-{{InfoRow
+| desc=The penultimate level is '''Intestinal Distress!''' - Jim must tackle spikes, wind pipes, flying fish and balls of.... something.... to reach the end of the level. The boss of the level is '''Doc Duodenum''', who likes to jump around rapidly and spew material at Jim. Defeating him rewards the player with one last Andy Asteroids before the final level.
-| title=Intestinal Distress! boss
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive intestines-DocDuodenum.png
+This level is not present in the Game Gear and Master System versions. Some non-Sega versions of the game, such as the [[Super NES]] and [[IBM PC]] versions, also lack this level.
-| desc=The boss of the level is '''Doc Duodenum''', who likes to jump around rapidly and spew material at you. Defeating him rewards you with one last Andy Asteroids before the final level.
 }}
 {{InfoRow
 | title=Buttville
 | screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive buttville-descent.png
-| desc=Finally, Jim has reached '''Buttville'''. The first section sees Jim using his helicopter move to navigate a maze of thorns - it's short, but difficult, and this is only a taste of what's to come later on. When you reach the bottom, Jim teleports to the main section of the level.
+| screenshot2=EarthwormJim MegaDrive buttville-main.png
-}}
+| screenshot3=EarthwormJim MegaDrive buttville-queen.png
-{{InfoRow
+| tabs=yes
-| title=Buttville
+| desc=Finally, Jim has reached '''Buttville'''. The first section sees Jim using his helicopter move to navigate a maze of thorns - it's short, but difficult, and this is only a taste of what's to come later on. When Jim reaches the bottom, he will teleport to the main section of the level. In Buttville proper, Jim must avoid bugs that spew from nests, one-hit knock-out worms that jump in and out from the background (shown to the right of the second shot), more thorns and creatures that spit electric sparks at Jim.
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive buttville-main.png
-| desc=In Buttville proper, Jim must avoid bugs that spew from nests, one-hit knock-out worms that jump in and out from the background (shown to the right of this shot), more thorns and creatures that spit electric sparks at you. Survive all of this, and you'll start to pass under a large segmented ceiling, which when you reach the end of it...
+Should the player survive all of this, they'll start to pass under a large segmented ceiling, which when they reach the end of it is revealed to be the game's final boss, '''Queen Pulsating, Bloated, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-filled, Malformed, Slug-for-a-Butt'''. To fight her, Jim has to stand on the floating Snott platforms that circle her and shoot her at the 3, 6, 9 and 12'o'clock positions, or whip her once, finally defeating the evil queen and meeting her sister, '''Princess Whats-Her-Name''' (who clearly got the more attractive end of the gene pool, as Jim discovers). However, the rather bitter-sweet ending has one final surprise in store for the gallant earthworm...
-}}
-{{InfoRow
-| title=Buttville boss
-| screenshot=EarthwormJim MegaDrive buttville-queen.png
-| desc=...is revealed to be the game's final boss (deep breath), '''Queen Pulsating, Bloated, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-filled, Malformed, Slug-For-A-Butt'''. Standing on the green platforms that circle her and shooting her at the 3, 6, 9 and 12'o'clock positions is the best tactic here for finally defeating the evil queen and meeting her sister, '''Princess Whats-Her-Name''' (who clearly got the more attractive end of the gene pool, as Jim discovers). However, the rather bitter-sweet ending has one final surprise in store for the gallant earthworm...
 }}
 }}
-===Misc Items===
+===Misc items===
 <gallery>
 EarthwormJim_MegaDrive_jim-rocket.png|Jim exits each level by hooping on his Pocket Rocket and flying off to the next world, via an Andy Asteroids stage.
 EarthwormJim_MegaDrive_continue.png|"A whole new can of worms", these are granted by picking up 50 blue orbs in an Andy Asteroids stage.
 </gallery>
-===Mega Drive Cheat Menu===
-The Mega Drive version contains a cheat menu. While the game is paused enter the code {{A}}+{{Left}}, {{B}}, {{B}}, {{A}}, {{A}}+{{Right}}, {{B}}, {{B}}, {{A}}.
-<gallery>
-EarthwormJim_MegaDrive_cheater.png|The crew at Shiny who made the game pop up with this message when the cheat is successfully activated, while Jim yells "Cheater!" at you.
-EarthwormJim_MegaDrive_cheat-menu.png|The main cheat menu screen.
