WORMS: The Complete History | Full Length Retro Gaming Documentary
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This video has taken months to create... I think you have something 30-35 games to look at and what's crazy is that the vast majority... are really good :)
Starting it's life in 1995. WORMS was the game that Team 17 would use to start moving away from Amiga and explore other systems such as the PlayStation, Saturn, Mega Drive, N64, Dreamcast.... everything got a worms game... even the GIZMONDO!
In fact, I am pretty sure will talk about plenty of games that you have never heard of... like the Korean exclusive super cute browser editions... it really does have a crazy history!
Anyway, hope you like the video. I had a lot of fun making it... however right now... I need a break from WORMS lol
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2002 worms rumble?
@@mancuniangamecat8288 I gave it a mention at the end
I always thought W.M.D. stands for wreck, maul, destroy.
@@redknight4805 The marketing team changed it with every promo.
you missed the two worms games on wii
Space oddity/battle islands
Worms Armageddon was the first game I ever played online, absolutely incredible, and friendly! It's where I first learned what 'lol' stood for. I wore an onion on my belt, which was the fashion at the time.
My first game i ever played was Cannon Fodder!
Was it a green onion or a white onion?
Surprised Scorched Earth didn’t come up as inspiration because it had to be. For yoi young ones Scorched Earth was a MS-Dos shareware artillery shooter that someone managed to get installed on every high school computer lab in the world in the early 90s. Or it felt that way. What made it stand out against other artillery shooters was the fact you had a budget to buy better weapons and items. I feel like the variety of weapons in SE had to include the guy who made Worms.
I showed off footage for it as I realised when I got to the editing that I must had skipped over that name on the script lol
I played this as well, great game
Scorched earth was an evolution of gorillas.bas though. Also that MIRV amirite
Scorched Tanks was the Amiga version, written in AMOS.
Scorched Tanks was fantastic, still one of my favourite games of all time
My first experience with a Worms type game was in 1991. It was a DOS game called Scorched Earth. Instead of worms is was little, wise cracking tanks. I'm pretty sure that the original WORMS was based on Scorched Earth. The people who made WORMS definitely were fans of it. I have no doubt. They're essentially the same games. I really believe that Scorched Earth was the genesis of the Worms series.
Played many hour of that on multiplayer over modem. ❤
@@ScottSavageKC7WDG Scorched Earth was one of the FIRST games I ever played when I got my first IBM Clone PC. I downloaded it off of a friend's dial-up BBS. And you know what? Running it on DOSbox... it still damn well holds up today. It's such a timeless great game.
@@BlackburnBigdragon I got it from a buddy who copied doom and doom 2 to floppy for me the full versions using pkzip. I think he copied duke 3D for me too. On my 486 dx2.
Came here to say the same.
I loved Scorched Earth. It's still worth playing today.
Worms: Armageddon was the big one for me as a kid. Used to play it all the time and got all my friends into it!
Same that game was fantastic 🎉
i weirdly skipped that at the time, but of course I hit it hard when I went back several years later... Saying that WWP isn't a million miles away and I played that loads upon release on the DC
😊 yeah, playing worms with my best buddy on the weekend. Out of bed, inhaling mum's wonderful breakfast and than hopping on the couch. Good old 90s childhood memories 😊
I remember getting worms as one of my first ever games as a bairn. My parents bought me a playstation when I was 5 which must've been a huge purchase for them as we really didnt have much at the time and with it I had Croc, Spyro and Worms. I'll always remember spending weekends with my Dad playing "you and me against the computer" together on Worms, complaining to each other about how the AI was far too accurate with grenades. He still says "Oi, Nutter!" And "You'll regret that!" In a little worms voice nearly 30 years on.
Great video, it was nice to learn the history behind the game that gave me some of my favourite childhood memories.
That's a great memory bud, i love reading the comments and reading stuff like this | It makes all those late night editing away all worth it :) Thanks for watching my vid mate
Worms Blast was my introduction into the series. A completely different game from the rest of the franchise. I think it was one of those games that came with our computer or printer that we bought, that was a thing back in the day, you'd get random games with buying hardware (also got freaking Morrowind this way). I was completely hooked on Worms Blast. I was young, my English was terrible and I sucked at it. I loved seeing my brother being much better at the game, we enjoyed the multiplayer.
