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    In Angry Video Game Nerd episode 208, The Nerd opens up a can of worms and takes a gross out look back at the Earthworm Jim series! Often hailed as classics, The Nerd looks to find out if the original Sega Genesis games (or the 3D one for N64) still hold up, or, if they were simply a flash in the pan of the 90s.
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Комментарии • 6 тыс.

  • @JamesNintendoNerd
    @JamesNintendoNerd  Год назад +834

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    • @v.emiltheii-nd.8094
      @v.emiltheii-nd.8094 Год назад +20

      Noted!

    • @CplHatch
      @CplHatch Год назад +59

      no

    • @R_Nel310
      @R_Nel310 Год назад +17

      Is there a chance we’re going to play the AVGN game you use as your title?

    • @the_troll309
      @the_troll309 Год назад +13

      Oh my gah

    • @johntuel2375
      @johntuel2375 Год назад +6

      I loved these games but they were SO HARD!!! I was actually thinking of revisiting them now as an older and wiser gamer haha

  • @JAndersonGhost0326
    @JAndersonGhost0326 Год назад +3773

    Fun fact: The manual to Earthworm Jim 2 contained a Table of Contents, Table of Continents, and a Contents of Table which listed all the screws and wood needed to build a table. They really dialed the absurdity up to 11 and eight year old me loved every minute of it.

  • @TransformersBoss
    @TransformersBoss Год назад +2979

    Seeing James put his elbow on the back of the couch and turn around to talk to the camera is a great AVGN classic call-back move

    • @gamingintrospection
      @gamingintrospection Год назад +70

      Absolutely. Reminded me of Little Red Hood in particular. His 'random game design' rant was also a callback to the 'Attack of the Mutant Penguins' randomness from the Jaguar episode! Love how he's making his past work for him!

    • @Boozer13
      @Boozer13 Год назад +47

      It’s kind of like he’s taking us back…to the pas… I’ll see myself out

    • @MarcelisKhaldern
      @MarcelisKhaldern Год назад +10

      ​@@gamingintrospection I was kind of hoping he'd devolve into just referencing that game considering how random it is lol

    • @stickstupid
      @stickstupid Год назад +4

      i clapped

    • @thepunkrocker4093
      @thepunkrocker4093 Год назад +9

      That, and the angry Rolling Rock's sip

  • @FTB1776
    @FTB1776 Год назад +194

    The music in the level "What the Heck" is actually Night on Bald Mountain composed by Modest Mussorgsky

    • @gamephreak5
      @gamephreak5 Год назад +19

      Which was also featured in Disney's Phantasia.

    • @justinb7542
      @justinb7542 Год назад +6

      I came here to say this

    • @johnnythewalrus
      @johnnythewalrus 8 месяцев назад +10

      But I'm pretty sure that's not Ride of the Valkyries

    • @yourerightiamright.3709
      @yourerightiamright.3709 4 месяца назад

      Duuuhhh!! Everyone knows that

    • @scottmccurdy6493
      @scottmccurdy6493 2 месяца назад +7

      Especially odd he made that mistake since he referenced Fantasia right there...

  • @mikey2toes966
    @mikey2toes966 Год назад +1899

    Crazy how James has been on RUclips for so long. That you can watch him age like in a sitcom.

    • @gabo7761
      @gabo7761 Год назад +64

      Just like Rhett and Link 😂

    • @OfficialSoraOkami
      @OfficialSoraOkami Год назад +29

      @@gabo7761 or ian from smosh

    • @mikey2toes966
      @mikey2toes966 Год назад +13

      @@Trashh757 the Ninja Gaiden ep is my favorite

    • @shockz16
      @shockz16 Год назад +79

      You can track what season an episode is from by how far back his hairline is 😂

    • @bostonrailfan2427
      @bostonrailfan2427 Год назад +34

      and his age is really showing with his hairline all but gone

  • @z-beeblebrox
    @z-beeblebrox Год назад +1260

    Gotta love that Earthworm Jim 3D cared so little for its own awful premise that the ending completely forgets that he's even inside his mind.

    • @malikscott7062
      @malikscott7062 Год назад +292

      So technically the series ended with Jim dying/dead in the hospital

    • @PGpoison2004
      @PGpoison2004 Год назад +43

      man I hated those boss battles

    • @machiner6
      @machiner6 Год назад +26

      Makes me wonder what the spin-off cartoon was like.

    • @Broockle
      @Broockle Год назад +34

      @@machiner6 they reminded me of that Sonic cartoon if you remember it. They were a similar amount of wack, zany, random.

    • @z-beeblebrox
      @z-beeblebrox Год назад +42

      @@machiner6 Just remember that everyone desperately wanted to be Animaniacs back then, and you get the idea

  • @AreaEightyNine
    @AreaEightyNine Год назад +382

    It’s so great to see The Nerd still going. It seems like it was yesterday that I was cracking up at him cursing that Ghostbusters game 15 years ago. Man, RUclips has really changed since then.

