He also pointed out that the worms' high-pitched voices are "only mildly cute" and can potentially be annoying, but praised the soundtracks for lending in realism to an otherwise unrealistic experience and the background music for helping players stay on task. The Game Boy Color port received mixed reviews. Concluding that the port is an "abridged edition of the overall game", Craig Harris of IGN criticized the version's great lack of the PC version's features (e.g. weapons) and personality and pointed out its "quirky" graphics. The reviewer felt that the game's front end was "extremely thrown together". He concluded that it was still fun to play. Chris Hudak of The Electric Playground similarly criticized the lack of weapons and also criticized the lack of soundbites and complete lack of voices and what he perceived to be "microscopic" worms that are tough for the eye to see. He did, however, praise the terrain and physics engine for being well translated from the other versions of the game. Michael Wolf reviewed the Nintendo 64 version of the game for Next Generation, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "a good rental if you're planning a gaming party, but for day-to-day gaming, these annelids just don't cut it". Awards The editors of PC Gamer US nominated Armageddon for their 1999 "Best Turn-Based Strategy Game" award, which ultimately went to Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. They wrote that Armageddon "put up one hell of a fight [for the award] and should not be overlooked by fans of the genre". It was also a runner-up for GameSpots annual "Best Strategy Game" award among console games, losing to Ogre Battle 64. Legacy Worms Armageddon has been placed on several lists of the greatest games of all time. Digital Spy ranked Worms Armageddon at No. 18 on their list of the top 20 Nintendo 64 games of all time. GamesRadar ranked the game at No. 13 on their list of the top 50 PlayStation I games of all time. They also ranked it at No. 68 on their list of the top 100 video games of all time. Slant Magazine ranked the game at No. 100 on their similar list. TechRadar listed the game as one of their favourite PC games of all time. Team17 chose to base the source code of the 2016 game Worms W.M.D entirely on that of Worms Armageddon, because fans