Earthworm Jim - Did You Know Gaming? Feat. TheCartoonGamer 

Its time for a Jim comeback, something like Rayman Origins.

I think Earthworm Jim could definitely join the Metroidvania genre without anyone complaining

I'm just imagining being that DeviantArtist and seeing a favourite game ripping off my own artwork. What a combination of honor and heartbreak...

They bought Bubsy back for some ungodly reason, so we can hope for Jim to return someday.

We need a new earthworm Jim game.

I miss Earthworm Jim, he was a groovy guy

one of my favorite things about jim was the badass painted promotional art of him, he looked so badass

The animated show is so underrated.

I'm probably going to regret this, but, oh well. I personally believe Doug can believe what he wants. It is him and a few other's satire humour that actually went on to create the game. I don't believe constantly yelling at him is going to suddenly satisfy some need of his to give in and start praising the concept he spoke ill of for the rest of his days. It's nothing I can suddenly influence, so I'll remember the nice experiences I've had with this game instead. Also, I like the commentator for this video. His goofy way of speaking fits the franchise he's narrating for.

Earthworm Jim HD was definitely a game full of shady practice. The game was outsourced to a Korean studio. They were given a Genesis and CD copy of the game and were asked to take it apart and reverse engineer it so that it could work on the 360 and the PS3. Many of the frames of animation for the characters were outright cut out and were left looking like incredibly choppy stills, for example riding on the hamster looked really terrible. And not only did they steal a fanart of Jim's head for use in the game, they also used Bubbles the Fish from Finding Nemo as one of the fish swimming by in Down the Tubes. One of the fans online compared Jim's new sprites to the old ones, and most of it looked really terribly done, to which Tennapel chimed in and said if the original Shiny members worked on the HD version of Earthworm Jim, they would've used the original art from their animotion process to create new high quality sprites. This info was explained on Tennapel's forums on his own site, but all of it has since been closed off and deleted, and not even the Wayback Machine can pull up any info, so unfortunately I don't have much proof behind this info.

With an episode of Earthworm Jim covered, how about one on Doug's second IP: The Neverhood? That also has a fair bit of background behind it's development.

Jim is my most wanted guest character for Smash Bros. (well ok after Banjo). Would be cool to see some characters introduced that did not originate from a Japanese dev and his brand of humor could essentially make him the Deadpool of Smash.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="37">0:37</a> *Ex-Virgin Members.*

Earthworm Jim 1 and 2 for SNES are my childhood games

Groovy!

People sure are mad, whilst I'm here by all *GROOVY*

I miss you, Earthworm Jim. One of the best heroes ever.

You forgot to mention the "instant action" controls concept which Earthworm Jim created and was the first to employ.

Earthworm Jim for super smash bros, I really wish it

The irony of that little Easter Egg is that the whole "no-hopers" bit actually has mostly been true....

Wow, now that's the kind of freedom every developer would love to have when making franchises, even under hardware and money limitations... ah, those were greater days. Hey, could you guys do a DYKG on Klonoa? It was mentioned after all!

I love Doug and his work.

Jim for Smash!

I remember watching Earthworm Jim on channel 4 back in the 90s when I was a kid and enjoyed watching , I'm really happy that the series is on complete DVD and got it so I can enjoy watching the episodes since the series is no longer broadcast on TV anymore. I still wished more of my 90s cartoons there were broadcast on channel 4 are finally released onto complete DVD at last like Space Cats, Creepy Crawlers, Super Dave, Hammerman, and The Adventure of Hyperman.

Man, The Earthworm Jim cartoon was awesome when I was a kid. Was so sad I could not find it on T.V. anymore.

A klonoa style game with 2d sprites on shifting 3d backgrounds would be perfect for Earthworm Jim

Why do I feel like there are more consistent releases from this channel? I'm loving it. Second channel is going great too guys! Keep it up :D

Remember the time when we were just talking about the game... I miss those times. :(

WAIT WAIT WAIT..... *he was ask to draw an ALIEN.... drew an EARTH.... WORM.... and got the job?* SCREW LOGIC!!!

