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#| W O R M W A R S |#
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#| Version 9.34 |#
#| 11 Dec 2023 |#
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#| by James Jacobs |#
#| of Amigan Software |#
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Overview
Requirements
Usage
Credits and Licence
History
Other Releases
Title Screen
Level Editor
How to Play
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Overview Worm Wars is an advanced Tron/Snake-style arcade game for up to 4 simultaneous players, for Windows, Android, AmigaOS, MorphOS, AROS and Game Boy Advance. There are 37 types of creature, 37 types of object, and 13 types of bonus level. The integral level editor allows you to load, edit and save user levelsets. There is support for playing MED and IFF 8SVX files as music and sound effects respectively. It is can be played by one player, or as a competitive multiplayer game, and demo mode is available. Amiga or human control can be specified for any worm. Two keyboard players, four joystick players, and/or four CD32 gamepad players are supported. It is system-friendly, style compliant and screenmode-sensitive. The supported languages are currently English, German, Greek, Italian, Polish and Spanish. CLI arguments and Workbench ToolTypes are not present in the Windows version.
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System Requirements
Hardware Required about 1Mb chip RAM
about 1Mb chip/fast RAM
640x512 or better resolution
RTG (OS4 version)
Recommended Joystick(s)
CD32 controller(s)
Flicker fixer
Keyboard with numeric keypad
Battery-backed clock
Parallel port joystick adapter
MC68020+
Firmware Required Kickstart 2.0+
Recommended Kickstart 3.1+
Software Required OS3.0+
Recommended OS3.5+
MEDPlayer.library (included)
OpenURL.library (if OS < 4.1.1)
TCP/IP stack (Internet connection)
Web browser
Mem-Handler (included) (OS4 users
only) (needed by OS4
MEDPlayer.library)
You need at least Installer 42.9 to run the installation script.
A reasonably fast Amiga (A4000?) is required to run the game at full
speed with animations. The (undocumented!) cheat codes require the use of
a numeric keypad. A600 users who wish to access them will need to run
http://aminet.net/util/misc/npad-373.lha (as this one has been tested to
work with Worm Wars. Other similar utilities may not be compatible).
The MorphOS port lacks music but is otherwise identical to the AmigaOS 2-3
version. If you find that your system hangs at when starting and/or
quitting Worm Wars, try using the NOLOWLEVEL CLI argument (or ToolType).
For AmigaOS 4 users:
The program uses audio.device (ie. Paula); you might need to use NallePUH
or a similar program to enable sound if you are using hardware other than
a Classic Amiga or UAE (eg. an AmigaOne).
If using WinUAE, you should have sound enabled (or "disabled, but
emulated") in the WinUAE settings, otherwise it will crash when attempting
to play music.
The OS3 version is not intended for OS4 nor MorphOS, and compatibility of
it with those platforms is not assured. You should run the native port for
your platform (because some of the compatibility logic is done at compile-
time rather than at runtime).
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Usage
The default behaviour is to load the music and sound effects automatically
at startup. The -n (NOPRELOAD) CLI argument prevents loading of the sound
effects and music until they are needed.
If the specified default levelset cannot be loaded at startup,
a blank, five-level levelset is used instead, with its bonus level floored
with silver.
The user's preferred screen mode, initial worm controls, and settings for
"Animations?", "Create Icons?", "Engraved Squares?", "View Pointer?",
"View Titlebar?" and "Shuffle Levels?" are loaded from WormWars.config, if
possible.
If any of the CLI arguments or Workbench tooltypes PUBSCREEN, WINWIDTH or
WINHEIGHT are specified, the game will use the named public screen (or the
default public screen if no name is given). Your Workbench should be at
least slightly larger than WINWIDTH×WINHEIGHT for this (to accommodate the
window borders.)
Otherwise, the game will open its own custom screen: if the
WormWars.config file does not exist, you will be asked to select your
preferred screen mode. At least 640x512 in 16 colours is required, but the
game can increase the playfield size to accomodate resolutions of up to 1280x1024.
Amiga: Be aware that the title screen and level editor have menus which
contain important functionality (even if the titlebar is not being
displayed).
How to Run Worm Wars for Amiga in Greek
You need to be using an appropriate 8-point monospaced Greek font (ie. one
which is designed for code page ELOT 928). There are several such fonts
available, eg. from http://www.hri.org/culture97/fonts/AmiGR.lha . Copy
one or all of them into FONTS: . You should download and install
AntiTopaz.lha (from Aminet) and set it to use a font such as topazgr.font
instead of topaz.font .
Also, you will of course need to set Greek as your preferred language in
Locale Preferences, and topazgr.font as your system default font in Font
Preferences.
You may need to download the Boing Bag #2 Greek Locale
package (http://os.amigaworld.de/download.php?id=14) or EPAGrWb.lha (from
Aminet) for eg. the greek.language files.
You might find this page to be useful:
http://www.hri.org/culture97/fonts.html#amiga
How to Run Worm Wars for Windows in Greek
Windows 98SE: You need to install the "multilanguage support" component
from the Windows CD; this will provide the necessary fonts. Then, you need
to use the Appearance tab of the Display component of Control Panel to
choose appropriate Greek fonts for Active Title Bar (this will set
Inactive Title Bar automatically), Message Box and Menu. "Tahoma
(Greek)" at 8 point size works well. Then click OK to save changes.
Now start Worm Wars and choose Greek and it should work fine.
Note that Windows 98SE, and probably some other versions of Windows,
when the system boots up, seem to perform a check of the regional
settings, and may change your chosen fonts. Eg. if Australia is detected,
the fonts chosen as "Tahoma (Greek)" will change to "Tahoma
(Western)". So it might help to also use the Regional Settings
component of Control Panel to choose Greece as your country.
You might find this page to be useful:
http://www.hri.org/fonts/w95/w95-eng.html
Windows XP: In Control Panel, go to "Regional and Language Options|
Advanced". In "Language for non-Unicode programs", choose "Greek".
In "Code page conversion tables", ensure that "1253 (ANSI - Greek)" is
ticked.
Windows 7: In Control Panel, go to "Clock, Language and Region|
Region and Language|Administrative|Language for non-Unicode programs|
Change system locale...". Choose "Greek (Greece)".
Windows 8.1: In Control Panel, go to "Region|Administrative|Language for
non-Unicode programs|Change system locale...". Choose "Greek (Greece)".
Windows then needs to restart the computer, how lame is that!? :-(
How to Run Worm Wars for Amiga in Polish
You need to be using an appropriate 8-point monospaced Polish font (ie.
one which is designed for code page ISO-8859-2). For example, ISOTopazPL,
from the in the Boing Bag #2 Polish Locale package
( http://os.amigaworld.de/download.php?id=18 ). Copy ISOTopazPL into
FONTS: . You should download and install AntiTopaz.lha (from Aminet) and
set it to use a font such as ISOTopazPL.font instead of topaz.font .
Also, you will of course need to set Polish as your preferred language in
Locale Preferences, and ISOTopazPL.font as your system default font in Font
Preferences.
How to Run Worm Wars for Windows in Polish
Windows 8.1: In Control Panel, go to "Region|Administrative|Language for
non-Unicode programs|Change system locale...". Choose "Polish (Poland)".
Windows then needs to restart the computer, how lame is that!? :-(
CLI Arguments
WormWars
Format: WormWars [nolowlevel] [-n|nopreload] [-a|noanims]
[-i|noicons] [-p=<priority>] [-q|quiet]
[screenmode] [-s|shuffle]
[green=JOY|PAD|AMIGA|NONE|KYBD]
[red=JOY|PAD|AMIGA|NONE|KYBD]
[blue=JOY|PAD|AMIGA|NONE]
[yellow=JOY|PAD|AMIGA|NONE]
[PUBSCREEN=<screenname>] [WINWIDTH=<width>]
[WINHEIGHT=<height>] [[file=]<levelset>]]
Template: WORMWARS NOLOWLEVEL,-N=NOPRELOAD/S,-A=NOANIMS/S,
-I=NOICONS/S,-P=PRI/K/N,-S=SHUFFLE/S,-Q=QUIET,GREEN/K,
RED/K,BLUE/K,YELLOW/K,PUBSCREEN/K,WINWIDTH/N,WINHEIGHT/N,
FILE
Purpose: To run the Worm Wars game.
Specification:
nolowlevel: don't use lowlevel.library.
-n: don't load sound effects and music until they are needed.
-a: turn off animations. This is not needed on 68000/68010-
based systems, as animations are turned off by default
on such systems.
-i: don't create icons when saving.
-p: the priority that Worm Wars will be run at.
Higher priorities can help the game to run
closer to full speed. Lower priorities can
help the system multitask, by giving less
processor time to Worm Wars.
The allowable range is -128 to +5, with the
default being 0.
-q: don't report errors during startup.
screenmode: This allows you to choose a new screenmode at startup,
even if a WormWars.config file exists.
