The Making of Worms (1995) | Documentary

[@JustGameplays_89]

Worms is an excellent series and was part of my childhood. I used to play 2 a lot and also a home version called Liero in which the two worms fought in real time! Good times!

[@onaretrotip]

Good times indeed. So many great memories playing it, especially local multiplayer.

[@MattyStoked]

Absolutely smashed this one, mate. What a labour of love! Incredible work, getting the whole team together to talk about Worms. I didn't have an Amiga so my exposure to Worms was DOS at first, but later on we'd play loads of the sequels on the PS1!

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks mate, and thanks again for a quality voice over! That's the thing; whatever system you had, it had Worms 😃

[@Stereozentrum]

You did the voice-over? It was indeed perfect! This way I could easily understand everything (not a native speaker btw).

[@onaretrotip]

​@@StereozentrumYes, Matt did the voice for Andy Davidson's bits (and nailed it).

[@Dessan01]

I knew Andy Davidson a little bit, he was from Ossett and attended the same college as me in nearby Leeds. Honestly he was absolutely mad from what I remember 😂 last I heard he’d gone down south to open a juice bar but I’m going back about 20 years there. We of course all knew he’d created worms from his bedroom as a younger teenager so that did give him a lot of Kudos.

[@onaretrotip]

I see he's doing a new version of Director's Cut for the Amiga next year (for the 30th anniversary).

[@RDJ134]

Great documentry enjoying this very much Team 17 where great, and remembering me of better days :)

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you very much! I miss those days 😢

[@garytryagain]

a great artillery videogame and an artistic and innovate way to continue scorched earth legacy, which is still a fun casual game to play anytime.. Battleship of course being the originator. The animations, sound effects, customization and different dubs helped a lot for immersion. Bjørn Lynne made a movie soundtrack and knew how to create an apocalyptic mood. For a E rating game it didn't treat you like a child, kids as me were completely into it. Team17 had an ambitious team back then.

[@onaretrotip]

That whole '90s era was really the perfect storm for creativity in games.

[@FlatThumb]

The rush of using a ninja rope on custom maps of Worms: Armageddon will forever be one of my favourite gaming memories as a child. ❤

[@onaretrotip]

Good times! 😃

[@dmquil]

Never watched your content before but this was really well made! Thanks for the work.

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks so much for watching. Much appreciated :)

[@Matropolis]

Keep worming! Another awesome documentary dude! Loved it! The cutscenes and audio were so cool and funny! Now I have to go play this 😀

[@lifeschool]

Your docos are always so well done.

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you! Too kind.

[@Dwedit]

Worms 1 (DOS) had two bugs that were really fun to exploit. One bug was the "Infinite Turns Bug", where you select Shotgun and walk into a mine. You lost the ability to use the right click weapon selector, but could still use function keys (F1, etc) to select weapons. You had unlimited turns to keep shooting weapons, limited only by the turn clock. For some reason, you could get extra time by using the blowtorch. If you let the time run out, the game softlocked, but you could finish your turn by firing the shotgun. The other bug was the bug that let the Uzi shoot bazooka/dynamite shots, which were extremely damaging and ate away huge sections of the terrain. Use the mouse to select the Uzi, and while left clicking, hold F1+Space (for Bazooka) or F5+Space (for Dynamite). One further bug was that the US DOS CD was improperly mastered, one audio track was duplicated, and the menu command to "Play Worms Theme Song" instead played the duplicated stage music track, and not the worms theme song.

[@onaretrotip]

Haha awesome! Thank you.

[@loldoctor]

Amazing you can remember the precise F-keys. Some things just stick in your brain, eh?

[@Dwedit]

Just retested it on the current version of Worms Reinforcements available on Steam. The infinite turns bug does not work, but the overpowered Uzi bug does.

[@SECONDQUEST]

Really cool you got to interview the devs! Great video!

[@Retro_B8]

One of my all time favourite games, really looking forward to this mate

[@onaretrotip]

Mine too, Paul!