    • @matterz1787
      @matterz1787 Год назад +8

      Rambo, Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyder, so many great vids back in the day. Golden Era of youtube for sure

    • @nippletwister9212
      @nippletwister9212 Год назад +6

      that hairline sure has changed

    • @jumentoqueanima
      @jumentoqueanima Год назад +3

      Yes SpongeBob guy.

  • @ZeroNeedsCoffee
    @ZeroNeedsCoffee Год назад +1013

    i hope this show never ends. havent watched avgn for a few years and now i have so much new episodes to binge

  • @infantiltinferno
    @infantiltinferno Год назад +92

    Jim 1 & 2 are some of the most creative and genius games I've ever played. If you're into surreal comedy and platformers it's a dream come true.

    • @raidomegnuo2868
      @raidomegnuo2868 6 месяцев назад +2

      Basically the precursor of Crash Bandicoot if you think about it.

    • @thema1998
      @thema1998 6 часов назад

      How would you describe the third game? 😅

  • @nakfoor1846
    @nakfoor1846 Год назад +545

    The animation in EWJ remains exceptional.

    • @Goblin_Hands
      @Goblin_Hands Год назад +19

      Music/sfx, design, and even difficult gameplay (if you enjoy a challenge) are all beyond stellar, which is the only flaw people seem to give this (and a hilariously disappointing ending.)
      The game is progressively hard because it chooses to be, not because of bad controls from the beginning like Top Gun. It's like people complaining about Resident Evil tank controls. Believe it or not, it just takes practice, but everything is consistent and clear so you can improve, which is why people still do speedruns and aren't complaining about broken controls, but with Earthworm Jim everyone knows how to platform so there's even less of a learning curve but more of a difficulty curve, which more games should have.

    • @diplamatikjuan3595
      @diplamatikjuan3595 Год назад +3

      @@Goblin_Hands Agreed. This game was a joy to play from start to finish. Even after completing it many many times it managed to retain it's playability to me as a kid (and probably me as an adult if I was still a gamer)

    • @Chronon88
      @Chronon88 Год назад

      @@diplamatikjuan3595 I must've replayed the second game on SNES almost 10 times when I was a kid.

  • @EQOAnostalgia
    @EQOAnostalgia Год назад +969

    Seeing everyone get older is rough, but he managed to keep the same spirit of the old content alive and well. That's no small feat.

    • @OverlyPositiveFanboy
      @OverlyPositiveFanboy Год назад +145

      Eventually, he's going to turn into the Old Nerd from the Christmas Carol episode.

    • @hoodiestimbs2783
      @hoodiestimbs2783 Год назад +138

      Don’t make fun of his hairline bro

    • @hunterericson6782
      @hunterericson6782 Год назад +57

      He never mentioned that … but this dude is not even angry anymore he’s like ,,, HVGN

    • @eltiolavara9
      @eltiolavara9 Год назад +22

      @@PresidentMoose nah you're just nostalgic for the old videos

    • @Cyborg647
      @Cyborg647 Год назад +33

      @@eltiolavara9 nah its not nostalgia

  • @skeptale
    @skeptale Год назад +862

    I know it's unrealistic to expect the AVGN formula to remain unchanged for decades, but it is really nice to get an episode like this once in a while that feels like it could have been made back in the early days.

    • @mcmillz4
      @mcmillz4 Год назад +25

      If you think James Is making any of these videos recently you’re living under a rock

    • @manuelzlp
      @manuelzlp Год назад +94

      @@mcmillz4 I thought it was him in front of the camera. Was he replaced by an AI?

    • @zeroa69
      @zeroa69 Год назад +46

      He cgi'd the recceeding hairline too eh.

    • @Terrencetheterrible
      @Terrencetheterrible Год назад +18

      BRAIN!

    • @scumbag414
      @scumbag414 Год назад +2

      i was thinking just that

  • @JackOfAllRubbish
    @JackOfAllRubbish Год назад +57

    I'm kind of surprised that he didn't mentioned "Andy Asteroids?" level. Music from that level was so catchy, it still just plays in my head occasionally.

  • @Capydapy
    @Capydapy Год назад +55

    I'm surprised that he didn't talk about how the guys who worked on the Sega version of Aladdin also worked on this game. Hence why it feels so smoothy animated and like a cartoon.

  • @ladykhrystal
    @ladykhrystal Год назад +169

    EWJ2 was hands down my fav childhood game, the salamander stage plays Moonlight Sonata. The menu song is an ear worm (haha) too. This game was the embodiment of “lol random *holds up spork*” of the 90s.

    • @BloodRedFox2008
      @BloodRedFox2008 Год назад +16

      Hearing a 16 bit rendition of Moonlight Sonata is still quite a unique feeling for me (it’s one of my favorite piano pieces). And since the SNES and Genesis each had a unique sound to their music due to their different sound chips I feel like each version fits a slightly different mood.

    • @Thornbloom
      @Thornbloom Год назад +7

      The SNES version called that stage "Villi People" which is a nice little joke.

