Screaming Pink (Saturn, PlayStation) Rainbow Arts (MS-DOS) SuperEmpire (GBA)
Publisher(s)
NA: Playmates Interactive Entertainment
EU: Virgin Interactive Entertainment
JP: Takara (Saturn), Sega Channel (MD/GEN)
Majesco Entertainment (GBA)
Producer(s)
David A. Luehmann Scott Herrington
Designer(s)
David Perry Doug TenNapel
Programmer(s)
Andy Astor Nicholas Jones
Artist(s)
Nick Bruty Stephen Crow Mark Lorenzen Mike Dietz
Composer(s)
Tommy Tallarico Tony Bernetich Christopher Beck[11]
Series
Earthworm Jim
Engine
Animotion
Platform(s)
Genesis, SNES, Saturn, MS-DOS, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Windows, MacOS, Linux, Wii
Release
November 15, 1995
Genesis/Mega Drive
NA: November 15, 1995[1]
EU: December 22, 1995
JP: September 1996 (Sega Channel)[2]
SNES
NA: November 15, 1995[1]
EU: January 25, 1996
Saturn
NA: May 15, 1996[3]
EU: October 1996[4]
JP: November 11, 1996[5]
MS-DOS
NA: April 30, 1996[6]
PlayStation
EU: November 1996
Game Boy Advance
NA: June 5, 2002[7]
EU: November 29, 2002
GOG.com
WW: October 7, 2008
Wii Virtual Console
JP: September 1, 2009[8]
PAL: December 4, 2009[10]
NA: December 14, 2009[9]
Steam
WW: November 4, 2009
Nintendo Switch Online
WW: March 31, 2022
Genre(s)
Run and gun, Platform
Mode(s)
Single-player
Earthworm Jim 2 is a 1995 run and gun platform video game and the sequel to Earthworm Jim, and the second and final game in the Earthworm Jim series developed by original creators Doug TenNapel, David Perry and Shiny Entertainment. It was released in late 1995 and early 1996 depending on region and video game console, initially being released for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo Entertainment System, before being ported to other platforms.[12][13]
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