Worms (J2ME)

Worms
Developer: Team17 Publishers: THQ Platform: J2ME Released internationally: 2003 This game has unused text.

Worms games are very known for their J2ME versions apart from their console releases. There have been lots of different J2ME releases of Worms games, all thanks to the success of the first version from 2003.

Unused Text

The game has some unused strings inside the *_UTF8.txt files, and the text initializing function in i.class.

Ammo Names

The first strings from *_UTF8.txt files correspond to the ammo names. These ammo names are never shown in the game.

English	French	Spanish	German	Italian
Bazooka	Bazooka	Bazuca	Panzerfaust	Bazooka
Mortar	Mortier	Mortero	Minenwerfer	Mortaio
Cluster Bomb	Bombe à fragmentation	Bomba de racimo	Cluster-Bombe	Bomba
Grenade	Grenade	Granada	Granate	Granata
Dynamite	Dynamite	Dinamita	Dynamit	Dinamite

Back Button

Following the ammo names in *_UTF8.txt, there's a string for a "back" option in the menu, but an icon is used instead.

English	French	Spanish	German	Italian
Back	Retour	Atrás	Zurück	Indietro

Team Names

At the end of *_UTF8.txt, there are strings for the team names. These strings aren't used, as a "Red team won!" / "Blue team won!" string is used instead.

English	French	Spanish	German	Italian
Red team	Equipe rouge	Equipo rojo	Rotes Team	Squadra rossa
Blue Team	Equipe bleue	Equipo azul	Blaues Team	Squadra blu

Press Joystick

The last string from *_UTF8.txt is an unused press/move joystick string.

English	French	Spanish	German	Italian
Press joystick	Appuyer joystick	Mueve el joystick	Joystick drücken	Premi joystick

i.class

Inside i.class, there's a text initialization function where we can see more unused strings. If we decompile the file, we can see some of the previous unused strings are loaded in-game, and then ignored, and others are not even loaded. These unused strings are:
The "Weapon" string:

English	French	Spanish	German	Italian
Weapon	Arme	Arma	Waffe	Arma

and a

Worms

String.

Here is the decompiled function from i.class:

  private void decompiled_text_initializing_function()
  {
    try
    {
      String strings_file_name;
      switch (language)
      {
      case 1:
        strings_file_name = "fr_utf8.txt";
        d_class.HUD = new Player_HUD("/player_strip_fr.png", 3);
        weapon_string = "Arme";						//string initialized but unused!!
        break;
      case 2:
        strings_file_name = "es_utf8.txt";
        d_class.HUD = new Player_HUD("/player_strip_es.png", 3);
        weapon_string = "Arma";						//string initialized but unused!!
        break;
      case 3:
        strings_file_name = "de_utf8.txt";
        d_class.HUD = new Player_HUD("/player_strip_de.png", 3);
        weapon_string = "Waffe";					//string initialized but unused!!
        break;
      case 4:
        strings_file_name = "it_utf8.txt";
        d_class.HUD = new Player_HUD("/player_strip_it.png", 3);
        weapon_string = "Arma";						//string initialized but unused!!
        break;
      default:
        strings_file_name = "en_utf8.txt";
        d_class.HUD = new Player_HUD("/player_strip_en.png", 3);
        weapon_string = "Weapon";					//string initialized but unused!!
      }
      InputStream localInputStream = getClass().getResourceAsStream(strings_file_name);
      DataInputStream localDataInputStream = new DataInputStream(localInputStream);
      localDataInputStream.readUTF();						//"Bazooka" is skipped!!
      localDataInputStream.readUTF();						//"Mortar" is skipped!!
      localDataInputStream.readUTF();						//"Cluster Bomb" is skipped!!
      localDataInputStream.readUTF();						//"Grenade" is skipped!!
      localDataInputStream.readUTF();						//"Dynamite" is skipped!!
	  
      String str1 = "Worms";						//"Worms" string initialized but unused!!
      String str2 = localDataInputStream.readUTF();			//"Back" string initialized but unused!!
      String str3 = localDataInputStream.readUTF();			//"Start"
      String str4 = localDataInputStream.readUTF();			//"Options"
      String str5 = localDataInputStream.readUTF();			//"Instructions"
      String str6 = localDataInputStream.readUTF();			//"About"
      exit_String = localDataInputStream.readUTF();			//"Exit"
	  
      this.menu_Strings_Array[1][0] = str3;					//"Start"
      this.menu_Strings_Array[1][1] = str4;					//"Options"
      this.menu_Strings_Array[1][2] = str5;					//"Instructions"
      this.menu_Strings_Array[1][3] = str6;					//"About"
      this.menu_Strings_Array[1][4] = exit_String;				//"Exit"
      this.menu_Strings_Array[2][0] = localDataInputStream.readUTF();		//"Player vs. Player"
      this.menu_Strings_Array[2][1] = localDataInputStream.readUTF();		//"Player vs. Phone"
      this.menu_Strings_Array[3][0] = localDataInputStream.readUTF();		//"Sound"
      this.menu_Strings_Array[3][1] = localDataInputStream.readUTF();		//"Vibration"
      this.menu_Strings_Array[6][2] = localDataInputStream.readUTF();		//"Red team won!"
      this.menu_Strings_Array[6][3] = localDataInputStream.readUTF();		//"Blue team won!"
      this.menu_Strings_Array[4][0] = localDataInputStream.readUTF();		//Intructions content
      this.menu_Strings_Array[5][0] = localDataInputStream.readUTF();	//About content
	  //"Red team", "Blue team" and "Press joystick" strings get unread!!
    }
    catch (Exception localException)
    {
    }
  }