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Worms
System(s): Sega Mega Drive , Sega Saturn
Publisher: Ocean (US/EU), I'MAX (JP)
Developer: Team 17 , East Point Software
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (7 tracks)
Genre: Simulation
Number of players: 1-16
Release
Date
RRP
Code
EU
1996-08-08[1]
MK-1198-50
AU
199x
JP
1997-03-04
¥5,8005,800
T-22405G
US
1996-04[3]
T-16403H
EU
1996
T-16403H-50
PT
1996
SJ0303X
BR
1996-10[4]
193206
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Worms (ワームス) is a turn based strategy game developed by Team 17 , and was originally published by Ocean Software for the Amiga in 1995. It is the first in a long-running series of Worms games, and was ported to a variety of platforms, including the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Saturn .
Gameplay
The game involves the player controlling a team of worms supplied with a variety of different weapons, with the aim is to eliminate all the enemy worms on a 2D playfield. Worms was revolutionary at the time due to its use of randomly generated and fully destructible landscapes; an explosion for example will leave a round crater, thus limiting the area worms can stand on and potentially creating the need for a different strategy.
As a turn-based game, the game allows up to 16 players to take control of units (though there is only ever a maximum of four teams).
While the gameplay is largely the same between the Mega Drive and Saturn versions of Worms , the Saturn version benefits from a number of graphical upgrades and an in-game soundtrack.
Magazine articles
Main article: Worms/Magazine articles .
Promotional material
Print advert in
Consoles + (FR) #51: "Février 1996" (1996-0x-xx)
Print advert in
Mega Force (FR) #48: "Mars 1996" (1996-0x-xx)
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart
Manual
Saturn version
Saturn, US
Cover
Disc
Manual
Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc
Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard
Disc
Saturn, PT
Disc
Technical information
ROM dump status
System
Hash
Size
Build Date
Source
Comments
✔
509,257,392
CD-ROM (EU)
T-16403H-50 V1.000
✔
525,300,384
1997-01-27
CD-ROM (JP)
T-22405G V1.001
?
509,255,040
CD-ROM (US)
T-16403H V1.000
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