Now this is before the internet became a household thing. I knew I like worms. I had some money. I went to a toystore game section and saw Worms. So I bought it. That's how I got into the rest of the series.
I've had a lot of fun with the series over the years. Great video!
Yeah, that surprised me when replaying for this video. it was so much better than I remember / expected
My first memory of Worms is actually getting the Sega Saturn version of Worms as a gift from my aunt... who didn't realize I had a Nintendo 64 not a Saturn. I always remembered its box and then when I finally got a chance to play it, I played Worms 2 with a friend on their computer. I was hooked - and more annoyed than before that I couldn't play the copy I was gifted. Love those destructive little annelids.
even thought I have the most nostalgia for the original It was WORMS 2 and it's sequels (armageddon WWP) that I remember playing the most in multiplayer
Armageddon is one of my earliest experiences of online gaming, those rope rooms were something else.
Oh man, nostalgia time. I loved Worms Armageddon and Worms World Party on the PC in the early 00s. A lot of online play centered around the idea of Roping, using infinite charges of the Ninja Rope to fling themselves across more open, pre-made maps at high speed and around tight corners. Jesus some people were ridiculously skilled at it. I don't think much footage of those days exists now. Video recording software like Fraps was not really used much (Terrible PCs and limited hard drive space in those days lol). It had such a huge community though and everyone was great. I haven't thought of those days in such a long time.
so happy i grabbed those nostalgia strings for you :) Yep, those entries are the ones I played the most in multiplayer
Dang, that tune at the end of the video really hit my nostalgia button.
I knew from the beginning I had to add that in :)
And we shall thank Bjørn Lynne for that (and other) masterpiece.
So serendipitous. I was play Blasphemous yesterday and I wondered "How did Team 17 get there name?"
Thanks Slope!
appreciate it mate. that game is fire btw :) | cheers for watching :D
I have some very found memories of playing Worms on my Xbox when I was a kid. My younger brother and I played it on the couch together all the time. We had so many serious, on the edge of your seat matches against each other. The simplicity makes it soooo freakin' great! Loved this video Slope, can't wait to see what else you've got under your sleeve. Also, I love hearing my shout out. Hahaha makes me feel like I'm a part of something great! Which, in a way, I guess I am! Keep it up, Slope, you're the best!
It's still great, it was only a few months back when me and my mates (not gamers really anymore) spent the whole night drinking beer and playing WMD... it's still such a solid series... After that I knew I had to make this video
Playing Worms 2 over the LAN at college was an amazing gaming experience. Showing off our ninja rope skills was a roght of passage.
As a veteran of the series (buying the first game on a whim back then), hearing the words "30th anniversary" gave me a small existential crisis. Thanks for that.
Oh, and for this excellent video of course. ;)
"Changing the tanks to Lemmings."
I KNEW it! I always described Worms as "imagine Lemmings, except instead of them walking continously, you control them individually, and there's teams of them, and they all have weapons and they're trying to blow themselves up!" And then before someone says "that sounds nothing like Lemmings," show them what the game looks like.
Agree. Always thought Worms had a very Lemmings feel.
This was fascinating. I'm 49 y.o. and in the US. I remember the very very early DOS or PASCAL game where you launched bombs at a certain angle and energy... and then decades later I played a demo of some WORMS game on the PS3. I never played against anyone else and only played the demo. This was already long after my major online gaming days of Unreal Tournament from 1999 to 2003, so I didn't ever really think I'd play local multiplayer or online multiplayer on this game, so I never bought it. But I still liked that demo. Now I wonder which one it was.
I think to some extent the Starcraft 2 trilogy (single player) scratched the itch that I had from playing that demo... but not completely.
Regardless of my personal relative lack of playing this game, this was an incredible documentary!
It's been the best part of 30 years but the chip tune version of the theme screaming out of my old Yellow housebrick DMG Gameboy still regularly sticks in my head
its soooooooo iconic
I missed the first part, but seeing the ping pong intro immediately sent me back to my childhood. Worms II was one of THE games to me and my friends back then. And the series still is one of the best party games up with Mario Kart.
