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Melf
09-28-2005, 10:28 AM
In 1994, David Perry and Doug TenNapel created a platforming icon. Earthworm Jim was a huge hit, and he has since gone on to appear on a myriad of platforms. Sega-16 takes a look at how the famous annelid got his start and where he's headed in our latest History of (http://www.sega-16.com/History%20of-%20Earthworm%20Jim.htm) article. Come on in and get groovy!
Sega Uranus
09-28-2005, 11:18 AM
That came out shorter than I wanted to make it... oh well
Melf
09-28-2005, 02:27 PM
Weel, the length always depends on how many games are involved. The Sonic article, for example, was two pages long, while the Ecco one was much shorter. There have only been what, 5 distinct EWJ releases?

The length's fine. :)
Genesis Knight
09-28-2005, 07:38 PM
That teleporting toilet in #1 is hilarious. Quite surprising when I first used it. =P
j_factor
09-28-2005, 10:11 PM
Corrections, because I'm anal like that:

Special Edition came out later, in '95.
Can o' Worms was a double-pack of EWJ 1 and 2.
EWJ2 came out in late '95, not early '95.
EWJ2 for Saturn didn't come out until early '96.
There was also a Playstation version of EWJ2, only released in Europe, and almost idential to the Saturn version.
Menace 2 the Galaxy came out in 1999, not '97. (GBC didn't even exist yet in '97)
Wild 9 their last game? They didn't make Messiah?

Good article though.
Melf
09-28-2005, 11:28 PM
Are you sure about those dates? I got the timeline off Shiny's site.

And I believe by "last game" he was referring to the original EWJ team's, not Shiny's overall, or did they do Messiah as well? The site doesn't say.
Sega Uranus
09-29-2005, 03:19 AM
I don't recall the EWJ team doing Messiah.
16bitter
05-07-2006, 02:25 PM
factor's right -- that timeline is wacky.
David J.
05-07-2006, 03:32 PM
Their last game before the Matrix games was Sacrifice, a PC RTS with RPG elements.
16bitter
05-07-2006, 05:11 PM
Also, what were the actual sales numbers for the series?
Drixxel
05-07-2006, 06:50 PM
The only scrap of info I found on EWJ sales figures is from David Perry's website, where apparantly "The Earthworm Jim series of games racked up millions of unit sales worldwide."

I'm assuming that #1 sold better than #2, but together sold shockingly well.
Obviously
05-07-2006, 09:53 PM
They were popular enough to spawn a cartoon series in any case. I remember EWJ being a household name for a while.
Flash1087
05-08-2006, 03:31 AM
Toy lines and everything. Kind of a shame it just dropped off the face of the earth after a while.

I'd love to see an EWJ re-boot for the Wii. Remote-controlled head-whipping, anyone? :D