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** As for individual levels, Big Bruty, from the [[Sega CD]] and Windows 95 versions of the original, gets this, even being excluded from the [[Video Game Remake|HD remake]]. If not for the [[Wii]] [[Virtual Console]] release of the port of the [[Sega Genesis]]/Megadrive version, Who Turned Out the Lights, which also got shafted from the HD remake, would have been this as well. And then there are the speeches, which serve as alternate endings in the [[Sega CD]] and Windows 95 versions as well.
** As for individual levels, Big Bruty, from the [[Sega CD]] and Windows 95 versions of the original, gets this, even being excluded from the [[Video Game Remake|HD remake]]. If not for the [[Wii]] [[Virtual Console]] release of the port of the [[Sega Genesis]]/Megadrive version, Who Turned Out the Lights, which also got shafted from the HD remake, would have been this as well. And then there are the speeches, which serve as alternate endings in the [[Sega CD]] and Windows 95 versions as well.
* [[Port Overdosed]]: The original game. Not only was it ported to every contemporary system, including handhelds, but it has been almost continually re-released since then.
* [[Port Overdosed]]: The original game. Not only was it ported to every contemporary system, including handhelds, but it has been almost continually re-released since then.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: A [[PSP]] game was planned, and apparently almost done, but due to financial difficulties, it was cancelled.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: A [[Play Station Portable]] game was planned, and apparently almost done, but due to financial difficulties, it was cancelled.
** [[Sega]] also considered the possibility of putting a port of the [[Sega Genesis]]/Mega Drive version of the original on [[Xbox Live Arcade]], and made a poll with some other games to see people's opinions on whether it or other games should be on there. They scrapped that possibility when they found out that [[Gameloft]] was working on an [[Video Game Remake|HD remake]] for the same service.
** [[Sega]] also considered the possibility of putting a port of the [[Sega Genesis]]/Mega Drive version of the original on [[Xbox Live Arcade]], and made a poll with some other games to see people's opinions on whether it or other games should be on there. They scrapped that possibility when they found out that [[Gameloft]] was working on an [[Video Game Remake|HD remake]] for the same service.
** Both [[Doug Ten Napel]] and David Perry initially served as minor consultants for ''Earthworm Jim [[Third Is 3D|3D]]'', but were dropped for unknown reasons. One can only wonder how it would have turned out had they stayed.
** Both [[Doug Ten Napel]] and David Perry initially served as minor consultants for ''Earthworm Jim [[Third Is 3D|3D]]'', but were dropped for unknown reasons. One can only wonder how it would have turned out had they stayed.

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Trivia about Earthworm Jim (video game) includes:

  • Creator Backlash: Creator Doug Ten Napel and original series designer David Perry both hated what was done in Earthworm Jim 3D, but couldn't legally do anything to stop it. Doug in particular felt that Earthworm Jim 3D ruined the series.
  • God Does Not Own This World: The only reason Earthworm Jim 3D was allowed to go as it was.
  • Keep Circulating the Tapes: Earthworm Jim 3D and Menace 2 the Galaxy. Not that anyone cares.
    • As for individual levels, Big Bruty, from the Sega CD and Windows 95 versions of the original, gets this, even being excluded from the HD remake. If not for the Wii Virtual Console release of the port of the Sega Genesis/Megadrive version, Who Turned Out the Lights, which also got shafted from the HD remake, would have been this as well. And then there are the speeches, which serve as alternate endings in the Sega CD and Windows 95 versions as well.
  • Port Overdosed: The original game. Not only was it ported to every contemporary system, including handhelds, but it has been almost continually re-released since then.
  • What Could Have Been: A Play Station Portable game was planned, and apparently almost done, but due to financial difficulties, it was cancelled.
    • Sega also considered the possibility of putting a port of the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive version of the original on Xbox Live Arcade, and made a poll with some other games to see people's opinions on whether it or other games should be on there. They scrapped that possibility when they found out that Gameloft was working on an HD remake for the same service.
    • Both Doug Ten Napel and David Perry initially served as minor consultants for Earthworm Jim 3D, but were dropped for unknown reasons. One can only wonder how it would have turned out had they stayed.
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