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Critical reception

Mega Drive version

Ratings

Publication awards

Score	Publication	Date	Region	Version
95	Console Mania	(1994-1x-xx)	IT IT	PAL	^[1]	[details]
80	Cool Gamer	(2002-10-13)	RU RU		^[2]	[details]
88	Computer & Video Games	(1994-10-15)	UK UK		^[3]	[details]
89	Digitiser	1994-11-22	UK UK		^[4]	[details]
70	Edge	(1994-08-25)	UK UK		^[5]	[details]
67	Electronic Games	(1994-xx-xx)	US US	NTSC-U	^[6]	[details]
88	Electronic Gaming Monthly	(1994-xx-xx)	US US	NTSC-U	^[7]	[details]
80	Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1		RU RU		^[8]	[details]
80	Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2	(2000-xx-xx)	RU RU		^[9]	[details]
97	Freak	(1994-xx-xx)	IL IL		^[10]	[details]
99	GameFan	(1994-xx-xx)	US US	NTSC-U	^[11]	[details]
95	Game Players	(1994-1x-xx)	US US		^[12]	[details]
96	Game Players	(1994-1x-xx)	US US	NTSC-U	^[13]	[details]
100	GamePro	(1994-xx-xx)	US US	NTSC-U	^[14]	[details]
93	GamesMaster	(1994-10-20)	UK UK		^[15]	[details]
94	GamesMaster	1994-10-11	UK UK	PAL	^[16]	[details]
93	Games World: The Magazine	(1994-10-28)	UK UK	PAL	^[17]	[details]
90	Games World	1994-10-25	UK UK		^[18]	[details]
92	Game Informer	(1994-1x-xx)	US US	NTSC-U	^[19]	[details]
95	Hobby Consolas	(1994-xx-xx)	ES ES		^[20]	[details]
94	Hyper	(1994-xx-xx)	AU AU	PAL	^[21]	[details]
85	LeveL	(1995-04-20)	CZ CZ		^[22]	[details]
86	MAN!AC	(1994-10-12)	DE DE	PAL	^[23]	[details]
92	Mega	(1994-10-27)	UK UK	PAL	^[24]	[details]
97	Mega Force	(1994-12-02)	FR FR	PAL	^[25]	[details]
87	Mega Fun	(1994-11-23)	DE DE	PAL	^[26]	[details]
69	MegaGAMES	(1996-xx-xx)	YU YU		^[27]	[details]
93	Mega Play	(1994-xx-xx)	US US	NTSC-U	^[28]	[details]
91	Megazin	(1994-xx-xx)	SI SI		^[29]	[details]
100	Micro Kid's Multimédia	(1994-1x-xx)	FR FR		^[30]	[details]
93	Mean Machines Sega	(1994-08-xx)	UK UK	PAL	^[31]	[details]
75	Next Generation	(1994-12-08)	US US	NTSC-U	^[32]	[details]
98	Player One	(1994-1x-xx)	FR FR		^[33]	[details]
88	Playjoy	(1995-10-xx)	YU YU		^[34]	[details]
87	Play Time	(1994-11-09)	DE DE	PAL	^[35]	[details]
90	Power Unlimited	(1995-02-22)	NL NL		^[36]	[details]
89	Sega Magazin	(1994-11-17)	DE DE		^[37]	[details]
93	Sega Magazine	(1994-09-15)	UK UK	PAL	^[38]	[details]
93	Sega Pro	(1994-10-06)	UK UK	PAL	^[39]	[details]
92	Sega Force	(1995-02-22)	SE SE		^[40]	[details]
92	Sega Mega Drive Review	(1995-04-03)	RU RU		^[41]	[details]
94	Sega Mega Drive Review	(1996-01-03)	RU RU		^[42]	[details]
95	Sega Megazone	(1994-1x-xx)	AU AU		^[43]	[details]
94	Sonic the Comic	(1994-12-24)	UK UK	PAL	^[44]	[details]
93	Super Juegos	(199x-xx-xx)	ES ES		^[45]	[details]
95	Todo Sega	(1994-1x-xx)	ES ES		^[46]	[details]
81	Tricks	(1995-xx-xx)	RU RU		^[47]	[details]
93	Tricks 16 bit	(1998-03-20)	RU RU		^[48]	[details]
93	Ultimate Future Games	(1994-11-01)	UK UK		^[49]	[details]
95	Video Games	(1994-10-26)	DE DE	PAL	^[50]	[details]
90	VideoGames	(1994-1x-xx)	US US		^[51]	[details]

