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==Amiga versions==
 
==Amiga versions==
 
===Tricks and Glitches===
 
===Tricks and Glitches===
* [[Loading option sets whilst using BETONG ASNA or BOING cheat crashes the game]]
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* [[Action Replays display different outcome]]
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Note: Glitches marked with a * have been unofficially fixed in ''[[Worms]]'' (but not ''[[WormsDC]]'') via [[WormShell]].
* [[Dynamite retreat can be altered in Action Replay]]
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* [[Crashes on Workbench 1.3 systems]]
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==== Weapon-specific ====
* [[Loading maps saved with DeluxePaint "Stencil" feature active crashes the game]]
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* {{i-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Bazooka through wall]]
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* {{i-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Collecting a Crate causes all Worm names to disappear]]
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Concrete Donkey can be deployed in Cavern levels]]
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Crate/Ninja Rope interaction]]
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* {{i-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Dynamite retreat can be altered during Replay]]
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* {{i-w}} {{x-wdc}} [[Dynamite will not explode while retreating worm is jumping]]
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Indian rope trick]]
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* {{i-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Kamikaze-ing into a landmine stops the worm from dying]]
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* {{i-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Quick teleport]]
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Using the Nuclear Bomb twice pushes the team health bars off the screen]]
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* {{i-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Uzi/Minigun sound glitch]]
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* {{i-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Worms that hurt themselves with or before their first Shotgun round still get a second shot]]
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==== Fatal / Crashes ====
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Crashes during start-up on Amiga CD32]]
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Crashes during start-up on machines with 2MB of RAM]]
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* {{i-w}} {{x-wdc}} [[Crashes if OS libraries missing]]*
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* {{i-w}} {{x-wdc}} [[Crashes on systems using MultiUserFileSystem]]*
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* {{i-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Crashes on systems with 68010 CPU]]*
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Game locks up if active worm dies while executing a Fire Punch]]
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* {{i-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Having more than 20 mines on screen at once crashes the game]]
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* {{i-w}} {{x-wdc}} [["Insert Disk" message on HD installed game]]*
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* {{i-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Loading maps saved with DeluxePaint or Personal Paint "Stencil" feature active crashes the game]]
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Loading option sets whilst using BETONG ASNA or BOING cheat crashes the game]]
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* {{i-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Software Failure 8000 0020]]*
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==== Other ====
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* {{i-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Action Replays display different outcome]]
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* {{i-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Sprite animations continue while game is paused]]
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* {{i-w}} {{x-wdc}} [[Control defaults to CD32 controller if cd.device is installed]]*
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* {{i-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[CPU shot misprediction]]
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[DIY terrains with gaps in "ground" texture generate glitch maps]]
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* {{i-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[First vertical row of pixels on the far left of the map visible on the far right]]
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[MUSIC cheat glitch]]
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* {{i-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Screen cut-off on NTSC Amigas]]*
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* {{i-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Scrolling to bottom of the map during a Weapon Crate alters vertical crate spawn point]]
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* {{i-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Worms named "Jesus" can walk on water]]
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==== Emulation-specific ====
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These glitches are caused by imperfections in the Amiga emulation process and are not necessarily the result of abnormal behaviour on the part of the game.
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===== WinUAE =====
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [["Nowhere to worm!" error on maps with plenty of play space]]
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Game will not load if sound emulation is disabled]]
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Damage dealt disappears too quickly when an RTG board is emulated]]
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Sound corruption]]
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===== FS-UAE =====
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Horizontal graphics distortion]]
  
 
===Fixed glitches ===
 
===Fixed glitches ===
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These ''WormsDC''-specific glitches have been fixed in the [[Patch_(Worms:_The_Directors_Cut)|v1.05 update]].
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====Exploitable ====
 
====Exploitable ====
 
====Neutral====
 
====Neutral====
* [[Unable to load option sets]]
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Unable to load option sets]]
* [[Crashes when loading from Workbench]]
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====Harmful====
 
====Harmful====
* [[Erratic rope behaviour]]
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Erratic rope behaviour]]
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====Emulation-specific====
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These emulation-specific glitches have either been fixed in recent builds of WinUAE/FS-UAE, or can be fixed with settings adjustments.
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=====WinUAE=====
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Active sprites rendered one pixel to the right of actual location]]
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Ninja Rope trail persists after rope has disconnected]]
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Sprites extend by one pixel width vertically]]
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Video corruption]]
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* {{x-w}} {{i-wdc}} [[Worm position marker arrow uses wrong palette colours]]
  
 
==MS-DOS versions==
 
==MS-DOS versions==
 
===Tricks and Glitches===
 
===Tricks and Glitches===
 
* [[Bazooka-Uzi trick]]
 
* [[Bazooka-Uzi trick]]
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* [[Launch point of Grenades not aligned with throwing animation]]
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* [[Worm on Ninja Rope can force itself through a girder if release is timed correctly]]
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* [[Infinite Turns]]
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* [[Fall from any distance after firing first shot with shotgun]]
  
 
===Fixed glitches===
 
===Fixed glitches===
====Exploitable====
 
 
====Neutral====
 
====Neutral====
====Harmful====
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* [[Picking up worms using Ninja Rope]]
[[ Erratic Bungee ]]
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== Console Versions ==
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=== PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Atari Jaguar ===
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=== Tricks and Glitches ===
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* [[CPU teams using keyboard weapon hotkeys to select weapons]]
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* [[Launch point of Grenades not aligned with throwing animation]]
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
* [[Tricks and glitches (Second generation)]]
 
* [[Tricks and glitches (Second generation)]]

Latest revision as of 08:46, 16 July 2023

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This is a list of known in-game tricks and glitches in the first generation of 2D Worms games.

Amiga versions

Tricks and Glitches

Note: Glitches marked with a * have been unofficially fixed in Worms (but not WormsDC) via WormShell.

Weapon-specific

Fatal / Crashes

Other

Emulation-specific

These glitches are caused by imperfections in the Amiga emulation process and are not necessarily the result of abnormal behaviour on the part of the game.

WinUAE
FS-UAE

Fixed glitches

These WormsDC-specific glitches have been fixed in the v1.05 update.

Exploitable

Neutral

Harmful

Emulation-specific

These emulation-specific glitches have either been fixed in recent builds of WinUAE/FS-UAE, or can be fixed with settings adjustments.

WinUAE

MS-DOS versions

Tricks and Glitches

Fixed glitches

Neutral

Console Versions

PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Atari Jaguar

Tricks and Glitches

See also

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