Worms 1 was the beginning of my PC gaming life. Still had NES and SNES but strategy is my bread and butter so I was hooked. The best couch multiplayer PC game of the 90s
Great video! Worms 2 is special to me. I spent countless hours playing it on my family computer as a kid. The music, the intro video, the mini vids between missions, level editor etc.
Unpopular opinion but I utterly adored worms 3D. There was something so sombre and melancholy about it. More than a couple maps resemble militarily settings with tanks and blimps and turrets. This combined with how big some of the maps are, and it really does feel like you've been dropped into the middle of a warzone where the majority of the armies have been wiped out and it's up to these last remninats to carry on. It's not a happy game. The music is low and dreading. The worms expressions are always either terrified or depressed. That combined with the rising waters whenever the timer runs out, it feels oddly apocalyptic. Like these little creature's are facing the literal end of the world, and yet they're still fighting for a cause we're never even made aware of.
Did you ever play hogs of war? I would advice it if you liked worms 3D
@@KK-wt1te I didn't. I wanted to but could never get my hands on a copy back in the day.
Loved the MS-DOS version, which was I think, the first (and only?) boxed PC game I ever bought! At the time I characterized it as mix between Lemmings, Cannon Fodder and GORILLAS.BAS which came with Q-Basic in DOS.
Style points for gorillas.bas. there was also nibbles.bas with that. Good times.
@@rnts08 yes! I spent far too much time playing both of them! Snake game never got better that one
Amazing work mate. This video made me, and no doubt countless others, smile😊
One of the most cherished childhood DOS games by far. Awesome doco.
Amazing work! Such a huge part of my childhood and a great trip down memory lane.
Really appreciate that. everytime i hear that classic WORMSONG music I get all super nostalgic.. glad you enjoyed the vid mate
That was a really great intro to a video. I enjoyed the buildup of just the instrumentals from the song "I Would Walk 1000 miles". Perfectly timed build up for each part with it matching the intro. Awesome production job
Thanks for making this video. My first entry was 2, over 20 years ago, and since then this has been my favorite franchise. I still play Armageddon and WMD!
My Amiga500 introduced me to the gaming world. Worms is one of the games which let me fell in love.
Yessss finally the greatest retro gaming documentary ever released 😊🎉
o wow, that's quote the comment lol | huge thanks for the comment and for watching alex
honestly i enjoy worms in 3D more then 2D, had way more fun with that to be able to go in all directions
The confused pause as you talk to yourself from off screen is so good. Your videos are some of the best out there
HAHAHA always like adding stuff like that to break up the loooooooooooooooong video
@@SlopesAdventures It's always a journey watching your videos, thanks for everything
I'll sub. I think you did a bang-up job! I enjoy mini documentary type videos.
Awesome Vid!
Thank You very much for Your Work! Greetings from Germany
Thanks for giving this OG team and this series the respect it deserves. I am glad Team 17 is doing stuff like Dredge now, I cant say how happy it made me to see their name on that game.
Love this Slopes, been playing this series on and off since the Amiga days, even had the CD32 version!
Really appreciate this mate, it's a classic and it's taken a long time. but fully worth it. great series. appreciate the comment on my video mate :)
I remember Worms Forts fondly, but I also remember abandoning it pretty quickly. Of course WWP is my childhood. Great video!
Worms was the best. Friend of mine nearly died in a motorbike accident so their dining room was converted into his bedroom and we were all 18 or so, we'd go round and hang out on a Friday or Saturday night get drunk on Alcopops and play Worms on his cobbled together 386. Best part was when your move went wrong and you blew up everything including yourself.
Also you could add custom sound files, we had Beavis and Butthead and The Young Ones speech files, getting blown off the screen to Burritooooooo.
Unlocking "cheats" so your bungee cords meant you could do 360 loops around blobs of landscape.
You haven't lived until you play 4 player worms on a 14" CRT at 4am whilst incredibly drunk on Hooch and 2 dogs
Saving watching this video to give it the time it deserves.
Worms Blast was my first Worms game and I still love it.
its sooooooo good. defo doesnt get the credit it deserves
Really enjoyed that video 👍🏼 I started on the Amiga 😎
8:30 As an avid Worms player for the past years, I would have never known the true horrors Worms and sheep would commit daily.
