| Earthworm Jim | |
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| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Developer(s) | Shiny Entertainment VIS Interactive Gameloft David A. Palmer Productions |
| Publisher(s) | Interplay Entertainment (2000–present) Virgin Interactive Playmates Interactive (1995–1996) Crave Entertainment (1999) Gameloft (2010) |
| Creator(s) | Doug TenNapel |
| Platform(s) | Various |
| First release | Earthworm Jim October 1994 |
| Latest release | Earthworm Jim HD June 9, 2010 |
Earthworm Jim is a series of platform games[1] featuring an earthworm named Jim who wears a robotic suit and battles the forces of evil. The series is noted for its platforming and shooting gameplay, surreal humor, and edgy art style.[2] Four games were released in the series: Earthworm Jim, Earthworm Jim 2, Earthworm Jim 3D, and Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy, with the first game released in 1994. The series had lain dormant for almost a decade before Gameloft remade the original game in HD for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade in 2010. Interplay announced Earthworm Jim 4 in 2008; little to no information surfaced until May 2019 and August 2020,[3][4][5] and development was believed cancelled by the rights owners by 2023, as it had never left pre-planning stages.[6][7]
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- ^ Matt Casamassina (2008-04-22). "Earthworm Jim Returns". IGN. Archived from the original on 2008-04-27. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
- ^ "Earthworm Jim Returns". IGN. 2008-04-22. Archived from the original on 2008-04-27. Retrieved 2021-10-16.
- ^ Hall, Charlie (2019-05-01). "Earthworm Jim game in development for the new Intellivision console". Polygon. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
- ^ "Oh No, Earthworm Jim". Kotaku Australia. 2020-08-11. Retrieved 2021-06-12.
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