Worms: The Future of Yesterday's Worms Today(worm.net)
79 pointsby doener5 days ago16 comments
  • hnlmorg3 hours ago
    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.

    I created some worms sound packs loosely based on some of the pop songs on that era.

    Fun times.

    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).

    • chriswarbo2 hours ago
      > the original DOS games

      "Total Wormage" was on the Amiga, which became the original Worms. It was ported to other machines after:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worms_(series)#Development

      https://worms2d.info/Total_Wormage

      > an expansion to the original

      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!

    • Tweyan hour ago
      You might enjoy Liero (or its modern descendent OpenLieroX) which is similar to Worms but with real-time play (and kept the pixel vibes).
    • bananaboy2 hours ago
      Same - I always preferred the pixel art look to the smooth cartoony look!
  • tomkarho7 minutes ago
    Worms is such a masterpiece it is used to predict elections.
  • Nition2 hours ago
    Fun looking at the past history of that site.

    1999: https://web.archive.org/web/19990125104610/http://www.worm.n...

  • jackvalentine3 hours ago
    Not exactly sure what this is.

    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.

    • kombookchaan hour ago
      Hell yeah, my siblings and I did the same. Insane replay value for a single level like that.
    • noir_lordan hour ago
      Scorched Earth for me and my brother, I loved that game and it was one of the few times we ever got on.
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    • Markoff32 minutes ago
      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
      • hypercube338 minutes ago
        This was before broadband and pocket computers were big so we had to split screen or hot seat multiplayer on the family computer. It was a lot more in person and social and that may have been a big factor.
  • igleria3 hours ago
    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...
    • Izmaki2 hours ago
      It's definitely up there on the ladder, surely... :P
    • rbinv3 hours ago
      Well... has it been the best so far?
  • wartywhoa233 hours ago
    One of the best games ever made. I played since the first DOS version!
  • bananaboy2 hours ago
    The creator Andy Davidson has been posting some more fun stuff about worms over on X https://x.com/totalwormage/status/2087263286962094258
  • ziofillan hour ago
    Haaalleluja … BOOOOM!!
  • xorcist3 hours ago
    TIL that the Worms soundtrack was by Dr. Awesome / Crusaders. Still loving it!
  • jimbob453 hours ago
    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.
  • luqtas3 hours ago
    sometimes people violated the rules and used the donkey in local matches. some of them used to get pretty mad
  • archerx2 hours ago
    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.
  • jdw64an hour ago
    If you don't want to destroy a precious friendship, don't use the 'concrete donkey.'
  • infl8ed2 hours ago
    Why is this remix album so good?
  • doublerabbit2 hours ago
    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.

    Worms Armageddon was the bomb and the PlayStation One version brought original epic fun.

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