  • @lousypandah
    @lousypandah Год назад +154

    The music in the second level is modest mussorgsky - a night on the bare mountain not Richard Wagner's ride of the valkyries. Love your stuff James 😊

    • @tjjamz1174
      @tjjamz1174 Год назад +31

      Literally the song in that segment of Fantasia 😂

    • @TexasHollowEarth
      @TexasHollowEarth Год назад +20

      Yes. Also the song transitions into "elevator music" cuz you're in "Heck" 👍

    • @TheSchaef47
      @TheSchaef47 Год назад +4

      Correct

    • @restjbo
      @restjbo Год назад +5

      Thank you!

    • @gantzisballs
      @gantzisballs Год назад +21

      I'm glad someone else said it so I don't have to.

  • @hobbesters7251
    @hobbesters7251 Год назад +359

    Man isn't it crazy how this series has been going on for almost two decades and is still getting massive viewer ship, 1.4M views in 8 days is impressive. Amoung TV shows, going this well for this long is rare. Amazing stuff.

  • @JessesAuditorium
    @JessesAuditorium Год назад +318

    To this day, the blind cave salamander level with Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is such a mystery to me.

    • @BigKieth420
      @BigKieth420 Год назад +10

      Jesseeeee

    • @Qublidon
      @Qublidon Год назад +2

      Aye

    • @alexwilliams3078
      @alexwilliams3078 Год назад +45

      Fun fact: the quiz round has over 40 unique questions. Unless you're playing the enhanced Saturn/PS1 release, then it has over 100. I chronicled them all back in the day, it was nuts.

    • @kadosho02
      @kadosho02 Год назад +13

      ​@@alexwilliams3078 wait. What? That is dedication

    • @torrvic1156
      @torrvic1156 Год назад +11

      Earthworm Jim 2 was a genius game. Back then I loved it so much. Very diverse and original. Definitely it was a great game for me.

  • @Ephesians-yn8ux
    @Ephesians-yn8ux Год назад +543

    Earthworm Jim embodies everything I love about the 90’s. Nostalgia overload!

    • @Randomark3087
      @Randomark3087 Год назад +12

      Same here. Partially why is one of my favorite gaming mascots of the decade.

    • @Aqua.man045
      @Aqua.man045 Год назад +16

      Also the surrealism in the game is very 1990s humor

    • @partofthetribe3277
      @partofthetribe3277 Год назад

      Same.

    • @adreamingwolf
      @adreamingwolf Год назад +4

      It was one of my favorite games as a kid. Probably a big part of why my humor is so messed up.

    • @danielgomez7236
      @danielgomez7236 Год назад +1

      Groovy!

  • @Nightingale1986
    @Nightingale1986 Год назад +22

    5:50 This is not "Ride of the Valkyres". This is "Night on Bold Mountain" by Musorgsky (Disney's Fantasia)

  • @rianmela3825
    @rianmela3825 Год назад +71

    I like how they basically tried redeeming themselves after the body horror in the intestine level so in the second game they had a level which is a land full of gourmet foods. It's like they're saving, sorry for grossing you out, fight a living steak instead."

    • @riffgroove
      @riffgroove 3 месяца назад +1

      You have to admit.
      Naming the steak "Flamin' Yawn" was sheer genius.

  • @Lilninjai11
    @Lilninjai11 Год назад +819

    "Some may say it's all about boogers... But it'snot."
    AVGN has fully embraced fatherhood. 😂

  • @cnk9822
    @cnk9822 Год назад +2112

    There is nothing better than a friday night with AVGN.

  • @aundbmusik
    @aundbmusik Год назад +18

    Not „ride of the walkyre“ by Wagner, it is „night on the bare mountain“ by Mussorgski. The music in that Level is awesome😊

  • @Arroyochosenone
    @Arroyochosenone Год назад +55

    The fact he’s still going on is so inspiring. I hope this never ends.

  • @ketanhein
    @ketanhein Год назад +130

    this brought back so many memories. I loved these games as a kid and also the animated show.

  • @Imoenn
    @Imoenn Год назад +62

    The Neverhood series should totally be next, it's so creative and made by the same guy that did Earthworm Jim. Nerverhood is a 90's PC/PS1 Adventure game made of clay, Skullmonkeys is a platformer made of clay. They're as bizzare as Earthworm Jim and very very creative, holds up very well due to the clay animation.

    • @HrvojeGrahovac
      @HrvojeGrahovac Год назад +1

      Yep

    • @panna603
      @panna603 Год назад +3

      Man, I liked that game!❤ So unique... I played with that for hours

    • @kdusel1991
      @kdusel1991 Год назад

      ​@@panna603 that game was awesome! My cousins had it on their computer! Along with the Muppet Treasure Island game! Anybody remember that?

    • @TheVonCesaw
      @TheVonCesaw Год назад +6

      Douggy TenNapel can stay irrelevant

    • @capoman1
      @capoman1 7 месяцев назад

      Yes. Doug Tenapel created it. He is now a right wing commentator on youtube. Very entertaining. Check him out.

  • @Delta-sj9dy
    @Delta-sj9dy Год назад +595

    Overcoming the anxiety and dread of water levels is the true mark of a 90's gamer.