-s: shuffle levels.
colour=KYBD|JOY|PAD|AMIGA|NONE:
the initial controls for the worms. For example,
GREEN=KYBD will select keyboard control for the
green worm. Unless otherwise specified, RED=KYBD,
YELLOW=AMIGA, GREEN=NONE and BLUE=NONE. KYBD
is not available for the blue and yellow worms.
The following synonyms are also recognized:
for KYBD: KEYBOARD
for JOY: STICK or JOYSTICK
for PAD: GAMEPAD
PUBSCREEN: name of the public screen to run it on.
WINWIDTH: width of the window (excluding border) in public screen
mode. Can range from 640..1280.
WINHEIGHT: height of the window (excluding border) in public screen
mode. Can range from 512..1024.
<levelset>: the pathname of your default levelset. This
is taken exactly as entered; an '.lset'
extension is not automatically appended. If no
argument is given, the default is PROGDIR:WormWars.lset.
?: displays the command line argument format.
The order of the arguments is interchangeable.
Examples:
WormWars /foo.lset load foo.lset from parent
directory, and run at priority level 0
WormWars -f -p-3 bar.lset
load bar.lset from current
directory, and run at priority
level -3, without loading sound effects
WormWars HD1:foo.lset -m -f -p4 -o
load foo.lset from root
directory of HD1:, and run at
priority level +4, without loading music or
sound effects, and set overhead viewpoint
WormWars -p+5 /lsets/bar.lset
load bar.lset from lsets/
sibling directory, and run at priority
level +5
WormWars ? display command format
Workbench ToolTypes
TOOLPRI=<priority> eg. TOOLPRI=5
FILE=<levelset> eg. FILE=foo.lset
GREEN=JOY|PAD|AMIGA|NONE|KYBD eg. GREEN=PAD
RED=JOY|PAD|AMIGA|NONE|KYBD
BLUE=JOY|PAD|AMIGA|NONE
YELLOW=JOY|PAD|AMIGA|NONE
NOLOWLEVEL eg. NOLOWLEVEL
NOPRELOAD
NOANIMS
NOMUSIC
NOFX
NOICONS
SCREENMODE
SHUFFLE
QUIET
PUBSCREEN
WINWIDTH
WINHEIGHT
These are equivalent to the relevant CLI arguments.
The following synonyms are also recognized:
for KYBD: KEYBOARD
for JOY: STICK or JOYSTICK
for PAD: GAMEPAD
If you double-click on a levelset file, the game will load with that
levelset. In that case, ToolTypes are of course, taken from the levelset's
.info file.
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Title Screen
Keys
Amiga version:
Esc F1 F2 F3 F4 .. .. .. .. .. ..
.... 1 2 3 4 . . . . . . . . . <- ... Hel . . . .
..... Q . . . . . . . O . . . Ret . . . .
... .. A S . F . H . . . . . . ur . 4 . . .
Shift . . . . . . N M . . ? Shift . . . 1 2 3 E
.. .. -----Spacebar---- Am .. -.- . n
1-4 or F1-F4 cycles the relevant worm controls through the various
control options. If Shift is held as a qualifier, it cycles backwards.
RETURN or ENTER begins the game.
Spacebar enters the level editor.
M toggles the music on or off.
F toggles the sound effects on or off.
S toggles level shuffling on or off.
Game Boy Advance version:
START: start (at title screen) or quit to title screen (during game)
SELECT: pause
A/B: fire (if you have bullets) or jump (otherwise)
D-pad: turn
L/R: turn 45° left/right
Windows version:
"3D worms?" will cause the worms to be drawn with height, rather than
being flat. The effect is not perfect; in particular, areas protruding
into adjacent squares will not necessarily be visually cleared when the
square is.
"Isometric?" will cause the field graphics to be tilted in a pseudo-3D
effect. You will get a narrower field (less horizontal squares) than would
otherwise be the case at the same resolution. For this reason, this option
cannot be used if you have "Resolution" set to 800*600.
Menu
Project|New Amiga-N Creates a blank, 5-level
levelset titled WormWars.lset.
Project|Open... Amiga-O Loads a levelset.
Project|Revert Amiga-R Reloads the current levelset.
Project|Save Amiga-S
Project|Save As... Amiga-A
Project|Delete... Amiga-D Deletes a levelset.
Project|Quit Amiga-Q, Esc Exits to CLI/Workbench.
Edit|Clear High Scores Clears the high score tables.
View|Pointer? Amiga-P View mouse pointer?
View|Titlebar? Amiga-B View screen titlebar?
Settings|Animations? Amiga-T Animations on/off.
Settings|Create Icons? Amiga-I Create icons when saving?
Settings|Engraved Squares? Fancy empty squares?
Help|Creatures... List of creatures.
Help|Fruits... List of fruits.
Help|Objects... List of objects.
Help|Manual... Help Opens this document.
Help|About... Amiga-? Credits window.
Gadgets
Key Colour Human Controls
1 Green Joystick 3/Gamepad 3/Left Keyboard
2 Red Joystick 4/Gamepad 4/Right Keyboard
3 Blue Joystick 2/Gamepad 2
4 Yellow Joystick 1/Gamepad 1
Any combination of controls is acceptable, but at least one worm must
exist.
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Level Editor
The level editor allows you to load, edit and/or save the playfields
which the worms compete on.
You are allowed to have up to 80 levels, plus the bonus level, in each
levelset.
The high score table for each levelset is saved with the levelset. Making
any modification to the levelset will clear all the levelset's high
scores. There is a separate high score table for each difficulty setting.
High scores should in fairness only be compared between concurrent
versions of the game (because of rule changes), with the same screenmode
and number of players, and with level shuffling turned off.
Keys
Esc F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10
.... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 . . . .. Del Hel . . . .
..... Q . E R . . . I . . . . Ret 7 8 9 .
Ctr .. A S D F . . . . . . . . ur U 4 5 6 .
Shift . . C . . . N M . . ? Shift L D R 1 2 3 E
Al .. -----Spacebar---- Am Al -0- . n
F1 empty
F2 silver
F3 gold
F4 dynamite
F5 wood
F6 stone
F7 metal
F8 frost
F9 up-arrow (faster)
F10 down-arrow (slower)
M toggles the music on or off.
F toggles the sound effects on or off.
Delete and Help change the current level (lower and higher,
respectively). When shifted, they change to level 1 or the
final level, respectively.
C centres the cursor in the centre of the level.
X and Y are symmetry functions. The cursor will move to the other side of
the level, at the same distance from the other edge as it was originally
from the original edge. This is useful for making symmetrical levels.
Numeric . stamps the current brush at the current cursor location.
I stamps slime at the current cursor location.
Numeric 0 toggles `sticky mode'. This means that the `brush'
is held down: any single-square keyboard cursor movements will alter
squares that the cursor passes over to the current brush. Toggling
sticky mode `on' also does a `stamp' of the current brush at the current
cursor location.
F1-F10, when unshifted, change your brush type to the
appropriate type, as if the gadget had been clicked. When shifted,
the level will be filled with the requested square type, without change to
the current brush.
Alphanumeric 1-0 change the square under the cursor to
the relevant type, without affecting the current brush.
The cursor keys or numeric keypad move the cursor around the level.
The default movement is one square. (If sticky mode is on, copies of the
brush are left behind). Holding Alt moves the cursor in increments of
five squares. Holding Shift or Ctrl moves the cursor to the
relevant edge of the level. (The cursor is shown as a white dot, or in
sticky mode as a red dot.)
Menu
Project|New Amiga-N Clears the levelset.
Project|Open... Amiga-O Loads a levelset.
Project|Revert Amiga-R Reloads the current levelset.
Project|Save Amiga-S Saves current levelset.
Project|Save as... Amiga-A Saves with new filename.
Project|Delete... Amiga-D Deletes a levelset.
Project|Quit Amiga-Q, Shift-Esc Exits to CLI/Workbench.
Edit|Cut Amiga-X
Edit|Copy Amiga-C
Edit|Paste Amiga-V
Edit|Erase Amiga-E Clears this level.
Edit|Delete Deletes this level.
Edit|Insert Inserts blank level here.
Edit|Append Adds blank level to end.
Edit|Clear high scores Clears the high score tables.
View|Previous level Goes to the previous level.
View|Next level Goes to the next level.
View|Pointer? Amiga-P View mouse pointer?
View|Titlebar? Amiga-B View screen titlebar?
Settings|Animations? Amiga-T Animations on/off.
Settings|Create icons? Amiga-I Create icons when saving?
Settings|Engraved squares? Fancy empty squares?
Help|Creatures... List of creatures.
Help|Fruits... List of fruits.
Help|Objects... List of objects.
Help|Manual... Opens this document.
Help|About... Amiga-? Credits window.
Mouse control
The gadgets to the left of the level will change your current `brush' to
the appropriate type. This brush is assigned to the left mouse button,
and the keyboard and joystick. The pointer imagery will be altered to
reflect your brush type, for some brush types.
The right mouse button, when over the playfield, will function as
`empty' rather than bringing up the menus.
Clicking on the playfield will change the current cursor location to the
chosen square, and change that square to the current brush (or to `empty'
if the right mouse button is clicked).
