The Making of Worms (1995) | Documentary

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  • @onaretrotip
    @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад +655

    Martyn has had two strokes, hence the slurred speech. Please stop with the insensitive comments.
    Full interviews with Martyn, Cris, and Bjørn linked below:
    Cris interview - ruclips.net/video/_8MbSu-Euak/видео.html
    Bjørn interview - ruclips.net/video/_tsYGHZVqQM/видео.html
    Martyn interview - ruclips.net/video/ZWUhJz_t_IQ/видео.html

    • @SmoothEmJay
      @SmoothEmJay 2 месяца назад +82

      There's a prick in every bush mate. People just can't THINK before commenting.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад +25

      @@SmoothEmJay Yup!

    • @NuckshotBigga
      @NuckshotBigga 2 месяца назад +1

      Disgusting people.

    • @privateaccount5400
      @privateaccount5400 2 месяца назад +17

      I havnt watched the video yet but i loved worms it was created by some of the finest minds on the planet the creators put smiles on millions of young and old faces they have my respect

    • @simonfarre4907
      @simonfarre4907 2 месяца назад +30

      Thanks for letting people know though, because I did wonder what was wrong. But yeah, people are quick to be insensitive about literally everything these days.

  • @CravenCoyote
    @CravenCoyote Месяц назад +109

    I remember being hyped for Worms from magazine articles. I didn't really know what the game was, but I was caught up in the excitement. I begged my dad to buy a magazine that had the Worms demo on floppy disk. He installed it later that night and checked it out. In the morning, he told my brothers and I that he didn't understand what you were supposed to do, and that it wasn't a very good game. He let us try it out anyway, and we clicked with it instantly. After seeing us spend an entire weekend at the computer with the demo, he went out and bought the CD Rom version for us. We spent so much time playing this game, making our teams, generating random levels using swear words, building bases with girders and of course watching the 3D clips. Finding the music when putting the CD into a CD player gave us even more entertainment!
    Thank you, Team 17.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад +3

      Brilliant story! Thanks for sharing.

    • @garypinkett6275
      @garypinkett6275 Месяц назад +1

      Oooooooooh watching watching watching now!! 🎉

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад

      @@garypinkett6275 Cheers, Gary!

  • @StubbornFunkyDonkey
    @StubbornFunkyDonkey 2 месяца назад +39

    Thank you so much everyone involved in this documentary. Andy, Cris, Bjorn and especially Martyn. I can't tell how many hours I spent playing three first Worms games with friend during my childhood. A LOT! And we are still playing them when gathering together despite living in different countries now Such a legendary series. Timeless.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад +3

      They really are timeless. Still fun today!

  • @whatshendrix
    @whatshendrix Месяц назад +18

    Best game ever made, hasn't aged a single day 30 years later!!! Sound, music, visuals, gameplay, gamefeel, humor, depth, accessibility, replayability and so much more. Worms is truly a one of a kind gem!!! Humanity forever owes a huge debt to Team17 for all the suspense, laughs and magical moments encoded in this masterpiece!
    Thank you so much for making this documentary!

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад +2

      My pleasure! Thanks for watching.

  • @StubbornFunkyDonkey
    @StubbornFunkyDonkey 2 месяца назад +108

    God I wish I was a game developer back then and not today as I am... There is something immensely romantic about those old times of game development industry. So much creativity involved. Makes me wanna cry really. *writing this while working on another mobile thing with an aggressive monetization*

    • @samamies88
      @samamies88 2 месяца назад +13

      there were a lot of shovelware too back then - a lot of games that aren't talked today (except some youtubers trying to find worst games ever) - some studios wouldn't had been able to make these classics unless they also contracted with greedy publisher that gave tight schedule (and sometimes it was licensed game such as movie tie-in). Also many studios got stuck in a loop where they only could barely afford accepting these deals... sadly many programmers and artists never were able to build on a game they'd be proud of or actually wanted to do. It is easier now than ever to go indie. No need to romantize past making it look prettier than it was. Its like comparing random greedy mobile game today to Stardew Valleys success story. Both decades had their successes and both had the games made for money that time already forgot.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад +12

      Yeah, a lot of that ethos is gone, but there's a thriving indie scene in recent years which has a lot of creativity. I think back then there was a lot of experimentation, which had its good and its bad, but gave birth to some really special games. Plus, the teams were a lot smaller which I think helped.