  • @tydendurler9574
    @tydendurler9574 Год назад +19

    4:00
    The cow was launched into the movie "Twister" that came out the same year. It was still flying.

    • @Shizn0id
      @Shizn0id 7 месяцев назад +2

      the cow launch is the Chekovs gun for the last boss

  • @bozotheclown1142
    @bozotheclown1142 Год назад +221

    Luckily, Tommy Tallarico was there to do the music on Earthworm Jim 2... and the sound effects, and the cartoon's music, and then made Earthworm Jim 3D all on his own. His mom must be very proud

    • @sabres6481
      @sabres6481 Год назад +47

      It's always Joey

    • @teen_laqueefa
      @teen_laqueefa Год назад +10

      Oof

    • @Falcovsleon21
      @Falcovsleon21 Год назад +6

      Well until he tried making his own console with the Intellivision name on it called the Amico and basically ended up doing so many bad decisions it got canceled and he ended up with a pile of debt. I bet his mom's definitely not proud of all of that.

    • @connorbeith3232
      @connorbeith3232 Год назад +2

      There was even supposed to be a new EWJ game on it lol

    • @ryanpsyu7339
      @ryanpsyu7339 Год назад

      Who?

  • @thousandyeargems4360
    @thousandyeargems4360 Год назад +59

    The line with the connection of earthworms jim to cows and AVGN to buffalos was great haha

  • @mateobonavento3939
    @mateobonavento3939 Год назад +460

    As a 90s kid, watching this episode was pure joy.

  • @Phantom.Gaming64
    @Phantom.Gaming64 Год назад +30

    James really hit gold with AVGN. All these years later, and the show still goes on with new episodes 😃 Thank you James and everyone who has worked on this show. 👍

  • @Hutchinstein
    @Hutchinstein Год назад +499

    Earthworm Jim brings the nostalgia to my heart and soul

    • @nova3752
      @nova3752 Год назад +8

      Dkc is better

    • @Fluoride_Jones
      @Fluoride_Jones Год назад +5

      @@xxdubsupxx1074 Bro, "Super Marios" is bester than "Metraid."

    • @joeyp4981
      @joeyp4981 Год назад +3

      Straight to the top. Just like that hot white cream.

    • @ramrodbldm9876
      @ramrodbldm9876 Год назад

      @@Fluoride_Jones Learn how to spell kidboy

    • @albadude1922
      @albadude1922 Год назад +4

      Worms any day

  • @DMiTree
    @DMiTree Год назад +37

    The little snippet of the clayfighter 63 and 1/3 really brought me back to my childhood. All of the clay fighter games were amazing but that one had a bunch of the secret characters and was aptly named the sculptor's cut😂

  • @killingragethrowback
    @killingragethrowback Год назад +462

    If you think about it, a plumber that's saving a princess from walking mushrooms, turtles, and giant firebreathing turtle dragons while eating mushrooms and flowers is TOTALLY random.

    • @PaizuriKing_
      @PaizuriKing_ Год назад +39

      A blue robot built by a scientist to defeat other evil robots built by an evil scientist and gains their special abilities after defeating is also totally random

    • @Terrencetheterrible
      @Terrencetheterrible Год назад +21

      BRAIN!

    • @lukeGGlee
      @lukeGGlee Год назад +20

      its gotta be a metaphor for tripping on acid or some herb while being a plumber at someones house

    • @YokaiX
      @YokaiX Год назад +7

      Were these games made by Hindus? The cow obsession is random

    • @YokaiX
      @YokaiX Год назад +2

      ​@@PaizuriKing_random but is lowkey more coherent than Mario

  • @hbomberguy
    @hbomberguy Год назад +525

    Tommy did great work on this video

  • @junka22
    @junka22 Год назад +565

    Earthworm Jim is like a video game equivalent of an early 90s psychedelic cartoon. Yet another franchise that def couldn't make the 3D transition. Excellent episode!

    • @HiNRGboy
      @HiNRGboy Год назад +33

      That's why I love 2D, cuz there are just some things you can't transition to 3D very well.. I'll argue most 16 bit game franchises never transitioned well to 3D.

    • @maximus4765
      @maximus4765 Год назад +44

      It could have easily worked as a cartoony FPS or ratchet and clank type game, it just wasn't built to be a collectathon.

    • @SkinnyBlackout
      @SkinnyBlackout Год назад +22

      @@HiNRGboy Say what you want but some 3D Sonic games were simply awesome. I actually enjoyed most of them, but then I'm a big fan of the franchise.

    • @youtubeisracist890
      @youtubeisracist890 Год назад +2

      @@HiNRGboy love you all

    • @19craig93
      @19craig93 Год назад +6

      earth worm jim 64 was fun actually

  • @PetiteKero
    @PetiteKero Год назад +21

    3:42 - "Some may say it's all about boogers ... but it's snot"
    Magnificent pun delivery there. :D

  • @951258tike22
    @951258tike22 Год назад +192

    Man that smooth, 60hz side scrolling paired with the animation just looks so slick.

