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Earthworm Jim (Sega Master System, Game Gear)

In another one of those port-of-a-port situations, Earthworm Jim on the Game Gear is pretty much just the Game Boy version with the added color and worse audio that comes with the territory of being a Game Gear game. Oh yeah, and a massive, ugly, pixelated HUD.

Level Select Text#

This needs some investigation.
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Specifically: Could actually be in-game (pre-stage) text, though not all of the strings may be used...

Stored at xF4A5 in the ROM is text for what appears to be a level select:

NEW JUNK CITY
WHAT THE HECK?
SNOT A PROBLEM
FOR PETE>S SAKE
SNOWMAN BOSS
EVIL THE CAT
DOWN THE TUBES
POD RACE
HELICOPTER
BUTTVILLE
ANDY ASTEROIDS ?
P S Y C R O W
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