    • @naycnay
      @naycnay Месяц назад +5

      My old uni lecturer / head of the course worked for Team 17 at the beginning of his career, developing the original Worms. He said he was lucky back then to work in much smaller teams and have a genuine impact on design and decisions in the game.

    • @Dr.W.Krueger
      @Dr.W.Krueger Месяц назад +6

      This seems odd. I never heard 'romantic' and 'software development' put in relation to each other. It was always a struggle, no matter the time or tools.
      Coding since 1975 btw

    • @Hicks206
      @Hicks206 Месяц назад

      @@onaretrotipeh - the vast amount of teams in the industry are very small to this day.
      Creativity wise, those smaller teams and studios have given us some of the biggest splashes in the industries history over the last decade.
      Hell, it’s more approachable and accessible to get in and start making games now than ever before.
      Edit: Thank you for all the hard work on the video by the way!

  • @MattyStoked
    @MattyStoked 2 месяца назад +26

    Absolutely smashed this one, mate. What a labour of love! Incredible work, getting the whole team together to talk about Worms. I didn't have an Amiga so my exposure to Worms was DOS at first, but later on we'd play loads of the sequels on the PS1!

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks mate, and thanks again for a quality voice over! That's the thing; whatever system you had, it had Worms 😃

    • @Stereozentrum
      @Stereozentrum 2 месяца назад +2

      You did the voice-over? It was indeed perfect! This way I could easily understand everything (not a native speaker btw).

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад

      ​@@StereozentrumYes, Matt did the voice for Andy Davidson's bits (and nailed it).

  • @Dwedit
    @Dwedit 2 месяца назад +45

    Worms 1 (DOS) had two bugs that were really fun to exploit. One bug was the "Infinite Turns Bug", where you select Shotgun and walk into a mine. You lost the ability to use the right click weapon selector, but could still use function keys (F1, etc) to select weapons. You had unlimited turns to keep shooting weapons, limited only by the turn clock. For some reason, you could get extra time by using the blowtorch. If you let the time run out, the game softlocked, but you could finish your turn by firing the shotgun.
    The other bug was the bug that let the Uzi shoot bazooka/dynamite shots, which were extremely damaging and ate away huge sections of the terrain. Use the mouse to select the Uzi, and while left clicking, hold F1+Space (for Bazooka) or F5+Space (for Dynamite).
    One further bug was that the US DOS CD was improperly mastered, one audio track was duplicated, and the menu command to "Play Worms Theme Song" instead played the duplicated stage music track, and not the worms theme song.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад +1

      Haha awesome! Thank you.

    • @loldoctor
      @loldoctor 2 месяца назад +4

      Amazing you can remember the precise F-keys. Some things just stick in your brain, eh?

    • @Dwedit
      @Dwedit 2 месяца назад +4

      Just retested it on the current version of Worms Reinforcements available on Steam. The infinite turns bug does not work, but the overpowered Uzi bug does.

  • @DoctorCyrax
    @DoctorCyrax 2 месяца назад +53

    Im 37 now, and grew up with the original worms on PS1, it was such a sick game for the time lmao, great memories! Thank you Martyn and the rest of the team!!!!

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад +5

      Nice! I think everyone, regardless of age, had a decent installment of Worms on one system or another. Timelessly fun.

    • @zigzagtoes
      @zigzagtoes Месяц назад

      Ps1 owners were lucky to get worms. Didn't sony have a policy against 2D games on playstation?

    • @Hicks206
      @Hicks206 Месяц назад

      I had no idea there was a PS port, that is so cool!
      I bet it translated really well to controller.

    • @zigzagtoes
      @zigzagtoes Месяц назад

      @@Hicks206 don't forget a mouse was released for ps1. Can't remember if it's compatible with worms though, as I bought it to use with command & conquer.

    • @Hicks206
      @Hicks206 Месяц назад +1

      @ holy crap I had no idea - I was too damn poor for that stuff when it came out, stayed with my 286 haha

  • @read-ts2cd
    @read-ts2cd 2 месяца назад +15

    More than happy to pay for content of this quality. Please keep going.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад +2

      You are too kind. Thank you so much! Really means a lot that you enjoyed it.