The Earthworm Jim cartoon series was one of my favorite shows of the 90s!

I didn't know squat about Earthworm Jim, this was some good stuff! :D

Earthworm Jim 2 was my personal favorite. It was so much fun to play and was unlike anything I had ever played before up to that point.

Instead talking about the game,people in the comments rather bring up the creator and his views What a time to be alive

can we please have a Did you Know on Klonoa, Kights and another Kirby please?

Well done! I'm a huge Earthworm Jim fan and there were things you brought up I did not know such as Playmates actually going to Dave Perry in an effort to re-create the success of the TMNTs.

One of my favorite games. Loved the soundtrack, too.

There are heated arguments about politics and gender in the comment section of an Earthworm Jim video, jesus christ

What is going ON with the politics down there? It's EARTHWORM JIM JESUS CHRIST

Earthworm jim hes such a groovy guy! Loved the games and the show especially the intro ha

This game was a very small part of my childhood and I loved it!

Damn this game, the memories

I freaking love this game I own a physical cart that's worth over $90!

I was playing this last week after feeling the need to relive my childhood via my mega drive

Would love to see another Earthworm Jim game. Thought it was gone due to loss of interest or a product of its time. Glad to hear there may be hope for this franchise.

Most people who watch didyouknowgaming are not "ex virgin members"

this comment section: 70%: OMG DOUG TENNAPEL IS A BIGOT AHHHHHHHH 20%: GROOVY 10%: this is a good/bad video

I have the earthworm Jim cartoons on DVD haha my kids watch every now and then makes me proud! Can't wait to get em to my old earthworm Jim games

Cool, a new DYNG video!

not only did you not get jontron, but you got thecartoongamer

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="277">4:37</a> Speaking of stealing images without consent... I personally scanned, edited, and uploaded those images to my website with the disclaimer that if they are used in a presentation where the uploader benefits monetarily that a credit if given to both my website and I. I've counted 4 images in this video alone. See that "SpooNMan" watermark on the DKC2 box? That's an the old login name I used back in 1996 and would put on early scans. I don't mind if you use my images, but please credit my scans. I see my box scans on just about every DYKG and have tried countless times to get in contact with the people behind them, but they always go ignored. Thanks, Matt / VGO

Ive waited soo long for this video

I really hope we get a new Earthworm Jim game soon. That would be GROOVY!

Did you know the PAL mega cd special version of EarthWorm Jim plays 10% slower than the PAL cartridge version?.... why is this?... i have no idea, the cartridge version is perfectly fluent and fast and just...well, perfect... the mega cd version however... it is slightly off, jim moves slower, controls slower, the music sounds like it has been slowed down slightly... if the PAL cartridge flows so perfect why does the PAL cd version that is supposedly a superior special edition, play worse with everything slowed down? Baffling

Did you know? Sega version was best. The cartoon was great. Jim should be kept in 2D.

Earthworm Jim! Tommy Tallarico is one of my favorite video game music composers that made music for games in the 1990s. Doug Tennaple created some of the most visually outstanding original characters I've seen in video games. Earthworm Jim, all the enemies, and allies are just fun to watch interact with each other. I have good memories playing this game. I hope they can bring it back some day.

I love the HD remake, but that shady art theifery was inexcusable.

Nobody belongs anywhere. Nobody exists on purpose. Everybody's gonna die. Play earthworm Jim regardless of the creators opinion.

Can somebody explain me what the hell are all these comments about a "creator" and "is his opinion" and "homosexual" stuff here? i don't get any of that

"Boat riding through heck in a musical sequence"

I still love this game. I am playing it right now.

I thought earthworm Jim would just wanna go get wasted and fuck shit up with Sonic Tails and Eggman. :)

Is It me, or did the DYKGaming staff and/or Malik forgot about Earthworm Jim 3D for N64?

