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

Joystick	DOS	Nov, 1995	92 out of 100	92
Nintendo Land	SNES	2003	91 out of 100	91
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	SEGA Saturn	May, 1996	8.6 out of 10	86
Coming Soon Magazine	DOS	Nov, 1996	86 out of 100	86
Mac Ledge	Macintosh	Feb 11, 1997	8.5 out of 10	85
Pelit	DOS	Jan, 1996	85 out of 100	85
World Village (Gamer's Zone)	DOS	1996		80
High Score	DOS	Jan, 1996	4 out of 5	80
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	DOS	Jan, 1996	60 out of 100	60
GamePro	SEGA Saturn	Jun, 1996	2.5 out of 5	50

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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.