ziggypossum Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 New ‘Earthworm Jim’ Game in Development From Original Team Ten of the original programmers, artists, audio team members, and level designers have come back together to work on a new “Earthworm Jim” game for the upcoming Intellivision Amico video game console, the company announced Tuesday morning. There will be a 20-minute live interactive simulcast streaming event on May 4 at noon PT during the team’s first “Earthworm Jim” design meeting. During that meeting, the team will discuss their new vision of the game firsthand as well as showing off original art pieces. Some of that art will be signed and given away, as well as 50 new posters, to livestream viewers. “We have been talking about this moment for many years, it’s a dream come true to finally get the entire team back together,” said Tommy Tallarico, Intellivision Entertainment CEO/President and original “Earthworm Jim 1 & 2” composer and sound designer. “We’re looking forward to sharing a small part of our reunion and initial design meeting with fans from around the world. Intellivision Amico is designed to bring friends and families together and we are excited for fans and those just being introduced to the series to get a first look as we kick-off the design of the game.” “Earthworm Jim” celebrates its 25-year anniversary this year. It was originally released in 1994 for the Sega Genesis. The last time the team worked together was on the game’s follow-up, which hit in 1995. Original team members returning to work on this game include Doug TenNapel, David Perry, Tommy Tallarico, Nick Bruty, Mike Dietz, Tom Tanaka, and Joey Kuras. The inclusion of TenNapel, who created the character, has disappointed some fans of the franchise because of the homophobic and transphobic comments the writer and cartoonist has made over the years. Much of those comments were made on Twitter, which he hasn’t posted to since last summer. Interplay still owns the license to the game. https://variety.com/2019/gaming/news/earthworm-jim-3-details-1203202256/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon-Archon Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Nice, I enjoyed the Earthworm Jim games a lot back in the day. I'll be keeping an eye out for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaikichiKawachi Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 Ten of the original programmers, artists, audio team members, and level designers have come back together to work on a new “Earthworm Jim” game for the upcoming Intellivision Amico video game console, the company announced Tuesday morning. I like Earthworm Jim, but it's not going to convince anybody to buy a new $150-$180 console. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus1343 Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 I'd love to see Jim return Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynical_fate Posted May 1, 2019 Share Posted May 1, 2019 I love the idea of Earthworm Jim returning but I hope it releases for more than one console as I feel I wouldn't purchase a brand new system just for this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FawltyPowers Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 I loved Earthworm Jim back in the day but as this isn't for the PlayStation I'm not sure why you've posted it under PlayStation 4 > Unreleased games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conker Posted May 2, 2019 Share Posted May 2, 2019 this is cool news, Earthworm Jim was always a fun game, interesting choice to put it on the new Intellivision thats coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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qregory Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 When the Amico flops I imagine this will be ported to other consoles. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggypossum Posted May 5, 2019 Author Share Posted May 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Kezzai said: When the Amico flops I imagine this will be ported to other consoles. I hope so ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaivRules Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 I’d love for what the vision was for Ouya or Steambox to be an actual thing, but history has shown that it’s not likely. Heres the secret recipe to get this right at this stage in the world of video games: 1. Price 2. Compelling features (games and something else) that any random Pi can’t do 3. Hackability 4. Accessibility for programmers Leave the vulnerabilities open just long enough to get a cat and mouse game going and move units, then when they gain the install base. With the install base, you can convert people/developers/publishers from other platforms or make it a great first platform for first time developers. New Earthworm Jim + right price point + right features and I’m in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurtlePM Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 I got to say, I love Earthworm Jim, I’d love to have an official statue of the character itself in my shelf... but I don’t care about this game after watching half of the live stream. What I disliked the most was when he “repeated” himself about porting the game to other consoles. The sarcastic ton and attitude he calls “kindly” - because he already replied (somewhere) thousands times to that. The main reason was: this console does what others don’t. Although no specs of the console were given yet, so I doubt it does. They clearly said the game is not going to be a side scrolling platform like I was expecting - so that’s a No for me. So we’ll have something like Toy Story Mania (couch co-op mini games with Move controls) instead an acclaimed Toy Story 2 sequel. I’m ok with the game being exclusive, made specifically for a console, but I don’t see a good reason (yet) to spend money on it because of a single game, completely different from the 2 originals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadiantFlamberge Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 6 hours ago, Kezzai said: When the Amico flops I imagine this will be ported to other consoles. I have no doubt Amico will tank hard. It'll probably hit the clearance bins for $15 before 18 months. I don't get why they're even bothering with this. With it being $150-180 I don't expect a lot of power. The specs are probably pretty sorry looking, especially if it has to compete with PS5. Limiting the game library to E/E10+ games with an $8 max price won't help. Not feelin' it. Why don't they just go with PS4, X1, Switch, & PC to release these games? Geez. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky_RykerXD Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 I also find it funny that it mentions the Sega Genesis. Sega went down the console road as well... Really no need for another console. Porting is bad enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadiantFlamberge Posted May 7, 2019 Share Posted May 7, 2019 On 5/6/2019 at 0:11 AM, Sky_RykerXD said: Really no need for another console. True. It would be better if they planned to make Amico more like Nintendo Switch with an option to go portable. I don't care for the Amico's controller design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 This brings back so much memories. Would totally buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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thepeaguy83 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I remember playing the two Mega Drive games back in the mid 1990s. I feel old. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ziggypossum Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 9 minutes ago, thepeaguy83 said: I remember playing the two Mega Drive games back in the mid 1990s. I feel old. Yeah, same here. Those games were one of the best on Mega Drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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