    • @HiNRGboy
      @HiNRGboy Год назад +12

      Sega's infamous BLAST PROCESSING never disappoints 😎

    • @bobkerr2755
      @bobkerr2755 Год назад +6

      But 30hz is more cinematic

    • @TexasHollowEarth
      @TexasHollowEarth Год назад +1

      I loved the SNES port growing up. Shame it was missing the intestinal stage 👎

    • @HiNRGboy
      @HiNRGboy Год назад

      @@bobkerr2755 🤣

  • @colinjones8828
    @colinjones8828 Год назад +9

    23:34 when your baking something in the oven 😀

  • @MobyTheDuck
    @MobyTheDuck Год назад +137

    Earthworm Jim 2 has a special place on my mind because the Blind Salamander level with Moonlight Sonata along Bugs Bunny and Woody Woodpecker were my introduction to classical music.

  • @ewjfan8379
    @ewjfan8379 Год назад +434

    Never clicked on a video so fast

  • @bryceknutson2204
    @bryceknutson2204 Год назад +185

    No matter what games that james will play. I will always watch. Been watching for 10 years now.

  • @Zedek
    @Zedek Год назад +7

    6:10 - The Lawyers are probably "Devil's Advocates".

  • @ryanmac8829
    @ryanmac8829 Год назад +47

    I got Earthworm Jim for SNES maybe 2 weeks after release. Absolutely loved that game and still do. 90s absurdity at it's finest and it was glorious.

  • @admortem1938
    @admortem1938 Год назад +173

    Great video as always! A quick correction, the music on "What the Heck" level is a rendition from Modest Mussorgsky's "Night on the Bare Mountain". Coincidentally, this work is also featured on Fantasia!

    • @BucketHead4901
      @BucketHead4901 Год назад +18

      Was gonna say this but decided to check. Glad someone knows.

    • @y_s4021
      @y_s4021 Год назад +2

      Do you know what the piece is about? I've definitely heard it on old cartoons here and there

    • @dansgri
      @dansgri Год назад +2

      That's right!

    • @Zorro3k6
      @Zorro3k6 Год назад +2

      I thought I heard a little melody from Night on the Bare Mountain in this review! Thank you for the awesome fact

    • @noop9k
      @noop9k Год назад +3

      And later it changes into a torturous elevator music, that's why people are screaming.

  • @esmooth919
    @esmooth919 Год назад +251

    Earthworm Jim definitely felt more like a Genesis game than a Super Nintendo game to me.

    • @L_Train
      @L_Train Год назад +6

      Not to me but I owned a SNES and not a Genesis

    • @zeroa69
      @zeroa69 Год назад +4

      Snes version played and sounded better i had both. Or at least i prefer the snes version.also it had more levels.

    • @Terrencetheterrible
      @Terrencetheterrible Год назад +2

      BRAIN!

    • @gprime204
      @gprime204 Год назад +5

      @@zeroa69 The Genesis version has another level, intestinal distress, that got cut from the SNES version.

    • @chandramartika2779
      @chandramartika2779 Год назад +4

      Well, at least SNES version win over Sega on Earthworm Jim 2, since there's button to switch the weapons so if you got Bubble Gun, then it's not disaster. This button is not available in Genesis and makes the last level harder

  • @On.Pestilent.Winds616
    @On.Pestilent.Winds616 Год назад +12

    I've been waiting over a decade to hear what avgn had to say on earthworm Jim 3d.
    it was the most anger I had ever felt towards a video game when I was a kid back when you would rent video games on the weekends. That psychrow boss fight was easily the most frustrating experience I've ever had in a video game.

  • @peterwojtek8468
    @peterwojtek8468 Год назад +10

    16 Bit Earthworm Jim suffers from the infamous "Battletoad effect": it starts with the game being what you actually want to play but quickly devolves into a frustrating nightmare. 17:46 sums it up perfectly.

  • @danyamukhin
    @danyamukhin Год назад +211

    I love how James keeps adding small but original gags even after the years, keeping it fresh

  • @Mike_44
    @Mike_44 Год назад +8

    Those of us who were teens in the 90s video game era know how awesome it was.. Castlevania, Zelda, Super Metroid, Donkey Kong, Killer Instinct, Mortal Kombat.. etc

  • @jasonjones7461
    @jasonjones7461 Год назад +11

    Love Earthworm Jim. I recently found an earthworm Jim GAMEBOY game at my local vintage game store and have been playing it and it's brought back so many awesome childhood memories. I'm 37 now and I still have my original model Gameboy from when I was a tiny child...and it still works perfectly. What an unstoppable era that was

  • @adammonroeproductions
    @adammonroeproductions Год назад +17

    Just wanted to give props to James - can't say there are too many channels where I am still watching their content a decade+ later.

  • @o0mrrobot0o26
    @o0mrrobot0o26 Год назад +303

    When you crushed that cartridge I died on the inside a little. One of my favorite series from my youth. 🤣

    • @AliAbbas-ut9ph
      @AliAbbas-ut9ph Год назад +6

      Did he really do that or it was just an after effect thing?

