Worms Golf is an action game

Action game

Action game is a video game genre that emphasizes physical challenges, including hand–eye coordination and reaction-time. The genre includes diverse subgenres such as fighting games, shooter games, and platform games, which are widely considered the most important action games, though some...

 for Java ME-enabled mobile

Mobile computing

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 devices. It was programmed by Rockpool Games (Team17

Team17

Team17 Software Ltd. is a video game company best known for developing the Worms series of games , but it has made many other games, notably Superfrog and the Alien Breed series. Most of its early releases were on the Amiga home computer system and featured trademark smooth scrolling, and detailed...

) and published by THQ in 2004

2004 in video gaming

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 It was based on Mani Golf, the original flash game created by Alex Rigby from Rockpool Games.

The game

Worms Golf is an arcade game based on the sport of golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

. The aim of the game is to hit a grenade toward an enemy worm who is tied to a stick.