Worms (1995) [MS-DOS]

Worms is an artillery strategy video game developed by Team17 and released in 1995. It is the first game in the Worms series of video games.
Worms is a turn based game where a player controls a team of worms against other teams of worms that are controlled by a computer or human opponent. The aim is to use various weapons to kill the worms on the other teams and have the last surviving worm(s).
The game was originally created by Andy Davidson as an entry for a Blitz BASIC programming competition run by the Amiga Format magazine, a cut-down version of the programming language having been covermounted previously. The game at this stage was called Total Wormage (possibly in reference to Total Carnage) and it did not win the competition. Davidson sent the game to several publishers with no success. He then took the game to the European Computer Trade Show, where he met with Mark Foreman - Head Games Buyer at GEM Distribution. Mark suggested to Andy that he should speak to Ocean/Team17 as they would be an ideal partner - they also had a stand at the show. Team17 made an offer on-the-spot to develop and publish the game.
The game's graphics and sound design is primarily 'cartoon-like' (though less so than the later games in the series). Levels designs are randomly generated by the use of alpha-numeric strings as their seeds. The object and landscape sets used to generate the field are arranged into 'themes' including forests, martian landscapes, beaches and 'hell'.
Worms is the first in the Worms series of games. A remake, also called Worms, for the Xbox 360 was released in 2007. It has since been released to the PS3, in April 2009, and on the iPhone on July 11, 2009.
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[@iseeu-fp9po]

Man I loved this game so much as a kid! I later played some of the sequels but I still think this one is the best. Ah, the nostalgia.

[@TylerMcNamer]

The formula has never changed ever since! Team 17 knew exactly what they were doing and they stuck to it!

[@EnhancedNightmare]

Not always, the 3d ones were a bit of a mistake lol

[@TylerMcNamer]

Only difference in the 3D games is that you can move in many directions other than left and right, but the core mechanic is still there when playing the games.

[@A.theboy333]

Until rumble

[@Hatsworthful]

@@EnhancedNightmare worms 3d (and worms forts) were messy but worms 4 mayhem/ultimate mayhem was pretty damn good

[@Sean-ec7ov]

@@Hatsworthful agreed, worm 4 mayhem was amazing

[@0Imtheslime0]

the BEST worms.. I have sunk so many hours into the original Worms back in the 90´s its ridiculous. Now my son who is the same age as me when i played it, loves it.. We play it again everytime he is at my place.. Classic!!!

[@jimreily7538]

Lol, two generations of people playing the same game. Now that's a sign of how good Worms is !

[@fredericklasch630]

Good old memories...

[@kylonikolai1465]

Pro tip: you can watch series on Kaldrostream. Me and my gf have been using them for watching lots of of movies during the lockdown.

[@marcoalvaro627]

@Kylo Nikolai Definitely, been watching on KaldroStream for years myself =)

[@korbynpaxton410]

@Kylo Nikolai yup, have been watching on kaldrostream for months myself :)

[@tristenbrayan6912]

@Kylo Nikolai yup, I have been using kaldroStream for months myself =)

[@juniorjason583]

@Kylo Nikolai yup, have been using Kaldrostream for months myself =)

[@Markymark0128]

Worms was so much fun.

[@samuelshackelford6250]

Favorite game as an kid

[@xenos_n.]

One of the best multiplayer games ever made. I don't remember this version. I'm in America and played it a ton when it first came out PC, this one definitely has some differences. My favorite is Worms 2 but this is a close second. I miss the art style of the original, but part 2 was excellent with the amount of customization, online play, and level editing. It would be really cool if they made a retro version of the game with this sprite art and huge amounts of weapons & customization with online play.

[@Dosgamert]

I have got a longplay video of all missions of Worms 2 on my channel too! Sometimes we play Worms Armageddon online with the community too!

[@deathmaybeyoursantaclaus]

It's a while ago, but I remember you could replace the worms' voices with your own. Not an in-built feature, just something you could do if you played around with the game data IIRC.

[@Daemeous]

I love the irony with the names. Fall fell into the water, Spring teleported onto a spring.

[@socialjusticewarrior2316]

well spotted

[@nicholasalbeck7114]

To me this is clearly better than the sequels.