    • @stephenmogensen4073
      @stephenmogensen4073 Год назад +22

      Pretty sure it was faked

    • @CassiusStelar
      @CassiusStelar Год назад +49

      ​@@AliAbbas-ut9ph some of them actually do get destroyed but many of them are props.

    • @FreeTheTaint
      @FreeTheTaint Год назад +24

      Wasn't even funny

    • @ksay47
      @ksay47 Год назад +51

      james almost never destroys the original cartrige. it's a prop

  • @MARCOSLIMAWAGNER
    @MARCOSLIMAWAGNER Год назад +9

    14:49 what are you doing here patrick?

  • @wattsink2009
    @wattsink2009 Год назад +25

    18:13
    I’m not gonna lie, those giant filing cabinets may be the most terrifying video game enemy I’ve ever seen!
    😳
    There’s just something about their exaggerated height, the heavy clunky way they move around, and the loud thumping sound they make that I find legitimately unnerving!

    • @jforonda31383
      @jforonda31383 9 месяцев назад

      I know, right? Between the animation and loud clanging, those things were TERRIFYING!

  • @ahmadfaizmubarok1692
    @ahmadfaizmubarok1692 Год назад +92

    This episode feels like old avgn episodes. I love it.

  • @zachhaywood1564
    @zachhaywood1564 Год назад +129

    James is the Kubrick of OG RUclipsrs. Still pumping out classics 19 years strong.

    • @Syckwun
      @Syckwun Год назад +4

      Kubrick only made a handful of films lol

    • @zachhaywood1564
      @zachhaywood1564 Год назад +20

      @@Syckwun Thirteen feature films in total, which, given his perfectionism, the high production values of his movies, and how acclaimed they are, I'd say is a high achievement on his part.

    • @MrJeanGuru
      @MrJeanGuru Год назад +14

      @@Syckwun Hating just to hate

    • @DoctorProteus
      @DoctorProteus Год назад +1

      I still wouldn't call that pumping them out, lol

  • @trentwhitejr9392
    @trentwhitejr9392 Год назад +9

    9:54 So Courage the Cowardly Dog goes berserk when he falls down the pit

  • @Veremianyn
    @Veremianyn Год назад +17

    5:47 - it's not Ride of the Valkyries, it's Night on the Bare Mountain.
    Aside from this, that is, again, a great video

  • @SpiritHealer1
    @SpiritHealer1 Год назад +32

    When I was a kid I remember giving up at the underwater level because it was too hard. Turns out it actually was kind of hard.

  • @ericmcgovern1764
    @ericmcgovern1764 Год назад +190

    Earthworm Jim was grossly underrated and should have gotten more attention in the 90s

    • @williambourque926
      @williambourque926 Год назад +22

      100% agreed. He is one of those characters I think that deserved to continue onward... Instead, he is relegated to basically the '90s and early 2000s in terms of relevance.

    • @e09271
      @e09271 Год назад +5

      Got my attention 😊

    • @pc4mlc451
      @pc4mlc451 Год назад +48

      Uh.. it was really popular.

    • @MrShanester117
      @MrShanester117 Год назад +28

      It was overrated and got plenty of attention. They must have spent like 20 million dollars advertising it

    • @AS-fu1kd
      @AS-fu1kd Год назад +3

      I had no idea until a year or two ago that there is an Earthworm Jim cartoon

  • @100domathon
    @100domathon Год назад +3

    I still love playing Earthworm Jim 1 and 2 on my Sega Genesis. I have an older cousin who had Earthworm Jim for the SNES in the 90s, which is how I was introduced to Earthworm Jim.

  • @bensneb360
    @bensneb360 Год назад +201

    The more attention Earthworm Jim gets the better, he’s super duper underrated

    • @lonelyone
      @lonelyone Год назад +9

      I hope it's the next video game movie adaptation.

    • @SomeOrangeCat
      @SomeOrangeCat Год назад +14

      Nah. Anything by Doug Turdnapple needs to be dead and buried.

    • @TheLakabanzaichrg
      @TheLakabanzaichrg Год назад +2

      Why?

    • @em5345-
      @em5345- Год назад +15

      ​@@TheLakabanzaichrg Let's just say that he said some unsavory stuff online...
      But, you can still play Earthworm Jim, it's not like he's making any money off it anymore, so just separate art from artist.

    • @inputfunny
      @inputfunny Год назад +20

      @@SomeOrangeCat Nah.

  • @kakazi2170
    @kakazi2170 Год назад +51

    I remember playing Earthworm Jim long ago on playstation. I had no idea what it was but the artstyle always stuck in my mind

    • @KairuHakubi
      @KairuHakubi Год назад +3

      the music in that version is amazing

    • @Judas1911WR1
      @Judas1911WR1 Год назад +3

      i remember the gameboy game... difficult but super fun port

  • @RocksterStudios-tt3eh
    @RocksterStudios-tt3eh Год назад +2

    Thank you for covering the Jim games!!! The series is very dear to me since it was one of my childhood favorites. Something about how strange and wacky Jim is as a character is oddly comforting for me.

