The game was originally created by Andy Davidson as an entry for a Blitz BASIC programming competition run by the Amiga Format magazine, a cut-down version of the programming language having been cover mounted previously. The game at this stage was called Total Wormage (possibly in reference to Total Carnage) and it did not win the competition. Davidson sent the game to several publishers with no success. He then took the game to the European Computer Trade Show, where he met with Mark Foreman - Head Games Buyer at GEM Distribution.
Mark suggested to Andy that he should speak to Ocean/Team17 as they would be an ideal partner - they also had a stand at the show. Team17 made an offer on-the-spot to develop and publish the game.

The game was called Total Wormage, before it was renamed Worms.
During the development of Worms 2, Andy Davidson wrote Worms - The Director's Cut, a special edition produced exclusively for the Amiga. This was, to his eyes, the pinnacle of the series. Featuring weapons not seen in any Worms game before, it looks like an enhanced version of the original game. Only 5000 copies were ever sold. It was also the last version released for the Commodore Amiga platform from which the game originated.

The references to the developers' home county, Yorkshire, is visible, with a soundbank named "Tykes", which is a Yorkshire accent, and in the "Hell" level found in the single player mission mode, a sign with "Welcome to Ossett! Ha! ha! ha!" written on it.

Orginal System Requirements
386SX 33 Mhz
4 MB RAM
1MB SVGA
4x CD-ROM

Repack - System Requirements
1. CPU 1.0 GHz
2. RAM 64 Mb
3. HDD 20 Mb

Interface
1. English

Installation instruction
1. Burn to CD/DVD or mount using a virtual drive (Alcohol 52% or Daemon Tools)
2. Install Game
3. Play

Developer: Team17
Publisher: Ocean Software
Series: Worms
Platform: Amiga, CD32, Game Boy, Genesis, Jaguar, Mac, PC (DOS), PlayStation, Saturn, SNES
Designer: Jon Van Caneghem, Jim DuBois (expansion)
Release date: 31 October 1995
Genre: Artillery, Strategy
Mode: Single player, Multiplayer
Media/distribution: CD-ROM