  • @lvankeulen7478
    @lvankeulen7478 Месяц назад +7

    Your retro game interviews are really something else, you always have the right questions to get developers to convey their excitement from decades ago, it's all very in depth. Thank you for the video and thank you Team 17 for making a fantastic game.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад

      Ah, thanks so much. I absolutely love doing these!

  • @inthefade
    @inthefade Месяц назад +18

    I'm just so thrilled that Scorched Earth was mentioned. My friends played Worms more than me, but we had so many amazing tournaments with Scorched Earth at our LAN parties when we should have been playing some arena FPS party in the 90s!

  • @michaelannetts5839
    @michaelannetts5839 16 дней назад +2

    Have just turned 39 so Worms played a massive part in my childhood - we used to play a Worms drinking game at university, which I remember fondly. I'm also from Horbury, which is a town on the outskirts of Wakefield and is right next to Ossett, where I believe Team 17 had an office/HQ at one point? Used to enjoy seeing it as a drove past. Fantastic video and great interviews.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  15 дней назад

      Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed them.

  • @tziirkq
    @tziirkq 25 дней назад +2

    Brilliant documentary. This was the first video game I played with my Dad. Cris talking about his Amiga reminds me of how I used to feel about my C64, Amiga, and early PCs, and the method of rendering is kinda like my method of recording music when I was young and had no idea what I was doing.
    Thanks to you, and the team.

    • @Mathertron
      @Mathertron 18 дней назад

      hahaha having BSODs rendering down your music, you hve just given me flashbacks :D :O :/

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  15 дней назад

      Amiga is so close to my heart, so it was nice to hear Cris gush over it.

  • @GimblyGFR
    @GimblyGFR 29 дней назад +1

    Excellent work, Pete. As usual, now that I've seen the individual interviews, I'm amazed at how good the edition of the documentary is. Thank you very much for uploading it. Your work never disappoints. The Worms games are sooo good. Heck, I now play' em with my daughters. Talk about staying power!

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  15 дней назад

      Ah, thanks so much. It's always a huge challenge collating all the data and interviews, and outputting it in a sensible format, so I really appreciate that mate.

  • @andythedishwasher1117
    @andythedishwasher1117 15 дней назад +1

    I've never heard of the Rapter before, but the fact that he even heard about that hardware and understood it well enough to pitch it to the money folks is seriously impressive on its own. Usually gambits like that turn out to be major resource suckage, but if the right engineers are put on the right problem, you can end up with some wild solutions that work. Very cool story.

  • @Robbeddall
    @Robbeddall 2 месяца назад +20

    best company I ever worked for. .. back in the day. Golden Years

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад +2

      Nice. About 15 years ago was that?

    • @Jawsofhana
      @Jawsofhana Месяц назад +1

      They consitently produce great games today as well.

  • @drsealman
    @drsealman Месяц назад +3

    Loved this, 38 years old loves Worms on the Amiga, thanks for this great watch

  • @dmquil
    @dmquil 2 месяца назад +6

    Never watched your content before but this was really well made! Thanks for the work.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад

      Thanks so much for watching. Much appreciated :)

  • @FlatThumb
    @FlatThumb 2 месяца назад +14

    The rush of using a ninja rope on custom maps of Worms: Armageddon will forever be one of my favourite gaming memories as a child. ❤

  • @CrisBlyth
    @CrisBlyth 2 месяца назад +6

    That was FUN ! What a great documentary.... and very timely too... and.. I believe there might be more Worms to come.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад +2

      Thanks a lot, Cris! Really appreciate your involvement (in the game and the video).

  • @MrNarum
    @MrNarum Месяц назад +4

    Great docu!

  • @tsmithgb
    @tsmithgb Месяц назад +4

    What a fantastic interview, thank you to all involved very interesting watch

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад

      Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @Avanorne
    @Avanorne 19 дней назад +2

    A fabulous video. Great insight into a huge part of my childhood.

  • @nicker1992
    @nicker1992 Месяц назад +7

    My grandma and grandpa had this game. The amount of time that i played Worms 2 would make every game in my steam library blush xD Thanks Team 17 and Oma en Opa for the great times :)

  • @LostTempler
    @LostTempler 27 дней назад +1

    Worms Armageddon was one of the first PC games i played. As i`m playing it right now, youtube recommended this video and i want to thank the developers for endless moments of pleasure. Keep on wormin!