  • @DragonHeart613
    @DragonHeart613 Год назад +164

    AVGN is back & so is Earthworm Jim, feels like a reunion with 2 much-missed old friends👍

    • @paulsmith9192
      @paulsmith9192 Год назад +6

      @DragonHeart613 So to clarify, is James is still technically playing the game when hes on the couch?I saw the making of video & I think he mentioned he isn't. So,when hes playing its,technically, off screen?when he rants theirs nothing in front of him?

    • @jamesgorden5072
      @jamesgorden5072 Год назад

      Can I touch your no no spot?

    • @mfeli5046
      @mfeli5046 Год назад +5

      I was born in 1989.
      My Dad was a gamer.
      I’ve been a gamer for over 15 years, thanks DAD[r.i.p]
      From the ages of 2yrs old-10yrs old I was blessed to have grown up with having the TurboGrafx-16, The NES, The SNES, The Gameboy Color, Nintendo DS, The Nintendo64, PS1, PS2, The PSP, PS3, PS4[now in 2023] Nintendo Switch, & eventually I’ll get the PS5.
      I NEVER had a Sega Genesis but my older cousin by 3yrs, Markus, had one & he would let me play all the games he had when I would spend the night at his house.
      Sega Genesis had some incredible games & graphics in the 90’s, The Sonic The Hedgehog franchise is my favorite, EarthWorm Jim, Street Fighter 2[I had this game on my SNES, but it was also cool on the Genesis] Aladdin, NHL, Alisia Dragoon, Magical Hat Taruruuto-Kun, Altered Beast, Mega Bomberman, Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs, Mega Man: The Wily Wars, Splatterhouse 3 & so many more games.

    • @Coolremac
      @Coolremac Год назад +2

      This reminds me of the classic AVGN.

  • @justinadams5573
    @justinadams5573 Год назад +91

    I absolutely love listening to James talk about different games, movies and shows, he is so knowledgeable and informative.

  • @Glasshouse828
    @Glasshouse828 Год назад +9

    16:12 AVGN Out Of Context will have a field day with this gem

  • @timmer919hep
    @timmer919hep Год назад +5

    FUN FACT: In the underwater level of EWJ when you're in the glass bubble thing, you can position the little nozzle on the left side of the orb (it's that little stick on the left side) against specific spots during the sequence that will refill your air timer...so you dont HAVE to rush it as much as you'd think.

    • @timmer919hep
      @timmer919hep Год назад +1

      @@redacted2275 Well I had fun with that fact

  • @ZitiPatrol
    @ZitiPatrol Год назад +160

    Earthworm Jim is so nostalgic to me as a kid. I thought it was the coolest looking game.

  • @bd_black3829
    @bd_black3829 Год назад +20

    25:24 never gets old 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @mykeread
    @mykeread Год назад +355

    A new nerd episode was exactly what I needed today.

  • @XopheAdethri
    @XopheAdethri Год назад +3

    The water level was just one of the the infamous "rental levels" put in to tease you into renting it again.

  • @Pewpewpew182
    @Pewpewpew182 Год назад +211

    Man I feel like this should of been an early AVGN episode, but so glad he is handling it now :)

  • @positivityplustv
    @positivityplustv Год назад +13

    13:13 should be "tapeworm jim"

  • @KornyKornball
    @KornyKornball Год назад +247

    It'd be nice to see Earthworm Jim in Smash Bros. He earned his spot.

    • @TylerAStinson
      @TylerAStinson Год назад +5

      He isn’t in Smash

    • @KornyKornball
      @KornyKornball Год назад +56

      @@TylerAStinson reread it lol. I said it'd be nice to see him in the game. Never said he actually was. 🙄

    • @that_little_mf
      @that_little_mf Год назад +6

      Honestly i was thinking the same thing

    • @Known_as_The_Ghost
      @Known_as_The_Ghost Год назад +6

      @@KornyKornball I actually read it the exact same way Tyler did. lol

    • @garrethboland
      @garrethboland Год назад +16

      Same with Bomber Man. How is he not in Smash?

  • @flashguroden
    @flashguroden Год назад +5

    Wild to think I’m going on 30 and have been watching avgn since around 2007. I don’t keep up with everything but it’s still cool to see what’s going on every few months.
    One of the realest RUclips series still ongoing.

  • @theamericanjoeshow
    @theamericanjoeshow Год назад +13

    15:10 "Whats the preoccupation with the cows?" The answer is that cows milk reduces bone loss when drank. This is important because if you're in zero gravity, you'll lose bone density. So you drink milk to cure the bone loss problem. Any other questions?

    • @toooes
      @toooes Год назад +3

      Worm have no bones

    • @negativeaudio
      @negativeaudio 3 месяца назад +1

      Its because the story starts off on a farm.

