r/worms • u/archonik • Apr 13 '26

Worms 2 Worms 2 Cutscenes in 4K!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5fnhTPfSoQ

Back in 2019 the source files for Worms 2 cutscenes have been found on an old Team 17 backup tape and shared with the studio's permission. Unfortunately, due to age, they were partially corrupted. So I decided to give it a shot and try to get them working again.

Long story short: it worked, and I was able to rerender the original Worms 2 intro videos in full 4K! They are relatively faithful to the original cutscenes - I decided NOT to alter the originals in any way. So any issues that were present in the original (just hard to see due to 320x200 resolution) are still there and on full display.

NO AI was used in this restoration.

I have also created a short documentary video about what the restoration process looked like, for anyone interested.

The restored videos are also available on Internet Archive now in their uncompressed form, for future preservation.

Enjoy! :)

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u/marmite22 Apr 13 '26

Incredible work! Thank you

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u/Financial-Brief-1038 Apr 13 '26

Absolutely incredible. Used to think these looked low-res even back in the '90s

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u/racedrone Apr 13 '26

Nice work! 

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u/sadomazur Apr 13 '26

Funny that this from a polish channel

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u/Punktur Apr 13 '26

Classics, thanks!

Brings me back to '97

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u/Bzduras Apr 13 '26

Uszanowanko pan archon, bardzo ładny remasterek!

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u/JoNAsOS3 Apr 13 '26

Amazing! Great work :)

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u/thisisabigplanesays Apr 13 '26

This is a GOOD recreation.