Start:
The starting location for all worms. This is invisible during
gameplay. Usually it is best left where it is, in the centre of the
level. You use the S key to set the starting location.
_
/ \
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Blue
<--- Green START Red --->
Yellow
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Credits
Design and programming are by James Jacobs of Amigan Software. Graphics
are by James Jacobs and Sinphaltimus. Music is by various composers.
Level design is by James and Xenya Jacobs and Lisa Woon. Special thanks to
Jilles Tjoelker and Samir Hawamdeh for bug reports, to Bob Wilson for the
AROS port, to Stefan Haubenthal for the MorphOS port and German
translation, to Samir Hawamdeh for the Italian translation, to Anthony
Iliakis for the Greek translation, and to Tomasz 'HanSolo' Potrykus for
the Polish translation.
EMail: amigansoftware@gmail.com
Amiga Developer Number: AD874
Website: http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/
Licence
Worm Wars is open source freeware. These are the licence conditions:
* you are not allowed to sell it, or modified versions of it, without
consent (however, magazine covermounting is permitted);
* any modified versions must be clearly marked as such, and not be
misrepresented as being the original software;
* you are not allowed to remove or alter the existing credits (though
you may append to them as appropriate);
* you may distribute this unmodified executable either with or without
the source code, at your discretion. (The official release packages
will always include source code.) However, modified versions
(including ports) must include both the executable and source code;
* any accessory files (eg. catalog files) must be accompanied by
source code (eg. the corresponding .ct file);
* software into which code or algorithms are copied must be open
source, and appropriate credit must be given;
* you must allow us the right to backport improvements you make to
this software or algorithms;
* contributions cannot later be arbitrarily rescinded; and
* you are not allowed to modify the software to insert logic bombs,
spyware, digital restrictions management, copy protection, online
activation, virii or other malware, nor may you include it in any
package, compilation or download containing these.
We seek to provide the most rights and freedoms possible to users,
modifiers and distributors of this software. We believe that the above
licence meets these needs and is superior to other licences, eg. the GPL
(which permits selling of free software, non-inclusion of source code,
etc.).
If you would like to become an official co-developer of this game,
please contact us. Ports of this game to other platforms are welcomed.
Bugs
Amiga development and style guidelines have been adhered to, using the
official Amiga Developer CD 2.1 and the official AmigaOS 3.9 NDK as
authoritive references.
Please contact us immediately if any bugs are found. You can use our
utility, Report+, to generate bug reports for Worm Wars, though this is
not required. Please do not assume that any bug has already been reported;
if it had been, it would have been fixed already.
Future
Amigan Software have demonstrated their commitment to the Amiga for
many years. We intend to continue further AmigaOS programming.
The evolution of this game is user-driven. Users are invited to contribute
suggestions for the future of the game.
Levelsets, etc. can be submitted to Amigan Software and may be
distributed with a future release and/or offered for download, with
acknowledgements to the contributor(s).
Source code
Source code is provided.
The IBM-PC version was compiled with Microfilth Visual C 6.0.
The AmigaOS 3.x version was compiled with SAS/C 6.59.
The AmigaOS 4.x version was compiled with VBCC and GCC.
To regenerate the greek.ct file, get the CTLG2CT program (eg. from our
site, or from Aminet), and then:
CTLG2CT WormWars/Catalogs/greek/WormWars.catalog WormWars/source/aa.cd >WormWars/source/greek.ct
OS4 users will need the proto/medplayer.h, interfaces/medplayer.h and
inline4/medplayer.h files to compile the game. You can find them inside:
http://aminet.net/package/util/libs/medplayer_src.lha
Copy them to SDK:Include/include_h/ .
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AmiArcadia/WinArcadia (AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, Windows)
AmiArcadia and WinArcadia are multi-emulators of these machines:
* Emerson Arcadia 2001 console family (Bandai, Emerson,
Grandstand, Intervision, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, MPT-03, Ormatu,
Palladium, Poppy, Robdajet, Tele-Fever, Tempest, Tryom, Tunix,
etc.) (1982);
* Interton VC 4000 console family (Acetronic, Fountain, Hanimex,
Interton, Prinztronic, Radofin, Rowtron, Soundic, Voltmace,
Waddingtons, etc.) (c. 1978);
* Elektor TV Games Computer (1979);
* PIPBUG- and BINBUG-based machines (EA 77up2, EA 78up5, Signetics
Adaptable Board Computer, Eurocard 2650, etc.) (c. 1977-1978);
* Signetics Instructor 50 trainer (1978);
* Central Data 2650 computer (1977);
* PHUNSY computer (c. 1980);
* Ravensburger Selbstbaucomputer aka 2650 Minimal Computer trainer
(1984);
* Hofacker MIKIT 2650 trainer (1978);
* Astro Wars, Galaxia, Laser Battle and Lazarian coin-ops by
Zaccaria (1979-1981);
* Malzak 1 and 2 coin-ops by Kitronix (c. 1981);
* AY-3-8500/8550/8600-based Pong systems (Coleco Telstar Galaxy, Sheen
TVG-201, etc.) (c. 1976-1977); and
* VTech Type-right machine (1985).
Features include: ReAction GUI, load/save snapshots, windowed and full-
screen modes, CPU tracing, trainer, drag and drop support, graphics
scaling, automatic load/save of configuration/game, keyboard/joystick/
gamepad/paddle/mouse/trackball/Vision-dapter support, autofire, turbo
mode, gameplay recording/playback, sprite demultiplexing, help windows,
source code, debugger, frame skipping, redefinable keys, save screenshots
(7 supported formats), REXX port, network play (IPv4 and IPv6), real-time
monitor, locale support, game selection sidebar, text-to-speech,
artefacting, support for ZIPped games, clipboard support, palette editor,
tone retuning, high score management, force feedback, sprite editor, 3D,
assembler, CALM support, Scale2x/3x/4x and HQx filters, animation
recording (5 supported formats), sound recording (8 supported formats),
horizon dejittering, tape decks (4 supported formats), RetroAchievements
support, floppy disk drive emulation.
The supported languages are currently English, Dutch, French, German,
Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian and Spanish.
DroidArcadia (Android)
This is a port of a subset of the Ami/WinArcadia emulator to the
Android platform, for the purpose of emulating these machines:
* the Emerson Arcadia 2001 console family (Bandai, Emerson,
Grandstand, Intervision, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, MPT-03, Ormatu,
Palladium, Poppy, Robdajet, Tele-Fever, Tempest, Tryom, Tunix,
etc.) (c. 1982);
* the Interton VC 4000 console family (Acetronic, Cabel, Fountain,
Hanimex, Interton, Prinztronic, Radofin, Rowtron, Voltmace,
Waddingtons, etc.) (c. 1978);
* the Elektor TV Games Computer (1979);
Features include: artefacting, autofire, force feedback, frame skipping,
game help, gamepad support, high score management, horizon dejittering,
locale support, save screenshots, saved states, sprite demultiplexing,
tone retuning, trainers.
The supported languages are currently English, Dutch, French, German,
Greek, Italian, Polish and Spanish.
Super Bug Advance (GBA)
This is a port of a subset of the Ami/WinArcadia 11.71 emulator to the
Nintendo Game Boy Advance platform, for the purpose of emulating the
Super Bug 1 and 2 and Capture games.
Tunnels & Trolls (Windows, AmigaOS 2-4)
Amiga: http://aminet.net/game/role/TunnelsAndTrolls.lha
Windows: https://archive.org/download/tunnelsandtrolls
This is an implementation of the Tunnels & Trolls game (5th Edition), in
its solitaire form, consisting of the game engine and 32 adventures. It
allows you to play the adventures without pen, paper, dice, cards, nor the
adventures themselves. The complete T&T rulebook will prove handy but is
not essential.
The included adventures are:
* Abyss (1980)
* Amulet of the Salkti (1984)
* Arena of Khazan (1979)
* Beyond the Silvered Pane (1978)
* Beyond the Wall of Tears (1984)
* Blue Frog Tavern (1981)
* Buffalo Castle (1976)
* Captif d'Yvoire (1984)
* Caravan to Tiern (1989)
* Circle of Ice (1980)
* City of Terrors (1978)
* Dargon's Dungeon (1977)
* Dark Temple (1991)
* Deathtrap Equalizer (1977)
* Elven Lords (1987)
* Gamesmen of Kasar (1982)
* Goblin Lake (1979)
* Hela's House of Dark Delights (1982)
* Labyrinth (1977)
* Mistywood (1981)
* Naked Doom (1977)
* New Sorcerer Solitaire (1993)
* Old Sorcerer Solitaire (1979)
* Overkill (1977)
* Red Circle (1987)
* Sea of Mystery (1981)
* Sewers of Oblivion (1980)
* Solo for the Intellectually Challenged (1993)
* Sword for Hire (1979)
* Trollstone Caverns (1979)
* Weirdworld (1977)
* When the Cat's Away (1993)
The basis for this conversion is the Corgi edition of the T&T 5th
Edition rules, although the Flying Buffalo editions have also been
consulted. Some special combats, item powers, abilities, and spells are
not currently implemented.
