Worms 3D (GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox)

Worms 3D
Developer: Team17 Publishers: Sega (EU), Acclaim Entertainment (US) Platforms: GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox Released in US: March 11, 2004 Released in EU: October 31, 2003 This game has unused graphics. This game has regional differences.

To do: Test maps, and LOTS of them. Numerous prototypes across all systems.

Worms enters the third dimension with Worms 3D, sparking a lot of debate among fans on how much the jump fits the franchise. A lot of the game's flaws would later be fixed with Worms 4: Mayhem.

Unused Graphics

All of the game's graphics can be found in ZIPDAT.ZIP.

E3 Demo 2003 Leftovers

These were inside the "Logos" folder of the game. Interestingly, they seem to be related to an earlier build of the game, specifically the E3 Demo 2003 build, judging by the text on the loading screen and the flag graphic. Note that there is a graphic depicting a title screen, which the final version doesn't have (at least until the PC version).

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  E3 Demo 2003 flag.

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  E3 Demo 2003 loading screenshot.

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  E3 Demo 2003 title screen.

water2.tga

The water texture has an alpha channel unseen in-game that reads "SOME THING".

GCMemcard.tga

In the US PlayStation 2 version is GcMemcard.tga, which appears to be crudely drawn numbers representing animation frames of the memory card icon.

Regional Differences

Different logos

Appropriately, the Sega logo is replaced with an Acclaim logo in the US version due to the change in publishers.

Removal of licensed music

The EU version's title theme is Shake Your Coconuts by Junior Senior. The US version replaces it with an original theme composed by Bjorn Lynne, presumably due to licensing issues.

The EU version's menu theme is also Shake Your Coconuts, only it's an instrumental this time. The US version replaces it with another Bjorn Lynne composition. The latter would later be used in all versions of Worms 4: Mayhem.