Soundbanks (first generation, Amiga)

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The Worms series of games has a notion of "soundbanks", which allows players to customize their worm teams by assigning them a set of sounds (called a "soundbank"), either from a collection included with the game, or creating a custom soundbank from player-specified sound files.

Worms and WormsDC on the Amiga use speechbanks made up of individual files for specific instances, as opposed to the MS-DOS versions which use a single file containing multiple samples. Each sound file must be in the IFF sound format. Frequency and size does not matter, although the game will crash if it runs out of memory while attempting to store a soundbank that is too large (this obvious varies depending on the memory capacity of the Amiga).

In Worms the only soundbank options available are for English, German and French (stored in "TWENGLISH", "TWGERMAN" and "TWFRENCH" respectively). Fans of the series would often delete the two "redundant" languages and replace them with custom speechbanks of their own, or that they had downloaded from AmiNET.

WormsDC formalized the use of custom soundbanks by removing the limit of speechbanks available (although the German and French banks were removed from the game to save disk space). Soundbanks are stored in the "TWSAMPLES" drawer and are named for the drawer they are then stored in (e.g. the default English soundbank is stored in a drawer named "DEFAULT").

If a file is missing from a soundbank, the game will load the corresponding sound file from the default bank ("TWENGLISH" for Worms, "DEFAULT" for WormsDC).

WormsDC soundbank logic

Where the Amiga version of Worms used sound files with fixed names for specific occurrences, WormsDC groups related sounds under one name and appends a numerical suffix as the file extension. For example where Worms uses "ByeBye" and "OhDear" for Worms who terminate themselves after reaching 0 HP, WormsDC instead uses "ByeBye.1" and "ByeBye.2".

This makes it possible to have more sounds for a particular occurrence, so you could hypothetically have as many "ByeBye" sounds as you like. However you are limited by the memory capacity of the Amiga you're playing the game on.

Sound references

Filenames marked with a * also include an alternate lower-quality "2M" file in WormsDC for computers with low memory. These files are usually named "{{sound name}2M".