Amiga: The game provides a ReAction GUI for OS3.5+ users and
illustrations for OS3.0+ users. It can also be run as a console
application instead (eg. for use as a BBS door game, or for OS2.0-3.1
users).
Report+ (AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS)
Report+ is a freeware ReAction-based utility with nine functions:
1. It is an enhanced, reverse-engineered, 100% byte-compatible
replacement for the official Commodore bug reporting tool (40.2),
optionally sending emails automatically.
2. It can generate/edit Aminet-style readmes.
3. It can view/edit A3000/A4000-type battery-backed memory.
4. It can view/edit IFF/RIFF files and their component chunks.
5. It can view information about attached boards.
6. It can perform batch processing on icons.
7. It can convert between various ASCII formats.
8. It can show directory byte usage for any path, optionally also
changing protection bits and/or deleting specified files.
9. It can compare two paths, showing added, missing and changed files.
Multi-game Character Editor (AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS)
MCE (Multi-game Character Editor) is a user-friendly open source editor
of character files, saved games, high score tables, levels and graphics
for these 112 games:
* Arazok's Tomb (1987) S
* Bard's Tale 1-3 & Construction Set (1987-1992) C+S
* BattleTech (1989) S
* Bloodwych & Extended Levels (1989) S
* Bomb Jack 1 (1988) G+L
* Buck Rogers (1990) C
* California 1 & 2/Winter/World Games (1987-1992) H
* Cannon Fodder 1 & 2 (1993-1994) S
* Chambers of Shaolin (1989) C
* Champions of Krynn 1-3 (1990-1992) C
* Citadel of Vras (1989) S
* Computer Scrabble Deluxe (1988) S
* Conflict Europe (1989) S
* Dark Castle 1 & 2 (1988-1989) H+S
* Deja Vu 1 & 2/Shadowgate/Uninvited (1986-1989) S
* Demon's Winter (1989) S
* Dragon Wars (1990) S
* Druid 2: Enlightenment (1988) H+L
* Eye of the Beholder 1 & 2 (1990-1992) S
* F/A-18 Interceptor (1988) C
* Faery Tale Adventure (1986) S
* Firepower & Turbo (1987-1989) G+L
* Grand Monster Slam (1989) H
* Great Giana Sisters/Hard 'n' Heavy (1988-1989) H
* GridStart 1-3 (1987-1988) H
* HackLite/Larn/Moria/Rogue (1986-1993) H+S
* Heroes of the Lance & Dragons of Flame (1988-1989) S
* Hillsfar (1989) C
* Impossible Mission 2 (1988) H+S
* It Came from the Desert 1 & 2 (1989-1990) S
* Keef the Thief (1989) S
* Last Ninja Remix (1990) S
* Legend of Faerghail (1990) S
* Legend of Lothian (1991) S
* Mercenary: Escape from Targ & 2nd City (1986) S
* Might & Magic 2 & 3 (1990-1992) S
* Mindshadow/Borrowed Time/Tass Times in Tonetown (1985-1986) S
* Neuromancer (1989) S
* Nitro (1990) H
* Obliterator (1988) S
* Oo-Topos & Transylvania 1 & 2 (1986) S
* Panza Kickboxing 1 & 2 (1990-1992) C
* Phantasie 1 & 3 (1987) S
* Pinball Dreams/Fantasies/Illusions (1992-1995) H
* Pirates! & Pirates! Gold (1990-1994) S
* Pool of Radiance 1-4 (1990-1992) C
* Quadralien (1988) L+S
* Questron 2 (1988) S
* Ragnarok (1993) S
* Return of the Jedi (1988) H
* Robin Hood & Rome: AD92 (1991-1992) L+S
* Rockford (1988) G+H+L
* Rorke's Drift (1990) C
* Shadowlands & Shadoworlds (1992) S
* Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon (1987) S
* Slaygon (1987) S
* Speedball 1 & 2 (1988-1991) S
* Syndicate (1993) S
* Temple of Apshai (1986) C+S
* Times of Lore (1988) S
* TV Sports Baseball/Basketball/Boxing/Football (1988-1992) C
* Ultima 3-6 (1986-1992) S
* War in Middle Earth (1988) S
* Wizardry 6 (1990) S
* Zerg (1989) S
C = Characters
G = Graphics
H = High score tables
L = Levels
S = Saved games
Other Releases (Windows, AmigaOS 3, AmigaOS 4, MorphOS, AROS)
See http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/#others
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History
9.34 [OS3.0+ ][OS4][Windows][MOS? ][AROS?][Android][GBA]: Mon 11 Dec 2023.
Summary:
* Ported to Game Boy Advance.
* Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.
Details:
ported to gba.
ibm: fixed: squares bitmap was incorrect.
amiga: fixed incorrect points awarding at end of level.
fixed: head flashing was incorrect.
switcher now changes cherries and flowers to your own colour.
android: added label for on-screen jump/firebutton.
trimmed, normalized, etc. sound effects.
modified default levelset slightly.
ibm: fixed: ctrl key was getting stuck down in some situations.
9.33 [Android] : Sun 23 Oct 2023.
9.32 [OS3.0+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] [Android] : Mon 9 Oct 2023.
9.31 [Windows] : Sat 8 Oct 2022.
9.3 [OS3.0+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS][AROS ] : Sun 25 Sep 2022. 160th release.
9.25 [OS3.0+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS][AROS ] : Mon 3 Jan 2022.
9.24 [OS3.0+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS][AROS ] : Thu 8 Apr 2021.
9.23 [OS3.0+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS][AROS ] : Sun 2 Aug 2020.
9.22 [OS3.0+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS][AROS ] : Wed 8 Jan 2020.
9.21 [OS3.0+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Thu 15 Aug 2019.
9.2 [OS3.0+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS][AROS ] : Wed 7 Aug 2019.
9.16 [OS3.0+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS][AROS ] : Sun 5 May 2019.
9.15 [OS3.0+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS][AROS ] : Fri 18 Jan 2019.
9.14 [OS3.0+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS][AROS ] : Mon 16 Nov 2018.
9.13 [OS3.0+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Tue 9 Oct 2018.
9.12 [OS3.0+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Fri 10 Aug 2018.
9.11 [OS3.0+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Thu 26 Jul 2018.
9.1 [OS3.0+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Sat 19 May 2018.
9.01 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Mon 21 Aug 2017.
9.0 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Fri 28 Jul 2017.
8.98 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Fri 21 Apr 2017.
8.97 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Sun 18 Sep 2016.
8.96 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Mon 11 Jul 2016.
8.95 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Wed 4 May 2016.
8.94 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Sat 12 Dec 2015.
8.93 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Wed 18 Nov 2015.
8.92 [Windows] : Wed 26 Aug 2015.
8.91 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Sat 22 Aug 2015.
8.9 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Tue 14 Jul 2015.
8.89 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Mon 2 Feb 2015.
8.88 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows] : Thu 15 Jan 2015.
8.87 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Wed 15 Oct 2014.
8.86 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS][AROS ] : Thu 29 May 2014.
8.85 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS][AROS ] : Sun 29 Sep 2013.
8.84 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Mon 16 Sep 2013.
8.83 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Sun 1 Sep 2013.
8.82 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS][AROS ] : Sat 4 May 2013.
8.81 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Thu 8 Nov 2012.
8.8 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Tue 14 Aug 2012.
8.78 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS][AROS ] : Mon 28 May 2012.
8.77 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Thu 10 May 2012.
8.76 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Tue 1 May 2012.
8.75 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Mon 23 Apr 2012.
8.74 [OS4] : Sat 3 Mar 2012.
8.73 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Wed 29 Feb 2012.
8.72 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows] : Mon 30 Jan 2012.
8.71 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows] : Sat 22 Oct 2011.
8.7 [OS2.1+ ][OS4][Windows] : Wed 19 Oct 2011.
8.67 [OS2.04+][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Thu 30 Jun 2011.
8.66 [OS2.04+][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Fri 22 Apr 2011.
8.65 [OS2.04+][OS4][Windows] : Thu 7 Apr 2011.
8.64 [OS2.04+][OS4][Windows][MorphOS] : Sun 20 Mar 2011.
8.63 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Fri 24 Dec 2010.
8.62 [OS2.04+] [Windows][MorphOS] : Sat 11 Sep 2010.
8.61b [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Sun 20 Jun 2010.
8.61a [Windows] : Fri 16 Apr 2010.
8.61 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Mon 12 Apr 2010.
8.6 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Mon 26 Oct 2009.
8.57 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Thu 18 Jun 2009.
8.56 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Tue 13 Jan 2009.
8.55 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Mon 15 Sep 2008.
8.54 [OS2.04+] [Windows] [AROS ] : Wed 26 Mar 2008.
8.53 [OS2.04+] [Windows] [AROS ] : Mon 11 Feb 2008.
8.52a [Windows] : Mon 4 Feb 2008.
8.52 [OS2.04+] [Windows] [AROS ] : Fri 25 Jan 2008.
8.51 [OS2.04+] : Thu 4 Oct 2007.
