Earthworm Jim 2

Earthworm Jim 2
Developer(s)
Shiny Entertainment
  • Screaming Pink (Saturn, PlayStation)
    Rainbow Arts (MS-DOS)
    SuperEmpire (GBA)
Publisher(s)
Majesco Entertainment (GBA)
Producer(s)David A. Luehmann
Scott Herrington
Designer(s)David Perry
Doug TenNapel
Programmer(s)Andy Astor
Nicholas Jones
Artist(s)Nick Bruty
Stephen Crow
Mark Lorenzen
Mike Dietz
Composer(s)Tommy Tallarico
Tony Bernetich
Christopher Beck[11]
SeriesEarthworm Jim
EngineAnimotion
Platform(s)Genesis, SNES, Saturn, MS-DOS, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Windows, MacOS, Linux, Wii
Release
November 15, 1995
  • Genesis/Mega Drive
    • EU: December 22, 1995
    SNES
    • EU: January 25, 1996
    Saturn
    MS-DOS
    PlayStation
    • EU: November 1996
    Game Boy Advance
    • NA: June 5, 2002[7]
    • EU: November 29, 2002
    GOG.com
    • WW: October 7, 2008
    Wii Virtual Console
    Steam
    • WW: November 4, 2009
    Nintendo Switch Online
    • WW: March 31, 2022
Genre(s)Run and gun, Platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Earthworm Jim 2 is a 1995 run and gun platform video game and the sequel to Earthworm Jim, and the second and final game in the Earthworm Jim series developed by original creators Doug TenNapel, David Perry and Shiny Entertainment. It was released in late 1995 and early 1996 depending on region and video game console, initially being released for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System, before being ported to other platforms.[12][13]

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