Man I need to play that again, I also remember loving the soundtrack
Yeah man Tommy's the best. He was so surprised to see me when I attended Video Games Live in Boston in 2015. He remembers me because I was the only fanboy from Malaysia who had all the games he worked on to be signed at the meet & greet. I told him how much I loved his work on games and TV shows like G4 Judgment Day, Electric Playground with Victor Lucas and of course the EWJ review we did for my final semester. You can tell Tommy is passionate about his work and he loves EWJ. Got a lot of games and albums signed. You should definitely check out VGL.
I always remembered the volcano level having Night on Bald Mountain by Mussorgsky as its level music. I loved it.
EDIT: "What the Heck?" was the level.
That's whats great about Shiny games. You had no idea what was going to happen in the next level and the fact there were so many surprises in store for the player.
That interview was interesting man. Thanks for posting it.
Glad to see the Earthworm Jim love in here. Nowadays the games media seem to like to consistently retcon gaming history. Lost count of the number of times I’ve seen this game mocked and called a bad game in recent years (similarly with the DKC games). But, the fact is, it was very popular at release and praised for it’s unique style.
I hope that hint at the end comes true (new game by the old team).
Absolutely. In fact, there were dozens of merchandise including Playmates Toys and VHS releases of the cartoon show which only lasted two seasons. There were also DVDs released in the US and Australia. Here's my little collection:
Everything went sour when Interplay (later owned by Infogrames/Titus) owned the rights. EWJ 3D had a lot of potential (especially with the beta version) but unfortunately the final product had so many issues. Don't even remind me of Menace 2 The Galaxy.
Thanks for checking the interview Scopa. Your avatar reminds me of Bubba Ho Tep (Bruce Campbell).
There was in fact a game in the works by the original team in 2006 "Earthworm Jim PSP" which looked terrific but Atari couldn't afford to fund the project. If you've read or listened to podcasts the EWJ team have talked about meeting with Interplay (Infogrames/Titus) on numerous occasions about making another game. They wanted to get the rights back and were willing to give licensed fees back to Interplay. Unfortunately, Interplay for some reason doesn't want the original team to work on it which is a recipe for disaster. Now, they're selling off their assets: Clayfighter, Boogerman, MDK, Sacrifice, EWJ etc. Let's hope a development studio like Insomniac or Drinkbox Studios can work on it since (in my opinion) they're the pioneers of platformers.
