


So what's in store? Well, immediate assumptions can be made from the title this one's in 3D.thanks to a fortunate arrival at the third installment in the series coninciding with the necessity for all N64 games to be in 3D.Īs ever, the underlying concept is a bit on the wacky side. We say "final" (because Interplay is asserting the fact), but chances are that if this one is successful we'll probably see at least a few more. Thanks to Scottish developer Vis Interactive though, a "final" episode is set for release before the end of the year. Although not in the ranks of the Marios and Sonics of this world, he's certainly a number of steps above the Jersey Devil, Spyros, Bubsys and Aero the Acro-Bat (remember him?).Īfter selling some serious numbers on the 16-Bit systems, it was long thought that due to the lengthy hiatus, Jim was gone forever. Although the game was not cancelled and was released, many of the promoted features were not present in the final game.Earthworm Jim has always been one of those characters who is surprisingly a lot more popular than you'd expect. Numerous features, characters and levels that were to be included in Earthworm Jim 3D (1999) were promoted during its development.These were to be officially released titles in the series, and of which details were released during pre-production, but were never completed. The first two Earthworm Jim games were unofficially ported for the Famicom numerous times in the Asian market. Released on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in 2010.) Earthworm Jim: Menace 2 the Galaxy (IMS Productions and Crave Entertainment.Released on the Nintendo 64 and PC in 19, respectively.) Earthworm Jim 3D (Interplay, VIS and Rockstar Games.Released on the Sega CD and Windows 95 in 1995.) Earthworm Jim Special Edition (Shiny Entertainment, Playmates Toys and Activision.Released across numerous platforms in 1994.) Earthworm Jim (Shiny Entertainment and Playmates Toys.Later rights holders, game developers and publishers of the official Earthworm Jim video games include Interplay Entertainment, VIS Entertainment, Rockstar Games, Atari, and Gameloft. These are the Earthworm Jim video games that have been officially released by Shiny Entertainment in association with Playmates Toys and Activision.

1 Officially released Earthworm Jim games.
