Worms Armageddon

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Worms Armageddon
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Hasbro Interactive (Under MicroProse brand)
Developer: Team 17
Peripherals supported: Jump Pack, Visual Memory Unit
Genre: Simulation
Number of players: 1-4
Official in-game languages: English Français Deutsch Español Nederlands Svenska Norsk Dansk
Release Date RRP Code US 1999-12-08 $49.9549.95 T-40601N DE 1999-12-10 T-40601D-29 ES 1999-12-22 T-40601D-79 FR 1999-12-10 T-40601D-09 UK 1999-12-10 £39.9939.99 T-40601D-05 DK/FI/NO/SE 1999-12-10 T-40601D-78 ES/FR/NL/IT 1999-12-10 T-40601D-79 AU 1999-12-22
Non-Sega versions Game Boy Color Nintendo 64 PlayStation Windows PC

Worms Armageddon is an entry in Team 17's Worms series of games, and was released among other platforms for the Sega Dreamcast in 1999. It uses an enhanced version of the engine seen in Worms 2, though the gameplay differences are not significant. It was followed by Worms World Party in 2001, which added a few more features, including online multiplayer.

Gameplay

Like its predecessors, Worms Armageddon has the player control a team of worms and use a collection of weaponry to exterminate the other team(s). The worms can walk and jump around and use tools such as the Ninja Rope and Parachute to move to otherwise unreachable locations.

All kinds of weapons are available for the player to use, from basic weapons like the Bazooka, Grenade, Shotgun and Fire Punch to rarer, more powerful "Super Weapons" like the Armageddon and the infamous Concrete Donkey. Weapons can not only injure and kill worms, but can also deform the landscape, creating less land for worms to travel on as well as creating more movement obstacles. More weapons and additional health can be collected from crates dropped on the battlefield, but worms must be mindful of landmines that will detonate upon close proximity, and oil drums that will explode when exposed to other explosions.

In addition to local hotseat multiplayer for up to four players, Worms Armageddon also offers a variety of single player content. The player can start a quick one-on-one match against a computer team, or take part in six training disciplines. A total of 33 single-player missions can also be attempted, however the player is required to achieve medals in Basic Training before they are allowed to attempt the missions. There is also a Deathmatch mode, where the player plays a series of matches against increasingly tougher computer teams, with victory and defeat affecting the player's rank.

Training

	Basic Training
	This discipline teaches the player the basic functions of a few of the basic weapons, and completion of this discipline is required to be able to attempt the single-player missions. Completing each set of disciplines will award the player with a medal, and the better the medal received the more missions will become available.
	Super Sheep Racing
	In this discipline, the player has infinite Super Sheep, and the objective is to fly a Super Sheep around the landscape for as long as possible. Collecting the crates that spawn around the terrain will add extra time.
	Rifle Training
	From the highest point of the terrain, the objective is to shoot as many targets as possible using the Shotgun to increase the timer. The discipline ends if the timer is allowed to reach zero or if the player kills their worm.
	Crazy Crates Training
	This discipline has the player swing around a cavern using the Ninja Rope, and the objective is to collect as many crates as possible to add more seconds to the timer. The discipline ends if the timer is allowed to reach zero.
	Artillery Training
	In this discipline, the player's worm is anchored to a single spot in the center of the landscape, and must use Grenades to destroy as many targets as possible to get extra time. The discipline ends if the timer is allowed to reach zero or if the player kills their worm.
	Advanced Weapon Training
	In this discipline, the player has an assortment of weapons at their disposal, and must use these weapons to take out as many old women as possible from a fixed position on the landscape. The discipline ends if the timer is allowed to reach zero or if the player kills their worm. This discipline is known as "Euthanasia" in the 1999 PC release.

Missions

	Pumpkin Problems
	Operation Market Garden
	All Quiet In The Library
	Do The Locomotion
	Cool As Ice
	Sand In Your Eye
	Not Mushroom Out There
	Big Shot
	Water Surprise
	Jurassic Worm
	Chemical Warfare
	No Substitute
	Flood Zone
	Super Sheep Rescue
	Trouble On Mt Wormore
	Hot Stuff
	The Drop Zone
	Mad Cows
	Horny Nuke
	Rumble In The Farmyard
	Wooden Ambush
	Go Bananas
	Chateau Assassin
	Countdown To Armageddon
	A Crate Too Far
	Rescue Agent Dennis
	Bazooka On The Rocks
	Stolen Goods
	Sinking Ice Cap
	Aim Long, Aim True
	Goody Two Shoes
	Trouble In Toystore
	Spectral Recovery

Versions

Worms Armageddon was originally released for Windows PCs for Europe in January 1999, with the Dreamcast version being released later alongside versions for the PlayStation, Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color.

The Dreamcast port is lacking in some areas, however. It shares the distinction with the PlayStation version that less teams and worms are allowed on the battlefield at one time (four teams with four worms each). It can also take longer for computer players to make a decision.

However, the Dreamcast port still retains a higher resolution and some of the graphical effects from the PC version, such as the debris in the background, which the PlayStation version lacks. Some objects, such as crates, are still animated, though other objects like oil drums are not animated.

Magazine articles

Main article: Worms Armageddon/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #95: "Décembre 1999" (1999-1x-xx)

Print advert in Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) #2: "Décembre 1999/Janvier 2000" (1999-12-xx)

Print advert in MAN!AC (DE) #1999-11: "11/99" (1999-10-06)

Print advert in Hyper (AU) #75: "January 2000" (1999-12-01)

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Publication Version Score Ação Games (BR) 65 Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL 80 DC-UK (UK) PAL 80 Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL 80 Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin (DE) PAL 50 Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL 73 Dreamzone (FR) PAL 86 Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU) 80 Fun Generation (DE) PAL 90 GameFan (US) NTSC-U 93 Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U 83 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 78 Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL 80 Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) NTSC-U 70 Player One (FR) PAL 77 Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES) PAL 60 Video Games (DE) PAL 82

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