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CD32 too!
The joys of Worming are also available for the
CD32, It's pretty much the same as above but
has the added bonus of animations, choice of
sound track, and lets you play your own audio
CD's in the background.
You can still save data through the NV-RAM.
Control is via the control panel which works as
well as the traditional mouse and keyboard.
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join themselves back in the middle?
The cartoon style will bring a
smile to even the most miserable
belong to. but sometimes they overlap on the
screen and make It very hard to read. But apart
from this, it's near to perfection and pretty much
everything you would want from a game.
Final word
Worms doesn't have on intriguing plot.
It doesn't have high-tech graphics, and
neither does it have sophisticated
gameplay. So why is it perhaps one of
the most appealing and addictive
games of all time, and why is it appearing
on so many platforms? What is Its
elusive quality that makes me and
countless others in the office wont to
sneak back for just one more go? It's
hard to fathom out - I mean the gameplay
relies on the age old Scorched
Tanks style and the graphics aren't the
most advanced, but somehow it works,
and works very well Indeed.
The worms have a character all of
their own and there's nothing more satisfying
than watching your opposing
worm being blasted into oblivion, It's
brilliant as a multi-player game too and
perfect party entertainment should you
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Hours of
entertainment
from one
game - who'd
have thought
that a garden
invertebrate
could be so
much fun?,
tire of playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey
as 16 friends can all play at once. You
are also guaranteed variety because
each time you play the land Is randomly
generated, and there are just so
many tactics and weapons to learn to
use that every game will be different
And It doesn't end there. If you have
Internet access you can keep an eye
out for hints and upgrades on the Worm
dedicated site which can be found at
hilp://www.team17.com/t17/t17worm.
Another bonus is that if you get
bored with the backgrounds on
offer you can create your own landscapes
using a package such as
DPaint. Hours of entertainment from
one game - who'd hove thought that a
garden Invertebrate could be so much
fun?
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