This quote is just gold.
I set my alarm to 4:30 to play Worms United before school when I was 11 years old. Good times
My first experience playing worms was the DS version back in the early 2000s. Me and my friends used to play it in class once we finished all our work ( most the time) . We thought it was the coolest thing that we could play multiplayer games in handheld wirelessly. People will say what they will about the DS version and the environment is kind of wonky and hard to walk through but it's still fun to play with your friends.
I have such fond memories of playing worms with my buddy at a sleepover, also on a gateway.
It really pulled out people's personality. Also for the time it looked phenomenal.
The atmosphere was great the humor was off the charts, so many things
Did the quality dip a little when Slopes talked about Worms 3D? It's like he was using a different mic and that brief pause going into Worms 3D. Still a great video.
I had to remove a background song from this section from that soundtrack due to al license issue hence why the video was 1 day late. Apologies for that
@@SlopesAdventures No need for apologies, it just seemed like a weird bit of editing.
Although Armageddon was the pinnacle for many, I think it's actually side-by-side with Worms 2 because W2 on PC allowed you to precisely customise each weapon - something you couldn't do in Armageddon which just had the 5 stars, I believe. Armageddon of course added the 1-player challenges. Both amazing games.
Great retrospective! As a kid I always played artillery games like Scorched Earth and Gorillas (the game where the Banana Bomb comes from), so I instantly fell in love with Worms when it came out. Since then I played pretty much every Worms game on PC and imo World Party and WMD are the best of the series.
was hoping you mention liero, that other worms-like spinoff where instead of turn base it was real time movement for everyone. though I could be mistaken if it was really a spin off inspired from worms or on its own genre itself.
I had to keep it to the original series due to the sheer length of the whole thing. Appreciate you watching bud
I have Worms DIrector's Cut, since its launch. Then again, as an Amiga owner, I was there from the first Amiga worms. Another amazing aspect of Director's Cut was that it introduced unusual new Auto Generation types into the game. But it also ended up being one of the only versions of worms where it was Built-in supported for IFF Image files (the typical image format for Amiga), where you could create a level in an art program, and use it (if it has enough proper negative space or blank spaces to make a level with) as a level. So it was fun making worm's compatible pictures which the worms could crawl on and blow up parts of.
During that time, as the run up to Worms Director's Cut was coming, Andy used to frequent on forums to talk about random stuff and sometimes about the game. He had a fascination with Swedish words, at the time. And how many of us ended up calling the Concrete Donkey, "Betong Asna." That was his Swedish Translation for the thing. Also, saying, "Fisk" for reference to Fish. I personally, was on the forums with him, and he was always being quite entertaining on them. So I have a personal connection with discussions with him. This was an old school realtime forum so it was immediate feedback without having to "refresh" some page. Take note, and thus why some of these Swedish words became hidden easter eggs.
And Yeah, Armageddon was pretty huge. For a number of us Worm Fans, the best in the series was still Worms: Director's Cut.....until Armageddon came around. Things just landed right with that game, and the feature-set was bonkers, for the time. While not really having the support of the "Put your own pictures in the game" like Director's Cut had; it had so much going for it, that one feature felt way less important. Currently, W.M.D, is my favorite most recent Worms. It's more or less, a culmination of what made the best previous games work, with some extra.
The only shame is the physical versions of W.M.D. are super expensive right now. The lowest used copies of it going for $200, but you can easily find some selling it for twice that.
I was one of the kids in the Worms advert here in the UK. We filmed on a Saturday and got "paid" a demo (choice of floppy or cd!) of the game...
HAHAHA That's incredible mate :) Remember what floppy you got? Would have been great to get you involved with the video
@@SlopesAdventures it was a demo of worms for PC. The production company came to our school in the week and screen tested several kids for the main part but in the end used an actor and we were just the extras. It was a fun day from what I remember!
@@neufena Great story mate. thanks for sharing
I was just thinking it was about time for another extended video from Slopes. Happy to see Worms getting coverage, a title I grew up with, to be sure.
For sure mate... not sure what i will do next for a big video... the next one is a little smaller...