[@Hamburgaga]

3d one is still the best one

[@BasedAhmed]

thats the nostalgia

[@nicholasalbeck7114]

@@BasedAhmed I think it's actually the design. The later versions were filled with pandering bullshit

[@BasedAhmed]

@@nicholasalbeck7114 i do love this though, but I really like the other ones too

[@Dosgamert]

@@Hamburgaga I don't agree ;)

[@ralgore]

I'm 110% sure that the weapon drop airplane sound is just the devs blowing raspberries =P

[@MaiCaulk]

My first time seeing the original. Shocking to see how little has changed

[@richardgeisler7664]

I miss the good old days

[@SevenEllen]

X-D I forgot how funny these guys were!

[@HerecomestheCalavera]

Originally, Worms included a Dragon Punch and a Fire Ball as weapons, complete with Street Fighter II sound effects. The final release changed the weapons to a Dragon Ball and a Fire Punch with different sounds. This was most likely changed for legal reasons.

[@guyrocketram9698]

as a 19 year old who has never played this game before watching this video at 3 am the dolphin at the beginning of the ocean logo scared the ever loving shit out of me

[@womble1981]

This game owes a lot to Lemmings.

[@citrus6154]

lemmings was made by the same team

[@basicallysnake]

Worms actually was once a lemmings game called "lemmartillery"

[@xenos_n.]

It owes mostly to Scorched Earth.

[@magpiestudent9357]

This is the version I remember! But I never, ever got to try out a mole bomb. I remember the option being greyed out. Sad face.

[@Nokka10]

Ah i loved this game

[@darrendiego7632]

Worms Toonz Voiceclips #2 6:50 Why you?! 9:02 Why you had it coming! 10:21 (laughs) 14:41 Oh, You'll be sorry! 15:45 See ya! 16:13 Bag covey! I think we wo- Worm #2: Oh dear. Other Footage can be here: Worms #2 Gameplay 23:20 Grrrreat shot! 7:26 Grenade!

[@LeachOnSociety]

Andrew Whyment aka Kirk Sutherland from Corrie turning into a worm!

[@kashanese]

Memories.

[@alidezijlstra-jonker5881]

Geweldig spel, mooie herinneringen!

[@rapappathepepper3996]

THX Intro.

[@jeremyryannoel]

So I had this on a Win95 machine, but it didn’t have the enhanced audio as this video. Still a lot of fun.

[@alexthompson5275]

Loved this game. Loved fighting dirty

[@skaladarrellgodeater1070]

That s the WORMS that I played. So EPIC!

[@josepereira1405]

Legendary

[@MW-cx3sb]

I loved this version the most so much. I remember having this on my computer at school and I uploaded some nudey girl pics for levels!

[@NoneUsernamesHere]

I remember this game

[@adamk3306]

This game was so good

[@nata63514]

HEY! WHY DID TEAM17 STEAL THX'S INTRO?????

[@GiordanDiodato]

because British humour

[@catherinelardizabal8557]

YES HE STOLE IT AND ITS REMASTERED

[@xenslavescombinecoffe6456]

I cant be the only one who likes the original desings better

[@josepereira1405]

Nostálgico:)

[@_.Dylan._]

Who’s here after rumble :(

[@Dosgamert]

I am :)

[@kairascher4113]

Das coolste war das Dynamit Schaf

[@celioazevedoofficial]

I want that version.

[@MikeStarKaraokeUK]

I got worms to but I did not tell the Doctor the birds had them 😂

[@larrymantic2635]

“Would you still love me if I was a worm” 0:52

[@johnnydecomposizione3106]

Ah yes, the second best worms right after armageddon

[@ozymandias2630]

Nostalgia

[@Luix]

this reminds me lemins well done :)

[@Dosgamert]

I have a lot of Lemmings videos too!

[@TheScure]

in some aspects, this was better than 2 or newer ones, but i barely played it, it was just too low resolution

[@chriss4084]

Soulman and norsk? Were the best sounds. Wasnt there a way to play all the sounds? I need those on my phone. Man on a rope!

[@Dosgamert]

Maybe you can find them in the game assets!

[@BangBangM4n]

This is a game from my childhood, among other things. I wonder if it can be downloaded on windows 10.

[@Dosgamert]

Yes and you can easily play this with Dosbox

[@BangBangM4n]

@@Dosgamert Thank you

[@johnjohnson392]

Can somebody give me a video showing all of the weapons in this game?

[@philsturkeychasers]

I love oggy B

[@HordrissTheConfuser]

That's Worms: Reinforcements, not the original version.

