The Mega Drive port of Team17's Worms, a humorous turn-based strategy. Funny, addictive, a British studio classic for local multi.
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Category
Strategy4 players7+
Description
Worms battle other heavily armed worms in this Team17 Mega Drive strategy game. Published by Ocean/Team17, released in Europe in 1995. Turn-based strategy with worms armed with diverse weapons on destructible terrain, multiplayer modes.
Worms review
4/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Striking"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
1/5
Story
★★★★★
"Anecdotal"
The worms are reduced to a handful of pixels yet receive expressive animations, salute, panic, fall, enough to personify them. The terrains, drawn as coloured cutouts laid over a gradient sky, are hollowed live by the explosions, every crater staying visible until the end of the match.
The accompaniment stays discreet and deliberately light, with short refrains that leave all the room to the worms' spoken lines and the explosion sounds. The musical tone, frankly comic, matches the game's humour and carefully avoids any dramatic tension between turns.
Gameplay
"Solid"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
Aiming down to the degree, dialing in the power and loosing the bazooka or grenade at the right moment sets up an artillery duel where any turn can flip everything. The wild arsenal, destructible terrain and instant rematch keep rekindling the urge to scrap, especially with several players. Matches sometimes drag on, but this balance of tactics and chaos keeps a wildly addictive bite.
Worms PAL is the European edition of the Team17 game, the Megadrive port of the cult multiplayer strategy game. Its collector value comes from the game's position as the only official Worms appearance on Megadrive and from the fact that the PAL Team17 version remains the only original commercial pressing of the franchise on 16-bit Sega.
Better with friends
A turn-based artillery worm war, where you calculate angle, wind and power before lobbing a wacky grenade onto the enemy team. The competition is as strategic as it is slapstick: a perfect shot delights, an unexpected ricochet sets off general hilarity. Games can drag and a stinging miss grates, but the vibe and the unhinged weapons always pull you back into the fight.
Is Worms still worth playing in 2026?
A Mega Drive adaptation of the famous Team17 turn based strategy, Worms offers battles of earthworms armed to the teeth in destructible terrain. The characteristic British humour, versus mode for up to four players and arsenal richness make it an absolute party strategy reference on Mega Drive. For anyone fond of multiplayer party games or seeking an excellent evening companion for several players on the Sega console, an absolutely essential recommendation today still without the slightest hesitation truly here indeed.