Breakdown

Region	Version	№ reviews	Average	Lowest	Highest	Range	Views
World	All	51	90	67	100	33	Very positive
World	NTSC-U	8	89	67	100	33	Very positive
World	PAL	14	92	86	97	11	Very positive
US	All	10	89	67	100	33	Very positive
US	NTSC-U	8	89	67	100	33	Very positive
UK	All	13	90	70	94	24	Very positive
UK	PAL	6	93	92	94	2	Very positive
FR	All	3	98	97	100	3	Very positive
FR	PAL	1	97	97	97	0	Very positive
DE	All	5	89	86	95	9	Very positive
DE	PAL	4	89	86	95	9	Very positive
ES	All	3	94	93	95	2	Very positive
IT	All	1	95	95	95	0	Very positive
IT	PAL	1	95	95	95	0	Very positive
AU	All	2	95	94	95	1	Very positive
AU	PAL	1	94	94	94	0	Very positive
CZ	All	1	85	85	85	0	Very positive
IL	All	1	97	97	97	0	Very positive
NL	All	1	90	90	90	0	Very positive
RU	All	7	86	80	94	14	Very positive
SE	All	1	92	92	92	0	Very positive
SI	All	1	91	91	91	0	Very positive
YU	All	2	79	69	88	19	Positive

Master System version

Ratings

No results

Score	Publication	Date	Region	Version

Breakdown

Region	Version	№ reviews	Average	Lowest	Highest	Range	Views

Game Gear version

Ratings

Publication awards

Score	Publication	Date	Region	Version
58	Electronic Games	(1995-0x-xx)	US US	NTSC-U	^[52]	[details]
65	Electronic Gaming Monthly	(1995-0x-xx)	US US	NTSC-U	^[53]	[details]
82	Freak	(1995-xx-xx)	IL IL		^[54]	[details]
76	Game Players	(1995-0x-xx)	US US	NTSC-U	^[55]	[details]
73	GamePro	(1995-xx-xx)	US US	NTSC-U	^[56]	[details]
87	Gamers	(1995-10-11)	DE DE		^[57]	[details]
85	Hobby Consolas	(1995-xx-xx)	ES ES		^[58]	[details]
75	Mega Fun	(1995-10-18)	DE DE	PAL	^[59]	[details]
90	Mean Machines Sega	(1995-06-26)	UK UK	PAL	^[60]	[details]
93	Player One	(1995-1x-xx)	FR FR		^[61]	[details]
83	Sega Magazin	(1995-07-12)	DE DE		^[62]	[details]
91	Sega Magazine	(1995-07-13)	UK UK	PAL	^[63]	[details]
82	Sega News	(1996-1x-xx)	CZ CZ		^[64]	[details]
93	Super Juegos	(1995-0x-xx)	ES ES		^[65]	[details]
86	Todo Sega	(1995-0x-xx)	ES ES		^[66]	[details]

Breakdown

Region	Version	№ reviews	Average	Lowest	Highest	Range	Views
World	All	15	81	58	93	35	Mixed
World	NTSC-U	4	68	58	76	18	Positive
World	PAL	3	85	75	91	16	Very positive
US	All	4	68	58	76	18	Positive
US	NTSC-U	4	68	58	76	18	Positive
UK	All	2	91	90	91	1	Very positive
UK	PAL	2	91	90	91	1	Very positive
FR	All	1	93	93	93	0	Very positive
DE	All	3	82	75	87	12	Very positive
DE	PAL	1	75	75	75	0	Positive
ES	All	3	88	85	93	8	Very positive
CZ	All	1	82	82	82	0	Very positive
IL	All	1	82	82	82	0	Very positive

