 worms is a series of artillery strategy computer games developed by british company team17. players control a small platoon of worms across a deformable landscape, battling other computer- or player-controlled teams. the games feature bright and humorous cartoon-style animation and a varied arsenal of bizarre weapons. the game, whose concept was devised by andy davidson, was described by the amiga gaming press as a cross between cannon fodder and lemmings. it is part of a wider genre of turn-based artillery games in which each player controls characters who duel with projectile weapons; similar games include scorched earth (1991), gorillas (1991) and artillery duel (1983). ==games== ===main series===  * worms (1995) ** worms reinforcements (1996) ** worms: the director's cut (1997) * worms 2 (1997) * worms armageddon (1999) * worms world party (2001) * worms blast (2002) * worms 3d (2003) * worms forts: under siege (2004) * worms 4: mayhem (2005) * worms: open warfare (2006) * worms (2007) * worms: open warfare 2 (2007) * worms: a space oddity (2008) * worms 2: armageddon (2009) * [[worms: reloaded]
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