<s>
Worms	B-Application
?	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
software	B-Application
toy	I-Application
written	O
by	O
David	O
Maynard	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
in	O
1983	B-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
initial	O
batch	O
of	O
releases	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Worms	B-Application
?	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Maynard	O
later	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
8-bit	O
word	O
processor	O
from	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
,	O
Cut	B-Protocol
&	I-Protocol
Paste	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
17	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
Worms	B-Application
?	I-Application
</s>
<s>
was	O
made	O
available	O
under	O
the	B-License
MIT	I-License
License	I-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
David	O
Maynard	O
finished	O
developing	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
his	O
Atari	B-Device
800	I-Device
in	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
1982	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
titled	O
Sumo	O
Worms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
Forth	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allen	O
Doum	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Worms	B-Application
?	I-Application
</s>
<s>
gave	O
complimentary	O
reviews	O
to	O
the	O
EA	O
games	O
Worms	O
?,	O
M.U.L.E.	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Archon	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Light	I-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leo	O
Laporte	O
wrote	O
in	O
Hi-Res	O
said	O
that	O
Worms	B-Application
?	I-Application
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Gazettes	O
reviewer	O
called	O
Worms	B-Application
?	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Worms	B-Application
?	I-Application
</s>
<s>
listed	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
May	O
1988	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
"	O
Our	O
Favorite	O
Games	O
"	O
,	O
writing	O
that	O
four	O
years	O
after	O
its	O
introduction	O
"	O
Worms	B-Application
?	I-Application
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
Maynard	O
put	O
a	O
variant	O
of	O
the	O
Worms	B-Application
?	I-Application
</s>
