Earthworm Jim

This was one of my favorite Sega Genesis games while growing up.

Within just sixty seconds, I was enticed by the game's weirdness. You play an earthworm in a super suit traversing across a city made up of junk. Hungry crows and vicious, frothy mouthed dogs try to kill you and you launch a cow into the air via catapult. And that's just the very beginning.

You'll fight your way across seven levels and seven bonus stages in a run-and-gun/platform adventure, such as Junkyard City, Heck, an underwater city and a massive laboratory as you guide Jim in his quest to rescue Princess-What's-Her-Face from Queen-Slug-For-A-Butt.

The animation is fluid and cartoonish at the same time with goofy sound effects and the music has a cool sci-fi/techno feel to it.

The game can get frustrating though. The difficulty increases steadily as you progress, and some of the levels, such "For Pete's Sake" and "Buttville", are quite difficult.

While not as good as Sonic the Hedgehog, Earthworm Jim is a fun classic that still holds up today for retrogamers.