  • @onglogman
    @onglogman Месяц назад +2

    I grew up on Team 17 games, I used to play two player on Alien Breed with my dad, many hours on superfrog and project x. I sent the a picture i drew of superfrog to the team when i was like 7 and I asked if i had a chance to be a character designer for them, They politely turned down my offer at the time because I was 7. But it was super cool that they replied, i remember the letter and it had the logo in the top corner, i kept it for years.

  • @ChristopherBrown-d6v
    @ChristopherBrown-d6v 2 месяца назад +8

    I remember worms armageddon most myself. Had a great time with it as a kid. You've done a very nice job on this video. I like that you interviewed people involved, good job getting that access. Also something I find under appreciated - no volume spikes or dips. You've got a new subscriber.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад +2

      Ah, thank you very much, and welcome to the channel. Interviewing the devs is such a joy for me, as I get to speak to the people who made my favourite childhood games.
      Thanks for the audio comment - it's only a hobby and I have absolutely no formal training in any of this, so the audio levels is something I try really hard to get right. Much appreciated.

    • @ChristopherBrown-d6v
      @ChristopherBrown-d6v Месяц назад

      @ it makes my late night watching a much more pleasant experience with uniform sound, I’m sure other people feel the same way too. I hope you keep growing and making more videos!

  • @Retro_B8
    @Retro_B8 2 месяца назад +6

    One of my all time favourite games, really looking forward to this mate

  • @read-ts2cd
    @read-ts2cd 2 месяца назад +7

    Wow, hes done it again. Another incredible documentary.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад

      Thank you so much!!! Too kind.

  • @GoodwinsPlace
    @GoodwinsPlace 5 дней назад +1

    Awesome work as always, apologies for only watching now.
    Such an iconic game growing up, possibly one of my most played over the years alongside Lemmings. I think both had that replay factor but Worms had more unpredictable response rather than based on timing and patterns.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  5 дней назад

      Thanks, Craig! But, dude, you don't need to apologise - just because we're friends doesn't mean I expect you to watch my stuff! Appreciate you watching at all. Glad you enjoyed it :)

  • @SiljCBcnr
    @SiljCBcnr 17 дней назад +2

    Absolutely loved playing it with friends and I still owe and have it installed on two different platforms to this day

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  15 дней назад

      Me too! Always best played local multiplayer with friends.

  • @vladimirpain3942
    @vladimirpain3942 Месяц назад +3

    I must have way over two thousand hours on this one since 1998. One of the best.

  • @AllySitty
    @AllySitty 16 дней назад +1

    Thanks for this, great to hear the story behind the game. I had a copy of Armageddon sent to my cousin abroad back then! What a time to be alive

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  15 дней назад

      Agreed! So grateful I got to experience that golden era of games.

  • @kierank1982
    @kierank1982 Месяц назад +1

    Thanks for uploading! I remember making the A-Team one of my teams back in the day too!

  • @0Imtheslime0
    @0Imtheslime0 Месяц назад +1

    The original Worms is an ageless classic.. You can play it today and its tons of fun. Me and a mate played it on Amiga back in the 90s when it came out. Fond memories.
    When it arrived on Playstation, me and my brother would play it. We have played thousands and thousands of matches on the PS version and my brother is a music enthusiast in Rock music. we used to make teams of famous bands. AC/DC, Motorhead, Black Sabbath etc etc
    25 years later I introduced my kid to Worms and its a family favorite game still today. We knock off a few rounds when we get together.
    We have tried the later Worms too, but we always come back to the original. Its just something special and nostalgic.
    I did not know there was a Norwegian in the team.
    Hei Bjørn.. Takk for musikken.

  • @KimHarderFog
    @KimHarderFog Месяц назад +1

    Those voices and that menu theme, really brings me back - Great documentary!

  • @amigacoverdisk
    @amigacoverdisk 2 месяца назад +6

    This was a great documentary, thanks very much! I still load up worms on the Amiga emulator to this day for a few rounds. One of the Amiga's timeless classics.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад +2

      Thank you very much! Timeless indeed.

