Earthworm Jim (Windows 95) Walkthrough

[@bzradiohead18]

Now this was the version I always remembered. Such a nostalgia trip. Thanks for the upload!

[@natjzam]

that exodus intro used to give me the chills as a 5 year old and it still does to this day. so many memories :D

[@andrewbandin966]

Me too, my dad installed this game in the home computer when I was 7 and loved it,m since then.

[@Mariaaparecidasouzasilva4446]

Voy a jugar a GTA 5 en rockstar games

[@Mariaaparecidasouzasilva4446]

Voy a montar ese cochecito de payaso

[@aplien5077]

I love that you included the Windows 95 background and all of the startup sequence. Really hits my nostalgia as this is how I remember playing the game for the first time.

[@harqalada65]

Looks & sounds gorgeous! The first two Earthworm Jims are gems now fading in video game history, but revered by true gamers who know how special these games truly were. Stands right next to any other great title; Donkey Kong Country, Super Metroid, Super Castlevania IV, etc.

[@MrEightThreeOne]

I still have yet to play the second game! I'd love to play it some day though. And indeed, this is a really fantastic game. What really helps it stand out is its hand drawn visuals that have all the expressiveness of a Saturday morning cartoon. Speaking of, I still gotta watch the cartoon some day too.

[@harqalada65]

@@MrEightThreeOne The sequel is a blast! Though I still prefer the first one. The unique art style, sound effects, zany character & jokes; make the games feel so distinct & special. Not to mention that absolutely killer soundtrack! Man it's been ages since I seen the cartoon, I remember it having the same crazy personality as the games.

[@xXYannuschXx]

Its sad how many of the 90s and even now early 2000s games are fading into history. Especially platformers are getting more and more obscure.

[@kaneofnod]

​@@MrEightThreeOne what software do you use to record ?

[@MrEightThreeOne]

@@kaneofnod I actually use a capture card! All my recent videos have been done on real 90s hardware. This one was done using a cheap USB HDMI capture card, but my more recent ones are done on a fancier internal Elgato HDMI capture card. The source computer is converted using a VGA to HDMI adapter.

[@deenanthekemoni5567]

This game was ahead of it's time. I miss the 90s.

[@TheBorkka]

This was the first game i got when my dad bought our first PC. Loved this game.

[@straylgk5497]

This game was so hard as a kid and you made it look easy

[@jfakoggl]

The stage with the mini submarine had me break various joysticks on my gravis gamepad, and bend metal screws I had put in afterwords instead. My gf was afraid for my mental health!!! Good times...

[@ophello]

I didn’t realize you could refill your oxygen by connecting to the little antenna thing until years after trying.

[@TheNostalgiaMall]

This game, especially this particular port, is what I consider to be my favorite computer game of all time. I played a lot of games on my Packard Bell as a child, but this one provided some of the most memorable moments of those days with laughing at certain aspects of the game and most notably, being terrified of Big Bruty. Big Bruty is actually my favorite part of Earthworm Jim just because of how stupid the concept of Big Bruty is, it's somehow hilarious. I could go on and on about this game, but I'll just leave it at that. Such an amazing game.

[@MrEightThreeOne]

Haha, I see. Still can't say that makes me like it, but I guess it at least doesn't drive me crazy like For Pete's Sake does. And yeah, this is an incredibly good game (if relentlessly difficult), definitely one of my favorite fouth gen era platformers. I still gotta play the sequel at some point too.

[@aplien5077]

Big Bruty was based on Nick Bruty, one of the devs that worked on the game. Makes it even better.

[@TheNostalgiaMall]

@@aplien5077 Now THAT is awesome!!!

[@CARLCGP]

Este juego. Pitfall y Monster Truck madness 2...........❤💎💎💎🫡

[@GS_Gloyalty]

I grew up on Windows 95 and played this game alot, very nice video I love the vibes

[@erikricardoboscolo4779]

years later, the dev team went working on FIFA series.

[@jewelianperez7038]

Man, I grew up with Earthworm Jim! Well, the HS version...lol

[@MrTenderFender]

It's an absolute nostalgic blast from the past to see this boot up on Windows 95. I have faint memories of dying many, many times because I spammed my bullets instead of conserving them in the intro!

