THE DEFINITIVE VERSION OF
EARTHWORM JIM 2
If you'd like to experience absolute peak 90s in video game form. I highly recommend you immediately find a way to play Earthworm Jim 2.
RELEASES
GENESIS - 1995
| PROS: | - Solid gameplay
- Least buggy experience. |
| CONS: | - Can't change weapons
- Lower resolution graphics [320×224] |
SNES - 1995
| PROS: | - Better graphics and audio than the genesis version
- Ability to change weapons |
| CONS: | - More bugs than the Genesis version. |
SEGA SATURN - 1996
| PROS: | - Higher res graphics
- New or upgraded parallax backgrounds
- Far batter audio especially the soundtrack
- Additional voice clips |
| CONS: | - Very strange 3D rendered title cards between levels |
PLAYSTATION - 1996
| PROS: | - Slightly higher soundtrack bitrate |
| CONS: | - Same issues, and longer load times than the Saturn version |
DOS - 1996
| PROS: | - Uncompressed audio, and highest resolution graphics
- Original level title cards |
| CONS: | - Missing level “Lorenzo's Soil” |
| NOTES | - Although the graphics have been upgraded the new backgrounds from the disc versions were not implemented |
GAME BOY ADVANCE - 2002
| PROS: | - Possibly none? |
| CONS: | - Poor graphics and audio
- Glitches and bugs throughout
- Seemingly unfinished |
DIGITAL - 20XX
| NOTES | - These are simply emulators playing other versions of the game depending on the platform. |
NOTABLE DIFFERENCES
GRAPHICS
Earthworm Jim 2 graphics compared. GBA how you gon' do my boy like that?
DEFINITIVE VERSION
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I was surprised to find so many subtle differences when researching Earthworm Jim 2's Definitive Version. It was a close race, but the Sega Saturn barely edged out the competition here with it's upgrades over the original 16-bit releases, in combination with its minor advantages in load times and parallax backgrounds when compared to its PS1 counterpart.
Some would say the original PC/DOS version is truly the definitive version of Earthworm Jim 2 however its omission of the “Lorenzo's Soil” level makes it a no from me dawg.
SUPPLEMENTAL
CODES & GUIDES
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