Super Mega Worm

Super Mega Worm – The worm has turned!

If you enjoy taking a trip down memory lane and reminding yourself just what good old fashioned gaming entertainment is, then look no further than Super Mega Worm.

This game is a pretty simple looking game by today’s standards but it certainly doesn’t take anything away from the simple and addictive fun that you’ll get from this title.

Your mission is simple, take control of a mutant worm and munch your way through the human infestation until every last human (and anything else you can mention) are wiped from the face of the planet.

To do this, use the directional pad on the left hand side to rotate your worm around to the desired direction and get munching. Humans, cattle, emus and other random creatures all are running around oblivious to the terror that lurks beneath their feet. When you come to the surface, the poor people and animals react (usually by running away from you or trying to fire at you).

It’s a game of survival. You must eat everything that’s possible to keep yourself alive and health at maximum, because as soon as you lose your health, your game’s over. Tunnelling around through the underground and being attacked will impact on your health. Fortunately, by eating humans and animals, your health will be topped up.

What starts out as a simple and rather laid back game swiftly develops into a fully engaging and pressured experience; as getting the balance of finding and eliminating anything on two or four legs before you run out of energy makes the levels more and more challenging.

As you are Super Mega Worm, you are a worm nonetheless and must use objects to your advantage. For example, jumping onto a truck will give you additional jumping energy which helps you get higher in the sky (where some crafty humans are hovering around attached to balloons). Additionally, as you progress your way through the game, your worms abilities are improved, including spitting (which allows you to shoot at targets – but at the cost of not eating them and getting the energy replenished), and atomic drops which cause massive destruction as you hit the ground.

There’s only one glitch that I can see from this title, which is once you complete it, you can’t go back and start the game over from scratch and you will only be able to appreciate the end credits. Whether this is just a way for you to download the game again or just a problem that’s gone unnoticed (how could this be unnoticed?) I think is a bit of a pain.

However, otherwise this game is superb and all the humorous things the humans say (in speech bubbles and sound effects), all add to the mix of what makes a retro game fun, exciting and hugely entertaining.

Rating 82%

Positives

Retro gaming fun

A great time-killer, but you’ll find it hard to put it down once you’ve started

Challenging and entertaining

Negatives

Unable to play the game again once you’ve completed it

The controls at times are a little fiddly

Pretty repetitive