8.5a [Windows] : Fri 7 Sep 2007.
8.5 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Thu 26 Apr 2007.
8.4a [Windows] : Tue 15 Aug 2006.
8.4 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Tue 20 Jun 2006.
8.3c [Windows] : Tue 14 Mar 2006.
8.3b [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Fri 15 Jul 2005.
8.3a [Windows] : Wed 18 May 2005.
8.3 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Tue 4 Jan 2005.
8.23 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Mon 27 Dec 2004.
8.22 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Thu 4 Nov 2004.
8.21 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Thu 14 Oct 2004.
8.2a [OS2.04+] : Sat 9 Oct 2004.
8.2 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Fri 8 Oct 2004.
8.1 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Sun 12 Sep 2004.
8.0 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Mon 23 Aug 2004.
7.82 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Sun 11 Jul 2004.
7.81 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Mon 28 Jun 2004.
7.8 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Mon 24 May 2004.
7.72b [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Fri 19 Mar 2004.
7.72a [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Mon 26 Jan 2004.
7.72 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Mon 8 Dec 2003.
7.71a [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Sat 6 Dec 2003.
7.71 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Thu 4 Dec 2003.
7.7 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Tue 11 Nov 2003.
7.61 [OS2.04+] : Sat 1 Nov 2003.
7.6 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Fri 26 Sep 2003.
7.55 [OS2.04+] : Wed 3 Sep 2003.
7.54 [OS2.04+] : Fri 15 Aug 2003.
7.53 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Wed 23 Jul 2003.
7.52 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Wed 16 Jul 2003.
7.51a [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Fri 11 Jul 2003.
7.51 [OS2.04+] : Mon 23 Jun 2003.
7.5 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Fri 6 Jun 2003.
7.42b [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Sun 1 Jun 2003.
7.42a [OS2.04+] : Thu 22 May 2003.
7.42 [OS2.04+] : Tue 13 May 2003.
7.41 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Fri 18 Apr 2003.
7.4 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Tue 1 Apr 2003.
7.31 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Thu 13 Mar 2003.
7.3 [OS2.04+] : Fri 10 Jan 2003.
7.21a [OS2.04+] : Mon 21 Oct 2002.
7.21 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Wed 11 Sep 2002.
7.2 [OS2.04+] : Mon 9 Sep 2002.
7.1a [OS2.04+] : Mon 19 Aug 2002.
7.1 [OS2.04+] : Thu 8 Aug 2002.
7.02 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Sat 6 Jul 2002.
7.01 [OS2.04+] : Sun 2 Jun 2002.
7.0 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Mon 8 Apr 2002.
6.9 [OS2.04+] : Thu 7 Feb 2002.
6.81 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Tue 25 Sep 2001.
6.8 [OS2.04+] : Mon 10 Sep 2001.
6.7b [OS2.04+] : Sun 12 Aug 2001.
6.7a [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Mon 25 Jun 2001.
6.7 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Tue 22 May 2001.
6.6 [OS2.04+] : Sat 21 Apr 2001.
6.5 [OS2.04+] : Sun 31 Dec 2000.
6.4 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Sat 7 Oct 2000.
6.3a [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Fri 18 Aug 2000.
6.3 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Tue 8 Aug 2000.
6.2 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Thu 22 Jun 2000.
6.1 [OS2.04+] : Thu 15 Jun 2000.
6.0a [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Thu 8 Jun 2000.
6.0 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Thu 1 Jun 2000.
5.61 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Wed 26 Apr 2000.
5.6 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Wed 19 Apr 2000.
5.51a [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Wed 29 Mar 2000.
5.51 [OS2.04+] : Tue 28 Mar 2000.
5.5 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Tue 14 Mar 2000.
5.4 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Sun 5 Mar 2000.
5.3 [OS2.04+] : Sun 13 Feb 2000.
5.21 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Wed 5 Jan 2000.
5.2 [OS2.04+] : Wed 29 Dec 1999.
5.1a [Windows] : Tue 28 Dec 1999.
5.1 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Tue 23 Nov 1999.
5.0a [Windows] : Tue 2 Nov 1999.
5.0 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Mon 1 Nov 1999.
4.4 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Wed 22 Sep 1999.
4.3a [Windows] : Wed 8 Sep 1999.
4.3 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Sun 5 Sep 1999.
4.2 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Sat 7 Aug 1999.
4.1 [OS2.04+] [Windows] : Sun 6 Jun 1999.
4.0 [OS2.04+] : Sun 1 Nov 1998.
3.3 [OS2.04+] : Wed 29 Jul 1998.
3.2 [OS2.04+] : Tue 3 Dec 1996.
3.1 [OS2.04+] : Tue 16 Apr 1996.
3.0 [OS2.04+] : Thu 18 Jan 1996.
2.2 [OS1.2+ ] : Sun 5 Feb 1995.
2.1 [OS1.2+ ] : Tue 27 Dec 1994.
2.0 [OS1.2+ ] : Sat 3 Dec 1994.
1.7 [OS1.2+ ] : Wed 26 Oct 1994.
1.6 [OS1.2+ ] : Sun 9 Oct 1994.
1.5a [OS1.2+ ] : Thu 25 Aug 1994.
1.5 [OS1.2+ ] : Sun 10 Jul 1994.
1.4 [MS-DOS ] : Wed 9 Mar 1994.
1.3 [MS-DOS ] : Fri 11 Feb 1994.
1.2 [MS-DOS ] : Thu 4 Nov 1993.
1.1 [MS-DOS ] : Thu 14 Oct 1993.
1.0 [MS-DOS ] : Mon 13 Sep 1993.
The experimental versions of the Game Boy Advance port are not listed
above.
"Windows" means Windows 95 or later.
"Android" means Android 8.0 or later.
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How to Play
Worm Wars is an arcade game for 0-4 human players. Each player
controls a worm. They move around a semi-toroidal
rectangular playfield, leaving their tails behind them. Each
worm aims to amass the most points, to complete the levels and to survive
as long as possible. The rightmost column is not actually part of the
playfield but rather indicates the vertical position of the current number
and of all worms.
There are four difficulty levels: easy, normal, hard and very hard.
Easy mode is intended as an introduction to the game for new players. In
this mode, one new creature and one new object (and one new fruit, of
course) are introduced with each new level. Ie. the first level can only
have orbs and mini bombs, the second level can only have orbs, mini bombs,
fish and mini healers, the third level can only have those plus ants and
ammo, etc. The frequency (ie. commonness) of a new creature or object is
doubled, just during that level in which it is introduced. Generally the
least dangerous creatures (except orbs) and least powerful objects are
introduced first.
Other differences compared to normal mode:
* worms start with 50 lives instead of 25;
* ramming into something repeatedly will bring you to a complete stop;
* you start each level at slow speed; and
* fast worm speed is not possible;
* extra lives are awarded every 1,000 points (instead of every 2,000);
* the "survive the snakes" bonus level will never occur;
* the first twelve levels have an animated tutorial explaining various
aspects of the game.
In normal mode, all creatures and objects are possible from the beginning.
Fruits are still introduced at the rate of one per level.
Hard mode is the same as normal mode except that:
* creatures are thrice as common;
* flowers do not give you a number;
* square and rectangular enclosures are not possible (diamond
and (with an encloser) triangular enclosures are still possible);
* the overall speed of the game is 33.3'% faster; and
* extra lives are awarded every 5,000 points (instead of every 2,000).
Very hard mode is the same as hard mode except:
* creatures are quarce as common (compared to normal mode);
* the overall speed of the game is twice as fast (compared to normal
mode); and
* exits do not appear when you run out of time.
The size of the playfield is dependent on the chosen screen size. Here are
the values for the most commonly used resolutions (these are for Amiga;
values on Windows may be slightly different):
Resolution Level Size
640 × 512 45 × 40 = 1800
800 × 600 58 × 47 = 2726
1024 × 768 77 × 61 = 4697
1280 × 1024 98 × 83 = 8134
The gameplay experience is obviously different depending on the playfield
size: larger fields generally make it easier to stay alive.
Status information is displayed at the left of the screen. This is laid
out as follows, for each worm:
Score
Lives
Speed
Ammo
Power
Affixer Grenade Forwards Autojump Glow
Encloser Remnants Sideshot Autoturn Armour
Pusher Backwards Cutter
Note that (only) the highest score achieved by a given worm during the
game is eligible for the high score table. The game must come to an end
by all worms dying, or the game being completed, for any scores to be
eligible.
The terminology 'friendly' is used in this document to mean 'the same
colour as the worm', whereas 'enemy' should be read as 'a different colour
than the worm'.
