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Posted by doener 4 days ago

Worms: The Future of Yesterday's Worms Today(worm.net)
53 points | 17 comments
jdw64 1 minute ago|
If you don't want to destroy a precious friendship, don't use the 'concrete donkey.'
Nition 56 minutes ago||
Fun looking at the past history of that site.

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

hnlmorg 1 hour 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).

chriswarbo 19 minutes 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!

bananaboy 1 hour ago||
Same - I always preferred the pixel art look to the smooth cartoony look!
jackvalentine 2 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.

bananaboy 1 hour ago||
The creator Andy Davidson has been posting some more fun stuff about worms over on X https://x.com/totalwormage/status/2087263286962094258
igleria 1 hour 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...
Izmaki 39 minutes ago||
It's definitely up there on the ladder, surely... :P
rbinv 1 hour ago||
Well... has it been the best so far?
xorcist 1 hour ago||
TIL that the Worms soundtrack was by Dr. Awesome / Crusaders. Still loving it!
wartywhoa23 1 hour ago||
One of the best games ever made. I played since the first DOS version!
infl8ed 34 minutes ago||
Why is this remix album so good?
jimbob45 1 hour 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.
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