  • @themystx2
    @themystx2 Год назад +167

    Been watching your content since 2007, its amazing you're still at it after all these years. Stay awesome

  • @ragincajunstud
    @ragincajunstud Год назад +11

    13:04 what’s also brutal is that Peter Puppy eats Jim like chewing gum.

  • @patrickkilduff4355
    @patrickkilduff4355 2 месяца назад +1

    He never even realized you can hold Jump (or shoot in the 2nd game) to helicopter around....thats what he was attempting to do here 12:44 when you said 'what was that? What was he doing?'

  • @richards6098
    @richards6098 Год назад +123

    Amazes me that you're still producing AVGN episodes after all these years... I miss the lyrics from the intro music 😢

    • @justinbustin677
      @justinbustin677 Год назад +6

      I like the video game version. But lyrics is great also

    • @PabbyPabbles
      @PabbyPabbles Год назад +19

      He's gonna take you back to the past
      To play these *DEMONETIZED* games that *DEMONETIZED DEMONETIZED*

    • @julianx2rl
      @julianx2rl Год назад +3

      The lyrics are fantastic, timeless, but hey! We have over a hundred episodes with those, it IS enough.

    • @edgemeisteryellow9470
      @edgemeisteryellow9470 Год назад +6

      Not gonna happen since Kyle left :( they should get another artist to do an intro

    • @alazaro1188
      @alazaro1188 Год назад +4

      @@edgemeisteryellow9470 what happened to Kyle?

  • @eastcoastghost420
    @eastcoastghost420 Год назад +114

    Always a wonderful surprise when an AVGN episode is uploaded

  • @m3gAm37aLmAnX
    @m3gAm37aLmAnX Год назад +9

    I love how 13:55 is pretty much a sequel to his last game idea after he played Attack of the Mutant Penguins on the Jaguar

  • @FizzleFX
    @FizzleFX 8 месяцев назад +3

    20:50 what's the problem?!
    CANt you handle it?! 😂

  • @TheRedWisdom
    @TheRedWisdom Год назад +31

    I remember getting stuck at the water level as a kid and being really frustrated. Earth worm Jim was a wild series.
    I would be curious to see how their other games hold up today. Most people know about MDK. But I don't hear people talking about Wild 9 which I remember enjoying a lot despite its shortcomings.

  • @TokyoShizu
    @TokyoShizu Год назад +125

    The ewj cartoon - and freakazoid - are both hilarious and remarkably well done

    • @diplamatikjuan3595
      @diplamatikjuan3595 Год назад +18

      EWJ cartoon was legitimately funny with some adult humor subtly thrown in.
      I'll never forget the scene where Jim screams at Pete "Whip me! Whip me!'
      and when Pete gives him a quizzical look he responds with "I mean use me as a whip!"

    • @sharkhammr
      @sharkhammr Год назад +9

      "Yes, I am too the king of Spain! I'll prove it! Soy el rey de esponja!"
      "Jim, you just said you're the king of sponge"

    • @taylorberry1735
      @taylorberry1735 Год назад +1

      @@diplamatikjuan3595”Oh, Riiight!”

    • @xmobius0ne
      @xmobius0ne Год назад +3

      @@diplamatikjuan3595 I love whenever Peter gets scared he just recites the litany against fear from Dune

    • @diplamatikjuan3595
      @diplamatikjuan3595 Год назад +1

      @@xmobius0ne Oh is that where it's from? For some reason I always assumed it was from some literary work from the 1800s or something

  • @nilsdannemann
    @nilsdannemann Год назад +50

    Total respect for still making these!

  • @ROBLOXTHANOS
    @ROBLOXTHANOS 3 месяца назад +1

    I…I had such fond memories. 💔

  • @bigthecat100
    @bigthecat100 Год назад +6

    12:45 That's Jim's manta shield. You get a brief moment of invincibility when you press shoot, whip and up.
    Jim even used this move a couple of times in the cartoon! :)

  • @moonlitkaiser
    @moonlitkaiser Год назад +41

    Earthworm Jim's scream should be considered a national treasure 🎉

  • @ChrisNeufeldMusic
    @ChrisNeufeldMusic Год назад +11

    11:38 Well, took that cartridge long enough.

  • @CommandoKnight200
    @CommandoKnight200 Год назад +19

    15:53 "That's my cow, get your own!!"
    😂😂😂

  • @Stardust_Torna
    @Stardust_Torna Год назад +10

    12:28 who said pigs can't fly. The pig converted to Buddhism and ascended

  • @TheEldorado1991
    @TheEldorado1991 Год назад +74

    I gotta give it to James here, he really delivered by giving us the whole can of worms with this upload!

  • @damnthishandleistaken
    @damnthishandleistaken Год назад +43

    I can't believe you did an episode on Jim. I loved him as a kid! If you're still in the mood for 90s platforming mascots, you should do Gex next!

  • @946
    @946 Год назад +5

    24:00 I like that the nerd is giving a small shout out to his homie, Lloyd Kaufman.

  • @andreinoooo
    @andreinoooo Год назад +7

    5:50 it’s not the Ride of Valkyries, but Night on the bare mountain (by Mussorgsky)