Sales

Mega Drive version

Date	North America	Europe	Worldwide

Master System version

Date	Worldwide

Game Gear version

Date	North America	Europe	Worldwide

Software charts

Mega Drive version

Master System version

Game Gear version

References

↑ Console Mania, "Novembre 1994" (IT; 1994-1x-xx), page 38
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 70
↑ Computer & Video Games, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 42
↑ DIGITISER, #1994-11-22: "1994-11-22"
↑ Edge, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-08-25), page 54
↑ Electronic Games, "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 74
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
↑ ELIS1, "1", page 309
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2, "1" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 115
↑ Freak, "12/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1
↑ GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 10: October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 32
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 51
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 11 November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 148
↑ GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 72
↑ GamesMaster, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 68
↑ GamesMaster, #4x04: "Series 4, episode 4" (UK; 1994-10-11), 24:00
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 13
↑ Games World, #3x32: "Series 3, episode 32" (UK; 1994-10-25)
↑ Game Informer, "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 40
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 64
↑ Hyper, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 36
↑ LeveL, "Duben 1995" (CZ; 1995-04-20), page 34
↑ MAN!AC, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-12), page 66
↑ Mega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 12
↑ Mega Force, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 38
↑ Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 119
↑ MegaGAMES, "Januar 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 23
↑ Mega Play, "October/November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 48
↑ Megazin, "Letnik 2, Številka 16, December 1994" (SI; 1994-xx-xx), page 31
↑ Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 60
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-08-xx), page 60
↑ Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 105
↑ Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 148
↑ Playjoy, "Oktobar 1995" (YU; 1995-10-xx), page 31
↑ Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 110
↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 3, Maart 1995" (NL; 1995-02-22), page 32
↑ Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 20
↑ Sega Magazine, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 86
↑ Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 72
↑ Sega Force, "1/95" (SE; 1995-02-22), page 6
↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 49
↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 60
↑ Sega Megazone, "December 1994" (AU; 1994-1x-xx), page 40
↑ Sonic the Comic, "January 6th 1995" (UK; 1994-12-24), page 10
↑ Super Juegos, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 104
↑ Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 40
↑ Tricks, "4/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 30
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 13
↑ Ultimate Future Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-01), page 108
↑ Video Games, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-26), page 104
↑ VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 92
↑ Electronic Games, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 100
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 40
↑ Freak, "7/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 8 August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 67
↑ GamePro, "June 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 106
↑ Gamers, "November 1995" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 50
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Julio 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 108
↑ Mega Fun, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-18), page 74
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 78
↑ Player One, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 144
↑ Sega Magazin, "August 1995" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 84
↑ Sega Magazine, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 88
↑ Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 34
↑ Super Juegos, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 118
↑ Todo Sega, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 55

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[:File:ConsoleMania_IT_035.pdf_p38-1] Console Mania, "Novembre 1994" (IT; 1994-1x-xx), page 38

[coolgamer970-2] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 70

[:File:CVG_UK_156.pdf_p42-3] Computer & Video Games, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-15), page 42

[digitiser_1994-11-22_-4] DIGITISER, #1994-11-22: "1994-11-22"

[:File:Edge_UK_013.pdf_p54-5] Edge, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-08-25), page 54

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_25.pdf_p74-6] Electronic Games, "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 74

[:File:EGM_US_063.pdf_p34-7] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34

[elis11309-8] ELIS1, "1", page 309

[elis21115-9] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2, "1" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 115

[:File:Freak_IL_26.pdf_p1-10] Freak, "12/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0210.pdf_p32-11] GameFan, "Volume 2, Issue 10: October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 32

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0712.pdf_p51-12] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 12 December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 51

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0711.pdf_p148-13] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 11 November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 148

[:File:GamePro_US_064.pdf_p72-14] GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 72

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_023.pdf_p68-15] GamesMaster, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 68

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_4x04.mp4_-16] GamesMaster, #4x04: "Series 4, episode 4" (UK; 1994-10-11), 24:00

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_06.pdf_p13-17] Games World: The Magazine, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 13

[:File:GamesWorld_UK_3x32.mp4_-18] Games World, #3x32: "Series 3, episode 32" (UK; 1994-10-25)

[:File:GameInformer_US_019.pdf_p40-19] Game Informer, "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 40

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_039.pdf_p64-20] Hobby Consolas, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 64

[:File:Hyper_AU_011.pdf_p36-21] Hyper, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 36

