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 soundbanks 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 soundbanks of their own, or that they had downloaded from AmiNET.

WormsDC formalized the use of custom soundbanks by removing the limit of soundbanks 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 by simply adding more files with higher-numbered extensions ("ByeBye.6", for instance). However you are limited by the memory capacity of the Amiga you're playing the game on.

This feature is not documented in either the game manual or the on-disk ReadMe.

Sound references

Filenames marked with a * also include an alternate lower-quality "2M" file in WormsDC for computers with less than 2MB of RAM. These files are usually named "{sound name}2M" or "{soundname}2M.{number}".

Worms Filename	WormsDC Filename	Voice/SFX	Use	Notes
AirStrike	AirStrike*	SFX	Air Strike deployment; crate drop.
	Anthem	SFX	French national anthem for Nuke deployment.	Sampled from "All You Need Is Love" by The Beatles.
Baa	Baa*	SFX	Sheep, Super Sheep and Sheep-on-a-rope baa-ing.
	Baseball	SFX	Baseball Bat impact noise.
	Batrope	SFX	Successful Ninja Rope deployment.
Bazooka	Bazooka	SFX	Bazooka and Homing Missile deployment.
BlowTorch	BlowTorch*	SFX	Looped sound of Blow Torch.
Boring	Boring.1	Voice	Used when turn time expires or round ends in a draw.
Bungee	Bungee.1	Voice	Used when Worm performs Bungee move.
ByeBye	ByeBye.1	Voice	Used when a Worm reaches 0 HP and removes itself from play.
	Clock	SFX	Ticking clock, ticks on each remaining second when turn time is less than 5 seconds.
ComeOnThen	Hello.2	Voice	Said by active Worm if not moving or aiming.
Communicator	Communicator*	SFX	Teleport communicator opening.	Similar to the sound of the communicator in Star Trek.
	Concrete	SFX	Donkey animal noise for Concrete Donkey.
Coward	Coward.1	Voice	Played after using Skip Go.
	Crowd*	SFX	Played if a Worm is knocked off-screen by a Baseball Bat attack.
Die	Fire.2	Voice	Said when a worm fires a weapon that requires powering up (Grenade, Bazooka, etc.)
DragonPunch	DragonPunch	Voice	Worm "battle cry" when using Fire Punch.	Says "Har-yar-ken!" in Worms and "Sar-youken!" in WormsDC; a reference to the move in Street Fighter II.
Drill	Drill*	SFX	Looped sound of Pneumatic Drill.
Excellent	Excellent.1	Voice	Said upon "excellent" shot, usually when maximum possible damage is inflicted.	Likely a reference to Shang Tsung's commentary in the original Mortal Kombat.
Explosion	Explosion*	SFX	Explosion sound.
ExplosionUW	ExplosionUW	SFX	Underwater explosion sound.
Fatality	Fatality.1	Voice	Said when enemy worm is killed either by drowning or being knocked off-screen.
Fire	Fire.1	Voice	Said when a Worm fires a weapon that requires powering up (Grenade, Bazooka, etc.)
Fireball	Fireball	Voice	Worm "battle-cry" when using Dragon Ball.	Says "Zon-ken!" in Worms and "Ha-dou-ken!" in WormsDC; a reference to the move in Street Fighter II.
FirstBlood	FirstBlood.1	Voice	Worm says "First Blood" after first successful attack.
Flawless	Flawless.1	Voice	Worm says "Flawless Victory" after winning a round where the team takes no damage.	Unlike later Worms games, no speech exists for a standard victory.
Fuse	Fuse	SFX	Loop of Dynamite fuse.
Glasses	Glasses	SFX	Sound of glasses impacting upon terrain after a Worm reaches 0 health and removes itself from play.
Grenade	Grenade	Voice	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. Unused but present in WormsDC, replaced by "TakeCover.3".
	Hallelujah*	SFX	Played just before Holy Hand Grenade detonates.
	Handgun	SFX	Handgun firing.
Hello	Hello.1	Voice	Said by active Worm if not moving or aiming.
Hup1	Jump.1	Voice	Worm jumping sound.	Game randomly selects between sounds when about to jump.
Hup2	Jump.2	Voice	Worm jumping sound.	"Hup2" is not loaded on Amigas with low memory.