Controls
Squares
Numbers
Objects
Creatures
Fruits
Scoring
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Creatures
Type Points
Ant 50
Bear 50
Bird 50
Bull 50
Butterfly 25
Camel 100
Chicken 50
Cloud 50
Cyclone 100
Dog 50
Eel 50
Elephant 100
Fish 50
Frog 50
Giraffe 50
Goose 100
Horse 50
Kangaroo 100
Koala 50
Lemming 50
Monkey 100
Mouse 50
Octopus 50
Orb 50
Otter 100
Panda 50
Porcupine 200
Protector 0
Rabbit 200
Rhinoceros 50
Salamander 50
Snail 50
Snake 50
Spider 100
Squid 50
Termite 50
Turtle 100
Worm 0
Zebra 100
Some creatures are rarer than others. All creatures inflict 5 points of
damage (except eg. butterflies, which don't cause any damage). All
creatures are created randomly during play, except where noted. Most
creatures do not cross level edges.
Generally, if a creature collects an object, all worms will lose that
object. Eg. if a creature collects a grenade, all living worms will lose
any grenade ability they may have (graves are unaffected).
Ant
Ants move about randomly, and can clear obstacles such as stone. They are
not aggressive but it is wise to keep out of their way.
Bear
Bears live on wall-type squares (slime, metal, stone, wood, tail, etc.).
They move randomly. They change any squares they traverse as follows:
glowing tail -> dim tail
dim tail -> wood
wood -> stone
stone -> metal
Bird
Birds hover in one square. When any worm gets too close, they
swoop on that worm, chasing it in a kamikaze-style attack.
Bull
Bulls face either left or right, and wait for a worm to come into line
horizontally with them, before charging rather mindlessly in that
direction.
Butterfly
These wait until a worm (or protector) touches them, then flutter about
randomly for a short period before settling again. They are worth 25
points every time they are touched.
Camel
Camels walk about randomly, and occasionally drop a random object behind
them. Each camel has a predetermined object: eg. an ammo camel will only
drop ammo. However, they have an unlimited supply of their object.
Chicken
Chickens move outwards in a clockwise spiral.
Cloud
Clouds only ever move horizontally, left and right, changing direction at
each end of the playfield. They often rain, and occasionally fire a
fragment upwards.
Rain falls downwards from clouds. It can be any of the four colours
(green, red, blue and yellow). Friendly rain is worth triple points
(150 instead of 50 points).
Cyclone
A cyclone creature is created when a worm collects the cyclone object.
They move very quickly in a random fashion, though they tend to drift
slightly upwards over time.
Dog
Dogs wait patiently until a worm passes over them. Then they begin to
awaken and soon they chase the worm along its tail.
Eel
Eels zigzag along horizontally. Occasionally they will discharge a blast
of lightning (which causes 5 points of damage).
Elephant
Elephants walk in a 5x5 rectangle. Whenever they turn a corner they fire
two fragments as indicated by the - and | symbols below:
| |
-*****-
* *
* *
* *
-*****-
| |
Fish
Fish live on wall-type squares (slime, metal, stone, wood, tail, etc.)
They move randomly. Any dim tail which they swim over glows.
Frog
Frogs can hop around and can also extend/retract their tongue to the left
or right.
Giraffe
Giraffes do not move. Any worm colliding with a giraffe will be kicked
back 5 squares, if possible, or otherwise the giraffe will die and the
worm will take damage.
Goose
Geese move about at random orthagonally and lay golden eggs behind them.
Horse
Horses change direction by 45 degrees each time they decide to turn. They
can cross level edges.
Kangaroo
Kangaroos walk about randomly; they can also hop over one square.
Occasionally they will fire four fragments simultaneously, one in each
diagonal direction.
Koala
These fire superfragments: the fragment will split into six fragments.
Lemming
These move left or right and fire superfragments: the fragment will split
into eight fragments (one of which will normally kill the lemming).
Monkey
Monkeys move in a diagonal pattern, and never stay still. They can cross
level edges. They fire bananas in at regular intervals. Most monkeys fire
bananas orthagonally; however, there is also the rarer type which fires
bananas diagonally.
Enemy bananas give 1 life and 20 points; friendly bananas give
2 lives and 40 points.
Mouse
Mice enjoy eating objects. If near to one, they will move to it and eat
it. Otherwise they do not move. Unlike other creatures, they are never
affected by the objects they eat.
Octopus
Octopi live on wall-type squares (slime, metal, stone, wood, tail, etc.).
They occasionally will spin around firing fragments. They only ever move
slightly from their starting position, leaving cherries behind.
Orb
Orbs move diagonally and bounce whenever they hit anything solid,
so their motion is predictable.
Armoured worms and protectors can kick orbs. The first player to kick a
given orb gains 50 points. The kicked orb will change to the colour of the
kicking player. The orb will be extremely fast, will no longer bounce, and
will die when it reaches the edge of the field.
Otter
Otters are created when the allowed time for the level has expired. They
appear at the extreme horizontal edges of the level and gradually weave
their way up and down towards the centre, filling the area behind them
with stone.
Panda
Pandas walk around looking for another nearby creature, then perform a
kamikaze-style annihilation of both creatures.
Porcupine
Porcupines walk around slowly and very often will fire a set of 8 quills
(fragments) clockwise or anticlockwise fairly rapidly.
Rabbit
Rabbits appear near the left or right side of the level and run quickly
across the field to safety on the other side, jumping over any obstacles.
Rhinoceros
Rhinoceros move randomly but continue to travel in a straight line until
they are about to collide with something. Occasionally they fire a pair of
fragments, forwards and backwards.
Salamander
Salamanders move diagonally at random, occasionally firing fragments
orthagonally.
Snail
Snails move randomly but continue to travel in a straight line until they
are about to collide with something.
Snake
Snakes move horizontally and spit bursts of five fragments.
Spider
These appear at the top of the screen, and descend and reascend on a
silken thread. Occasionally they will lob a pair of fragments which are
affected by gravity.
Squid
These move horizontally and fire down or diagonally down. They prefer to
be near the top of the screen and will gradually float upwards if
necessary. They reverse direction when they reach the edge of the
playfield. They can also change direction at random.
Termites
Termites prefer to eat wood. If there is no wood adjacent, they will eat
dim tail. If there is no dim tail adjacent, they will move if possible.
Turtle
Turtles are vulnerable when they stick out their necks. At this time, you
can kill them for 100 points. When their heads are retracted, they need
eg. armour to kill them.
When their necks are stuck out, sometimes they will move up the screen.
Zebra
Zebras will explode if they hit metal, stone or wood. They reverse
direction when they reach the edge of the playfield. They can also change
direction at random.
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In-game keyboard controls
Esc .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... ... . . . .
..... Q W E . T . . . . P . . ... 7 8 9 .
... .. A S D F . . . . . . . . .. U 4 5 6 .
Shift . Z X C . B . M . . . Shift L D R 1 2 3 E
.. .. -----Spacebar---- .. .. -0- . n
Green worm Either Red worm
Esc exits to the title screen.
Shift-Esc exits to CLI/Workbench.
P pauses until P is pressed again.
M toggles the music on and off.
F toggles the sound effects on and off.
T (for turbo) will run the game as fast as possible, for the
rest of the level, when there are no human worms alive. The clock will be
lit while in this mode.
B (for blitz) is like turbo but will not bother drawing the
field either, for even more speed.
Worm control principles
A worm has direction and speed. Unless it has brakes, it is unable to stop
completely, but its speed is adjustable between three settings. It can
turn 45°, 90° or 135° in any direction and can move orthagonally or
diagonally.
The worm can pass through most types of square, though some cause damage.
Stone, metal, wood, glowing enemy tail, and blocked teleports will block
the worm's motion completely.
Control of the worms is by keypresses; that is, press and release in a
normal keystroke motion. There is no reason to ever hold down any key.
Only fresh keystrokes are ever looked at by the program. Also, holding
down a key may lock out your input (see below).
For joystick control, it is best to nudge the joystick briefly in the
direction you want, and let it return to the central upright position.
Each move, a worm is able to do any one of five things:
. fire (in the current direction) (if it has ammo);
. jump (in the current direction) (if it does not have ammo);
. change direction;
. change speed (by one increment, faster or slower); or
. nothing.
The worm will move one square regardless, unless stopped. This means you
can:
fire in your current direction and move in your current direction,
change direction and move in the new direction,
change speed and move in your current direction.
jump leaping 1-3 squares and then landing, in
your current direction.
nothing and move in your current direction.
Speed changes are accomplished using the same keys as for turning.
Pressing the direction you are already travelling increases your
speed; pressing against that direction decreases your speed.
The fast movement speed is twice that of the normal movement speed,
which is itself twice that of the slow movement speed.
Keyboard [green and red]
If only one human is selected for the keyboard, all three sets of
keyboard controls are available for that player, whether it is the
green or red worm. When only one human is selected for the keyboard,
we suggest using the cursor keypad, as it has the best rollover
properties (ie. you can press a key while another is already held
down). However, the cursor keypad obviously does not support diagonal
movement.
Two players may use the keyboard, playing at each end. In this case,
the green worm must use the leftmost controls (QWEASDZXC) and the red
worm must use the cursor keypad or the numeric keypad.
Note that the leftmost and rightmost controls do not rollover properly,
due to keyboard hardware limitations. This means that you must release
all keys before pressing another one, or the new keystroke is ignored
and so is all further input from that player until all keys are released.
The other player's keystrokes are completely unaffected by what you do;
you can only cause this problem for yourself.
