A puzzle game in the vein of Bust-A-Move with everyone's favorite tactical invertebrate soldiers.
Unused Graphics#
Images#
PS2BOOTN.TGA and PS2BOOTP.TGA are placeholder loading screens.
demopic.tga is a leftover loading screen from a demo.
XEF#
font.tga is the font from Quake III Arena.
Hidden build string#
A global flag exists at 04EBF4C. Should it be flipped from 0 to 1, the game shows its build string.
Undocumented game arguments (Windows)#
The Windows executable for Worms Blast contains arguments that can be used to make the game run better on modern systems.2 However, they are undocumented.
Command |
Internal description |
Comments |
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/DONTCHECKTEXT |
Checking of text disabled |
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/CHECKTEXT |
Checking of text enabled |
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/ENABLEALLROUTES |
All maps locations enabled - this will have no effect unless the game save file has been deleted |
Recommended argument to improve experience |
/SHOWMAPLOCATIONS |
Map Locations Enabled |
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/DISABLEDEBUGKEYS |
Debug Keys Disabled |
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/ENABLEDEBUGKEYS |
Debug Keys Enabled |
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/ALLOWAIDETAILS |
AI Details Enabled |
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/ALLOWCAMERAMOVES |
Camera movement keys enabled |
Recommended argument to improve experience |
/SHOWCHARRADIUS |
Show character radius |
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/SHOWDIRECTIONS |
Showing direction controls |
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/SETXOMVARS |
Setting XOM variables |
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/NOSETXOMVARS |
Not setting XOM variables |
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/D |
Screen depth |
Required information to start the game |
/NOHWTL |
Disable hardware T&L |
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/4PLAYER |
Enable 4 player |
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/NOAI |
Hide AI calculations |
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/SHOWAI |
Show AI calculations |
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/NOLOGO |
Skip Logos |
Recommended argument to improve experience |
/NOFEND |
Skip frontend |
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/BOUNCECIRCLE |
Bouncing blocks using box collision |
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/BOUNCEBOX |
Bouncing blocks using spherical collision |
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/NODEBUGMENU |
Hide debug menu |
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/SHOWDEBUGMENU |
Show debug menu |
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/3DW |
3D Water |
Recommended argument to improve experience |
/2DW |
2D Water |
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/H |
Screen height |
Required information to start the game |
/W |
Screen width |
Required information to start the game |
/WIN |
Windowed |
Highly recommended argument to improve experience (to prevent crashes) |
/NOMUSIC |
No Music |
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/NOSOUND |
No Sound |
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/FS |
Full screen |
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/D3D |
Running in Direct3D |
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/OGL |
Running in OpenGL |
Broken feature, causes the game to crash |
References#
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The Worms series | |
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DOS |
Worms (Demo) |
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Windows |
Worms 2 (Demos) • Armageddon • Pinball • World Party • Blast • 3D • Forts • Mayhem • Ultimate Mayhem • Revolution |
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Genesis |
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SNES |
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Nintendo 64 |
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PlayStation |
Worms • Armageddon • Pinball |
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Dreamcast |
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Game Boy Color |
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GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox |
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Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 |
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Wii |
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PlayStation Portable |
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J2ME |
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