Software Failure 8000 0020

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The Amiga error message that occurs on Worms: The Director's Cut.

If Worms on Amiga or Worms: The Director's Cut encounters a fatal error, for instance it runs out of memory, then it will issue the instruction TRAP #0, which should call a "trap handler" to deal with the problem. However, the game doesn't set up such a trap handler, so instead the standard OS trap handler is invoked - which crashes the computer and displays the error message "Software Failure. Error: 8000 0020". The message is presented in a red box that flashes repeatedly, and the system may reboot automatically.

The freeware program WormsShell installs a trap handler which causes Worms to jump to its exit code if a fatal error occurs. This doesn't work perfectly as the game will still crash the machine on occasion.