History VideoGame / EarnestEvans

* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did You Just Whip Hastur To Death?]]

* CthulhuMythos: Much like ''El Viento'', the dark god Hastur is involved, and at one point, Earnest and Annet obtain an artifact explicitly called the Elder Sign, used to seal Hastur away.

''Earnest Evans'' is a 1991 platform sidescroller made by [[Creator/TelenetJapan Wolf Team]], with music composed by Creator/MotoiSakuraba for the {{SEGA}} [[SegaCD MegaCD]] (in Japan only), with a watered down [[SegaGenesis Genesis/MegaDrive]] port released overseas. It is chronologically the first chapter of the "Earnest Evans trilogy", ironically being the only game in which you play as Earnest.

* NoExportForYou: The SegaCD version. Overseas territories only got the Genesis version with no in-game story.

Further details about its plot are scarce due to the fact that no effort so far has been made in translating the cutscenes to English. For a more detailed attempt at analyzing this game, you can check out the Earnest/Annet trilogy shrine by [=RageQuitter87=] [[http://rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/Annet/earnestmain.html here]], where he also has a look at ''El Viento'' and distant sequel ''Annet Futatabi''.

Or you can check out the game in its entierty via WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}}'s hilarious video of said game [[http://blip.tv/slowbeef/earnest-goes-to-anime-5467989 here]].

* EverythingTryingToKillYou: Giant bugs, moai statues, giant knife-throwing scorpions, earthworm, giant floating worms, coal monster, bouncing ribcages, windworms, death traps, giant spiders, floating skulls and so on.

''Earnest Evans'' is a 1991 platform sidescroller made by [[Creator/TelenetJapan Wolf Team]], with music composed by MotoiSakuraba for the {{SEGA}} [[SegaCD MegaCD]] (in Japan only), with a watered down [[SegaGenesis Genesis/MegaDrive]] port released overseas. It is chronologically the first chapter of the "Earnest Evans trilogy", ironically being the only game in which you play as Earnest.

* MotoiSakuraba: Composed the music for the trilogy.

The game takes place in 1926, in various different ruins and temples around the world, as U.S. treasure hunter Earnest Evans finds himself entangled in a sinister plot hatched by mafia bigwig AlCapone and cult leader Ulrich to resurrect the dark god Hastur. Along the way, Earnest is joined by Annet Myer, the heroine of ''VideoGame/ElViento'', whom he finds in an old temple, offered as a sacrifice to Hastur, and the enigmatic Zigfried Munchaunsen, a man who also seeks to stop the return of Hastur.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Ulrich the cult leader, who speaks with AlCapone in level 6's cutscene never appears again afterward, though its likely he was the penultimate boss in level 12.

''*seeing attacks that covers the entire screen or leave no space to dodge them*''

-->'''LetsPlay/{{slowbeef}}''': ''*seeing attacks that covers the entire screen or leave no space to dodge them*'' HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO DODGE THAT?

* FakeDifficulty: One of the worst examples.

* {{Expy}}: The game itself could be considered one big ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' ripoff, with Earnest wielding a whip, outrunning a boulder (When the game works right), the game itself being set in the 1920s similar to the Indy movies generally being set around WorldWar2 and at one point you can get a powerup which has Earnest don a hat. Which also gives him a [[VideoGame/CastlevaniaIISimonsQuest flame whip]], leading to comparisons with ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'', including to do with the platforming elements and Earnest using a whip.

* {{Expy}}: The game itself could be considered one big ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' ripoff, with Earnest wielding a whip, outrunning a boulder (When the game works right), the game itself being set in the 1920s similar to the Indy movies generally being set around WorldWar2 and at one point you can get a powerup which has Earnest don a hat. Which also gives him a [[Castlevania2SimonsQuest flame whip]], leading to comparisons with ''Castlevania'', including to do with the platforming elements and Earnest using a whip.

* RaidersOfTheLostParody: The game is pretty much this, all the way to the "rolling boulder scene" in the closing credits [[spoiler: that squashes Earnest in the end]].

* KazukiYao: Voices Earnest.

The titular hero is made up of multiple sprites put together to create the illusion of more fluid movement, a sprite technique that would later be used to better effect by Capcom for ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' on the Sentinel and VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}}, and Konami's ''CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight''.

* IndyEscape: In the first level once the boss has been beaten...although due to bad coding you can jump over the boulder and end up with the paradoxical sight of [[InSovietRussia the boulder outrunning you.]] [[WebVideo/{{Retsupurae}} Follow that boulder, Indy!]]. Albeit several smaller rocks will try to get you too, but still.

The titular hero is made up of multiple sprites put together to create the illusion of more fluid movement, a sprite technique that would later be used to better effect by Capcom for ''VideoGame/XMenChildrenOfTheAtom'' on the Sentinel and {{Cyberbots}}, and Konami's ''CastlevaniaSymphonyOfTheNight''.

Further details about its plot are scarce due to the fact that no effort so far has been made in translating the cutscenes to English. For a more detailed attempt at analyzing this game, you can check out the Earnest/Annet trilogy shrine by RageQuitter87 [[http://rq87.flyingomelette.com/RQ/Annet/earnestmain.html here]], where he also has a look at ''El Viento'' and distant sequel ''Annet Futatabi''.

''Earnest Evans'' is a 1991 platform sidescroller made by Wolf Team, with music composed by MotoiSakuraba for the {{SEGA}} [[SegaCD MegaCD]] (in Japan only), with a watered down [[SegaGenesis Genesis/MegaDrive]] port released overseas. It is chronologically the first chapter of the "Earnest Evans trilogy", ironically being the only game in which you play as Earnest.

Or you can check out the game in its entierty via {{Retsupurae}}'s hilarious video of said game [[http://blip.tv/slowbeef/earnest-goes-to-anime-5467989 here]].

* IndyEscape: In the first level once the boss has been beaten...although due to bad coding you can jump over the boulder and end up with the paradoxical sight of [[InSovietRussia the boulder outrunning you.]] [[{{Retsupurae}} Follow that boulder, Indy!]]. Albeit several smaller rocks will try to get you too, but still.

* {{Expy}}: The game itself could be considered one big IndianaJones ripoff, with Earnest wielding a whip, outrunning a boulder (When the game works right), the game itself being set in the 1920s similar to the Indy movies generally being set around WorldWar2 and at one point you can get a powerup which has Earnest don a hat. Which also gives him a [[Castlevania2SimonsQuest flame whip]], leading to comparisons with Castlevania, including to do with the platforming elements and Earnest using a whip.

* DerangedAnimation: Earnest, who moves like an insane puppet and flails a whip around like he's insane.