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AlisLandale
01/20/20 11:32:36 PM
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I remember liking it as a kid but...what the fuck.

everything hurts me. Therere no invincibility frames. Half the routes are hidden behind weird, esoteric secrets. Enemies have erratic, impossible to discern patterns, theres almost no health or ammo unless you want to risk your current supply to chase some weird secret path.

i wasted all my lives and a continue to get to level 2 and now Im literally in hell.

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bnui_ransder
01/20/20 11:34:12 PM
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It's one of those games that I play again and say "how the fuck did I beat this as a kid?!"

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nevershine
01/20/20 11:34:52 PM
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great game, tho

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Hayame Zero
01/20/20 11:35:13 PM
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Platform hit detection is so fucked. And I have no idea what I'm doing or where I'm going.

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mach25687
01/20/20 11:35:52 PM
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It's one of those games that I play again and say "how the fuck did I beat this as a kid?!"
This, hell I was surprise when I went back to ej 2 and couldn't beat the first stage, but beat the game as a kid.

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Balrog0
01/20/20 11:41:38 PM
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I could never get into them, I love the art direction and graphics but man it's so obtuse and difficult

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Guerrilla Soldier
01/20/20 11:54:46 PM
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awesome game

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DarthDemented
01/20/20 11:59:47 PM
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Dude I loved the fuck out of that game. Fun fact the SNES version cut the intestine level where you fight Dr duodenum.

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Skye Reynolds
01/21/20 12:00:55 AM
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It's actually surprisingly difficult when you stop to evaluate it. Fuck the tunnel race level.

Great game overall though.
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dib153
01/21/20 12:01:36 AM
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Always launch the cow

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DarthDemented
01/21/20 12:19:18 AM
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Skye Reynolds posted...
It's actually surprisingly difficult when you stop to evaluate it. Fuck the tunnel race level.

Great game overall though.

Oh yeah the that one did suck.

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Skye Reynolds
01/21/20 10:22:09 AM
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Playing Earthworm Jim is like watching an awesome movie in the theater, but the projector breaks and you have to sit in the lobby for an hour before you can watch the second half of it.

Tube Race is that hour spent sitting in the lobby.
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BlazinBlue88
01/21/20 10:26:08 AM
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Never heard anyone complain about EJ being difficult before. I always thought it was middle of the road for games of that era.

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Ryven
01/21/20 10:27:50 AM
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Love that game, but For Pete's Sake is frustrating as shit. I HATE that fucking level.

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BuckVanHammer
01/21/20 10:27:53 AM
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i bounced off it pretty hard back in the day.
just wasnt that much fun and the humor was meh...

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Skye Reynolds
01/21/20 10:29:48 AM
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BlazinBlue88 posted...
Never heard anyone complain about EJ being difficult before. I always thought it was middle of the road for games of that era.

It's not one of the worst, but it's more difficult that average. It's not something a lot of people focus on in lieu of the weirdness. Between launching cows, listening to elevator music in Hell, fighting evil crows in space, dodging a monkey-headed mad scientist, and bashing military grade snot dudes against walls while bungee jumping, "this game is kinda hard," is far from the first thought on one's mind.
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BlazinBlue88
01/21/20 10:33:05 AM
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Ryven posted...
Love that game, but For Pete's Sake is frustrating as shit. I HATE that fucking level.
I will agree with this. Level drags on for far too long. It's where I waste all my lives unless I'm using a Game Genie.

Skye Reynolds posted...
It's not one of the worst, but it's more difficult that average. It's not something a lot of people focus on in lieu of the weirdness. Between launching cows, listening to elevator music in Hell, fighting evil crows in space, dodging a monkey-headed mad scientist, and bashing military grade snot dudes against walls while bungee jumping, "this game is kinda hard," is far from the first thought on one's mind.
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sLaCkEr408___RJ
01/21/20 10:42:27 AM
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Game scared me as a kid
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treewojima
01/21/20 11:09:43 AM
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The second one is almost weirder - in one level you transform into a blind cave salamander and float around in something's small intestine while the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata plays in the background, then compete in a quiz game show at the end as the "boss".
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HydraSlayer82
01/21/20 11:37:08 AM
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treewojima posted...
The second one is almost weirder - in one level you transform into a blind cave salamander and float around in something's small intestine while the first movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata plays in the background, then compete in a quiz game show at the end as the "boss".
Nothing weird about that. Fuck the puppy love levels. So many times those puppies looked like they hit my marshmallow and splat they went.

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rexcrk
01/21/20 11:44:38 AM
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I love the EWJ games. At least the two Genesis ones- those are the only ones Ive played. The first one is good, but I really loved the second one. Im so butthurt that they only included the first game on the Sega Genesis mini and not the sequel.

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The Top Crusader
01/21/20 12:08:48 PM
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I remember reading probably in Nintendo Power about how great it was, so rented it, and while it had some neat animation I guess and a weird sense of humor that was unique, it just... wasn't really a fun game. Tried it many years later when it was on the Xbox 360 arcade or whatever. Still not a fan. *shrugs*

The creator of Earthworm Jim does a podcast with the artist of Axe Cop and its pretty entertaining, but I don't get his game...

