It even starred Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson as Earthworm Jim himself. There was a cartoon on Kids WB wherein the cast of characters from the game go on wacky adventures. It’s a classic 16-bit game that holds up mostly well today.īy the time Earthworm Jim 2 arrived on the scene, Jim had become a bit of a multimedia star. The game is littered with secret areas and hidden pathways, good-feeling controls, and the action is genuinely fun to play. But what really made it work was the fact that it didn’t just have great graphics and awesome music, it was pretty darn fun to play, too. It even included a game-long gag that started at the beginning of level 1 where you launch a cow into the air for seemingly no reason, only to have said cow land to hilarious effect in the game’s ending sequence. Level 2, called What the Heck, took place in “Heck” which is ruled by Evil the Cat (because cats are evil) and is filled with lawyers and elevator music. Humorous gimmicks aside, the game was legitimately funny. The game’s schtick was centered around that kind of irreverence which was especially popular at the time with cartoons like Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs.

Sega Genesis and Super NES owners were introduced to the completely bananas world of Jim, a humble earthworm who had a super suit dropped on his head, which he then inhabited and became a sort of space faring superhero, out to rescue Princess What’s-her-name from the evil Queen Pulsating, Bloated, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-filled, Malformed Slug-For-A-Butt. When the first Earthworm Jim title hit in 1994, it blew up like crazy. The Intellivision Amico sure has been an interesting ride so far, hasn’t it? And now the plot further thickens with the announcement of its first exclusive game, a brand new installment in the Earthworm Jim franchise, from the original creators, no less! But is a new Earthworm Jim enough to put Amico on the map?

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