Earthworm Jim: Special Edition

Informations générales

Date de sortie

15 mars 1995

Plateformes

PC (Microsoft Windows) • Sega CD

Note IGDB

★★★☆☆ (5 votes)

Genres

Shooter • Platform

Thèmes

Action • Science fiction • Comedy

Développeur

Shiny Entertainment

Éditeur

Activision • Interplay Entertainment • Virgin Interactive Entertainment

Modes de jeu

Single player

Perspectives du joueur

Side view

Langues

Classifications d'âge

U.S. & CA

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Histoire

Jim is a normal earthworm, until a special "super suit" falls from the sky and allows him to operate much like a human, with his "worm-part" acting as a head and the suit acting as arms, body, and legs. Jim's task is two-fold, he must evade the game's many antagonists, who are after him because they want the suit back, and also rescue and protect Princess What's-Her-Name from them. The game plays out with Jim eluding and defeating all enemies, and saving Princess What's-Her-Name. However, not only does she not return Jim's affection, but she is also crushed by the flying cow that was launched at the beginning of the game by Jim himself.

Résumé

The game's Special Edition was released for the Sega Genesis add-on, the Sega CD. It was based on the Genesis version, contained all of its levels, plus some extended section to the levels and a single completely new level, titled "Big Bruty", a new remixed CD audio soundtrack, as well as around 1,000 more frames of in-game animation. These versions were also the only ones to contain alternate endings when winning on the "Easy" or "Difficult" difficulties, in which a narrator rambles on about many (false) facts about worms or congratulates the player in a similar absurd manner respectively. The Special Edition was later ported to Windows 95 by Activision.