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CUCD7 is the name (specifically the volume name) of the seventh cover-mounted CD-ROM that accompanied the February 1997 issue of CU Amiga, a British Amiga magazine. As well as containing the content that the magazine's coverdiscs usually contained, the game included content which were originally intended to expand and enhance WormsDC if the game was executed while the disc was in the CD-ROM drive.

Unfortunately Andy Davidson ran out of time to incorporate the CD enhancements in the game's retail release, and while he intended to add the feature would in an upcoming patch, the 1.05 patch disk released (very quietly) by Team17 did not include support for the additional content.

Davidson has stated he would likely not include support for CUCD7 in the forthcoming v1.5 update, opting instead to develop a dedicated CD32 version of the game to be released later in 2025.

See also: CUCD7 ReadMe

Intended enhancements

CUCD7 includes the following content for WormsDC:

• Ambient CD audio, including all of the music tracks from the CD-ROM versions of Worms as well as the trance remix of the Wormsong featured in Worms: Reinforcements.
• The full motion videos included in the CD-ROM versions of Worms.
• Additional maps and mountain sets based on maps included with Worms: Reinforcements.

While the maps and mountain sets can be easily used by copying the TWMOUNTAIN and TWCUSTOM drawers from the CD to the drawer WormsDC is installed to on your Hard Drive, the FMVs and CD audio unfortunately cannot be used in game.

You can view the videos by double-clicking them which will play them using a proprietary player included on the CD, and the CD tracks can be listened to by playing the disc on a CD player or in a media app that can play audio CDs. Just be sure not to play track one as this is the data track and will just sound like someone strangling a robotic cat with an electric accordion.