Earthworm Jim 1 & 2 Getting A SNES Reprint Courtesy Of iam8bit

Megadrive/genesis versions were so much better. Especially for the music and gameplay.
So it's a 100% pass for me.

Groovy! A little out of my price range, but a great Collector's piece!

Problem with iam8bit is that their carts are overpriced (Maybe it's licensing costs).

It was evident when it came to MegaMan 2 and MegaMan X as even now they still have copies for sale and while they have a very pretty prime feel for the box, the carts are just cheap AliExpress shells with a flashboards from InfiniteNESLives,

@smashboy2000
Completely agree! Not a good deal at all.

woah price is terribad, and the sega was the superior version/system for these games.

And since they aren't offering a Super Famicom or EU cart, I can't play this anyway. I don't have a US SNES, just the JP and AUS variants.

@smashboy2000 has both and I agree, Sega was better! (Even tho I'm usually a bias Nintendo fanboy)

Woah Nelly! If there was a Genesis version (and about half the price) I'd be totally down for a copy, but the SNES one gets a pass from me.

If it was on a PAL cartridge and cheaper I might have considered it, but ah well.

Why not release the games on switch if they want some money from me

$135 for an artificially rare piece of plastic.

The Mega Drive / Genesis version of Earthworm Jim is way better. Not sure why they went with the SNES version.

Odd choice to go with the inferior SNES versions. The games were designed around the MD's 320x240 screen mode, which when ported to the SNES' 256x240 resolution made everything look distorted and the screen feel cramped.

Better still, they should have gone with the Mega CD version of the original, and the Sega Saturn version of the sequel.

Thought about it until I saw the price. No way!

Cool idea not a cool price.

Hard pass on the SNES versions. Genesis was like 100 times better

Reprint, reproduction... What's the difference, right?

Half the price is probably the cost of the lawyers to secure any rights for the Interplay logo and IPs at all...... No idea who owns that stuff now, and most of the people that would know are MS now.

Why SNES version ??? I still have MegaCD version but with LOT of scratches and new disc will be great :3

Glorified repro cart... and overpriced.

Gee...much better than just re-releasing both for the Switch, PS4 and XBONE instead...heck, even throw in the horrible part 3 (seriously, it was horrible). I'd rather have a new one in the series, but until then, I'll just replay the ones on my genesis instead. This is too expensive for something that someone just quickly made...anyone could do this at home and just decorate their own cases and call them 'rare'. Bring Jim back!!!! And then work on bringing back Conker, Gex, Vexx, Aero The Acrobat and Chuck Rock. There were so many greats in the 8-16bit eras that are now overlooked by many new players! Would be nice to have them all in HD now!!!! But don't just limit them to just one console, go for all!!!

$135? Ha, who would pay that for a repro... wait, they're sold out. Wow

@Morpheel legitimacy of being "official"

I would be all over this, and the mega man releases, if they weren't so damn expensive. I thought they learned their lesson after the mega man releases have still not sold out (Last time I checked), but apparently not. Throwing in retro goodies doesn't justify the price either.

@smashboy2000 They were both good - SNES had additional graphical elements.

@Jan-Ake Disc? Blerg.

@FTL I know. But resolution was lower.
But the main thing is in terme of feelings : I really prefer the genesis version (and for the music obviously).

I got every Earthworm Jim games ever made already so no thanks.

$135? I can get the best versions of the games for far less.

These new games for old consoles sound like a great idea, but after getting the Jaleco Brawler’s pack for SNES and Piko’s 40 Winks for N64, I’ve really been put off. They all just feel like cheap tat, the boxes, carts and booklets are like what you can get from Etsy for a few quid, blurry images and text included! I most certainly will not be paying over £100 for these. Can’t you get original copies of these games cheaper anyway? Not sure about the second game, but I’d much rather go that route if I wanted to play them on original hardware.

The originals aren't even rare games.
It would be cheaper to buy those and paint them yourself.

Okay I have a LOT to say about this one...

First of all, why the SNES versions? it's a well known fact among the retro gaming community that the SNES versions were completely inferior to the Genesis versions. The reason for this is because EWJ was originally made for the Genesis hardware and later ported to SNES. The resolution is all screwed up, the first game is missing levels, and there's all sorts of other issues I don't even need to address. The only versions better than the Genesis version is the Sega CD or perhaps the remakes on mobile and Xbox 360. Even then I'm leaning towards Sega CD. What a baffling platform choice to do a reprint on for EWJ.

Second of all.... why are they doing this exactly? The original games are common and dirt cheap. I own pretty much every version on every console of this game and aside from maybe EWJ2 on Saturn, none of them were expensive. Something is seriously wrong with this picture when the original and superior copies are much cheaper.

I guess the cow print is kinda cool, but as a collector myself, I don't have a lot of desire to get this.

Speaking of which, support Doug TenNapel's new Earthworm Jim graphic novel on Indiegogo:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/earthworm-jim-the-comic-book#/
DOUG'S THE MAN!!

Isn't this the same company that made SNES carts that had the possibility of catching fire on real systems?

@Wavey84 Cow is my favorite color

@smashboy2000
The PC special edition was my personal favourite, a few extra levels and a level select option.

Crazy price, i’ll just get a donor cart and burn the eeprom chip, but i’ll buy that funky cartridge sticker though 😁