Hurry	Hurry.1	Voice	Said when time remaining is less than five seconds.
I'llGetYou	Threat.1	Voice	Said when Worm is hit by another Worm.
JustYouWait	Threat.2	Voice	Said when Worm is hit by another Worm.
Kamikaze	Kamikaze	Voice	Worm "battle-cry" when using kamikaze.
Laugh	Laugh.1	Voice	Worm laugh. used when Dynamite is dropped or when the Captain of an enemy team is killed.
LeaveMeAlone	Sulk.1	Voice	Said by a Worm who is being constantly attacked, or "picked on".
	Load	SFX	Handgun firing.
Mine	Mine	SFX	Mine impacting terrain.
Minigun	Minigun	SFX	loop of Minigun firing.
Missed	Missed.1	Voice	Said when active Worm misses his enemy with a weapon.
	Moo.1*	SFX	Mad Cow sound.	2M version is just called "Moo2M".
	Moo.2	SFX	Mad Cow sound.	The sound of a dog barking.
	Moo.3	SFX	Mad Cow sound.	This one is the sound of a chicken.
Nooooo	Fall.1	Voice	Played when Worm falls too far or falls off-screen.
	Nuke	SFX	Looped rumbling as terrain sinks into landscape during Nuke deployment.	Cuts off Plays immediately after "Anthem".
OhDear	ByeBye.2	Voice	Used when a Worm reaches 0 HP and removes itself from play.
OiNutter	Traitor.2	Voice	Said when you hurt one of your own team's Worms.
	OldWoman.1	SFX	Sound of Old Woman deploying. Does not loop.	Old Woman's voice simply says, "I can't remember his name..."
oooff1	oooff*.1	Voice	Worm hitting terrain.
oooff2	oooff*.2	Voice	Worm hitting terrain.
oooff3	oooff*.3	Voice	Worm hitting terrain.
oooww1	oooww*.1	Voice	Worm being hurt or hitting terrain.
oooww2	oooww*.2	Voice	Worm being hurt or hitting terrain.
oooww3	oooww*.3	Voice	Worm being hurt or hitting terrain.
Perfect	Perfect.1	Voice	Said when maximum damage has been inflicted against an enemy worm by your shot.	Line delivered in the style of the announcer in Street Fighter II. The game will use this sound even if the currently-active worm receives damage (or dies!) as a result of the move.
	Petrol	SFX	Sound of Petrol Bomb flames.	Played alongside "Smash".
Pop	Pop	SFX	Worm pulling its head out of the ground after landing head-first.
Punch	Punch	Voice	Sound of Fire Punch impact.
Reload	Reload	SFX	Shotgun reload; crate collection.	Shotgun reload speed is tied to the duration of this sound file - a shorter sound will result in a quicker reload. If WormsDC had singleplayer missions this would be ripe for exploitation for speedruns!
Revenge	Revenge.1	Voice	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	SFX	Sound of Shotgun firing.
	Smash	SFX	Petrol Bomb smash upon impact.
Splash	Splash.1	SFX	Object falling into water.
	Splash.2	SFX	Object falling into water.
	Splash.3	SFX	Object falling into water.
Stupid	Stupid.1	Voice	Said when active Worm hurts itself with its own weapon.
TakeCover	TakeCover.1	Voice	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*	SFX	Teleport dematerialize/rematerialize sound.
Thunder	Thunder	SFX	Thunder-clap on levels that feature thunder (usually HELL or GRAVEYARD levels).
Traitor	Traitor.1	Voice	Said when you hurt one of your own team's Worms.
Twang	Twang*	SFX	Worm's tail "twanging" after lodging its head in terrain.
Uzi	Uzi	SFX	Loop of Uzi firing.
	Vase	SFX	Sound of Priceless Ming Vase detonating.
WatchThis	Fire.3	Voice	Said when a Worm fires a weapon that requires powering up (Grenade, Bazooka, etc.)
WhatThe	TakeCover.2	Voice	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.
	TakeCover.3	Voice	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	Voice	Said by a Worm who misses its target.
Wobble	Wobble.1	Voice	Played when a Worm falls a long distance but is still in play.
YesSir	Salute.1	Voice	Worm on Main Menu says this when "Start Game" is select.	Unused in WormsDC as the Menu Worm is replaced with a bouncing object.
You'llRegretThat	Threat.3	Voice	Said when a Worm is hit by another Worm.