Hell yeah They Might Be Giants helped inspire Earthworm Jim! That's awesome!

Ow how I love this series

I know it's hated, but i loved Earthworm Jim 3D for the N64 as a kid.

This game was so hard for me back in the day

Groovy, this series' first game used a practice I used rarely: draw the sprites on paper first, then color later.

Funny characters, great idea, just brilliant. Leaving Jim standing made him do a load of daft movements (posing while his pants come down, tossing his gun and shooting himself in the face, using Jim as a skipping rope). I still remember the piano tune at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="180">3:00</a>. The cartoon was something else as well. 😊

Cover Sonic Unleashed

[insert obligatory all caps *G R O O V Y* comment here]

Bout time you did a Jim video

This 94 animation is top notch even by modern standards and hardware!

"ex-Virgin members" lol

What's with all the political comments? That's not groovy

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="91">1:31</a> I didn't even know that Jim's animations were based on Bugs or Daffy Duck!! That's something interesting to know!

I was kinda hoping for some trivia on the 3D Earthworm Jim games, I feel like they're always overlooked.

I believe one of the team members went on to create the short lived Nickelodeon cartoon Cat Scratch to.

"I would've like this game if the creator wasn't involved in the game" - said no one with good taste in games.

Yet another, "I swear you guys already covered this one". But new ones are always appreciated.

Loved this when I was little, although it was mostly my older siblings playing it in front of me. I was too dumb to comprehend how to play.

50% of the comments on this video is about the creator making a jab at a person about their gender... how does that have anything to do with the game, like fucking honestly!? thats like not letting your kid play with their friend because their friend's dad is an alcoholic

In regards to the comment section, the only thing silencing and berating people with different views does is break any Bridges toward an informed discussion. His opinions on homosexuality and transgendered individual has little bearing on the game they made, unless said game was made to be an attack on those groups, his beliefs are a moot point in the context of discussion of a game. You can still respect a person's work and not respect the person

awesome video

Nostalgia trip time!

I absolutely detest his social opinions, but he made some damned good memories for me via this and Project G.e.e.K.e.r. His faults aside, he has also kept his works pretty apolitical. Also worth noting that Jhonen Vasquez, who is pretty much as diametrically opposite to a Conservative Christian Fundamentalist as you can get, collaborated with him and they apparently had nothing but nice things to say about each other. I don't blame anyone who doesn't want to support his work and I certainly haven't given him my money since my teens, but he doesn't make it hard to separate the art from the artist.

Please don't have this guy do anymore narrations, he's very grating.

Well it's about time!

Once is saw this freaking worm on the thumbnail all the memories came coming back to me

Reboot Earthworm Jim *NOW*

i got really excited because its earthworm jim i almost forgot that thecartoongamer has the worst inflection ever epic. also dont get this guy again.

All I can think of is Sonic for Hire whenever I hear Earthworm Jim

this game was a gem the level design and variation are the best I have ever experienced in a platforming game I hope they bring back the Earthworm named Jim and do him justice this time.

Did You Know? The comments on this video are worse than the Jake Paul community. On a serious note though to all the people in the comments section either shut the fuck up or be respectful I'm seeing a lot of people acting like 12 year olds and it's ridiculous and childish so just stop.

Oops. I accidentally clicked on the wrong video. The comment section on this one is all about gender and sexuality or some shit. Let me go back and click the Earthworm Jim one.

Such a nice video about me! Thank you mate haha

Great video TheCartoonGamer8000.👍

DYK gaming, I would suggest that you mute this comment section for everyone's own good. It's down the tubes, and I actually don't think it'll get better.

As a bisexual, I still respect and love Doug TenNapel's work. [The Neverhood still being my favorite Adventure Game] Let him think what he want's, he's not harming anyone.

Man this upload was super close to the Chiptuned Earthworm Jim episode

Wait what? The Jim was actually drawn on paper first?