-</gallery>
-The screen is largely informational - only the last 4 options are changeable. The cheats themselves are fairly straightforward - Cheat Mode gives you infinite health, Freezeability changes the pause menu in such a way that the music keeps playing on pause and the screen doesn't darken (but does make it impossible to re-enter the cheat menu again, or to pause the game - the freeze effect only lasts as long as you're holding start), and Map View Mode makes Jim disappear at the start of the level, with the d-pad then letting the screen scroll around the level - pressing one of the A, B or C buttons makes Jim re-appear and the regular gameplay style resume.
-Start On Level has several options, listed below:
-{{multicol|
-*1 - New Junk City
-*2A - Hell or Heck?
-*2B - Snowman Boss
-*2C - Evil Boss
-*3A - Bungee 1
-*3B - Bungee 2
-*3C - Bungee 3
-*4 - Peter Puppy
-*5 - Slug for Butt
-*5B - Helicopter
-*6A - Prof's Lab
-*6C - Chicken Fly
-*6D - Naked Worm
-*7 - Intestines
-*8A - Sea Tunnels
-*8B - Pod Races
-*9A - Asteroids 1
-*9B - Asteroids 2
-*9C - Asteroids 3
-*9D - Asteroids 4
-*9E - Asteroids 5
-*9F - Asteroids 6
-*9G - Asteroids 7
-*10A - Darkness 1
-*10B - Darkness 2
-*10C - Darkness 3
-*10D - Darkness 4
-*10E - Darkness 5
-*9P - Psycrow!
-|cols=4}}
-One notable thing about this list (apart from the jumbled level order) is that there's no 6B slot - on Level 5, 6A is followed by 6D and then 6C, but the part of the level after the Naked Worm segment before the falling segment (i.e., the segment that ends with the first chicken boss) is not directly accessible, unlike every other area in the game.
 ==History==
+[[File:DavidPerry Shiny EarthwormJim.png|thumb|280px|Head programmer and [[Shiny Entertainment]] founder [[David Perry]].]]
 ===Development===
 With most of Shiny Entertainment originating from [[Virgin Interactive Entertainment]], ''Earthworm Jim'' was built using similar techniques to ''[[Cool Spot]]'' and ''[[Disney's Aladdin]]''. Animations were drawn by hand and digitised into the game.
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 ''Earthworm Jim'' was quickly ported to a variety of systems including the [[Sega Game Gear]], [[Super Nintendo]] and [[Game Boy]]. It was released for the [[Sega Master System]] in 1996 exclusively in Brazil by [[Sega]]'s distributor [[Tec Toy]].
-An enhanced version of the game, ''[[Earthworm Jim: Special Edition]]'' was released for the [[Sega Mega-CD]] and Windows PCs, and in more recent times ports have been made to the [[Game Boy Advance]], iPhone, [[Xbox Live Arcade]], [[PlayStation Network]] and the [[Wii]]'s [[Virtual Console]] service. The game is also included in the International units of the [[Mega Drive Mini]].
+An enhanced version of the game, ''[[Earthworm Jim: Special Edition]]'' was released for the [[Sega Mega-CD]] and Windows PCs, and in more recent times ports have been made to the [[Game Boy Advance]], iPhone, [[Xbox Live Arcade]], [[PlayStation Network]] and the [[Wii]]'s [[Virtual Console]] service. The game is also included in the Western units of the [[Mega Drive Mini]].
 The game was followed by ''[[Earthworm Jim 2]]'' and a variety of other sequels. It also led to a cartoon show by Universal Animation Studios, which is arguably one of the more successful video game cartoon adaptions of all time.
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 The Intestinal Distress stage was originally exclusive to the Mega Drive version of the game, reportedly put in at the last minute due to a request from Sega (thus making the game bigger than the Super NES version). In return, Sega reduced cartridge manufacturing costs for the game.
