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| Developer: | Team17 |
| Maintainer: | None |
| Publishers: | Ocean Software (1996) MicroProse (1997) Sold-Out Software (2002-'08) Team17 (2011-present, PC digital) |
| Release date: | 1996 |
| Latest version: | ? |
| Website: | [1] |
| Buy: | Steam GoG.com |
Worms Reinforcements was an expansion released in 1996 for the PC MS-DOS version of Worms. The expansion adds a number of features that are new to the series and would go on to become staples of future releases, including:
- Retreat time
- Health crates
- Booby-trapped crates
- Utility crates
- Timed mines
- A single-player campaign (called "Challenge Mode")
- Team-specific customization settings, e.g. soundbanks and graves
- Full-color maps
- Additional terrain styles, such as "Graveyard", "War", and "Money"
The expansion also added a single new weapon to the game - the original Mole Bomb, which was a Cluster Bomb-like grenade with shrapnel that dug into the terrain. The weapon did not appear in future games. Additionally, changes were made to existing weapons - Dynamite could now be aimed and thrown (albeit with less force than a grenade), and a 45-degree aiming option was added to the Kamikaze. Of these changes, only the aimable Kamikaze was retained for future games, though from Worms 2 onward Dynamite would always be dropped with a little forward momentum, as opposed to straight down as in Worms.
Visually, the game is more-or-less identical, albeit with the in-game font changed from a yellow military stencil to a more solid font with a green gradient. The HUD was updated to appear more war-torn, and with the addition of a yellow + next to the logo. The changes to the HUD were not kept when the expansion was bundled with the base game, though this HUD would appear in pre-release screenshots of Worms: The Director's Cut.
In 1997, Team17 and MicroProse released Worms United, which bundled the base game with this expansion in a single package. This release is the version now found on Steam and GOG.com.
