Andy dedicates this release to his mum and dad.<p><a href="https://shows.acast.com/63b458521043e00011114396/episodes/690b5ce2317c91fd9a77203f" rel="nofollow">https://shows.acast.com/63b458521043e00011114396/episodes/69...</a><p>> Mum used to tell me a story about when I first saw the Amiga. I was about 12 years old and she said my face 'lit up' in a way that she'd never seen before. And then she went straight back to dad and said "We're going to have to work extra shifts, so we can get an Amiga", and that wasn't possible for about a couple of years until the Amiga 500 came out. I'm doing an update to Worms DC at the moment and I'm gonna dedicate that to my mum and dad because, without them, without them getting me that computer, I don't know which direction I would've gone in.<p>Hopefully your parents also encouraged you to live your dreams, and sacrificed to get you the computer(s) you always wanted. And if you are parents now, I hope you'll do the same for your children.
I played a lot of worms in college. The shotgun was my weapon of choice - I would play with a ruler so I could snipe people across the level with it. The slippery surface physics meant that planning your shots to move around your opponent rather than damage them was a lot more effective. Getting good with mobility tools like rope or jet pack helped a lot too.<p>The super weapons were the great equalizer for less skilled players, but still a lot of fun.<p>Good times. Newer games, my biggest complaint was the less slippery terrain.
My journey was: gorilla.bas -> scorched earth -> worms armageddon -> worms world party. Endless hours playing with my siblings.<p>The best matches were the ones that we only allowed grenades, bazookas, mortars and other few basic short range weapons.
I had Worms United (I think it was called) which was basically an expansion to the original DOS game that allowed for custom levels and SFX.<p>I created some worms sound packs loosely based on some of the pop songs on that era.<p>Fun times.<p>I never quite got into the later Worms games. Visually they looked great and the controls felt similar, but it was all a bit too cartoonish for my liking. However that might just have been because I was used to the original DOS games. But even now, I still crave that pixel art aesthetic in games (not just Worms).
> the original DOS games<p>"Total Wormage" was on the Amiga, which became the original Worms. It was ported to other machines after:<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worms_(series)#Development" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worms_(series)#Development</a><p><a href="https://worms2d.info/Total_Wormage" rel="nofollow">https://worms2d.info/Total_Wormage</a><p>> an expansion to the original<p>Not sure about DOS versions, but Worms: The Director's Cut is a heavily-expanded version of the original: more weapons, custom levels (allowing 16 colours instead of 8, IIRC), etc. Highly recommended!
You might enjoy Liero (or its modern descendent OpenLieroX) which is similar to Worms but with real-time play (and kept the pixel vibes).
Same - I always preferred the pixel art look to the smooth cartoony look!
Anyone got any thoughts on which Worms I should be buying on Steam?<p>Worms Armageddon is on there, which is the one I remember from my childhood. Or am I better off with Worms WMD?
Played a lot of Worms Armageddon when I was a kid. WMD is the best one by far and carries Armageddon's spirit. The others lost the script trying to make cooler games.
I'd say WMD is the best.
Not exactly sure what this is.<p>But I'm so excited to play Worms with my kids when they're old enough. My sister and I _endlessly_ played the same level in a worms 2 demo almost 30 years ago.
Hell yeah, my siblings and I did the same. Insane replay value for a single level like that.
Scorched Earth for me and my brother, I loved that game and it was one of the few times we ever got on.
I would not get my hopes very high, it's my favorite game to play with kids on PS3 (Worms Armageddon), but they don't seem to like it as much as me, they would rather play Sonic All Stars Racing, Rayman Legends, NHL or other games, they don't share my love for Atomic Bomberman either and it's not about old graphics, they really liked TMNT Turtles in Time or Sunset Riders on emulator
Fun looking at the past history of that site.<p>1999: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/19990125104610/http://www.worm.net/" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/19990125104610/http://www.worm.n...</a>
The creator Andy Davidson has been posting some more fun stuff about worms over on X <a href="https://x.com/totalwormage/status/2087263286962094258" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/totalwormage/status/2087263286962094258</a>
I remember being 10 and getting worms world party. I really was convinced that was going to be the best game I'd play for the rest of my life. Ahhh the nostalgia...
I wish I could play it on a macbook with my team online.
Worms 2 and then Worms World Party were BANGERS. I've given both hundreds of hours if not more. Still love 'em.
One of the best games ever made. I played since the first DOS version!
TIL that the Worms soundtrack was by Dr. Awesome / Crusaders. Still loving it!
Haaalleluja … BOOOOM!!
>This speechbank contains content some may consider offensive. The 90s, eh? It was a different time.<p>Good old times...
same times, y'all non-rich non-poor 90s and 00s kids just went face down ass up too much, is all. FU for being good boys, I thought that was a daddy issue kind of girl thing
I had a babysitter that worked through the WWP campaign with me and we enjoyed it. It really became more inventive than you’d expect a campaign like that to be. For example, you get the bow, infinite weapon firing per turn, and infinite ammo. You’re meant to shoot arrows until you create a bridge to the next platform.
Worms is such a masterpiece it is used to predict elections.
sometimes people violated the rules and used the donkey in local matches. some of them used to get pretty mad
I remember bringing worms 1 on a diskette to my schools computer lab and playing with classmates, we all got hook and had good times. Then Worms Armageddon came out many days after school were enjoyed blasting each other with bazookas, sheep and holy hand grenades.
If you don't want to destroy a precious friendship, don't use the 'concrete donkey.'
Why is this remix album so good?
More the nerdy side of things but the multiplayer element used IRC as communication and matchmaking infrastructure. Command & Conquer RA2 series too utilised IRC for matchmaking, Dreamforge IRCd to be exact.<p>Worms Armageddon was the bomb and the PlayStation One version brought original epic fun.