10 Beloved Video Games That Deserve A Modern Reboot

10. Earthworm Jim

Earthworm Jim is from an era where games didn't take themselves too seriously. After all, he's a worm in a suit that swings his own body around in celebration, especially when he beats an evil crow in a space-race on rocket-powered beer kegs. The mighty earthworm starred in two solid platformers in the 1990s that were full of charm and surreal humour. It was a huge franchise that at its peak even had its own surprisingly entertaining cartoon show. It all went wrong for Jim when he tried to make the jump into the third dimension though, Earthworm Jim 64 was a clunky abomination of a game that destroyed everyone's favourite worm's reputation in one fell swoop. Fans were lucky to get an HD version of the original Earthworm Jim a few years ago, but apart from that it's been slim pickings all round. It's a shame as 2D platformers are quite a rarity nowadays, but ones as laugh-out-loud funny and endearingly odd as Earthworm Jim's adventures are even harder to come by. There's a market just waiting to be tapped into. A new, polished and modernised 2D platformer with a few nods to previous games (catapulting cows really are a must) in the series would undoubtedly find an audience.