Worms

Worms is a video game in the strategy genre developed by Team17 Software Limited and published by Ocean Software Ltd. originally released in 1995. It is currently playable on DOS.

Worms is a turn-based strategy game. It features up to 4 teams of 4 Worms, whose goal is to destroy each other on a generated terrain. Each worm has 100 health points, and dies when its health points drop to 0. Upon death, a worm explodes, causing damage to everyone around it.

The game is turn-based. Each turn, the player can control a specific worm from his team. The worm can crawl left and right or jump. However, there is a time limit to perform a move; in addition, if the worm falls from a great height, it loses health and the turn ends immediately; and if a worm falls into the water or off the screen, it dies. In each turn, a worm can also perform a single attack: the player can aim up and down, choose a weapon and fire it. After attacking, the turn ends.

Many weapons are available: standard ones such as bazookas (which are affected by the (random) configuration of wind and gravity) and grenades. The others include a fire blast, dynamite, air strikes and utilities such as ropes and beams.

There are 10 terrain styles, ranging from forests and deserts to candy land and the moon (with affected gravity). Shots leave craters in the ground, and complex tunnels can be formed.

Worms is available at a reduced price on the following websites and is no longer abandonware.