+==Production credits==
+===Mega Drive version===
+{{multicol|
+{{creditstable|
+*'''Program:''' [[Andy Astor]]
+*'''Programming:''' [[David Perry]]
+*'''Additional Programming:''' [[Nicholas A. Jones]], [[Andy Astor]]
+*'''Original Concept:''' [[Douglas TenNapel]]
+*'''Level Design:''' Tom Tanaka
+*'''Animation Director:''' [[Mike Dietz|Michael Francis Dietz]]
+*'''Animators:''' [[Edward Schofield]], [[Douglas TenNapel]]
+*'''Art Director:''' [[Nick Bruty]]
+*'''Lead Artist:''' [[Stephen Crow]]
+*'''Ink & Paint:''' Eric Ciccone, Mike Pilotti
+*'''Clean Up:''' Clark Sorenson, Ryan Silva, Nicholas Wilson
+*'''Additional Artwork:''' Lin Shen
+*'''Music and Sound FX:''' [[Mark Miller]]
+*'''Designed by:''' Shiny Entertainment [Many, Many Shiny Meetings]
+*'''Produced by:''' David A. Luehmann
+*'''Development Tools by:''' [[Andy Astor]], Dan Chang, Psy-Q, Rob Northern Computing
+*'''Special Thanks:''' Playmates Toys, Richard Sallis, Becky Tran, Bug Busters, Game Test, Michael Koelsh, Sachs Finley & Co., Golin Harris Communications, [[Moore & Price Design]]
+| console=MD
+}}
+}}
+===Game Gear version===
+{{multicol|
+{{creditstable|
+*'''Conversion Developed by:''' [[Eurocom Entertainment Software]]
+*'''Programming:''' Dave Looker, Kevin J. Grantham, Dave Pridmore, Tim Rogers
+*'''Graphics:''' Andy Bee, Nigel Bentley, Steve Bedser
+*'''Sound:''' Martin Walker
+*'''Quality Assurance:''' Kevin Holt
+*'''Producers:''' Mat Sneap, Mark Hetherington, Hugh Binns
+{{creditsheader|Playmates Staff}}
+*'''Quality Assurance:''' Ray Nivarel, PIE QA Crew
+*'''Executive Producer:''' David Luehmann
+*'''Project Manager:''' Scott Herrington
+| source=In-game credits
+| pdf=Earthworm Jim GG credits.pdf
+| console=GG
+}}
+}}
 ==Digital manuals==
 <gallery>
-EarthwormJim MD EU digital manual.pdf|Mega Drive Mini EU manual
+EarthwormJim MD US MDMini manual.pdf|Mega Drive Mini US manual
+EarthwormJim MD EU MDMini manual.pdf|Mega Drive Mini EU manual
 </gallery>
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-| megaforce=97
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-| nextgeneration=80
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-| segapower=94
-| segapower_source={{num|60|page=46/47}}
-| segapro=93
-| segapro_source={{num|38|page=72/73}}
-| stc=94
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-| ufg=93
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-| videogamesus=90
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 }}
 {{Scanbox
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 | cover=Earthworm Jim MD US Box.jpg
 | cart=Earthworm Jim MD US Cart.jpg
-| manual=Earthworm Jim MD US Manual.pdf
+| manual=Earthworm Jim MD US Plastic Case Manual.jpg
-| item1=Earthworm Jim MD US Poster.jpg
+| poster=Earthworm Jim MD US Poster.jpg
-| item1name=Poster
 }}{{Scanbox
 | console=Mega Drive
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 | spine=EWJ MD US Box Spine Cardboard.jpg
 | spine2=EWJ MD US Box Spine2 Cardboard.jpg
-| cart=Earthworm Jim MD US Cart.jpg
+| cart=Earthworm Jim MD US CB Cart.jpg
-| manual=
+| manual=Earthworm Jim MD US Manual.pdf
 }}{{Scanbox
 | console=Mega Drive
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 }}{{Scanbox
 | console=Mega Drive
-| region=BR
+| region=PT
-| cover=EarthwormJim MD BR cover.jpg
+| front=Earthworm Jim MD PT Box Front.jpg
-| cart=EarthwormJim MD BR Cart.jpg
+| back=Earthworm Jim MD PT Box Back.jpg
+| spine=Earthworm Jim MD PT Box Spine.jpg
 }}{{Scanbox
 | console=Mega Drive
-| region=SE (Rental)
+| region=SE rental (SF)
+| cover=EWJ MD SE rental cover.jpg
+| cart=
+}}
+{{Scanbox
+| console=Mega Drive
+| region=GR ([[Zegetron]])
 | cover=
+| cart=EarthwormJim MD EU Cart.jpg
+| manual=
+}}
+{{Scanbox
+| console=Mega Drive
+| region=AU
+| cover=EWJ MD AU cover.jpg
 | cart=
 }}{{Scanbox
