+atari2600land Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 So I see on eBay a cart of Worm Whomper for $35 OBO. I sent in an offer of $25. He accepted, I paid, so I will soon be whomping worms. Your thoughts? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_me Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Might be the best "shoot'em up" on Intellivision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Sadly, I could never get into this one. Enemy sprites too tiny (yes, I know they're supposed to be worms), but still... always looked/felt like a TI-99 Extended BASIC game to me. Guess I expect more out of an Activision title, but a lot of people seem to like it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KylJoy Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I believe our is one of the best Intellivision games. Back in the day I built a cable to connect a Wico Atari 2600 trackball to my Intellivision II to play this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Place Logo Here Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 Thoroughly love this game. It gets progressively more difficult at an appropriate rate. Can't believe this was never ported to another system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted July 21, 2017 Author Share Posted July 21, 2017 According to the price guide, $25 should be about right, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Lathe26 Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 According to the price guide, $25 should be about right, right? $25 is slightly below average, so you saved a few bucks. As for game play, it's one of the smoothest and fastest games from back in the day. It's a favorite of mine. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonlikesINTV Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I'm a fan. Anyone want to topple my high score? http://atariage.com/forums/topic/221617-hsc5-game-2-worm-whomper/?p=3640158 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted July 21, 2017 Share Posted July 21, 2017 I love the game and wish a homebrew of it was made on the 7800. Is it a single button game? I don't remember. If so a standard joystick could be used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonlikesINTV Posted July 22, 2017 Share Posted July 22, 2017 I love the game and wish a homebrew of it was made on the 7800. Is it a single button game? I don't remember. If so a standard joystick could be used. It uses the disc and two side buttons (regular and alt firing modes for pesticide and plough balls). I'd buy a 7800 version in a heartbeat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted July 24, 2017 Author Share Posted July 24, 2017 I got the game in the mail today. Man, it's hard with all those worms coming! If they made about half of them come for each round, it would have been a much better game and still would have increased the difficulty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonlikesINTV Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 I got the game in the mail today. Man, it's hard with all those worms coming! If they made about half of them come for each round, it would have been a much better game and still would have increased the difficulty. Once it picks up the pace, ignore the upper corn and focus on protecting the lower half. Also, the increase in difficulty each level isn't linear. After a handful of brutal ones it cuts you a break here and there before ramping up again. Conserve plough balls for use with the larger bugs and puddles... Hopefully lined up so you can use only one. You earn more each round, so don't be too conservative 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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