    • @Thornskade
      @Thornskade Месяц назад

      I noticed in the video the Amiga version had these offset horizontal lines. That's what it looks like on my Steam Deck for some reason, on Windows 11 and Android the emulation isn't doing that. Wonder what causes it

  • @danbauer3669
    @danbauer3669 2 месяца назад +2

    Oh, my! Another of these amazing long videos from On A Retro Trip!
    This is one of those games that, as a collector, I'm always happy to pick up another copy of. I currently own 19 Worms games across 12 consoles.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад

      Yeah, it's on almost everything! LOL

  • @CalusoXP
    @CalusoXP Месяц назад +1

    Wow, thank you so much for such a thoughtful and beautiful documentary, it´s very well put and structured, it´s such a nice piece of history. Worms was a huge inspiration for me to pursuit an artistic career.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад

      My pleasure! Thank you very much for watching.

  • @czuprynn7
    @czuprynn7 Месяц назад +1

    Great document , thank you for creating it , i still play Worms with my kid nowadays and he loves it , thanks to all people who made this game amd published it

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  15 дней назад

      My pleasure! Thanks for watching.

  • @logan_cadfgs
    @logan_cadfgs 2 месяца назад +6

    This video held my interest much, much better than the countless times I tried (and immediately bounced off) of the Worms franchise

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад +1

      Ah, thank you, that's really kind.

  • @DrDiscourse
    @DrDiscourse Месяц назад +2

    Great video that deserves way more praise and attention!

  • @Matropolis
    @Matropolis 2 месяца назад +2

    Keep worming! Another awesome documentary dude! Loved it! The cutscenes and audio were so cool and funny! Now I have to go play this 😀

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks, Mat! Yeah, the cutscenes were just the perfect addition to the game.

  • @ExtremeTeddy
    @ExtremeTeddy Месяц назад +2

    Cool to see that Worms actually started as a hobby project and evolved into its final form. I played countless hours of the DOS version at my uncles PC with my cousins and later on the PSX / SNES / MegaDrive. So many great memories.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад +1

      Amazing how big it got considering its humble beginnings.

  • @unfa00
    @unfa00 Месяц назад +2

    Amazing documentary! I never really played Worms - what I did play to death is Worms 2 demo I got on some random magazine CD from someone.
    I'd love to learn more about that step of the franchise, because the change in character graphics and animation was massive and to this day I think the animations are incredible.They carried the franchise for like the next decade of 2D games with Armageddon, World Party etc...

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад

      I loved those days of getting a demo and playing it to death. Some demos I played more than full games.

  • @djking44151
    @djking44151 Месяц назад +1

    I really enjoyed this. I've played so many of the Worms titles, going back to the originals. Very fond memories!

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад

      Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it :)

  • @KohdyMcintyre
    @KohdyMcintyre 2 месяца назад +7

    Worms animations are what got me into animation today fkn loved those little funnies

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад

      That's awesome! I'm sure Cris would love that.

  • @Tyrant_89
    @Tyrant_89 2 месяца назад +7

    Worms is an excellent series and was part of my childhood. I used to play 2 a lot and also a home version called Liero in which the two worms fought in real time! Good times!

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад

      Good times indeed. So many great memories playing it, especially local multiplayer.

  • @MrHERNIOL
    @MrHERNIOL Месяц назад +2

    Played Worms on my Amiga 600 back in the day. Thank you for this video!

  • @SotonSam
    @SotonSam Месяц назад +1

    One of my favourite games as a kid.
    Thank you guys

  • @SECONDQUEST
    @SECONDQUEST 2 месяца назад +1

    Really cool you got to interview the devs! Great video!

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад

      Yes, it was really fun! Thank you.

  • @martintaanlee
    @martintaanlee Месяц назад +1

    What a great doc. Been waiting for this since '95!

  • @ebridgewater
    @ebridgewater 2 месяца назад +3

    I was born in 1986, so Worms was not on my radar too much, but we had a copy of Worms 2 for Windows in the late 90s and it was brilliant. Fond memories.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад

      Nice. I think whatever the age, there was a decent Worms on one system or another over the years.

  • @Mathertron
    @Mathertron 18 дней назад +1

    Iconic game, Amigas and demoscene defined my life :D this is so cool!

  • @PSYmonSez1985
    @PSYmonSez1985 Месяц назад +1

    Brilliant video and what a game. Was one of the first my dad gave to me on PC and I must have played Armageddon for hundreds and hundreds of hours. Me and my brother still repeat the iconic sound bytes and voices from the original.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад

      Thanks! Yeah, I couldn't even guess the hours I've put into the various Worms games over the years.

