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  1. There's been five Worm CYOA (plus one Jumpchain, and one completely insane version). Some of these CYOA have had multiple updates/revisions to them, but I'm only counting them as one CYOA. In order of release (not counting the Jumpchain, which would probably be #4) they are:
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  3. #1- https://imgur.com/a/CaVa4
  4. #2- https://imgur.com/a/SpOdK
  5. #3- https://imgur.com/a/8zwS6
  6. #4- https://imgur.com/a/SPNxH
  7. #5- https://imgur.com/a/jypS4
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  9. #1
  10. First posted about by an anon on July 18, 2014. Post number 33498924, for those interested in looking for it in the archives. Sporadic discussion follows this (33507483, 33713249, 34369644). A WIP/Preview of the companions page was posted on July 31, 2014 (33787483), and a second WIP/Preview of the first page was posted on September 16 (34910971, note that it's slightly different from the final version's).
  11. The completed CYOA was posted for the first time on September 21, 2014. Post number 35024401.
  12. No revisions were made, but on March 7, 2015 an imgur user (username JeroenLimbeek2) made a "fan expansion" with ten additional powers, which is frequently included with the rest of the CYOA.
  13. Alternate links: https://imgur.com/a/eu30N, https://imgur.com/a/WpthI, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7BuylZWKxemSWFnaTdDNm00eWc, https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qs4ymgxa5zcj4kt/AAD1b9GDtgemU_TArvIBK3e9a/Worm%20CYOA/Original?dl=0
  14. PDF (including "Fan Expansion"): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7BuylZWKxemOERwcE1jVS1obGM/view
  15. "Fan Expansion": https://imgur.com/i1QWZfU
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  17. #2
  18. First posted (in pure text form) on "Sufficient Velocity" (under the username "CatScannerDarkly") forums on February 13, 2015, and shortly afterward on Spacebattles (Under the username "Tylenol"). The first image revision was posted later the same day. A lot of revisions were made very rapidly (more than three, despite the version numbers). The only differences between revisions are new background images and minor clarifications in the text. The second-to-most-recent revision was made on February 18, 2015. The most recent revision was just a touch-up to the graphics of the second-to-most-recent one, apparently made with the assistance of #1's author. It was posted on April 24, 2015. The author answered questions and discussed the CYOA up until December 4, 2015 (and gave a response to a question regarding the image sources on March 4, 2016).
  19. Some people, particularly on Spacebattles/Sufficient Velocity, refer to this one as "Version 3" because of the version number at the top, not realizing that the version number was referring to this person's efforts at revising their own Worm CYOA. These people tend to think that #3 was the second one. If you see a Worm CYOA with "God Mode," "Standard," and "Skitter Mode," it's almost certainly a version of this one. Most of the earlier ones had starfield/nebula backgrounds and no images for individual options, while the final revision had a cityscape and pictures for the difficulty and power options.
  20. Alternate link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bwl-aJm3wG4nYjFYRHIxN0RZUWs (with an unrelated page from #1)
  21. Earlier Version: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qs4ymgxa5zcj4kt/AADQELEDx02jKZgJ4M6mQ5dBa/Worm%20CYOA/Revised?dl=0
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  23. #3
  24. First posted on the Spacebattles forums (under the username "Sun Tzu") on March 13, 2015. Author answered questions for quite some time afterward (they last discussed/mentioned their CYOA on July 12, 2017), but there were no revisions.
  25. Alternate links: https://imgur.com/a/oEETP, https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bwl-aJm3wG4nQmRkOWg5eklpc2c, https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qs4ymgxa5zcj4kt/AADqpGpcIyXuW5H0bvp6i7Via/Worm%20CYOA/Alternative?dl=0
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  27. #4
  28. First posted (in text form) on the Spacebattles forums (under the username "Updatedude") on March 6, 2016. A complete text version was posted on March 8, and another on March 13. The first image version was posted on March 15, on 4chan as well as Spacebattles. Further image revisions were posted on both boards. The final/most recent revision was posted on March 23, with some drastic changes. The 4chan thread numbers, for those interested in looking through the archives for the early WIPs, are #45996341, #46020748, #46057493, #46074637, #46106533, #46153295, #46168258, #46175828, and #46198418.