X and C are both down-right for the green worm.
Spacebar and V are both firebuttons for the green worm.
5 and 2 are both down for the red worm.
0 and Enter on the numeric keypad are both
firebuttons for the red worm.
Joystick [all]
The blue and yellow worms can use joysticks plugged into port `2' and
`1', respectively.
The green and red worms can use joysticks plugged into a parallel port
joystick adapter. These extra joystick ports are ports `3' and `4',
respectively.
CD32 gamepad [all]
You can use a CD32 controller to control any worm. The relevant ports are
the same as for joystick play (see above).
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Squares The various types of square are as follows: Empty: Harmless. Worth 1 point at slow speed, 2 points at normal speed, and 3 points at fast speed. Silver: Harmless. Worth 5 points. Gold: Harmless. Worth 10 points. Bananas: Harmless. Worth 20 (enemy) or 40 (friendly) points. Also worth 1 (enemy) or 2 (friendly) lives. They bounce off metal. Cherries: Harmless. Worth 50 (enemy) or 150 (friendly) points. Flowers: Harmless. Worth 100 (enemy) or 300 (friendly) points. Also worth 1 number, and 1 (enemy) or 3 (friendly) lives. Dynamite: Harmless. When touched, it sets off adjacent dynamite in a chain reaction. Wood: 1 damage, blocks movement. Stone: 2 damage, blocks movement. Metal: 3 damage, blocks movement, reflects fragments and bananas. Frost: Worms can't turn when traversing frost, but it doesn't cause pain. You won't leave tail while traversing frost; the frost will remain in position. Arrows: Up-arrows increase the speed of the worm; down-arrows decrease it. You won't leave tail while traversing arrows; the arrows will remain in position. Slime: 2 damage. Slime is be randomly created during play. It grows randomly into adjacent squares over time. Fragments: 5 damage. They bounce off metal. Teleports: These always come in pairs. Going through one will teleport you to the other. If the teleport is blocked from that direction, use of it is dangerous.
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Numbers
There will always be one, neither more nor less, number onscreen at
any given time. When a worm collects it, the next number will appear,
and a cherry of that worm's colour.
The main objective of the game is to complete all the levels. The level
will be completed when all the ninth number is collected. The level is
considered to have been won by the worm with the most tail (dim and
glowing) onscreen at the time of completion. That worm receives:
100 x old level
10 x seconds remaining
50 x how many numbers you collected
2 x glow squares of your colour onscreen
1 x dim tail squares of your colour onscreen
Only worms and their protectors go on to the next level; other creatures
perish.
If the level has not been completed in the allocated time (normally 90
seconds), two otters and (except in very hard mode) from one to four
(depending on the number of players) exits are created. Exits take you
immediately to the next level.
If the timer counts down slowly (ie.. taking more than one `real' second
per `virtual' second), this is an indication that your Amiga is not fast
enough to run the game at full speed.
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Objects
Some objects are rarer than others. Each object is normally worth 30
points, but this is doubled to 60 points if you don't need the object
(eg. powerup when you are already at septuple power, minihealer/
superhealer that would take you beyond maximum lives, etc.).
Affixer
This causes your protectors to stop rotating and zigzagging. They are
`fixed' into position at whatever position they were in at the time. This
makes them more useful, as you can more easily predict where they will be
at any given time in advance. Note that it is generally disadvantageous to
have affixer while stopped.
Ammo
Ammo provides 5 bullets.
Bullets are fired by pressing your appropriate fire control.
If a bullet is available, you will fire. This bullet is instantaneous. If
you have no bullets, you may jump.
The width of your bullet depends on powerups. Normally, it is 1 square
wide, but it can be up to 7 squares wide. In reality, up to 7
independent bullets are fired.
A bullet which hits a teleport will be teleported and continue on its way.
That segment of the bullet will thereafter leave a trail of gold behind it.
A bullet which goes through the same teleport twice will be destroyed.
In the absence of obstructions, a bullet continues going until it reaches
the edge of the level.
Armour
Armour will protect worms from being hurt by many different causes.
For a list of them, click.
Whenever an armoured worm goes over a tail square it receives:
5 points if it eats friendly tail. Tail turns to silver.
10 points if it eats enemy tail. Tail turns to gold.
Armoured worms can kick orbs. The first player to kick a given orb gains
50 points. The kicked orb will change to the colour of the kicking player.
The orb will be extremely fast, will no longer bounce, and will die when
it reaches the edge of the field.
Armour is only temporary. Its power counts down at a constant rate, and
can be extended by the acquisition of more armour.
Autojump
This will automatically jump you ahead to safety in certain circumstances.
The jump distance is dependent on your speed (1, 2 or 3 squares for slow,
normal and fast speeds respectively) as normal. The square you are
avoiding must be metal, stone, wood, tail (dim or glowing) or a wall-
creature (bear, fish, octopus or otter). The square you are going to
instead must be empty, silver, gold or an object.
Autoturn
This will automatically turn you 90° left or right to safety in certain
circumstances. The square you are avoiding must be metal, stone, wood,
tail (dim or glowing) or a wall-creature (bear, fish, octopus or otter).
The square you are going to instead must be empty, silver, gold or an
object. Autojump, etc. will take precedence over autoturn.
Backwards
This means that whenever you fire, in addition to any other bullets you
will also fire two extra bullets: a bullet at a 45° backwards angle on
each side.
Bonus
You will be awarded the currently displayed number, and the currently
displayed number will be incremented by one.
Brakes
You will be able to stop completely. Note that while stopped, your score
will slowly decrease. When it gets too low, you will be forced to move
again.
Cutter
This allows you to `cut' or `tunnel' your way through such things as dim
tail. Every move, the squares in front of you, the two to your side and
the two diagonally in front behave as though affected by a bomb, except
that objects are not destroyed.
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One thing to keep in mind is that while you have cutter you cannot make
enclosures (except from glowing tail). Cutter counts down at a constant
rate.
Cyclone
When you get this, a cyclone creature will be created somewhere on the
playfield. It is just as dangerous to you as it is to everything else.
Encloser
At easy and normal difficulties, this allows you to form valid "square"
enclosures even if the an axis is one square longer than allowable, ie.
slightly rectangular enclosures. For example, you can do a 9×10 enclosure,
or a 4×5 enclosure, or a 7×6 enclosure. (Diamond enclosures are
unaffected; ie. they still need to be perfect.)
Additionally, at any difficulty, you can form triangular enclosures.
These must be right-angled triangles. The enclosure is only checked for
when the worm's head is at the 90° corner of the triangle, not at
the 45° corners (the other two corners). Also note that only triangles
with one diagonal and two orthogonal sides can be formed. Triangles with
one orthagonal and two diagonal sides are not allowed.
Examples:
Symbol Meaning
: worm head
# worm tail
. enclosed area
Legal:
Rectangle Triangle
######## #
#......# ##
#......# #.#
#......# #..#
#......# #...#
#......# #....#
#######: ######:
Illegal:
Rectangle Triangle
######### :
#.......# #.#
#.......# #...#
#.......# #.....#
#.......# #########
#.......#
########:
Forwards
This means that whenever you fire, in addition to any other bullets you
will also fire two extra bullets: a bullet at a 45° forwards angle on each
side.
Grabber
This object will automatically "grab" every power-up for you, with these
exceptions: (other) grabbers, treasures and umbrellas.
Glow
While this object is operating, you will have glowing tail rather than
the usual dim tail.
Grenade
This means that whenever you fire, you will also launch a grenade
(equivalent to a super bomb) of 5*5 radius (11*11 diameter including its
centre) immediately in front of you. This is done before the
bullet is fired. If the grenade would "land" (ie. is centred) off-screen,
there will be no effect.
Grower
If a worm gets this, all gold, silver, dynamite and friendly glow onscreen
will `grow', expanding into empty neighbouring squares.
If a creature gets it, all wood and frost onscreen will grow.
Ice
Ice will freeze all creatures, except missiles and worms, for a short
period of time. Additional ice collected will be added onto the amount
remaining. It does not matter which worm collects the ice.
Lightning
When you get lightning, most squares adjacent to your tail flash
momentarily. This will harm most creatures (but not worms).
Mini Bomb
As soon as you go over one of these the bomb will go off, clearing the
area around you. The blast radius is random, but is always constrained
by the level edges.
Mini Healer
Mini healer provides 5 lives.
Mini Pulse
Up to 7 fragments are fired outwards when a pulse is collected.
Missile
Missiles are automatically guided. They hunt creatures and destroy them.
The missile hunts whatever is nearest, and recalculates its target
every move.
Missiles will not cross level edges.
If you collect a missile while there is nothing for it to chase, you
will receive only points; no missile will be generated.
Multiplier
Each time you get a multiplier, your scoring will be doubled. If you
get more than one, it is doubled again each time. You can collect up
to three (3) multipliers.
Your object points for actually getting the multiplier are
affected by the new multiplier itself.
Multipliers Scoring
0 ×1
1 ×2
2 ×4
3 ×8
At the end of each level, your multiplier level will be reduced by one
(eg. if at ×8, you will go back to ×4).