Worms Filename	WormsDC Filename	Use	Notes
AirStrike	AirStrike*	Air Strike deployment; crate drop.
None	Anthem	French national anthem for Nuke deployment.	Sampled from "All You Need Is Love" by The Beatles.
Baa	Baa*	Sheep, Super Sheep and Sheep-on-a-rope baa-ing.
None	Baseball	Baseball Bat impact noise.
None	Batrope	Successful Ninja Rope deployment.
Bazooka	Bazooka	Bazooka and Homing Missile deployment.
BlowTorch	BlowTorch*	Looped sound of Blow Torch.
Boring	Boring.1	Used when turn time expires or round ends in a draw.
Bungee	Bungee.1	Used when Worm performs Bungee move.
ByeBye	ByeBye.1	Used when a Worm reaches 0 HP and removes itself from play.
None	Clock	Ticking clock, ticks on each remaining second when turn time is less than 5 seconds.
ComeOnThen	Hello.2	Said by active Worm if not moving or aiming.
Communicator	Communicator*	Teleport communicator opening.
None	Concrete	Donkey animal noise for Concrete Donkey.
Coward	Coward.1	Played after using Skip Go.
None	Crowd*	Played if a Worm is knocked off-screen by a Baseball Bat attack.
Die	Fire.2	Said when a worm fires a weapon that requires powering up (Grenade, Bazooka, etc.)
DragonPunch	DragonPunch	Worm "battle cry" when using Fire Punch.	Says "Har-yar-ken!" in Worms and "Sar-youken!" in WormsDC.
Drill	Drill*	Looped sound of Pneumatic Drill.
Excellent	Excellent.1	Said upon "excellent" shot, usually when maximum possible damage is inflicted.
Explosion	Explosion*	Explosion sound.
ExplosionUW	ExplosionUW	Underwater explosion sound.
Fatality	Fatality.1	Said when enemy worm is killed either by drowning or being knocked off-screen.
Fire	Fire.1	Said when a Worm fires a weapon that requires powering up (Grenade, Bazooka, etc.)
Fireball	Fireball	Worm "battle-cry" when using Dragon Ball.	Says "Zon-ken!" in Worms and "Ha-dou-ken!" in WormsDC.
FirstBlood	FirstBlood.1	Worm says "First Blood" after first successful attack.
Flawless	Flawless.1	Worm says "Flawless Victory" after winning a round where the team takes no damage.
Fuse	Fuse	Loop of Dynamite fuse.
Glasses	Glasses	Sound of glasses impacting upon terrain after a Worm reaches 0 health and removes itself from play.
Grenade	Grenade	Worm saying "Grenade" when a nearby grenade has come to a rest and is about to detonate.
None	Hallelujah*	Played just before Holy Hand Grenade detonates.
None	Handgun	Handgun firing.
Hello	Hello.1	Said by active Worm if not moving or aiming.
Hup1	Jump.1	Worm jumping sound.	Game randomly selects between sounds when about to jump.
Hup2	Jump.2	Worm jumping sound.	"Hup2" is not loaded on Amigas with low memory.
Hurry	Hurry.1	Said when time remaining is less than five seconds.
I'llGetYou	Threat.1	Said when Worm is hit by another Worm.
JustYouWait	Threat.2	Said when Worm is hit by another Worm.
Kamikaze	Kamikaze	Worm "battle-cry" when using kamikaze.
Laugh	Laugh.1	Worm laugh. used when Dynamite is dropped or when the Captain of an enemy team is killed.
LeaveMeAlone	Sulk.1	Said by a Worm who is being constantly attacked, or "picked on".
None	Load	Handgun firing.
Mine	Mine	Mine impacting terrain.
Minigun	Minigun	loop of Minigun firing.
Missed	Missed.1	Said when active Worm misses his enemy with a weapon.
None	Moo.1*	Mad Cow sound.	2M version is just called "Moo2M"
None	Moo.2	Mad Cow sound.	Actually the sound of a dog barking.
None	Moo.3	Mad Cow sound.	This one is the sound of a chicken.
Nooooo	Fall.1	Played when Worm falls too far or falls off-screen.
None	Nuke	Looped rumbling as terrain sinks into landscape during Nuke deployment.	Cuts off Plays immediately after "Anthem".
OhDear	ByeBye.2	Used when a Worm reaches 0 HP and removes itself from play.
OiNutter	Traitor.2	Said when you hurt one of your own team's Worms.
None	OldWoman	Sound of Old Woman deploying. Does not loop.	Old Woman's voice simply says, "I can't remember his name..."
oooff1	oooff*.1	Worm hitting terrain.
oooff2	oooff*.2	Worm hitting terrain.
oooff3	oooff*.3	Worm hitting terrain.
oooww1	oooww*.1	Worm being hurt or hitting terrain.
oooww2	oooww*.2	Worm being hurt or hitting terrain.
oooww3	oooww*.3	Worm being hurt or hitting terrain.
Perfect	Perfect.1	Said upon "perfect" shot, usually when maximum damage has been inflicted.
None	Petrol	Sound of Petrol Bomb flames.	Played alongside "Smash".
Pop	Pop	Worm pulling its head out of the ground after landing head-first.
Punch	Punch	Sound of Fire Punch impact.
Reload	Reload	Shotgun reload; crate collection.
Revenge	Revenge.1	Said when a Worm who had previously made a threat ("I'll get you", etc.) hurts the worm it made the threat to.
ShotGun	ShotGun	Sound of Shotgun firing.
None	Smash	Petrol Bomb smash upon impact.
Splash	Splash.1	Object falling into water.
None	Splash.2	Object falling into water.
None	Splash.3	Object falling into water.
Stupid	Stupid.1	Said when active Worm hurts itself with its own weapon.
TakeCover	TakeCover.1	Said by a Worm when a Grenade, Cluster Bomb or Banana Bomb has come to a rest nearby.	Weapon detonation is delayed until sound has finished playing.
Teleport	Teleport*	Teleport dematerialize/rematerialize sound.
Thunder	Thunder	Thunder-clap on levels that feature thunder (usually HELL or GRAVEYARD levels).
Traitor	Traitor.1	Said when you hurt one of your own team's Worms.
Twang	Twang*	Worm's tail "twanging" after lodging its head in terrain.
Uzi	Uzi	Loop of Uzi firing.
None	Vase	Sound of Priceless Ming vase detonating.
WatchThis	Fire.3	Said when a Worm fires a weapon that requires powering up (Grenade, Bazooka, etc.)
WhatThe	TakeCover.2	Said by a Worm when a Grenade, Cluster Bomb or Banana Bomb has come to a rest nearby.	Weapon detonation is delayed until sound has finished playing.
None	TakeCover.3	Said by a Worm when a Grenade, Cluster Bomb or Banana Bomb has come to a rest nearby.	Weapon detonation is delayed until sound has finished playing.
Whoops	Whoops.1	Said by a Worm who misses its target.
Wobble	Wobble.1	Played when a Worm falls a long distance but is still in play.
YesSir	Salute.1	Worm on Main Menu says this when "Start Game" is select.	Goes unused in WormsDC as the Menu Worm is replaced with a bouncing object.
You'llRegretThat	Threat.3	Said when a Worm is hit by another Worm.