...POWER STONE
Wow, had no idea they released so much...Worms! They basically nailed it pretty much first time and then nailed the art of marketing from then on. Great video and a ton of work! ps this could have been a very different story if that demo entry had (I assume legally) denied Team 17 the rights back. They were super lucky!
yeah, besides the constant change up in artstyle the original concept was always nailed from day one | appreciate the comment buddy :)
Is this guy just awesome at telling stories or what!
Sooo subbed😊
Great video! I remember playing original Worms demo more than the original Worms on Amiga and I played the original quite a lot...
Tons of memories playing Worms with friends, starting with World Party, 3D, and Forts Under Siege. 3D and Forts are my favorites. Thank you @slopesgameroom and Team17!
Worms 2 has to be the most fun I've had with a game. My friends and I would create custom sounds for the worms that we quote to this day!
Worms WMD has to be a close second, brilliant modern take on the formula.
the custom sound downloads were awesome :) I remember download the young ones :)
Ha! Mine was Evil Dead quotes
Worms was awesome. That and alex kidd were my life as a kid.
When I first got hold of a copy of Worms, I took 3 "sick" days off school to play it. It absolutely hooked me (and many others). Worms 2 was decent, but the pinnacle for me and my friends was Armageddon. I always keep it installed and now play it with my kids. Pure distilled fun.
Worms Armageddon is probably my top 5 games ever played.
My first introduction to worms was in the 80s. Me and my dad would catch at night right after it had rained. They were usually under rocks, but you could find them in the grass. Then we would go fishing the next day.
I got Worms Armageddon in a dual-pack bundled with MechWarrior3. Not sure what those games had to do with each other, but I definitely got the pack as a MechWarrior fan. Had never even heard of Worms prior to that.
It was the type of game I enjoyed just messing around with, but never really played "properly". I'd just start a random match and control both teams and just screw around and watch the carnage unfold. Every once in a while I'd start the campaign, get a few missions in, then get bored and just go back to faffing about in random matches with myself. I think maybe I convinced my sister to play a few matches with me at one point, but outside of that I've never played it with another person.
Despite never actually playing the game for real and never playing another Worms game, I do have very fond memories of it. Just so much character and wackiness. I loved the different headstones and silly voices. And every once in a while I watch a lets play or some such thing about it.
Weird to have such fondness from a single game in a series that I barely played. Such is the magic of Worms, I guess.
Yeah, Scorched Earth was great, but very cold. Worms had the right amount of humour and I can still hear the noises they make as they struggle to run away!
Noice work Sir! Love your complete history videos and this one is a banger. 1st gen worms was the first big box game I ever owned for my first ever PC back in the day and I absolutley loved it. I had a playstation later on and had Hogs of War, which although not an actual worms game was my favourite 3D "worms game". I felt it played better than actual 3D worms and having Rik Mayall's vocal talent was a massive plus. I played Underground with my mates and liked the new ideas somewhat although the water jet pack is devasting and and can rapidly kill a 4 player match. After that original DOS game the only other version I have bought personally is Worms WMD which I still play with friends to this day. I think It's the best version I have played and will probably still play it on and off for years to come.
Worms: Battlegrounds was the first Worms game I played, and that was only because it was once a PS+ free download. And I gotta say, I'm glad it was!
Funnily enough, one of the game's tips mention how you can use the touchpad to navigate menus like a mouse. I can't think of too many PS4 games that let you do that, even Cities Skylines which is probably the only PS4 game to actually let you use a keyboard and mouse doesn't let you use the touchpad as a mouse!
This series was fun, I played the original at one of my Uncle’s house back in 2017 because he had the original game for the original PlayStation and after I played it, I was obsessed with the series, I decided to play the original again on a emulator website along with ports of the original, Worms Armageddon and Worms World Party. I also got Worms Collection for Xbox 360 which includes three of the Xbox Live Arcade titles plus DLC for Worms 2: Armageddon and then I got Worms 3D for the Original Xbox, lastly I got Worms Rumble for Nintendo Switch. It’s fun but I'll always enjoy the Artillery Tactics style genre titles.
Also I never played the console version of Worms World Party.
I was the same Shantae (if that is your real name lol) WWP on the dreamcast kicked azz | thanks for watching btw
Honestly I believe the final great Worms Game I played was Worms Ultimate Mayhem but Worms World Party was the favorite of all the games without any contest.
