Worms Reinforcements

(Up to Worms)

Worms Reinforcements
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.