The Super NES version of Shiny's groovy platform shooter starring a worm empowered by a mysterious space suit features one less level, the gurgling Intestinal Distress, as well as fewer voice samples than in its Genesis counterpart. Added color, lens flare effects, and multiple layers of parallax scrolling help offset the omissions, but the music isn't much of an improvement considering the differences in systems. Control is also a bit tighter in the Genesis version, but Earthworm Jim is still one of the most challenging, diverse, and humorous platform games on a system filled with quality platform games. Wonderfully weird.

Eat Dirt! Now you can eat dirt on the road. This is the tightest conversion from a 16-bit to a hand-held ever! Now the head swinging, blaze blastin' action is totally mobile. So you can eat dirt everywhere you go! The story is simple: an earthworm crawls into a super powered space suit and transforms into a super hero.

Earthworm Jim is a run and gun platform video game starring an earthworm named Jim in a robotic suit who battles evil.

The player controls Jim and must manuever him through the level while avoiding obstacles and enemies. The player can use Jim's gun as a method of shooting enemies, or his head a whip for whipping enemies. The whip move also allows the player to grab hold of, and swing from, certain hooks in the game.

Meet our hero - a sweet and lovable fella who just happens to be a steroid enhanced earthworm. This is the wild and wacky platform shooter that everybody talks about, and was a big hit when it was first released.

Stellar gameplay and animation featuring a hilarious main character. This version of the first game has an extra level not found in the SNES version, though some of the SNES graphic effects are missed.

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's an earthworm! An earthworm? Yes, my surprised friend. But this isn't just any earthworm, this is Earthworm Jim, the first super-earthworm in the entire world. One day, while crawling about the ground in tranquility, Jim, as mortal a creature as any, comes across a space suit and goes inside. When he does, he suddenly notices that everything seems different, and sees that he has muscles where before there was nothing. He reasons that he has become a super hero! A chance like this comes once in a lifetime for such a lowly creature! However, nothing like this comes falling out of the sky so easily. For now, our hero has angered Psy-Crow, a perverse alien and the true owner of the suit who will stop at nothing to get it back. Thus the adventure begins, but take care ... Earthworm Jim could soon be hooked!

The world's most famous worm superhero is back to save Princess What's-Her-Name from arch-nemesis Psy-Crow. Journey across the galaxy through 12 levels of wackiness such as "Udderly Abducted" and "Level Ate." One level ("The Villi People") will even have you playing as a blind cave salamander! Along with the standard machine gun, Jim can find six new guns that'll fire plasma, bubbles, three simultaneous shots, homing missiles and more. New moves include the snott swing and parachute, allowing you to glide through the air with the greatest of ease.

Making their return appearances are Peter Puppy and Bob the Goldfish (not to mention the cows), but there are several new villains who will greet you at the end of each level. Special care was taken to improve the graphics and sound over its predecessor. Tommy Tallarico Studios was responsible for the music and sound effects, Animotion II was used to create fluid character animation and Silicon Graphics helped give the characters a 3D appearance. Wish you could jump right to a certain stage instead of playing through the entire game? If you find three different items hidden somewhere within the level, you'll receive a password to return to your crazy adventure at a later time.

Meet our hero - a sweet and lovable fella who just happens to be a steroid enhanced earthworm. This is the wild and wacky platform shooter that everybody talks about, and was a big hit when it was first released.

Stellar gameplay and animation featuring a hilarious main character. This second outing for Jim has lots of subgames, including an isometric shooter. Groovy!

In Earthworm Jim 2, our hero must rescue his new girlfriend from the evil dude that kidnapped her - cue more madcap platform hilarity.

Ported to the NES for some reason.

Player controls Earthworm Jim, who has the ability to jump and shoot, but lacks his trademark head-whip ability from other games. Player could collect items such as additional weapons (including a gun shooting green plasma, rocket launcher, and a machine gun). Also, player could find Jim's friend, Snott, and ride him to jump higher, or obtain Jim' rocket, which allows fly and shoot across the level for a small amount of time. Before each level, Jim has to explore a small city level to gather nuts and bolts before using a transporter to choose his level.