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Chicken
01/21/20 12:10:57 PM
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dib153 posted...
launch the cow


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im not 13
01/21/20 12:12:13 PM
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I remember being stuck on the hell level for months

No guides so I just had to grind it out for hours

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BlazinBlue88
01/21/20 1:52:21 PM
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rexcrk posted...
I love the EWJ games. At least the two Genesis ones- those are the only ones Ive played. The first one is good, but I really loved the second one. Im so butthurt that they only included the first game on the Sega Genesis mini and not the sequel.
Only other one was EJ 64 on the N64. It was.....not a good game.

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Guerrilla Soldier
01/21/20 1:58:09 PM
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HydraSlayer82 posted...
Fuck the puppy love levels.


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Balrog0
01/21/20 2:06:18 PM
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BlazinBlue88 posted...
Only other one was EJ 64 on the N64. It was.....not a good game.

there's a game for the GBC, too, but it wasn't made by the original team (neither was 3D though)

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rexcrk
01/21/20 2:16:01 PM
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BlazinBlue88 posted...
Only other one was EJ 64 on the N64. It was.....not a good game.
Thats what Ive heard.

On a related note, I always loved playing as EWJ in ClayFighter 63 1/3.

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KiwiTerraRizing
01/21/20 2:17:29 PM
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Objectively bad game that is also great. Makes no sense.

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AlisLandale
01/21/20 5:16:07 PM
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So I just made it to the underwater level. The first one wasnt so bad so I thought the difficulty was finally letting up.

but then theres a second underwater level where youre flying around this maze cave in a glass ball that breaks easily and youre timed. Like jeez. Give me hp or give me a time limit. But both is overkill >_>

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PrettyBoyFloyd
01/21/20 5:19:07 PM
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The salamander level was some strange shit.

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rexcrk
01/21/20 5:54:39 PM
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AlisLandale posted...
So I just made it to the underwater level. The first one wasnt so bad so I thought the difficulty was finally letting up.

but then theres a second underwater level where youre flying around this maze cave in a glass ball that breaks easily and youre timed. Like jeez. Give me hp or give me a time limit. But both is overkill >_>
This one pissed me off so much when I was younger and honestly is the reason I dont look at the first game too fondly lol.

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Skye Reynolds
01/21/20 6:01:06 PM
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That's the anti-rental level.
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Frosted_Midna
01/21/20 6:02:42 PM
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Getting Peter Puppy to the BIG house was hard as hell!

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furb
01/21/20 6:04:41 PM
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Anything but Tangerines is a GOAT song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE8y3h3CnVI

Level Ate is my favorite weird one in the series.

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Skye Reynolds
01/21/20 6:17:34 PM
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I didn't know it was released on Playstation. That is a stellar tune.
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treewojima
01/21/20 9:28:05 PM
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furb posted...
Anything but Tangerines is a GOAT song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE8y3h3CnVI

Level Ate is my favorite weird one in the series.

The whole soundtrack is great, but this track is probably my favorite

https://youtu.be/F2BLJZnqq4U
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DarthDemented
01/22/20 6:30:55 AM
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Who watched the series on kids wb?

https://youtu.be/xtw3f43gsYI

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inloveanddeath0
01/22/20 6:38:28 AM
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Play duck dodgers of the 21st century

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Mr_Karate_II
01/22/20 7:13:40 AM
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Games were actually harder back then,made them kinda fun. Today's games aren't really that difficult.

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Extreme_light
01/22/20 7:16:13 AM
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This game was certainly something. I remember getting annoyed after a certain point and giving it up.

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AlisLandale
01/24/20 3:20:38 AM
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Ugh. I gave up and looked at a walkthrough. Theres a hidden air-pump in the Pod Race! Gonna try this one more time...

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Foppe
01/24/20 3:23:46 AM
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AlisLandale posted...
So I just made it to the underwater level. The first one wasnt so bad so I thought the difficulty was finally letting up.

but then theres a second underwater level where youre flying around this maze cave in a glass ball that breaks easily and youre timed. Like jeez. Give me hp or give me a time limit. But both is overkill >_>
I had repressed that level.

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MadDewg
01/24/20 3:24:48 AM
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Still kinda upset part 2 never got the HD treatment like the first game did on the 360, PS3, and PC.

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ultimate reaver
01/24/20 3:30:49 AM
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i like ewj and especially ewj2, but its absolutely an example of style over substance in the gameplay department

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Cookie Bag
01/24/20 3:37:09 AM
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bnui_ransder posted...
It's one of those games that I play again and say "how the fuck did I beat this as a kid?!"
lmao so true, games were brutal

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AlisLandale
01/24/20 4:04:05 AM
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What the heck was that bungee jumping fight lmao

Getting cheesed at Level 5 so Im gonna take a break before I smash my keyboard.

ultimate reaver posted...
i like ewj and especially ewj2, but its absolutely an example of style over substance in the gameplay department

I dunno. Theres not a lot of depth in the traditional aspects of the game, like shooting or platforming, but I sort of appreciate how experimental it tries to be in its challenges.

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Malfunction
01/24/20 4:04:49 AM
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Did anybody ever play the game boy earthworm Jim game? It was awful and yet I remember persevering with it a lot as a kid
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