Worms Armageddon 3.8

Worms Armageddon maintainer here, AMA :)<p>Here is a somewhat more nicely formatted list of highlights: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;worms2d.info&#x2F;Worms_Armageddon_3.8_Features" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;worms2d.info&#x2F;Worms_Armageddon_3.8_Features</a>

After looking for something similar I have been playing Hedgewars <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hedgewars.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hedgewars.org&#x2F;</a> which is Hogs instead of Worms, an interesting code base and play mode addons based on Lua. Not looking back to Worms. There&#x27;s a nice European userbase and if you tune in at hedgehog hour (8pm time in CEST&#x2F;CET) you&#x27;ll have some fine company.<p>My favourite mod is Monarchy: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hedgewars.org&#x2F;node&#x2F;6718#comment-34937" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.hedgewars.org&#x2F;node&#x2F;6718#comment-34937</a>.

One of the interesting unique features of Worms Armageddon is that it somehow has the ability to predict the results of various elections:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=D0Trlf2He3c" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=D0Trlf2He3c</a>

Wait!! A game that came out 20 years ago and still gets a patch...take my money!!<p>EDIT: Well you got it, maybe Linux with the next patch? :)

I can’t believe this game is over 20 years old. If you haven’t tried Worms ever, please give it a shot. It captures an innocent and growing age of gaming, before the modern AAA production budgets, before social media, before societal division, where it was fun to play outside and fun to play on the computer. I’m not sure how to describe it but I hope those who try it for the first time feel the same good vibes.

How much work is it too keep compatibility for old platforms? Like, can you use the newest MSVC? What are the ugliest workarounds you had to do?

It&#x27;s also 80% off right now on humbelbundle: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.humblebundle.com&#x2F;store&#x2F;worms-armageddon" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.humblebundle.com&#x2F;store&#x2F;worms-armageddon</a>

Do you think anyone will write a web-based version of Worms? Multiplayer, in the browser. It seems like it would be hugely popular.<p>You could even turn websites themselves into arenas to battle in. :) Imagine blowing up a hacker news comment.

Oh wow, this is amazing. Not only is the game kept alive literally decades later but it&#x27;s being done by a fan no less! This is really great, I might actually fire it up to play a game or two, maybe some mates will want to relive the &quot;good old years&quot;. Haven&#x27;t kept up with Worms after 3D came around but the original formula is absolutely ingenious.

That trailer is phenomenal. The sheep-flying presentation, the music, the audio-visual rhythmic beats, the humor... truly fantastic artistry.

Games that keep giving patches and content after that long are something special! Clan Lord is another game that is over 30 years old and still gets (infrequent) major content updates: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;deltatao.com&#x2F;clanlord&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;deltatao.com&#x2F;clanlord&#x2F;</a>

In December a company moved out of the office next door, leaving behind old laptops and other hardware.<p>I reinstalled Windows XP and gave the computers to the homestay family I live with: Anna (9 years old) and Karen (6 years old).<p>Karen REALLY likes playing Worms Armageddon, just like I did when I was her age. I&#x27;m also having a lot of fun playing it again.

21 years ago?! I&#x27;m officially old now.

A game still in official development after 21 years of release and compatibility for Win9x machines.

This is incredible! Thank you so much for all your hard work! Words cannot express my gratitude for this. I have so many fond memories of playing worms WA with friends and family. Is there a way we can help support your work here? Or at least a way to say thank you?

I tried an open source clone of Worms called hedgewars with my friend and it was pretty good

well, I had this on a CD. now I&#x27;m going to look for it.

I used to play Worms Armageddon back in the day and picked up Worms 3D a few years later. The 2D version always had a special place in my heart but I must have lost the CD-ROM over the years.<p>It’s exciting to see this game is still worked on, I’ll have to dust off the old PC and try it out again!<p>I noticed there is a version for iOS—will iOS also get the update?

I remember playing this with my brothers 20 years ago. Such fun times on the basement LAN :)

Oh wow. I think I still have my legit retail CD kicking around somewhere. Had no idea it was still maintained. Can I still use that CD? IIRC it had some pretty wild DRM on it for the time and it took forever to crack.

Time to undust my zooka and go back playing some Shopper and Roper

Wow this brought back memories of holy hand grenades and banana bombs. Thanks for keeping this alive!

Missed an opportunity to call it Wormageddon:)

Take that Blizzard!