>3    Worms:   A500 version, A1200/CD32 Version : Price 29.99

      Reviewer: Converse

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      March  the  1st  was  the  day,  when  Mark burst into the A.F office
      shouting:   Worms!!  I`ve got Worms!  Being the smart arse that I am,
      I  replied  "There`s  tablets  they can give you to get rid of them".
      "No!   No"  he  replied  "The Game!  I`ve got the game, it was in the
      computer  shop  today!".   O.K  I lied, Marks reply was a little more
      insulting  than  that,  but  I won`t bore you with the details.  O.K,
      let`s get down to business, Worms, to some; horrible little creatures
      that  survive  even  after  chopping  them  in  half,  to others cute
      adorable  little  creatures,  well,  that`s  what  Team  17 must have
      thought  and  that`s what you will think when you`ve played Team 17`s
      Worms.   The  game  itself  has  a  very Lemming`ish feel, in that it
      involves  pointing at little creatures and deciding what to make them
      do,  but  this  time  there`s no bridge building or Parachuting.  No,
      instead  you  have a huge array of weapons and destructive tools, for
      example  a  blow torch, (which is the Lemmings equivalent to a digger
      or  basher)  worm  will  burn  through  rock or trees and thus make a
      hole/path  to another part of the scenery.  I`ll go through the other
      tools  and  weapons  later  on.  The object of the game is for you to
      lead  your  small army of worms and fight against your opponent, this
      could be the computer or another friend.  You can have up to
      4  players  fighting against each other or you and your mate can gang
      up  against  the  computer, you can even have two teams of two!  Once
      you`ve  selected  who you are going to play against you are presented
      with  the games main screen.  By pressing the right mouse button when
      it  is your turn you will be shown a bar at the bottom of the screen,
      this has a list of tools and weapons available to you and your mob of
      worms.   There  are laser guns, dynamite, grenades, teleporters, blow
      torches,  bombs  and  the option of an airstrike.  If you are using a
      grenade  for example, you would be given a small cursor which you use
      to  aim  where  you  want  to throw the grenade, you can then set the
      effort  level  (space bar), which decides how far the grenade will be
      thrown  and depending on which weapon you use, you can set the bounce
      rate,  controlled  with the "+" and "-" keys.  You can also move your
      worms around, using the arrow keys to help you with your aiming or to
      simply  get  out  the  way  of  a  bomb  you might happen to set off.
      Controlling  all  of  this  equipment  may  sound a nightmare, but it
      isn`t.   It  may take you between 20 minutes and an hour to fully get
      used  to  the  controls  but it isn`t worth worrying about.  The only
      other  problem  is  getting used to aiming and learning the tricks of
      hitting  your opponent every time, this is quite difficult to master,
      but  not  difficult  to  learn.   There are many special additions to
      Worms  and  these  will  keep  most people amused for a little while,
      these are:

      The ability to load in your own pictures as backgrounds
      The 4 player option
      The many speech samples
      The ability to name worms whatever you like


      There  are many more options but what I want to tell you about is the
      speech samples, they are superb!  For example, when you first fight a
      worm,  the worm shouts "First Blood" in a cute squeaky voice!  A nice
      little  addition  is  when  you  leave  the mouse for a few seconds a
      little  worm  shouts "Boring!" Another good speech sample is when you
      throw  a  grenade  or  bomb  at  a worm and miss completely, the worm
      shouts  "Stupid!"  Believe  me, I have heard this sample many a time!
      O.K,  so you`ve heard the good points about the game, so what are the
      bad  points?  Well the only bad point I can think of is the fact that
      there  are  no bad points!  Which is a shame, because I love slagging
      off  games,  only  if they`re crap though and Worms is definitely NOT
      CRAP.   It`s brilliant!  
      Now that I know worms have a deadly arson of weapons  hidden 
      underground, all I can say is, I won`t be treading on any worms for a
      while.

      The scores:
      Graphics- 89%  Nice!
      Sound-    93%  Speech samples are very clear and funny!
      Addictiveness-  93%
      Lastability- 93%
      Hassle factor- No problem with disk swapping   
      Overall- 93%                                        >5 END >2