Powerup
This is power for your bullets. Each bullet you fire becomes wider,
requiring less aiming accuracy and causing more general devastation.
Symbol Meaning
<number> bullet number
: worm head, facing up (north)
: worm head, facing up-right (northeast)
# worm tail
1 213 42135 6421357
1 213 42135 6421357
1 213 42135 6421357
1 213 42135 6421357
: : : :
# # # #
# # # #
Single Triple Quintuple Septuple
(no powerups) (one powerup) (two powerups) (three or more)
1 312 53124 7531246
1 312 53124 7531246
1 312 53124 7531246
1 312 3124 31246
: :2 :24 :246
# # # # 6
# # # #
Protector
Acquisition of this item will give you a companion who stays near you,
collecting objects for you exactly as if you had moved over them yourself,
and defending you from some forms of damage.
You can have up to four protectors. The first three orbit around
your head. The fourth will be a `nose', suspended three squares in
front of your head, which zigzags. The rate of orbiting/zigzagging is
the same as the worm's speed; that is, they move when the head moves.
However, if you stop, they will continue to move (slowly).
Protectors are invisible over friendly tail (dim or glowing) and
teleports.
An affixer will stop the protectors from rotating and zigzagging.
Protectors can kick orbs. The first player to kick a given orb gains
50 points. The kicked orb will change to the colour of the kicking player.
The orb will be extremely fast, will no longer bounce, and will die when
it reaches the edge of the field.
Pusher
This enables you to push wood, stone, metal, tail (dim or glowing) and
wall-creatures (bear, fish, octopus or otter). You will push the square in
whatever direction you are facing. You can push things off the level if
you so desire. You are not allowed to push more than one square at a time.
You can push over objects and empty/silver/gold.
Remnants
This enables your bullets to leave glow behind them as they travel.
Sideshot
This means that whenever you fire, in addition to any other bullets you
will also fire a bullet to each side.
Slayer
Slayers are used instantly. They will destroy all creatures, and cause
damage to unarmoured enemy worms.
Slower
Slower will slow all existing creatures to half their previous speed.
Super Bomb
The same as a mini bomb except that the blast area is larger, glow
is not immune to the blast, and areas affected are changed to dynamite
rather than empty.
Super Healer
Super healer provides 10 lives.
Super Pulse
The same as a mini pulse except that each fragment will eventually
subdivide into up to 6 fragments.
Switcher
All enemy tail onscreen is instantly changed to dim friendly tail. If it
was already dim friendly tail, it glows.
Tamer
This changes evil creatures into good ones. Good creatures are:
ants
butterflies
camels
fishes
geese
monkeys
pandas
Any evil creatures currently in existence will be permanently changed into
good ones (chosen at random).
Treasure
The worms will enter a bonus level for a limited amount of time.
At the conclusion, the next level is reached. The full time bonus
(1:30, which is 900 points) is given at the end of the treasury.
There are 13 types of bonus level, chosen at random:
1. Grab the objects
Objects are five times common during this bonus level, except that
treasure is only as common as usual and umbrella will never occur.
2. Capture the orbs
Orbs are very common during this bonus level. Other creatures will
never occur. Objects will never occur, except that treasure is as
common as normal.
Any orb that your head goes next to (or which goes next to your
head) will be magically changed into a protector. (Note that this is
not the case during normal play!) If you already have four protectors,
the orb will change into a cherry instead. Of course, any orb-
protector collision will still kill the orb, so careful positioning
and timing is required to capture an orb if you already have one or
more protectors.
3. Drink the rain
Clouds are very common during this bonus level. Other creatures will
never occur. Objects will never occur, except that treasure is as
common as normal.
4. Eat the bananas
Monkeys are very common during this bonus level. Other creatures
will never occur. Objects will never occur, except that treasure is as
common as normal.
5. Touch the butterflies
Butterflies are very common during this bonus level. Other creatures
will never occur. Objects will never occur, except that treasure is as
common as normal.
6. Hunt the rabbits
Rabbits are very common during this bonus level. Other creatures
will never occur. Objects will never occur, except that treasure is as
common as normal.
Each player is given ammo at the start of this bonus level.
7. Make enclosures
Any enclosures you make during this bonus level give 5 points per
square enclosed.
Creatures will never occur. Objects will never occur, except that
treasure is as common as normal.
8. Eat the cherries
Cherries are very common during this bonus level.
Creatures will never occur. Objects will never occur, except that
treasure is as common as normal.
9. Follow the path
Random paths made of gold will emanate from the start point.
Creatures will never occur. Objects will never occur, except that
treasure is as common as normal.
10. Flee the dogs
Dogs are very common during this bonus level. Other creatures will
never occur. Objects will never occur, except that treasure is as
common as normal.
During this bonus level, being chased by a dog is worth 1 point for
each square the dog moves.
11. Survive the snakes
Snakes are very common during this bonus level. Other creatures will
never occur. Objects will never occur, except that treasure is as
common as normal. (Although perhaps you don't want to extend the time
you are in this bonus level.)
This level will never occur in easy mode.
12. Enrage the bulls
Bulls are very common during this bonus level. Other creatures will
never occur. Objects will never occur, except that treasure is as
common as normal.
For each enraged bull that leaves the screen, the worm that enraged
it will receive 25 points.
13. Jump the walls
Random walls made of stone will be at the sides of the screen.
Jumping over stone will cause it to disappear, and you will receive
25, 50 or 100 points per square cleared in this manner, according
to your speed (slow, normal or fast respectively).
Creatures will never occur. Objects will never occur, except that
treasure is as common as normal.
Umbrella
This skips 2-3 levels.
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Worms
Worms can be controlled by humans or the Amiga. For information on
how to control them, click.
A worm consists of a head, one square in size, and a tail, which is
formed in the wake of the head's passing. As the worm moves, the tail
stretches out behind its head. Collision with any part of a worm by the
head normally results in damage (to the head).
Worms can move in eight directions and at three speeds; getting brakes
allows the worm to stop completely.
Worms begin with 25 lives. Whenever you are taking damage your head will
flash as an `X'. When 0 lives is reached, the worm is dead and there will
be a grave where you died. Every 1,000 (easy), 2,000 (normal) or 5,000
(hard) points you will be awarded an extra life. You can have a maximum of
50 lives.
Graves
If a worm or protector robs the grave of a dead worm, the robbing worm
will steal all the objects that the dead worm had.
Jumping
A worm with no ammo can jump instead. If the destination is blocked you
cannot jump. The distance varies according to your speed, as shown below:
Name Speed Jump distance
. Slow half speed 1
. Normal normal 2
. Fast double speed 3
Enclosure
If your tail forms an exact square (except in hard mode) or diamond which
measures 4*4-17*17 including the tail (2*2-15*15 of interior area), this
is known as enclosure. Any squares within the enclosed area which are
empty, silver, gold or enemy tail are converted to your glow. Any
creatures within the enclosure turn into random objects. Enclosure is a
basic ability of any worm.
Note that enclosure is only checked for when the worm's head is at a
corner of the square/diamond. And remember also that the enclosure must be
perfect: the same size in both x and y dimensions.
If you have an encloser object, you can make enclosures that are slightly
rectangular (except in hard mode), and you can make triangular enclosures.
Examples:
Symbol Meaning
: worm head
# worm tail
. enclosed area
Square Diamond
####### #
#.....# #.#
#.....# #...#
#.....# #.....:
#.....# #...#
#.....# #.#
######: #
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Scoring
Square points
1 Empty
5 Per square enclosed (only during appropriate bonus level)
5 Silver
10 Gold
20 Enemy banana
30 Object
40 Friendly banana
50-200 Creature
50 Enemy cherry
100 Friendly cherry
100 Enemy flower
100 Grave
100 Number
200 Friendly flower
1000-25000 Fruits
The 'number' points are multiplied by the number, eg. getting number `5'
is worth 500 points, getting number `6' is worth 600 points, etc.
There are also level completion bonuses.
All points are multiplied by the number of worms selected for human and
Amiga control, and of course by any multipliers you have at the time.
Fruits
There are 25 kinds of magic "fruit". Only one piece of magic fruit will
appear on any given level. The better fruits can appear only on the later
levels, as shown below.
Points Kind Level
1000 Apple 1
2000 Orange 2
3000 Carrot 3
4000 Lemon 4
5000 Radish 5
6000 Pineapple 6
7000 Lime 7
8000 Passionfruit 8
9000 Watermelon 9
10000 Coconut 10
11000 Pear 11
12000 Corn 12
13000 Blackberry 13
14000 Blueberry 14
15000 Strawberry 15
16000 Celery 16
17000 Turnip 17
18000 Kiwifruit 18
19000 Mango 19
20000 Lettuce 20
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21000 Soft drink 21
22000 Pizza 22
23000 Fries 23
24000 Ice cream 24
25000 Hamburger 25
Note that bananas and cherries are not magic fruits.
Also, the best "fruits" are actually junk food rather than fruits, like in
eg. Bubble Bobble and Wonderboy. ;-)