Never played a Worms game, but watching this documentary is making me want to give them a try
you really should, its addictive
Best played with friends in the same room
I vividly remember first playing Worms on the PS1, it was unlike anything I ever played before as a kid and I was intrigued... Almost like a 2D version of chess, but the chess pieces had HP and limited resources/weapons before their turn ended... and they were all worms. Then I played Worms World Party on my school computers as I loved the new art style and personality it got... Can't say much of the same with the GBA port. Worms 3D on the Gamecube was also surprisingly not bad. Haven't played much of Worms WMD I've had gathering dust on my Switch downloads, but I'm tempted to boot it up and give it a proper shot.
Worms 4 Mayhem was a wonderful game; don't know why people hate on it. Great gameplay, great story mode, great graphic.
God I love worms. World Armageddon on Dreamcast was my first worms game when I was like 6 or 7. And then I got Worms World party on the PS1 and that became my new favorite worms game of all time.
I am really disappointed that there hasn't been a good traditional worms game in a long time and they keep trying all these new gimmicks when I just want a really nice good 2D spray-based or hand drawn worms game.
Personally I think from a nostalgic standpoint I think worms world party is the best game, but from a gameplay and or competitive standpoint I think Worms 2 Armageddon is the best game
It just has the tightest physics and a solid art style and sound track. I still play worms 2 Armageddon on my iPad since it was ported from the 360
You should play WMD mate... in my opinion its probably the best... easily on par with WWP and Armageddon. thanks for watching my vid mate
@@SlopesAdventures personally I cannot stand WMD. I don’t like the new gimmicks and I think the art style is really ugly. I think Worms2 Armageddon on the 360 arcade was the last good worms game
I freakin love WORMS ! ❤Still remember playing first one with my friends on Amiga 500 and later versions on consoles and PC. While you mentioned that you played RTS games back then, now I can't wait for history of command & conquer games 💪😅
I defo need to do an RTS history... i dont think i have done any yet... C&C, Warcraft, Starcraft, Age of Empires and Total Annihilation are 100% my jams | thanks for watching btw
@@SlopesAdventures No problem dude, love the channel!
We had worms United on our old PC when I was a kid. Many hours spent waging war on my brothers. Great stuff.
TBH, my favorite has _always_ been the original game 🥰
It's the one I have the most nostalgia for, for sure
Really enjoyed this, and DJ Slope is a great/polished presenter of it!
If there was anything that could possible elevate it further it would have been interviews with the developers etc of Worms, though I appreciate that wouldn't be at all easy or potentially even possible to arrange. Maybe some additions for a directors cut of this 😉
Keep up the great work DJ Slope, this was an awesome one! 🎉
a great suggestion mate. I did reach out to ANDY myself but he doesn't like doing interviews. decent guy tho. thanks for watching mate :D
Every group that played worms Always had that 1 Guy who would Ninja rope across the map taking 10-15 minute turns lol
hahaha so true
One worm dig down, one worm ninja across the map for pickups and multikills. Can't argue with results haha
another really great video, keep going please !
Finishing up the next one as we speak
Can't beat a Worms session even in 2024.
Every ear is a worm year
Fantastic video. I've been a subscriber through different profiles for several years now.
Ahhhhhh awesome... Welcome back once again
That intro segment for Worms 2.... Oh man my sister and I watched it in full EVERY time we booted it up. Also I remember being so so excited for Worms 3D and it honestly lived up to my expectations! But so very true... 2D was where it's at 😁 Excellent doco, new subscriber here 😁
Thanks mate, thanks for the comment too. Hope you like the complete history series
I remember playing worms Armageddon growing up and what impressed me so much that one of the voices for the worms included was my language of Afrikaans which is spoken in south Africa, a country that you'd never ever think would be included.
Same with my language, Finnish. The dialect was spot on
Ahhhh that's awesome I didn't know that
The nostalgia is real. I constantly come back to again play ... Director's Cut on the Amiga.
looooooove directors cut (original + reinforcements) thanks for watching my video mate
Ngl Worms Space Oddity has the best ost ngl.
