Earthworm Jim is a run-and-gun platformer for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Game Titan and published by Majesco. It ports the 1994 Shiny Entertainment game, with Jim using a plasma blaster and a head whip across levels including Andy Asteroids racing stages and the bungee fight with Major Mucus. This version has no save or password feature.
How To Play Earthworm Jim
Control
Action
D-Pad
Run left and right, duck, aim the blaster up or diagonally, climb; steer the pod in the Andy Asteroids stages
A
Jump
B
Fire the plasma blaster; boost in the Andy Asteroids stages
L / R
Head whip, used to hit nearby enemies, grab and swing from hooks, and slow Jim’s fall in mid-air
Start
Pause the game
About Earthworm Jim
Release date
NA: June 10, 2001; EU: September 21, 2001
Developer
Game Titan
Publisher
Majesco (NA), THQ (EU)
Platform
Game Boy Advance
Genre
Run and gun, platformer
Series
Earthworm Jim; port of the 1994 Genesis and SNES game
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Two notes: no Japanese release exists, and sources give the North American date as either June 10 or June 11, 2001. The whip and blaster being on separate buttons in this port is documented in a review of it, but the exact shoulder-button assignment is not, so that row groups L and R.
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