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This unlicensed NES port of Earthworm Jim 2, known as the "Shin-Shin" version, was developed by the Ex-Sachen developer team, and was published by NT (also known as Ka-Sheng or Shin-Shin). Compared to the also unlicensed port by Super Game, this version feels more official, however this port's graphics seem to be confused about what perspective they're supposed to be.

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  • Emulator used: Bizhawk 2.5.2 with TAStudio
  • Aims for fastest time
  • Genre: Platformer
  • Takes damage to save time
  • Uses easiest difficulty
  • Easy difficulty decreases damage from enemies, so it is able to perform "damage boost" more often
ThunderAxe31: Judging.
ThunderAxe31: For this submission, it was used a game version that is known to feature less levels than another known version. We usually allow to use any version of a game, with some exceptions. In this case, we're looking at an objectively inferior version, as it features less contents, so the version with more levels should be used instead. Since we can't consider an incomplete game version as a proper base for setting a TASing record, this submission has to be rejected for game version choice.

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Posted: 12/26/2020 7:57 PM
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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #6978: XTREMAL93's NES Earthworm Jim 2 (Shin-Shin) in 04:17.29
Posted: 12/27/2020 2:20 AM
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WarHippy
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At 2:30 in the encode why do you pick up the guy and then fall down the gap? Can’t you just go across?
Posted: 12/27/2020 7:11 AM
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WarHippy wrote:
At 2:30 in the encode why do you pick up the guy and then fall down the gap? Can’t you just go across?
When I pick up the pig I can move only by jumping
Posted: 12/27/2020 7:27 AM
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WarHippy
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You seem to be able to switch directions just fine. Can’t you turn around at the last second to land on the ledge and then turn around again to jump over the gap?
Posted: 12/27/2020 8:09 AM
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WarHippy wrote:
You seem to be able to switch directions just fine. Can’t you turn around at the last second to land on the ledge and then turn around again to jump over the gap?
oh, i misunderstood you) actually after picking him i have 30 seconds to put him to water and extinguish fuse of bomb. Otherwise i can't put him in barn and he will explode
Posted: 12/27/2020 9:33 AM
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Nice one, tight movement, good routing (as much as this game can allow routing). Yes from me, I love bootlegs and good tases of them. Hope to see you do the other version of this run with more levels if other people are interested.
Posted: 12/27/2020 9:42 AM
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The game sound awful and doesn't look enjoyable, especially the last level. Maybe because the original is just too good? Voting No.
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Posted: 12/27/2020 10:08 AM
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crazyjesse wrote:
Hope to see you do the other version of this run with more levels if other people are interested.
I think we need more explanation about version differences. Does the other version of this game contain all the levels from this one, with addition of more levels?
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Posted: 12/27/2020 2:11 PM
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ThunderAxe31 wrote:
crazyjesse wrote:
Hope to see you do the other version of this run with more levels if other people are interested.
I think we need more explanation about version differences. Does the other version of this game contain all the levels from this one, with addition of more levels?
Yes, it's the same game but with more levels. See this run. Apologies for the poor quality of the video. My internet was very bad at the time. Extra levels not present in this video may be seen at 2:06, 6:50 and 8:10 in my video. It appears that there are two versions of "EWJ2" in circulation one almost finished and another with more levels. There is a further version "EWJ4" that has different levels. Sorry to throw you under the bus, XTREMAL93!
Posted: 12/27/2020 3:53 PM
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crazyjesse wrote:
Sorry to throw you under the bus, XTREMAL93!
hah) that's ok) it is not enjoyable game for TAS so i decided play shorter version
Posted: 12/30/2020 2:44 PM
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