Worms creator Andy Davidson has released Worms: The Director's Cut 1.5, a free expansion pack for the Amiga-exclusive version of the artillery game, timed to the series' 30th anniversary. PC Gamer reports that the release is unofficial but approved by Team17, and that it is available to download now at no cost.
The expansion collects more than 40 custom levels, 50 new sample packs for worm voices, and new teams and terrain types. It was built as a collaboration with fan creators, among them Llamasoft founder Jeff Minter, who is honoured in the pack with a Llamasoft-themed level.
A version most players never saw
The Director's Cut was an Amiga-only follow-up to the original Worms and never reached modern platforms, which has kept it out of reach of most of the audience the series picked up across its many sequels and spin-offs. Davidson said in a post on X that the expansion works with emulators for players without period hardware, and told journalist Daryl Baxter that he is building a site where players can share custom levels.
The expansion pack is a chance for people to enjoy the full package of DC, with all it could do. Rather than closing a chapter, I hope it gives the game a new lease on life.
Davidson has spent the past several years on the expansion, and described the process of returning to code he wrote three decades ago as harder than he expected. Speaking to Baxter, he said there was a great deal he simply did not remember, and that reading back through the original code left him wondering how he had managed it the first time.
He also framed the release as a chance to celebrate the Amiga itself, and said the Director's Cut remains the version of Worms he is proudest of, because it is where the game's mechanics and its humour came together. The series has continued without it: sequels and spin-offs have shipped steadily since the original, most recently the Apple Arcade exclusive Worms Across Worlds in 2025.
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