[level334-22] LeveL, "Duben 1995" (CZ; 1995-04-20), page 34

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1994-11.pdf_p66-23] MAN!AC, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-12), page 66

[:File:Mega_UK_26.pdf_p12-24] Mega, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 12

[:File:MegaForce_FR_34.pdf_p38-25] Mega Force, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-12-02), page 38

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-12.pdf_p119-26] Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 119

[megagames223-27] MegaGAMES, "Januar 1996" (YU; 1996-xx-xx), page 23

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0505.pdf_p48-28] Mega Play, "October/November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 48

[:File:Megazin_SI_0216.pdf_p31-29] Megazin, "Letnik 2, Številka 16, December 1994" (SI; 1994-xx-xx), page 31

[:File:MicroKidsMultimedia_FR_01.pdf_p60-30] Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 60

[:File:MeanMachinesSega24UK.pdf_p60-31] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-08-xx), page 60

[:File:NextGeneration_US_01.pdf_p105-32] Next Generation, "Premiere Issue 1995" (US; 1994-12-08), page 105

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_048.pdf_p148-33] Player One, "Décembre 1994" (FR; 1994-1x-xx), page 148

[:File:Playjoy_YU_01.pdf_p31-34] Playjoy, "Oktobar 1995" (YU; 1995-10-xx), page 31

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-12.pdf_p110-35] Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 110

[:File:PowerUnlimited_NL_019_199503.pdf_p32-36] Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 3, Maart 1995" (NL; 1995-02-22), page 32

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_13.pdf_p20-37] Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 20

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_10.pdf_p86-38] Sega Magazine, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 86

[:File:SegaPro_UK_38.pdf_p72-39] Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 72

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1995_01.pdf_p6-40] Sega Force, "1/95" (SE; 1995-02-22), page 6

[smdreview149-41] Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 49

[:File:Sega_Mega_Drive_Review_2_RU.pdf_p60-42] Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 60

[:File:Megazone_AU_46.pdf_p40-43] Sega Megazone, "December 1994" (AU; 1994-1x-xx), page 40

[:File:STC_UK_042.pdf_p10-44] Sonic the Comic, "January 6th 1995" (UK; 1994-12-24), page 10

[:File:SuperJuegos_ES_033.pdf_p104-45] Super Juegos, "Enero 1995" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 104

[:File:TodoSega_ES_21.pdf_p40-46] Todo Sega, "Diciembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 40

[tricks430-47] Tricks, "4/95" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 30

[tricks16313-48] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 13

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_01.pdf_p108-49] Ultimate Future Games, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-11-01), page 108

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-11.pdf_p104-50] Video Games, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-26), page 104

[:File:VideoGames_US_71.pdf_p92-51] VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 92

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_33.pdf_p100-52] Electronic Games, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 100

[:File:EGM_US_072.pdf_p40-53] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 40

[freak331-54] Freak, "7/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0808.pdf_p67-55] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 8 August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 67

[:File:GamePro_US_071.pdf_p106-56] GamePro, "June 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 106

[:File:Gamers_DE_1995-11.pdf_p50-57] Gamers, "November 1995" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 50

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_046.pdf_p108-58] Hobby Consolas, "Julio 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 108

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-11.pdf_p74-59] Mega Fun, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-18), page 74

[:File:MeanMachinesSega34UK.pdf_p78-60] Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 78

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_059.pdf_p144-61] Player One, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 144

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_21.pdf_p84-62] Sega Magazin, "August 1995" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 84

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_20.pdf_p88-63] Sega Magazine, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 88

[:File:Sega_News_2_CZ.pdf_p34-64] Sega News, "Listopad 1996" (CZ; 1996-1x-xx), page 34

[:File:SuperJuegos_ES_040.pdf_p118-65] Super Juegos, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 118

[:File:TodoSega_ES_29.pdf_p55-66] Todo Sega, "Agosto 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 55

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Earthworm Jim/Reception

From Sega Retro

Contents

Critical reception

Mega Drive version

Ratings

Breakdown

Master System version

Ratings

Breakdown

Game Gear version

Ratings

Breakdown

Sales

Mega Drive version

Master System version

Game Gear version

Software charts

Mega Drive version

Master System version

Game Gear version

References