 | console=Mega Drive
-| region=PT
+| region=BR
-| front=Earthworm Jim MD PT Box Front.jpg
+| cover=EarthwormJim MD BR cover.jpg
-| back=Earthworm Jim MD PT Box Back.jpg
+| cart=EarthwormJim MD BR Cart.jpg
-| spine=Earthworm Jim MD PT Box Spine.jpg
+}}
+{{Scanbox
+| console=Mega Drive
+| region=ZA
+| cover=Earthworm Jim MD ZA Box.jpg
+| cart=EarthwormJim MD EU Cart.jpg
+| manual=
 }}
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 ===Game Gear version===
-{{ratings
+{{ratings|GG}}
-| icon=GG
-| egm=65
-| gameplayers=76
-| mms=90
-| mms_source={{magref|mms|34|78|printpage=78/79}}
-| playerone=93
-| playerone_source={{num|59|page=144}}
-| segapower=91
-| segapower_source={{num|70|page=58/59}}
-}}
 {{Scanbox
 | console=Game Gear
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 | front=EWJ GG EU Box Front.jpg
 | back=EWJ GG EU Box Back.jpg
-| spinemissing=yes
+| spine=Earthworm Jim GG EU BoxSpine.jpg
 | cart=EWJ GG EU Cart.jpg
-| manual=
+| manual=Earthworm Jim GG EU Manual.jpg
 }}
 ==Technical information==
-===ROM dump status===
+{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Technical information}}
-{{romtable|
-{{rom|MD|sha1=a544211d1ebab1f096f6e72a0d724f74f9ddbce8|md5=074dcf012f3fd11a4c7e624474944d81|crc32=df3acf59|size=3MB|date=1994-08-02|source=Cartridge (US)|comments=|quality=good|prototype=}}
-{{rom|MD|sha1=d5dc11009e3a5cc2381dd2a75cb81ce2e7428342|md5=680dbd3a82b9636e35023a8220370d31|crc32=1c07b337|size=3MB|date=1994-08-05|source=Cartridge (EU)|comments=|quality=good|prototype=}}
-{{rom|MD|sha1=606d80bbdddae0cb84d0d56e7c06660d004ee417|md5=500f7177235fd8bdc075f3bc07f7c716|crc32=24aa391b|size=3MB|date=1994-07-28|source=Cartridge|comments=|quality=good|prototype=yes}}
-{{rom|SMS|sha1=a1966c2d8e75ea17df461a46c4a1a8b0b5fecd4e|md5=f26bf8d41e0b6159fc436567b447363f|crc32=c4d5efc5|size=512KB|date= |source=Cartridge (BR)|comments=|quality=good|prototype=}}
-{{rom|GG|sha1=841844e847de742fa62f2afb185aa7bea7f1951e|md5=e35a0b3d9a4a3bb6b2e72fab5a8c1712|crc32=691ae339|size=512KB|date= |source=Cartridge (EU)|comments=|quality=|prototype=}}
-{{rom|GG|sha1=dbb149da0b0373f23750ed954dbb5e08bc634615|md5=c25af3925fd6973af62bdd6d0c5f61ca|crc32=5d3f23a9|size=512KB|date= |source=Cartridge (US)|comments=|quality=good|prototype=}}
-}}
 ==External links==
-* Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: [http://vc.sega.jp/vc_ewj/ Mega Drive]
+*''[https://www.fullecirclemagazine.com/2020/04/eat-dirt-conversation-with-earthworm.html Eat Dirt!: A Conversation with Earthworm Jim Creator Doug TenNapel]'' article by Jason Anders at ''[https://www.fullecirclemagazine.com Fülle Circle Magazine]''
-* Nintendo catalogue pages: [https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/D_zMknkluv5Cv4Ghqx1w7p0zELRG1nkf US], [https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Virtual-Console-Wii-/Earthworm-Jim--277072.html UK], [http://web.archive.org/web/20120403020623/http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19736&pageID=4 AU]
+*''[https://web.archive.org/web/20040804000723/https://www.geocities.com/asathena/ Athena's Earthworm Jim Shrine!]'' fansite (Wayback Machine)
+*[http://vc.sega.jp/vc_ewj/ Virtual Console listing (Sega of Japan)]
+*[https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/D_zMknkluv5Cv4Ghqx1w7p0zELRG1nkf Virtual Console listing (Nintendo of America)]
+*[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Virtual-Console-Wii-/Earthworm-Jim--277072.html Virtual Console listing (Nintendo of Europe)]
+*[http://web.archive.org/web/20120403020623/http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19736&pageID=4 Virtual Console listing (Nintendo of Australia)]
 ==References==
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 {{EarthwormJim}}
 [[Category:Sega Channel games]]
+[[Category:Mega Drive Mini games]]