[@thegreatestpepe]

I was watching a playthrough and was like WHERE IS THE BEE LEVEL?! THIS is what I played as a kid! Good stuff.

[@reflastori]

literally had to scroll through so many videos while trying to remember the name of this game. needed to see what happens farther into the game. i never really went that deep sadly hahaha

[@c0rnf1ake]

also the tune when he is in hell, level 3 I think, is so epic. Stayed with me over decades. I've never met anyone else wh played this game

[@mvpjsj7557]

First time I ever played this game was on a compaq presario PC back in '95. Earthworm Jim and tomb raider were my favorite 🔥

[@v509-cassiopeiae3]

The game stood out in many ways as a representative of the jump n run genre. In every discipline it was usually far superior to its genre colleagues. The graphic animations were a new level. I could hardly believe my eyes at the smooth movements of Earthworm Jim. Add to that the brilliant music by Tommy Tallarico, the precise gameplay and the wacky humor raised the game to the top of PC jump n runs.

[@THCNooB]

Man I Swear This Game Was My Addiction

[@bearzdlc2172]

my version of the game keeps playing the asteroid race track after i win/lose and over writes the victory tune do you know how i can fix

[@peashooterman3]

9:20 was as far as i got when i was very young cause it never occured to me that maybe i should walk to the right on the crystal

[@SoulVortex]

My friend got me into earthworm Jim for sega cd but wanna try the pc version which I be buying soon can’t wait 😁

[@GS_Gloyalty]

did you buy it?

[@Pinklimo]

Awesome playthru of a much loved game!

[@titapetiotas]

Thanks for the upload :,) nostalgia

[@MrScottyToo]

14:32 pizza tower!

[@c0rnf1ake]

this made my day man!!!! omg

[@LucasJodokast]

i miss this version, the closest i could get is the Sega CD version but the audio & graphics are horrible in comparison

[@evanpeartree]

I’m nuuude

[@ckblackwoodmusic]

You took me right back into my childhood; cannot thank you enough! How'd y'manage to get the old Windows?

[@reubenguttenberg7405]

Earthworm 🪱, honeybee 🐝, chipmunk 🐿️, and dog 🐕 vs bird, monkey, cat, goldfish, and termite queen

[@RiasatSalminSami]

Truly the best version. I hope one day there will be an easy to run Windows 98/ EA pc emulator that just boots without requiring any setup and then we can run this game on modern pcs. Currently using PCem to run on my new pc. That way I can use the fullscreen mode and get a synced stutter free gameplay, but for some reason, its running at 70Hz and gameplay speeds up a bit. But it's better than running natively on my windows 10 where I can't get fullscreen mode and window mode suffers from stutters. This version also seems to be the only one where you can make Jim piss by pressing F10,

[@TheMikeyb86]

I remember messing around and lost my 10 year old mind laughing so hard. I didn't know how to replicate it and my friends didn't believe me. Good times.

[@BF-Gator]

How hard is this to setup on windows 10 I've wanted to play it again for like 25 years

[@stoopidmansidiot]

what the heck happened to the red hue effect in "What the Heck?"

[@itsmehdustin2054]

my cdmusic option is greyed out and i cant hear the background music/soundtrack do you know why?

[@MrScottyToo]

How did you get sound working

[@didma]

that shit was legit ay man

[@sr.horror7926]

Hahaha... wao... back to my infance!... is very very great come back to see this game. How I can play actually?

[@JohnyTheWizKid]

I think this IS the best version. The Sega CD has lesser quality sounds and this one sounds crispier and cleaner. It even has the Big Bruty stage which I thought wasn't here. Glad I was wrong. Question is can I play this with a controller?

[@MrEightThreeOne]

You can! I played it with a controller here in fact! It needs to be DirectInput compatible though, just a heads up -- and most DirectInput pads will treat the D-pad as a POV hat instead of an X and Y axis, but there might be a workaround I'm unaware of. It also needs to be said, this game for whatever reason doesn't register anything past the first four button numbers. I guess because when it came out it was still rare to find joysticks with more than four buttons, but they could have at least been a little forward thinking.