  • @odbo_One
    @odbo_One Месяц назад +2

    The replay value is very high, which is rare.

  • @Stereozentrum
    @Stereozentrum 2 месяца назад +4

    Thanks for this great retrospective! :)

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks so much for watching!

    • @Stereozentrum
      @Stereozentrum 2 месяца назад

      @@onaretrotip You're welcome :) Looking forward to the next video!

    • @Stereozentrum
      @Stereozentrum 2 месяца назад

      @@onaretrotip ​ @onaretrotip And as I statet in the premiere chat yesterday: It was very fascinating to see great game composer Bjorn Lynne for the first time in a live interview. Thanks again!

  • @FernsDad
    @FernsDad Месяц назад +1

    Very nostalgic for me to watch this. I worked at Team17 whilst we were putting together Worms 2, Wormagedon and Worms World Party edition. Good times.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад

      Oh, awesome! Thanks for watching.

  • @theenglishman2751
    @theenglishman2751 17 дней назад +1

    I got my first PS1 as a hand me down from a family member, there is no way I would have had one otherwise, I had a lot of brothers and sisters so money was tight. Worms came with it and I spent so much time playing that game, along with Command & Conquer Red Alert Retaliation. I still play the game every so often but my go to these days its either Worms WMD or World Party. The older worms games are genuinely timeless.

  • @FloatingSunfish
    @FloatingSunfish 2 месяца назад +3

    I loved playing the Worms games from the very first all the way to 4 Mayhem.
    So many childhood and highschool memories...

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад +1

      Such a great game to play with friends.

  • @stevenlornie1261
    @stevenlornie1261 Месяц назад +1

    Great documentary. Brings back a lot of great memories.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад

      Thank you! A lot of fond memories for me too.

  • @entity8019
    @entity8019 Месяц назад +1

    Excellent video! I do hope to one day cross paths with Martyn "Spadge" Brown and buy the man a pint or twelve for spearheading so many wonderful titles that made owning an Amiga unbelievably special.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад

      Thank you! I hope to meet him in person one day too.

  • @DanielDroegeShow
    @DanielDroegeShow 19 дней назад +1

    Great story and expertly retold to be passed down to future generations of game developers.

  • @MyChannel--
    @MyChannel-- 17 дней назад +1

    Worms on PlayStation in 1997. God, so many memories. Thanks to Team17 from Russia. By the way, on PS1 you could stick a rope into the ground and climb vertically. This is most likely a bug, but it diversified the gameplay so much. First part remains my favorite to this day.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  15 дней назад

      Yeah the first one was really special.

  • @DougalNorges
    @DougalNorges Месяц назад +1

    Thanks for this, loved worms ever since getting it on a demo- the newsagents nearby kept demo discs for me and my brothers. And if memory serves me, Charlie the Chimp was the winning game in the contest :D

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад

      Ah, I did wonder what the winner was. Thank you!

  • @massdrivermusic
    @massdrivermusic Месяц назад +1

    Always believed that Bjørn Lynne was from Denmark. And I dont't know why, because as a media composer from Norway myself I really should know that he is, in fact, Norwegian! :D
    - As always, really really great documentary. Thanks for making them! :)

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад +1

      Ha! Thank you very much; it was a pleasure.

  • @akoot
    @akoot Месяц назад +2

    Great documentary! I had the original worms on the DOS release when it came out, I was quite young but I have a memory of there being a funny passcode anti-piracy system with a little booklet. I got the game a bit later when I got my playstation and kept playing. Saying that I didn't fully get into it until Worms Armageddon / World Party. I absolutely loved playing shopper maps online, for that reason my friends still won't let me play with unlimited ninja ropes!

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад

      Thank you! Worms is one of those games that's still fun all these years later.

    • @jjmontesl
      @jjmontesl Месяц назад

      Shopper and Flyshopper elevated worms to a whole new dimension! And not that many people knew those game modes. I was such a fan of those, and I even somehow ended up writing a small game inspired by it (google "Rope Cow game", it may bring back some of your ninja rope instincts!).

