Atención a todos aquellos gusanos rastreros que pueblan la tierra y comen basura: ahora podéis hacer realidad vuestro sueño de ser aclamados, envidiados y adorados por toda la Humanidad a precio de ganga, qué digo de ganga, ¡totalmente GRATIS! Por cierto arriba he puesto un vídeo de la serie de Earthworm Jim.

NO TE PIERDAS LA VERSIÓN LITE DE EARTHWORM JIM AQUI GRATIS

“No me gusta el dinero, prefiero la leche”*. Cuánta verdad encierran estas palabras.

*Monstruo Búú, Bola de Dragón Z. Akira Toriyama, 1986.

Publisher: Konami

Developer: Climax Studios

Format: XBLA, PSN, Steam

Available: 2010

Another retro classic gets a HD remake, and it looks stunning!

For those who haven’t sampled the original Rocket Knight Adventures, originally released on the Mega Drive in 1993 and resulting in the sequel Sparkster a year later, I highly recommend you do. At the time it was a massive hit, and one of the best platformers available on the Mega Drive. Even now the gameplay is supremely fast and frantic and graphically, although obviously dated, it still maintains a certain charm that sets it apart from other games of the time. But now there looks to be some almighty news on the horizon, as Konami have confirmed that a new Rocket Knight Adventure is due to be released next year.

Rocket Knight is a completely new adventure for Sparkster, which although it looks totally new and shiny, still sticks to the flawless principles of the original. First off, the biggest change is the graphics, which look fantastic and dazzlingly smooth. Thankfully the side scrolling setup is maintained, as anyone who’s ever played any of the new Sonic games will know, the conversion from 2D to 3D gameplay doesn’t always work (in the case of Sonic, it was abysmal). Rocket Knight Adventures was always praised for its fantastic pace and energy, and from looking at brief glimpses of this new outing the speed is still there in abundance. Another element that has been retained is the side scrolling shooting sections, where Sparkster would take flight and shoot down waves of enemies.

Remaking or ‘reimagining’ (the dirtiest word in the English language) is a trend that originally started out in the film business, but has now started to filter through to other mediums, including the world of games. Monkey Island was reworked this year (to startling effect), Sam and Max were brought back last year for another bout of crime-busting slapstick, and there are even rumors that Sonic is due to return to his side scrolling roots next year. Whether the concept of remaking old games is good for the industry is a discussion for another day, but regardless it’s been a pleasant voyage of discovery to see a few old names reanimated. Let’s just hope Rocket Knight turns out to be a cracker of a game, and at least be a respectable homage to the original classic.

Rocket Knight is due to be available via XBLA, PSN and Steam, with prices expected to be roughly £6-8. If this is the case, this sounds like a bargain, and with other classic platform characters such as Earthworm Jim and Sonic making welcome and hopefully triumphant returns, I personally can’t wait! Bring on 2010!

Scott Tierney

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Il lombrico più amato dai nostalgici di plattform game è tornato e lo potrete ammirare in tutta la sua forza proprio sul vostro melafonino.

Earthworm jim è un celebre  plattform game degli anni ‘90  che sicuramente gli appassionati del genere ricorderanno volentieri.

Gameloft ha reso disponibile su appstore una versione direi davvero interessante del gioco.

Balza immediatamente all’occhio del giocatore l’efficace sistema di controlli costituito da un pad di controlli sia digitale che analogico ,più semplice e immediato il primo, e tre tasti posti sulla destra dello schermo che vi permetterano di mettere alla prova le abilità del personaggio: sparare,utilizzare una frusta e saltare.

Il controllo del personaggio necessita un po di presa di confidenza con il sistema di comandi che ad un principiante potrebbe risultare non immediato,tutto questo in favore della longevità del gioco.

Ma a mio avviso il merito vero  della gameloft è quello di aver riprodotto graficamente il celebre plattform rimanendo fedele e coerente con le versioni che si sono susseguite nel corso degli anni: mi riferisco ai colori sgargianti alle sfumature ben curate il tutto sostenuto da un’ottima fluidità

Per quanto riguarda la longevità questa è data soprattutto dalla difficoltà del gioco (4 livelli di difficoltà).

Il nostro obiettivo è quello di salvare la principessa “What’s her name”,superando 16 livelli suddivisi in 10 scenari diversi e per fare questo dovremo sconfiggere molti nemici diversi e i boss di fine livello.