[@JohnyTheWizKid]

@@MrEightThreeOne I was going to buy the actual CD on ebay, but the controller, can you explain direct input compatible? Like get any controller with a USB cable? Or what?

[@TwoTailedSponge]

Can you switch between the plasma and regular gun? Or is that just for the 2nd game?

[@urthofthenewsun8465]

Level 3 was so creepy

[@Morotstomten]

brings me back, i remember in the 90s some candy manufacturer here in scandinavia ran a campaign, collect 5 or so different letters printed inside the candy bags and you get this game as a prize, i understand why they did it as the candies tasted awful(impressive to mess up something thats mostly chocolate really) and tho i wanted the game i couldnt take eating the candies, but my friend and neighbor did and we played this a lot, i also used to have that same ugly background for a while on ye olde p133

[@mecha2001]

this was a very early Windows 95 game, so I strongly encourage if you have it and want to run it that you stick to Win9x. this version was truly the best of both worlds because you got the SNES grade color depth, but without the trash SNES sound and redbook audio. I probably played this about as equally in 1996 as I did Genesis in 1995. LOL I'm fairly certain I had some no death runs. I'm curious if I can duplicate that magic 25 years later.

[@turrican3839]

"trash SNES sound" boi get yo

[@pressstart4733]

Did you need colour and sound drivers to Win98SE???

[@MrEightThreeOne]

Not really sure what you mean. You kinda need those to do anything on Windows 9x.

[@pressstart4733]

@@MrEightThreeOne I can install Win98SE in a virtual machine and directly install the game without the need of any video or sound driver, because I remember that for win95 when trying to install toy story for PC I need use a driver to show 256 colors

[@MrEightThreeOne]

@@pressstart4733 Well, I mean, you could do that in theory, but your color depth is going to be locked to 16 colors and you'll have no sound (unless it's a sound card that Windows already comes with drivers for). I don't know what VM software you're using but you'll have to find the corresponding drivers.

[@pressstart4733]

@@MrEightThreeOne What drivers do you use?

[@nomelas]

32:42

[@rileyef6719]

I absolutely love the OST in this game. I even have the original CD on me - but unfortunately it doesn't work for me, even on the older PC I purchased (it's got Vista on it). Music sounds fine but the sound effects are really glitchy. I even tried replacing a DLL file with a new one to no avail. Do you have any other recommendations by any chance on how to get the sound effects working properly? Or will I need to install a new partition on my old PC with Windows 98 on it? Cheers for your help

[@ninthundertow]

Looks so easy when you arent 6 years old....

[@MrScottyToo]

this is the first game directx12

[@turrican3839]

Big Bruty is a much better level exclusive than Intestinal Distress

[@Prisoner416]

The day this doesn't work on Windows is the day the OS dies. I wish they'd port this version to console. It really is superior.

[@skaladarrellgodeater1070]

Groovy!

[@amira.a.z8232]

It,s are a game very nice and the nostalgic👌

[@MrJohnnyRetro]

There are a few minor differences to sega cd version there are clouds in the sky on snot s problem not on sega cd. The scrolling on down the tubes looks better on sega cd. And no fog on what the heck. Last thing is it has an extended version of the use your head song with a guitar solo sega cd has short song.

[@MrJohnnyRetro]

The only other differences are a red brown outline on lights in who turned out the lights. And different music on the snowman and the firstpart of the chicken fight on level 5 which plays the monopoly credits music.

[@KiwiTheRetroGal]

1:08:55 Fetish art in a nutshell 🤮

[@MrScottyToo]

first game that use directx 1

[@MrEightThreeOne]

Incorrect. That actually goes to Doom for Windows 95. This and Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure don't use DirectX (then called the Windows Games SDK) at all.

[@ianmeneses5633]

36:00 More like Level 6

[@횬이-l5s]

진짜 반갑다 ....진짜 내 초등학교때 맨날 했는데 .....진짜 반갑다 ㅋㅋ

[@세아이-t7x]

몇살이길래 이 게임을 초딩때함? ㄷㄷ

[@횬이-l5s]

@@세아이-t7x 어이상실 ㅋㅋ내가 몇살인지 그게중요? 인성문제있네 ㅋ