[@LukaMMikic]

Can't believe there are real people behind this game. ❤ great video, thanks

[@onaretrotip]

Nice hearing from the people who made it happen. Thanks for watching!

[@PenneyPixels]

Lovely stuff. As informative as ever and really interesting!

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks so much, Rob!

[@pro-storm4951]

makes me want to boot up worms now, many great memories with those games

[@onaretrotip]

Me too! So many good nights playing with friends.

[@graduator14]

Amazing documentary for an amazing game! You've certainly opened a can of worms with this one!

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@Stereozentrum]

Thanks for this great retrospective! :)

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@Stereozentrum]

@@onaretrotip You're welcome :) Looking forward to the next video!

[@Stereozentrum]

@@onaretrotip ​ @onaretrotip And as I statet in the premiere chat yesterday: It was very fascinating to see great game composer Bjorn Lynne for the first time in a live interview. Thanks again!

[@samsungs21ultra97]

Used to play this with my dad in the weekends before going to bed

[@onaretrotip]

Nice! Wish mine had shown any interest in games, that sounds great.

[@DadLadsGaming]

I mentioned at Blackpool, I've never been a fan of Worms Pete but I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of this. Really engaging and enthusiastic guys.....top job mate👍👍

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks a lot, Marcus!

[@BOSSposes]

Worms animations are what got me into animation today fkn loved those little funnies

[@alexevaldez]

Arguably one of the first sandbox sandbox games

[@onaretrotip]

It's definitely a landmark game!

[@GoodTato]

they call me the worm

[@onaretrotip]

😂😂😂

[@AndyHugRetro]

Well done Pete, absolutely brilliant video for a well deserving game. I must have hundreds of hours in Worms and Worms 2, fantastic couch multiplayer games.

[@davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533]

Another brilliant interview mate, has to be one of the greatest multiplayer games ever created. Cheers for the company on a loooong night shift.

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks, David! Oh, without a doubt one of the greatest local multiplayer games.

[@WhiteGoldtube]

Wow, had no idea my favourite computer shop Microbytes in Wakefield, where I used to buy comadore c64 games, then amiga games was tied to the classic Worms game. My mum still reminds me that when coming home after buying it, I shouted out while walking down our drive "mum I've got worms" haha.

[@shableep]

I am SO PUMPED for this

[@onaretrotip]

💪

[@chriselyr2484]

Oh! I look forward to it! Love your content.

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you very much! Hope you enjoy it.

[@Mightyguybrush2]

Mate that was bloody excellent

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you very much!

[@dabadoo7631]

Man Miami chase WAS GTA huh, GTA was even called Race and Chase in the beginning , the more you know!

[@onaretrotip]

Indeed!

[@coinopanimator]

Worms is one of my favorite post club comedown.

[@badwolf66]

*LET'S WORMIN' GOOOO!!!*

[@onaretrotip]

😵

[@kingstarscream320]

Worms Odyssey with the rumble pack.

[@onaretrotip]

This guy Worms.

[@OnyeNacho]

The substitute VA for Andy Davidson sounds like Modern Vintage Gamer.

[@lukie-world]

This was really great!

[@onaretrotip]

Ah, thanks so much!

[@modzliszka]

Great work thank you

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you for watching!

[@mr.c.2888]

great work man

[@shenanigans10101]

I'm a new subscriber, this is the first notification bell I've clicked on. Keep up the good work

[@onaretrotip]

Thank you!

[@TheDaftApple]

My favourite game of all time. I've been playing the OG today on the Saturn

[@onaretrotip]

@@TheDaftApple Awesome!

[@theSoundCarddatabase]

See you there!

[@onaretrotip]

😃

[@Gary_Hun]

Not getting recognized in any way shape or form for a piece of work sent in for a competition does happen sometimes, i can attest to that. It really bites. When there are clearly inferior stuff among the awarded pieces compared to your thing, and you apparently did not deserve even a sorry.