  29. The 'expansion' was posted on March 31 (thread #46358077 for the 4chan thread).
  30. Alternate link: https://imgur.com/a/n76mF (does not contain expansion), https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7BuylZWKxemQkUxZDM4cVRVVTg (contains expansion)
  31. Expansion: https://imgur.com/Qgme8yt
  32. Early Version: https://imgur.com/a/wfN0z/, https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qs4ymgxa5zcj4kt/AAAsx6YhG4EGpujG5O4qaNG_a/Worm%20CYOA/Another%20One?dl=0
  33. Later (but not final) Version: https://imgur.com/a/QV1Kn/
  34. Alternate link including both the final (+expansion) and an earlier version: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bwl-aJm3wG4nTDBGTldpbkJhc1k
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  36. #5
  37. First posted on Reddit (under the username "3_tankista") on April 28, 2016. An updated version ("Update Aleph") was posted on Reddit on May 8. On June 4 a further updated version ("Update Bet") was posted on 4chan (post number 47609244), and was revised a few times based on feedback in the thread (still under the title "Update Bet"). A final revision of Update Bet was posted on 4chan on June 5 (post number 47628394), with the author stating "The update is finalized, I won't come back to make any new changes for quite a while."
  38. The author began to collect feedback for a new revision on 4chan in early 2017, and posted a WIP on March 17 (post #52222215). The third revision, "Update Gimel," was posted on 4chan on May 14, 2017 (post number 53232799) and on Reddit the same day, with comments indicating they intended to (eventually) make further revisions.
  39. Alternate links: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bwl-aJm3wG4nbEhjdzdjM3hiSms, https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qs4ymgxa5zcj4kt/AAAVrCJ4rWvZgdKRbzJFVtqYa/Worm%20CYOA/Gimel?dl=0
  40. Original: https://imgur.com/a/xKZRb
  41. Update Aleph: https://imgur.com/a/ufr2r
  42. Update Bet: https://imgur.com/a/ZmWe6, https://www.dropbox.com/sh/qs4ymgxa5zcj4kt/AADveoF54B4GQ7Ytnq9GcFFVa/Worm%20CYOA/Worm%20%235?dl=0
  43. Collection containing original, Update Aleph, and Update Bet: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bwl-aJm3wG4ncE9NamVzZ21wTGs
  44. "Cut Up" version of Update Bet ("Original" folder contains unedited version): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7BuylZWKxemLVJjSXV4VUNnNEE
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  46. Jumpchain - https://imgur.com/a/h352M
  47. My dates are less likely to be accurate here because I really don't give a fuck. First proposed as a jump on September 23, 2014 (post number 35059288). Somebody actually starts working on it on November 14, 2014 (post number 36164745).
  48. The earliest versions of it, which appear to have been pretty complete, were in Pastebins with limited lifespans. The first I can find was posted on March 5, 2015 (38487296), another was posted on April 3, 2015 (39107759). Given the date, http://pastebin.com/uijSe6uq is probably a copy-paste of the first one.
  49. The final Jump seems to have been posted on April 16, 2015.
  50. A preview of a new revision was posted on July 27, 2017 (post number 54559964).
  51. Alternate link (PDF): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1qb0_OLhDrDUjNpSHQxbU41Qm8/view
  52. Preview of Update: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2pd-4GrgGS9MlpRVFhKV1I5M00/view
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  54. Batshit Insane- http://nightgazer.altervista.org/Nightgazer's_Worm_CYOA/Nightgazer's_Worm_CYOA.htm
  55. First talked about on the Spacebattles forums (under the username "Nightgazer Starlight") on March 4, 2016. The author posts it for the first time on March 7, 2016. To my recollection (only the most recent revision is accessible), the early revisions of this one were actually playable. They were essentially just a mashup of versions 1 and 2 with MLP elements thrown in. Now it has to be seen to be believed. I find it legitimately sad. I think it's pretty likely the author has some form of mental illness, and I don't mean that it some sort of snarky sense. The way they conduct themselves when talking about their "CYOA," their tenacity in posting about it, and the fact that they're making something like this given their alleged age (44, according to their Spacebattles profile) paint a really sad picture.
  56. This version has been under constant revision, up to the present day (August 9, 2017 at the time of this writing).
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