"Step into a wacky and wormy world of cosmic chaos as we introduce you to one of the most eccentric heroes of the Sega Megadrive era – Earthworm Jim! Grab your blaster, don your super-suit, and prepare for a wild intergalactic adventure that's as bizarre as it is entertaining. In this classic game, you'll navigate through outlandish landscapes, face off against a cast of zany foes, and embark on a quest to save the galaxy from utter madness. Get ready to slither your way through a surreal universe, as we delve into the whacky and whimsical world of Earthworm Jim on the Sega Mega Drive!"

@ReturnOfOctobot

Whoa there @Alondite, don't be powering down your Mega Drive just yet, we've got a double feature! It's time to get groovy with my boy Earthworm Jim.

"Ermergerd, another platformer. This is lame, woe is me!"

Well for one, shut your pie hole. For two, this isn't your run-of-the-mill chubby boy jumping on turtles platformer. EWJ has plenty of run and gun in there, as well as a daring underwater maze, a bungee jump with a lump of snot and a casual walk with a your cheeky doggo friend (who might be suffering with some monster-ism). Jim also has some of the best villain designs ever put to a cartridge, such as Psycrow, Professor Monkey-for-a-head and the final boss, The Evil Queen Pulsating, Bloated, Festering, Sweaty, Pus-filled, Malformed, Slug-for-a-Butt. Admittedly there's also a cat and a goldfish, but they can't all be winners. Just a shame the creator is a complete dick or this entry would be entirely uncontroversial.

What are the rules?
Progress: Level Completion. No shiny rocks or spaceships in this one, so race to the finish!
Tiebreaker: Time > Deaths
Version: Mega Drive (or Genesis for all you weirdos out there). The game was built for the MD before being converted to the SNES and while the games are nearly identical, the SNES suffers by actually needing to load levels, the loss of a whole level (Intestinal Distess) and, due to a loss of resolution compared to the MD, the screen was stretched and thus you have less time to react in certain levels. There's also a Mega CD version but for the sake of simplicity, stick with the Mega Drive.
Difficulty: Whatever the default difficulty is.

Groovy

1st) ReturnOfOctobot - Progress: Completed - Time: 01:38:27 - Deaths: 34
2nd) Marcman_59 - Progress: Completed - Time: 02:57:36 - Deaths: 40
3rd) Quantum_P1 - Progress: Buttville (Lv 11) - Time: 04:02:05 - Deaths: 66
4th) Fusha - Progress: Buttville (Lv 11) - Time: 04:57:45 - Deaths: ∞
5th) Tater84 - Progress: Intestinal Distress (Lv 10) - Time: 03:57:27 - Deaths: 47
6th) Deccyf - Progress: Snot a Problem 3 (Lv 6) - Time: 01:58:01 - Deaths: 36
7th) FullCup - Progress: Down The Tubes 2 - Time: 1:58:50 - Deaths: 30
8th) Lovenfloofen - Progress: Down The Tubes 2 - Time: 2:33:38 - Deaths: ∞
9th) Kythias - Progress: What the heck? - Time: 0:31:00 - Deaths: ∞
10th) Kylorian - Progress: What the heck? - Time: 1:00:36 - Deaths: 19

@Fusha

This week had Lovenfloofen developed aquaphobia from Down The Tubes, Deccy spending 4 game overs on the miniboss of level 1 (but making good progress after he finally figured him out!), Quantum progressing further than he has ever been in spite of still not figuring out how to deal with the centipede snappers, Tater thinking Psycrow is a chicken (he also thought the chickens in TJ&E were geese), and I'm just happy I finally figured out how to get past Snot a Problem 3, which I'm pretty sure I've never beaten as a kid. :mrlevtHappyfrog: And, of course, to nobody's shock and everyone's awe, Octobot has claimed first place on his own submission! But arguably even more awe-inspiring is Marcman, who grabbed second by being the only other competitor who has beaten the game (despite never having done so before!), thereby limiting the damage to his lead to the minimum, preventing Octobot from closing the gap, and having exactly 52 points. Time is running out for our reigning double-champion. There are no more 2D platformers left on the wheel . . . . .

Lower on the league table, things are much more dynamic. Q, with his personal best performance, squeezes into third place, which he is expected to solidify after Round 15's Final Fight, his own pick. He will then become the target of six other active competitors just behind him, all of whom are within 8 points of each other. And, of course, the late-comers to the Wheel will also want to throw some spanners into the works, stealing some points for themselves! With only 5 games to go, the fight for the lower podiums is expected to be even hotter than last season's!