[@onaretrotip]

😞

[@frilansspion]

Thanks really enjoyed this! Too bad you couldnt get the man himself on video but maybe he has his reasons. Maybe hes covered in worms or something. You worked around it nicely though. Off topic but sound FX CDs is a pretty interesting phenomenon, I know that one reason a lot of anime has a certain sound "vocabulary" is because a certain one of those packs got popular around the studios, maybe theres something similar going on for games...thatd be a bitch to try to research though I guess

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks! Yeah, would've loved Andy on camera, but he doesn't like doing interviews live, which is fair enough. Yeah, Bjørn isn't the first to tell me about using those SFX CD libraries. Graeme Norgate and Grant Kirkhope, who did GoldenEye 64's soundtrack, also told me they used a similar library. That explains why you'll hear the same noises in multiple games. The most famous is the Doom doors sound effect, which one you know it, you'll hear all over (in films, etc). It's like the Wilhelm scream LOL

[@GetAFixVisuals]

🔔 on

[@onaretrotip]

Thanks!

[@MattyStoked]

YES MATE LET'S GO

[@onaretrotip]

💪💪💪

[@timothydavies5337]

awsome

[@onaretrotip]

🙂

[@jasonmetcalfe4695]

so many hours wasted on this game in my teenage years, would love to find a PC copy again

[@onaretrotip]

Me too. One of the greatest local multiplayer games ever!

[@jasonmetcalfe4695]

@@onaretrotip totally

[@TheRampageTulk]

I’ve been in the waiting chat for 2 years!

[@onaretrotip]

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[@TheRampageTulk]

@@onaretrotip 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@TheRampageTulk]

@@onaretrotip I’ve never seen anyone send a gif through a KZbin comment before 🤣🤣🤣

[@onaretrotip]

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[@w.lf404]

Damn you are weird bro

[@FARDEENKHANQWE123]

wormy peepul, grozz.

[@kron520]

Premieres in 11 days. Poop.

[@onaretrotip]

LOL

[@raafmaat]

did you missclick or something? premieres in 11 days? ??

[@raafmaat]

The premiere function is busted anyway, often times we dont get a notification even if we click the notify me button..... wich is annoying for 12 hour premieres since we have to look quite a way back through our feed history! but with a 11 days premiere it will be impossible to find back! so i will probably totally miss the release in 11 days, and only later when u post the next vid will i remember to have a look back on your channel ;)

[@onaretrotip]

That's the premiere though. When the video goes live it'll be in your feed as if it was just posted, not as if it was posted 11 days ago.

[@raafmaat]

@@onaretrotip ah right, fingers crossed!

[@belstar1128]

I never like this game it seemed like it was very popular during my childhood probably number 2 after Pokémon.

[@onaretrotip]

Yeah, really massive in the '90s. I think because it's such an easily accessible multiplayer game, because you only need one controller (pass and play).

[@belstar1128]

@@onaretrotip yea maybe the game is way too hard single player

[@pro-storm4951]

Martyn Brown sounds like he's trying to talk sober after a long night at the pub

[@onaretrotip]

Martyn has had two strokes, hence the slurred speech.

[@lukewhiston2078]

@@onaretrotip I was wondering this, it's a horrendous thing to happen - he did well considering. Enoying these docs covering the people behind games I played as a kid/teen, thank you!

[@onaretrotip]

​@@lukewhiston2078​​ Yes, he's an absolute legend for not letting it stop him! Ah thanks, I absolutely love doing these and only wish i could do them more often.

[@JamsterJules]

How pissed was Martyn?

[@onaretrotip]

Um, he wasn't. Martyn has suffered two strokes.

[@JamsterJules]

​@onaretrotip ah ok. Great video though - one of your best 👌

[@onaretrotip]

@@JamsterJules Thank you. I will probably delete the parent comment shortly after you've had a chance to read my reply.

[@phatJtrigga]

Maybe interviewing Martyn while he was black our drunk was in bad taste. But overall great video.

[@onaretrotip]

Martyn has had two strokes, which is why his speech is slurred. Perhaps the bad taste is writing comments like this before thinking.

[@WhiteGoldtube]

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