Worms

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Worms
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Saturn
Publisher: Ocean (US/EU), I'MAX (JP)
Developer:
Sound driver:
Sega Saturn
SCSP/CD-DA (7 tracks)
Peripherals supported:
Sega Mega Drive
Team Player
Genre: Simulation

















Number of players: 1-16
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
EU
MK-1198-50
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Saturn
JP
¥5,8005,800 T-22405G
Sega Saturn
US
T-16403H
Sega Saturn
EU
T-16403H-50
Sega Saturn
PT
SJ0303X
Sega Saturn
BR
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

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Saturn FR print advert
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Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #51: "Février 1996" (1996-0x-xx)
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Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #48: "Mars 1996" (1996-0x-xx)
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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
85
40 №178, p80[5]
64 №39, p42/43
85
79 №46, p64/65[2]
92 №62, p99
78 №76, p51
85 №89, p10
Sega Mega Drive
76
Based on
8 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[6]
Consoles + (FR)
85
[7]
Cool Gamer (RU)
80
[8]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
25
[5]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2 (RU)
80
[9]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
88
[10]
Joypad (FR)
85
[11]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
69
[12]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
90
[13]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
87
[14]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
79
[2]
Player One (FR) PAL
92
[15]
Sega Magazin (DE)
87
[16]
Sega News (CZ)
87
[17]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
78
[18]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
85
[19]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
87
[20]
Video Games (DE) PAL
70
[21]
Sega Mega Drive
79
Based on
18 reviews

Worms

Mega Drive, EU
Worms md eu cover.jpg
Cover
Worms MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Worms MD EU Manual.pdf
Manual

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
86
94
86 №39, p62/63
60 №3, p144
87 №40, p68-70[22]
94 №59, p106/107/108
60 №76, p48/49/50
93 №53, p54/55
90 №3, p86/87[23]
63 №1997-08, p138[24]
72 №, p12[25]
Sega Saturn
80
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Consoles + (FR)
89
[26]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
86
[27]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
100
[28]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
94
[29]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
55
[30]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
64
[31]
Hacker (HR)
89
[32]
Intelligent Gamer's Fusion (US) NTSC-U
83
[33]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
76
[12]
Maximum (UK)
50
[34]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
92
[35]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
88
[36]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
87
[22]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
75
[37]
Player One (FR)
94
[38]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
52
[39]
Saturn+ (UK) PAL
91
[40]
Secret Service (PL)
65
[41]
Sega Magazin (DE)
88
[42]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
60
[43]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
93
[44]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL
90
[45]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
63
[46]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
72
[25]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
89
[47]
Última Generación (ES)
80
[48]
Video Games (DE) PAL
85
[49]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
80
[50]
Sega Saturn
80
Based on
28 reviews

Worms

Saturn, US
Worms Saturn US Box Back.jpgWorms Saturn US Box Front.jpg
Cover
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Disc
Worms sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
Worms saturn eu cover.jpg
Cover
Worms saturn eu cd.jpg
Disc
Saturn, JP
Worms Saturn JP Box Back.jpgWorms Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
Worms Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
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Disc
Saturn, BR

Saturn, PT
Worms Sat PT Box Back.jpgWorms Sat PT Box Spine.jpgWorms Sat PT Box Front.jpg
Cover
Worms Sat PT Disc.jpg
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
509,257,392 CD-ROM (EU) T-16403H-50 V1.000
Sega Saturn
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
525,300,384 1997-01-27 CD-ROM (JP) T-22405G V1.001
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
509,255,040 CD-ROM (US) T-16403H V1.000

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 File:MeanMachinesSega46UK.pdf, page 64 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega46UK.pdf_p64" defined multiple times with different content
  3. File:EGM US 082.pdf, page 94
  4. http://www.tectoy.com.br/releases/index.htm (Wayback Machine: 1998-06-25 19:48)
  5. 5.0 5.1 File:CVG UK 178.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 178.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content
  6. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 268
  7. Consoles +, "Mai 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 125
  8. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 238
  9. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 2, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 363
  10. Hobby Consolas, "Febrero 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 62
  11. Joypad, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 74
  12. 12.0 12.1 MAN!AC, "02/96" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 62
  13. Mega Force, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 84
  14. Mega Fun, "02/96" (DE; 1996-01-24), page 68
  15. Player One, "Mars 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 99
  16. Sega Magazin, "Februar 1996" (DE; 1996-01-10), page 12
  17. Sega News, "Říjen 1996" (CZ; 1996-xx-xx), page 23
  18. Sega Power, "March 1996" (UK; 1996-01-18), page 51
  19. Sonic the Comic, "29 October 1996" (UK; 1996-10-16), page 10
  20. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 227
  21. Video Games, "2/96" (DE; 1996-01-24), page 86
  22. 22.0 22.1 File:MeanMachinesSega40UK.pdf, page 68 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega40UK.pdf_p68" defined multiple times with different content
  23. File:SSM_UK_03.pdf, page 86
  24. File:SSM_JP_19970321_1997-08.pdf, page 140
  25. 25.0 25.1 Saturn no Game wa Sekai Ichi~i~i~i!: Satamaga Dokusha Race Zen Kiroku, SoftBank Publishing, page 14 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p14" defined multiple times with different content
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  27. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 32
  28. Fun Generation, "03/96" (DE; 1996-02-12), page 53
  29. Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 5 May 1996" (US; 1996-04-xx), page 64
  30. GamePro, "June 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 68
  31. Game Informer, "May 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 40
  32. Hacker, "02/1996" (HR; 1996-xx-xx), page 61
  33. Intelligent Gamer's Fusion, "Volume 2, Number 8: May 1996" (US; 1996-0x-xx), page 86
  34. Maximum, "January 1996" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 144
  35. Mega Force, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 74
  36. Mega Fun, "03/96" (DE; 1996-02-20), page 81
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  38. Player One, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 106
  39. Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 5" (JP; 1997-02-28), page 140
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  41. Secret Service, "Marzec 1996" (PL; 1996-03-01), page 21
  42. Sega Magazin, "April 1996" (DE; 1996-03-13), page 80
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  49. Video Games, "2/96" (DE; 1996-01-24), page 68
  50. VideoGames, "July 1996" (US; 1996-06-18), page 63



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