Riassumendo Earthworm Jim è un titolo che rende onore all’omonima serie e non può mancare agli appassionati del genere, credo inoltre che può lasciare un bel ricordo agli estranei della serie grazie al touch gameplay ben costruito.

Il gioco è un mix divertente  di buona grafica e giocabilità discreta che stuzzicherà l’interesse dei giocatori più esigenti che si aspettano da un gioco oltre che al divertimento anche la longevità.

Earthworm Jim è disponibile qui a 5,49 euro

Ringraziamo Valeria per la collaborazione.

Earthworm Jim 1.0.8
Category: Games
Price: $4.99
Released: Oct 15, 2009
Size: 111 MB
Seller: Gameloft S.A.
Latest version: 1.0.8

Download Link:
Earthworm Jim 2009

Well here we are, the first pilot of a small video cast series where I pick one of the random retro games lying around my office and talk about it on the fly for a few minutes.

The idea here is to get a discussion going among the retro gaming community, so feel free to post your memories of each game in the comment box, tell me why you dislike or love the title and anything else that springs to mind. Oh and feel free to correct any of my mistakes, it is ad hoc after all

This could be a real failure but, there’s only one way to find out. Have at it folks!

I’ve been having real problems trying to review Earthworm Jim for the iPhone. Not just the score but how to explain what it’s all about. The game’s a definite port of the SNES/Mega drive classic of 15 years ago so a lot of people should have already played it. At the same time, 15 years is long enough for a good few generations to have grown up without knowing anything about the game. So for them, I’ll summarise my thoughts on the classic Earthworm Jim – it’s an incredibly solid platformer with slick graphics, uniquely comical characters, refreshing level designs and great audio in every sense. So that’s the game but what about Gameloft’s port? Is it just as good? Sadly no but it’s not far off. Read on to find out why…

My first reaction to this game was how good the visuals are. Everything looks to be redrawn with the kind of polish that we’re all accustomed to nowadays. The animations are smooth and still retain the humor of the pixelated versions from yesteryear. Musically, EWJ’s score has been remastered from the original game making the already great soundtrack even better.

As ports go, so far so good. But this is where things start to slip and it’s all to do with the controls. Once again, the solution of an on-screen d-pad and buttons isn’t as capable as having the real thing. There maybe the option of an analog stick rather than d-pad but it’s not any better. When the tension builds it’s very easy to miss the buttons you’re after causing an unnecessary loss of life. The controls aren’t terrible by any means but they’re not able to do the game any justice and throughout my playtime I always felt how much better the port would be if it handled better. Between the platforming levels is a debris dodging space race with Jim on his ’scooter’ against bad bird Psy-Crow. Gameloft have opted for using the iPhone’s accelerometer for this which feels it’s been added for the sake of it. Tilting the iPhone left and right and forward to gain speed gets frustrating when levels become more challenging.

The checkpoints need more work too because in it’s current state, your progress will only be saved once you complete a level. Being something a portable as an iPhone, I expected to be able to leave the game mid-level and return to the same place when the opportunity arose. Depending on how you play, levels can last anywhere between 1:30 to 10+ minutes in some cases so making you start from scratch if you happen to get interrupted can get annoying. Minor gripe I’d admit but still a gripe. As well as the remastered soundtrack there is an option to listen to music already on your iPhone – well there should be but the function doesn’t really work right now. I had issues when trying to select a specific track and at one point, all the music just stopped leaving me in silence. Hopefully an update will be released fixing these issues but at the time of purchase, it’s a bit glitchy.

As a package, Earthworm Jim is incredibly good with the core gameplay, humor, audio and visuals all enhanced for the small price of £2.99. The fiddly controls really do let the game down and do tarnish what would have been an almost perfect score. Saying that, It’s still a great game and definitely one of the more enjoyable games on the iPhone.

4/5

Aprovéchate ahora que hay una oferta por el lanzamiento de Earthworm Jim para bajártelo a 3.99€ ya que en breve subirá de precio. También he encontrado un vídeo del juego original de SuperNES donde se puede ver la extraordinaria fidelidad del juego de iPhone al original (salvando los gráficos que han sido remodelados)

DESCARGAR EARTHWORM JIM

This are some of the coolest gaming related stuff i’ve seen.

See if you can name all of them. No cheating. It’s not that hard.

Thanks to Kotaku.