[@orderoftheark8902]

Yooooo worm 4 has my name

[@marcony101]

I am looking for a game from same time period, that also had "worms". Thats why I always end up with this game when I google it. All I can remember is that you can walk both horizontaly and vertically. Also there is a little menu on the right with small squares where you choose weapons. I remember that you can give wings to a worm. Also, when you kill an enemy you can "drink" him with a straw. And I think that your worms are blue and other ones are yellow. I was like 3 or 4 when my older brother played it but he doesen't remember it :/

[@Dosgamert]

Liero?

[@marcony101]

@@Dosgamert I found it on reddit. It was Gruntz

[@cerkuna]

Hi I have a question how to download worms 1?

[@darrendiego7632]

0:37 Worms cinema ad Captions Now i got your detention! Stop Sneering! I can stay here with your night. But till i find out which one of you worth did it!? (groaning) (screams) (laughs)

[@Baztation]

so cute

[@slowmo6502]

Fall? What’s wrong with autumn?

[@spade6714]

Different types of english like uk english canadian english US english

[@ornbez9450]

at 0:52 is that Kirk from Corrie LMAO

[@laurencorby]

Yes it is!! I thought so too, Google confirmed!

[@pentiummmx2294]

just hangs on the DOS4GW on DOSBox

[@Dosgamert]

Windows Ninety Five 66 try another executable

[@simonm4185]

1:37 Hey, this theme song is much better than the one i remember. Why did i get the boring version (/watch?v=moaPl-SqzEc) of this song on my game.

[@Dosgamert]

I think this version has CD audio ;)

[@simonm4185]

@@Dosgamert ...That isnt the reason! 😀 ...I figured it out... The original first Worms release had the "boring" theme. But later it came an expansion called Worms and reinforcements. I just got the original version, and just now another later one called Worms and reinforcements united, and the later one had this great theme song. Finally :)

[@xenslavescombinecoffe6456]

0:52 pizza Tower scream????

[@Operstyle134russia]

1995 апреля 9

[@user-td8ys1pt9f]

Бля, мы прозевали юбилей игровой серии!!!(((

[@alexvalerio5187]

0:52 PEPPINO SCREAM ?

[@sonic3235]

I miss the holy bomb sound effect

[@Dosgamert]

Thats Worms 2!

[@sonic3235]

@@Dosgamert its probably right maybe its the Mandela effect that makes me remember wrong or something lol

[@Dosgamert]

@@sonic3235 I have a full playthrough of Worms 2 too :)

[@sonic3235]

@@Dosgamert yeah I have seen a little bit of it will continue to watch it soon

[@in_vas_por8810]

I have yet to find anyone who had gameplay from the original unaltered first version of the game. You can tell from the theme song. The original theme song was a lot more minimalistic if you know what I mean.

[@Dosgamert]

Yeah, I once had that stripped down version of the game (compared to this one). I believe it was a 'demo' which only contained the Hell and Snow sets. Maybe I could record it for you sometime. Remind me in a few weeks!!

[@in_vas_por8810]

@@Dosgamert Yes!!!! It was the shareware demo that you could download for free off of cnet or one of those really old software sites. I had a feeling you would know 🤙🏾

[@Urammar]

I know it was months old but that's all I had growing up, I never had the full game. Can confirm, it was the demo. Snow and hell were the only two maps, and it had a very different intro song, more minimalistic as you said. Also worm and battle sounds in the background. It's 100% the demo you are after, I think it's still available as a download

[@NoHope-WhatSoEver]

American as a language?

[@waynebutcher4190]

Where can I get protection codes ??

[@yacrab]

самые четкие черви

[@Knightclsh6]

The audience is now deaf.

[@user-zh1ul7vp2d]

なつかしい👨

[@CheaOfficial]

Ej I see you went and changed a couple of things. Wanna try to change the original design now?

[@Dosgamert]

Sure

[@migueldellicarpini4437]

What does the worm say at 3:45 and at 4:45?

[@Dosgamert]

"First Blood!" and "Fatality". Pure Mortal Kombat quotes. ;)

[@migueldellicarpini4437]

@@Dosgamert whoa 😮 it's been years wondering what they said in the original game, even in Worms 2 that had better audio couldn't get it. Thanks!

[@austinbevis4266]

Is this like arcanist?

[@keithm7004]

I'm old as shit

[@Dosgamert]

We all are :(

[@keithm7004]

@@Dosgamert it's kinda sucky

[@Dosgamert]

Yeah, what are we gonna do about it. Lets just play old games. You should join the livestreams that I do every monday evening!

[@fazeblixi999]

This is not a good point

[@reallylionbastard]

Atill remember typing in bobjob to get baanna bombs and the minigun bazooka trick good times 😂