  • @podhajskyhello
    @podhajskyhello Месяц назад +1

    Brilliant doc 👏🏼👏🏼 amazing insight. What a game series, big part of my childhood!!

  • @SmoothEmJay
    @SmoothEmJay 2 месяца назад +1

    Great job on this mate :) an hour well spent.

  • @pow1983
    @pow1983 Месяц назад +2

    What a brilliant documentary!

  • @lifeschool
    @lifeschool 2 месяца назад +2

    Your docos are always so well done.

  • @newesthell
    @newesthell Месяц назад +1

    ‘Because it wasn’t visually stunning, it had few friends’
    Same, Martyn

  • @yendayo
    @yendayo 17 дней назад +2

    I miss game industry back then. Passionate, small team. No insane budget, no politics.

  • @IsaacKuo
    @IsaacKuo 2 месяца назад +2

    Ooh, I just noticed Andy Davidson dropped a peak at a new Amiga Worms level based on Red Dwarf!

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад +1

      Yeah, that was awesome. New Director's Cut for Amiga next year!

  • @PenneyPixels
    @PenneyPixels 2 месяца назад +1

    Lovely stuff. As informative as ever and really interesting!

  • @megadodger
    @megadodger Месяц назад +1

    I remember playing the demo with my best friend with 12/13 years on DOS - some shareware disk. containing 2 levels (winter/forest)? That was it. The fun never ended. best game ever made for me. Together with Slicks 'N' Slide. ❤

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  15 дней назад

      Loved shareware disks on DOS!

  • @inthefade
    @inthefade Месяц назад +2

    If recording on Zoom with an unreliable connection, ask your guest to record with an app on their phone and email it to you afterwards!
    Also preempt the inteview with a request that guests wear headphones.
    If you keep doing remote interviews Squadcast or Riverside is a worthwhile investment!
    Thanks for this documentary

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад

      Yeah, in the past I've been reluctant to ask people to wear headphones, etc, but I think I'm gonna start asking people about their setups. Chatting on phones over poor connections just isn't good enough.
      Thanks for the tip on the software - it's a hobby so I begrudge spending money on it (I get Zoom access through work), but $12 per month for Squadcast isn't much. I'll try that for the next interview!

  • @RDJ134
    @RDJ134 2 месяца назад +1

    Great documentry enjoying this very much Team 17 where great, and remembering me of better days :)

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад

      Thank you very much! I miss those days 😢

  • @SeanSamsfilms
    @SeanSamsfilms Месяц назад +1

    Does anyone have more info about the "Raptor" render server that Chris Blyth talks about at 48:00 ? I am intrigued since he mentions it perhaps having MIPS CPUs, which made me think of SGI, but they had nothing by that name. I also tried searching for Quantel machines, but they didn't have anything like that, either. Also, the image in the video seems to show the name "Reflex" on the machine. So i would be interested to know where to find some infos on the Raptor and/or Reflex machines...

    • @trilbyrollers
      @trilbyrollers Месяц назад +2

      Newtek commissioned Deskstation Technology to make them. There is some info on the Deskstation Technology wikipedia page, a Raptor, Raptor Plus and Raptor II systems are mentioned. All MIPS based.

  • @MaxFury_Official
    @MaxFury_Official Месяц назад +1

    Still have my Worms 2 PC Box in the tv-shelf (mint condition i would say). Great stuff, didn't know that the composer was Norwegian. Hejsan svejsan från Sverige if you read this Bjorn Lynne :D

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад +1

      Very nice! I have a big box Worms for Amiga, but need a PC Worms 2.

  • @MrTireQ
    @MrTireQ Месяц назад +1

    Worms 4 mayhem was peak perfection. It was my livelihood.

  • @graduator14
    @graduator14 2 месяца назад +1

    Amazing documentary for an amazing game! You've certainly opened a can of worms with this one!

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад +1

      Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

  • @overkill1994
    @overkill1994 Месяц назад +1

    Such a beautiful video and im only 33% in. Worms has been such an iconic game in my life.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад

      Thank you very much! Too kind.

  • @brianbergmusic5288
    @brianbergmusic5288 Месяц назад +3

    I was introduced to Worms for PC thanks to some friends playing Worms: Armageddon. One of the best games ever made -- overwhelming the competition in sheer fun+humor factor. Thank you for this inside look!