While taking a shopping trip in the App Store I noticed that Earthworm Jim is available for download as of today! It costs £2.99 which seems to be the standard Gameloft pricing of it’s games but to be fair, it is the full game from yesteryear which cost £59.99 when it was first released – I know because that’s how much my parents paid for my copy! Deep within the crude humor is an option to listen to your own music while playing or simply enjoy the remastered original soundtrack with the slightly updated graphics. Earthworm Jim will take up 110mb of our precious iPhone memory so those graphics and soundtrack better be crystal clear considering ROMs of the classic game average at 3mb…from what I’ve been told anyway…

¡Gusanos y lombrices! ¡Pequeños invertebrados flexibles que os arrastráis por el suelo y coméis tierra y deshechos! Vilipendiados e insultados, tomados en vano por doquier y a todas horas. Vuestro martirio ha acabado porque entre vosotros hay un héroe. Aqui llega el gusano con el corazón y el tubo digestivo más grande del planeta. Con la fuerza de Schwazenegger, con más valentía que Rambo y con menos piernas, entra por la puerta grande del App Store… ¡Earthworm Jim! ¡Un fuerte aplauso!

DEJA QUE EARTHWORM JIM SE CUELE EN TU IPHONE POR 3.99€ AQUÍ

Durante la giornata di oggi sono stati rilasciati nuovi dettagli del porting di EarthWorm Jim che arriverà sull’App Store durante la giornata di oggi

Di seguito i dettagli :

- 12 tipi di nemici e 9 boss

- 4 stili di gioco:

- 10 ambientazioni originali suddivise in 16 livelli

- 4 gradi di difficoltà

- Soundtrack originale rimasterizzato

- Possibilità di ascoltare i brani presenti sul dispositivo mentre si gioca

So the first trailer for the HD remake of Earthworm Jim has been released. It is for the iPhone/iPod version however, so we’re not treated to the full HD spectacle the “big console” editions will bring. What it does show is the improved graphics and the fact it is clearly going to be a very faithful remake. Expect the Wii version to look very similar to this as well.

Earthworm Jim HD is due for release “later this year”, on iPhone/iPod, Wiiware, PSN and with a one month exclusivity period on XBox Live Arcade.

Ya tenemos fecha para el esperado regreso del gusano de tierra más valiente de la galaxia: será el 21 de octubre. Dos días más y podrás sentirte como una lombriz en el espacio, ¿o era como pez en el agua?ne

Gli sviluppatori del porting del famoso EarthWorm Jim hanno annunciato durante la giornata di oggi che lo sviluppo è terminato e che arriverà sull’App Store il 21 Ottobre quindi fra qualche giorno.

Di seguito un video di dimostrazione :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsQhyeLfwWs

Los juegos viejitos nunca pasaran de moda . . . y mejor aun cuando estos juegos son clasicos como el que se presenta a continuación para el iPhone . . . “Earthworm Jim”. Es increible que un gusano con un traje espacial haya logrado tanto, hasta tuvo su serie de TV.

Earthworm Jim was one of my favourite SNES games and I’m eagerly awaiting it’s rerelease onto the new generation of consoles so I can experience the wormed one all over again. I was equally excited when I heard that it was coming to the iPhone as I could get my silly-platform fix on the go! Unfortunately the latest trailer has damped my jubilations somewhat. PocketGamer hosted the new trailer in which you can see an on-screen control system similar to many of the developer’s, (Gameloft), copies games. I’m still uncomfortable with the whole faux d-pad/analog stick as I’m yet to play a game where it works flawlessly. Could Earthworm Jim be the game to get it right? Probably not. Although the graphics have had a bit of a tweaking, the rest of the game looks incredibly similar to the 1994 release. Not that such a thing is necessarily bad, just that it’s looking more and more like a port than a remake. Being a ‘glass half full’ kinda guy’, I’m still hopeful that the pros of Earthworm Jim on the iPhone will outweigh the cons. We’ll find out ’soon’ because that’s all the information we have so far as to when it’s coming!

Good news for old-school gamers comes from El33t Online!

Gameloft is currently working on a remake of the early nineties classic action platformer, Earthworm Jim, which saw a release on home consoles such as the Mega Drive/Genesis and Super NES in 1994. This much you knew.

A single comparison screenshot has now been released, however, to show the differences in graphical detail between the game’s original release in 1994, and the new remake here in 2009.