They are too fire.
ooooooo not sure i can agree with that, but it is a decent game, the motion controls work surprisingly well | cheers for watching btw
True, the Mechanopolis theme has more views then the game itself.
@@SlopesAdventuresI'm not a fan of their motion controls other than the shovel tool
@@SlopesAdventures 👍🏾
@@zennypiot8984 I find it decent
Awesome episode!
thanks mate
The best part of worms was their little sayings like "bye bye" when a grenade was about to take the last of their health. Cute and hilarious. :)
Great video :) I’ve been on the bandwagon since worms 2
My fav worms-like game was Arcanists, made by Jagex, I spent so long playing that one
When I was a kid, we played:
Worms
Armageddon
World Party
3D
All on Playstation platforms.
Oops! Forgotton Forts Under Siege.
”We are worms, we’re the best, we have come to win the war. We will stand, we’ll never run, we will stay until it’s done. Though our friends may die, and our world is blown apart, we will fight for what is right till the end.”
(Official lyrics to the original title music)
I'm surprised to hear that 3D and Forts aren't well liked. My brother and I had an absolute blast with them back in the day.
OH MY GOD THIS IS INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!! Thank you for making this, I feel like Worms doesn't get the hype it deserves haha.
you are more thank welcome, thanks for watching David
I started with the 1st game. One friend and I would dig around the maps to make bases before we would start playing against each other.
Another friend and I would just play normally.
Armageddon I only ever played a demo and rented until I brought a PS1 copy a few years ago.
With World Party a group of us would play on my friends computer.
When I played 3D I only played it with my sister. We found it really hard to play.
When Worms 4 Mayhem came out we found it easier to play and when I went back to 3D I wondered why I had so much trouble playing it.
These days my sister and I occasionally play any one of the games available on PS consoles.
In fact this weekend my sister and I are going to play Worms 4 Mayhem.
These days I own every physical mainline Worms game that released on PS consoles. I don't own any of the spinoffs.
My least favourite one is Battlegrounds. I love the graphics and the water physics but I don't like the worm classes.
W.M.D. would be the one I play the most these days.
My favourite thing about the original worms was the league table that kept track of every teams wins/losses. My Friends and I had some epic battles when we should have been revising for our GSCEs!
Another kick ass video. Thanks for all you do.
Ahhhhhh mate thanks, and appreciate the support
Remember going round my mates house who was there only person who had a NES instead of a master system and he had a copy of worms. We played for hours, then I bought the PC version a few years later. Love the series, even recently got the Evercade compilation.
Loved Worms 3D most of all in the series. Closest thing we've got now to that is J-Jump Arena (highly recommend if you like the style).
Crazy how long the series has gone on
Remember playing the original on PS a couple of times at a friends house, but it was World party I got for myself eventually. It was pretty much the default game among me and my friends for a very long time. Then came 3D, I got it, and pretty quickly I decided it wasn't for me. Eventually my old copy of World party stopped working for modern PCs. Over the years the 3D stuff seemed to come up again and again and I never looked to closely, until I forgot about worms altogether.
Until one day in University five or so years ago when a friend in my group suggested we'd all download this worms game and play between study sessions. I was sceptical, but went along all the same. It was WMD. I was very pleasantly surprised! We had many hours of fun.
Brings back the memories! I just checked steam and they want £20 for WMD!
great video :) I didn't realise how many different versions of the game had been released. talking about flogging a dead horse.
Hahaha yeah, it went on a bit
The days when you could say to your teacher that you had to stay at home because you had Worms,, and technically not be lying.. :D
haahaha i never risked that :) Thanks for watching my vid btw
The original Worms AND Lemmings are two of my all time favourite games.
I also remember me and my sister being totally addicted to Bubble Bobble as kids, there's sooo many classics from back in the day, like Paperboy and Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, I could go on forever
I didn't see anything mentioned about Perifractic's video from almost 5 years ago exploring the developer's FMV files from the first game, but this video was very enjoyable. Perifractic produced at least two videos about the A4000 and the Team 17 files on it, btw.
Yeah, I saw them, he did a great job and he is a great youtuber. when making videos like this I never want to step on other youtube channels shoes that do excellent work like he does... the only reason I didn't add it in is because I had 700+ games to talk about and I had to keep the flow going lol