  • @GenerationPixel
    @GenerationPixel Месяц назад +1

    Pete, mate, my backlog is too big for you to be doing stuff like this that will drag me back into games that will kill weeks if I get started again 😂
    Fantasic work as always 😎👍

  • @davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533
    @davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533 2 месяца назад +1

    Another brilliant interview mate, has to be one of the greatest multiplayer games ever created.
    Cheers for the company on a loooong night shift.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks, David! Oh, without a doubt one of the greatest local multiplayer games.

  • @lipardfilm
    @lipardfilm Месяц назад +2

    These epic games conquered every dusty pc's around the globe without internet. Miss the excitement what a game like this caused in those times.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад

      Oh, absolutely. A golden age.

  • @danbrown4420
    @danbrown4420 Месяц назад

    I love hearing the Old-Guard of Techies talking about how they got round the tech limitations of the time, and the joy that lights up in their faces as they regail us with the tales of workarounds from days of old. We don't know how good we have it these days, thanks to standing on the shoulders of these giants :)

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад +1

      Yeah, it's great hearing the '90s devs talk about those days.

  • @floydstash
    @floydstash Месяц назад +1

    I have happy memories because of worms, thanks

  • @nuggnugg8464
    @nuggnugg8464 Месяц назад +1

    This was one of the first games I played as a kid, absolutely loved it.

  • @bigbadbyrnes
    @bigbadbyrnes 2 месяца назад +1

    the golden age of game writing. before genre. amazing! and fantastic documentary.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад

      Couldn't agree more. Miss those days! Thank you very much.

  • @chriselyr2484
    @chriselyr2484 2 месяца назад +1

    Oh! I look forward to it! Love your content.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад

      Thank you very much! Hope you enjoy it.

  • @MrEiht
    @MrEiht Месяц назад +4

    "A donkey, a donkey! A kingdom for a donkey!"

  • @AndyHugRetro
    @AndyHugRetro 2 месяца назад +1

    Well done Pete, absolutely brilliant video for a well deserving game. I must have hundreds of hours in Worms and Worms 2, fantastic couch multiplayer games.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад +1

      Thanks a lot, Andy! Yeah mate, I've played it countless times local multiplayer; it's just one of the all-time greatest for that.

  • @alexatkin
    @alexatkin Месяц назад +1

    I'd already moved from the Amiga when Worms came out so got it on the Sega Saturn. I can't imagine the game without those 3D cut scenes.
    It hit at just the right moment in my life when I still had friends round to play games together. Even my mum liked Worms, I think its the only thing she ever played other than Solitaire.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад

      Yeah, having friends to play with local multiplayer made or broke this game.

  • @Mountain-Mac
    @Mountain-Mac Месяц назад +1

    I absolutely love the Worms series ❤
    My introduction was Worms on the Sega Saturn, but it was Worms Armageddon on Nintendo 64 that gave me some of the greatest gaming memories of my life.
    I was playing Armageddon during the millennium change 1999/2000
    Worms WMD is a worthy edition to the collection… I must get back into that.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  Месяц назад +1

      Yeah, everyone has their favourite Worms based on their age and experience as a kid. WMD is good. Armageddon is getting an anniversary edition, I see.

  • @picklemat4619
    @picklemat4619 Месяц назад +1

    absolutely love this game. nice easy but with some type of guess work with trying to imagine where the explosives will land.

  • @theclovercross
    @theclovercross 2 месяца назад +1

    thank you so much for this! I was so into worms growing up. drawing comics, doing wooden figures at school and even a role playing game haha. I bit my teeth on Worms Reinforcements. and Worms Armagedon was the next best thing. I can't remember if I found scorched earth before or after worms but it was a blast too! the pc speaker sounds still echo in the back of my head from that. and there was this similar game where you were two monkeys throwing bananas at each other that was really a great laugh.

    • @onaretrotip
      @onaretrotip  2 месяца назад

      Awesome! Thanks so much; really pleased you enjoyed it.

  • @okee9
    @okee9 Месяц назад +1

    Regarding the Blitz competition, Simon Armstrong from Acid software posted that he and the other judges have no recollection of ever receiving or reviewing the game, so it may have got lost in the post or something

  • @pjousma
    @pjousma 29 дней назад +1

    Holy crap these guys were early, and I'm sitting here with my TI-83.