Due for release through digital download later this year, the Earthworm Jim remake is based on the Genesis/Mega drive version of the game, but is undergoing a complete overhaul – the new Earthworm Jim will feature smoother animation, better graphics, code rewrites for added features, a selection of difficulty levels and leaderboards, as well as an additional level entitled ‘Big Bruty,’ which was only playable in the special edition Sega CD and PC versions of the original game.

Each version of the game on the supported game platforms, which includes the iPhone, Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360, will be custom tailored to its specific capabilities and graphical abilities. The screenshot on show is from the iPhone version of the game. A version of the new Earthworm Jim is also being considered for PSP.

On a final note, it’s been confirmed that Dave Perry, the original creator of Earthworm Jim and founder of its original development studio, Shiny Entertainment, is not involved with the project, although the original music created by videogame music veteran Tommy Tallarico will be included.

Earthworm Jim is expected to release later this year via digital download, while the Xbox LIVE Arcade version will enjoy a one month period of exclusivity.

Πληροφορίες για το νέο Earthworm Jim – Gameover.gr

Η Gameloft αποκάλυψε νέες πληροφορίες για το remake του Earthworm Jim , το οποίο θα διατεθεί για XBLA, PSN, WiiWare και iPhone. Το remake θα βασίζεται στον πρωτότυπο τίτλο, που κυκλοφόρησε για Mega Drive, αλλά θα περιλαμβάνει και το επίπεδο Big Bruty που προστέθηκε στις εκδόσεις για PC και Sega CD.[next]

This morning was pleasant.  I didn’t do much.  I enjoyed my bowl of Count Chocula as I watched Prey the Stars gameplay videoes.  All the while I brainstormed the cynicism with which I would approach my article on the remake of Earthworm Jim.  I mean, I loved that cartoon series as a kid, and even though I only played the game briefly, I liked it a lot.  I even plan on downloading the game to my Wii.  I just wish the next release was a sequel instead of a remake.  I guess I’ll have to hold out on Earhtworm Jim 4 for quite some time.  Damn Interplay and their lagginess!

I just finished writing out a study guide for my math class.  I am not looking forward to tomorrow’s quiz at all.  I think I’ll do better than last time based solely on the fact that I’m a bit more prepared and have actually devoted time to studying, but the teacher’s method is so mediocre and the book is so terribly worded that I haven’t gotten a complete grasp on the material.  I can only hope I pull out a much better grade than I did on the last quiz.  I’m tired of studying right now, though, so I’ll have to devote some more time to math tomorrow.

On a much lighter note, the weather continues to be nice.  October weather came just a few days early, and that’s something I was really happy about.  I’m looking forward to Halloween once again, even though I never do anything on that day.  It’s just an overall enjoyable day for me.  I’ll most likely do what I usually do: get a pizza, watch Halloween, and give out candy.  It’s simple, and maybe a bit cliche, but I’m a creature of habit.  I’ve had that same tradition for years now, and I don’t plan on changing it.

Gameloft announced last month that Earthworm Jim HD was in the pipeline for digital download (so XBLA, PSN, WiiWare, iPhone and possibly a PC service?) Fans of the SNES/Mega Drive original rejoiced. Now GamerBytes have contacted Gameloft to get further information. Here’s the quick and dirty version of what they found out:

• It will be based on the Mega Drive/Genesis version, but uses none of the original code
• It will contain difficulty levels – something not present in the original
• There are no screenshots of the console version yet – the screen shot above is from the iPhone version.
• The HD remake will contain the “Big Bruty” level from the CD Special Edition version.
• None of the original members of the team will be working on the HD remake, but it does contain the original music.
• The game will support leader boards and will have “more surprises”.
• The graphics for the Wii version will be “optimised” due to the lack of HD.

I do enjoy a bit of Earthworm Jim, and the cartoon was pure insanity, so I’ll be keeping my eyes on this one. Earthworm Jim HD will be released later this year with a one-month exclusivity deal on Xbox Live Arcade. Check out the GamerBytes article for the full story.

(Source: GamerBytes)

La gente de Gameloft está desarrollando una nueva versión del juego que originalmente Shiny había publicado para el Snes y el Genesis, la cual saldrá a la venta para Xbox Live, PSN y WiiWare y gracias al sitio GamerBytes tenemos más detalles sobre este título.

Según nos dicen el juego incluirá nuevas animaciones y estará basado en la versión del Genesis pero incluirá el nivel perdido “Big Bruty” ,que solo salió para el Sega CD y PC.

Se dice que también están pensando en sacar una versión para las Minis del PSPGO.