Worms

Description

Worms is a turn-based strategy game. It features up to 4 teams of 4 worms, aiming to destroy the others on a generated terrain. Each worm has 100 hit points, and dies when his hit points fall to 0. Upon death, a worm explodes, causing damage to everyone around.

Gameplay is turn-based. Each turn, the player can control one specific worm from his team. The worm can crawl left and right or jump. However, there is a time limit to make a move; also, if the worm falls from a great height, it loses health and the turn ends immediately; and if a worm falls into water or offscreen, it dies. Each turn, a worm can also make a single attack: the player can aim up and down, choose a weapon and then fire it. After attacking, the turn ends.

There's a lot of weapons available - the standard ones as bazookas (which is affected by the (random) wind settings and gravity) and grenades. The others include a Fire Punch, dynamite, air strikes, and utilities such as ropes and girders.

There are 10 styles of terrain, ranging from forests and deserts to Candy land and the moon (complete with affected gravity). Shots leave craters in the ground, and complex tunnels can be formed.

Alternate Titles

• "Total Wormage" -- Working title

Part of the Following Groups

• Artillery clones
• Games with randomly generated environments
• Worms series

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User Reviews

The original version...the original game... and it's the best!	Amiga	pottyboy (67)
Have you ever seen a a tank with a grappling hook? Neither have I	DOS	Alex Man (32)
One of the cutest games ever.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4476)
Take THAT Ringo Starr!	DOS	Michelle (163)

The Press Says

CU Amiga	Amiga CD32	Jan, 1996	95 out of 100	95
Game Players	SEGA Saturn	May, 1996	94 out of 100	94
PC Player (Denmark)	DOS	1996	92 out of 100	92
Absolute Playstation	PlayStation	Sep, 1996	9 out of 10	90
World Village (Gamer's Zone)	DOS	1996		80
High Score	DOS	Jan, 1996	4 out of 5	80
GameSpot	DOS	May 01, 1996	7.6 out of 10	76
PC Player (Germany)	DOS	Nov, 1995	69 out of 100	69
GamePro	SEGA Saturn	Jun, 1996	2.5 out of 5	50
Sega-16.com	Genesis	Mar 03, 2008	4 out of 10	40

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Trivia

Replacement sounds were made available shortly after the release of Worms that include dialects like Scottish, Finnish, British, etc. Some are extremely funny.