I upgraded my graphics driver to NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G 260.99 and it makes all of my games smaller.... I have 2 black bars on the sides of my screen, like the opposite of a widescreen movie... anyway, even if I change the resolution in my worms menu, I can get it fill my entire screen, but everything is still smaller than what I have been playing with for 6 years, which means i can't perceive jumps, crater sizes, etc.. help? what more info do you need from me?

If you're running a 4:3 game on a 16:10 or 16:9 monitor, the driver would be correct to display the image with vertical black bars on either side, since it will preserve the game's aspect ratio. If you got used to an incorrect aspect ratio or a non-native resolution, you should just consider getting used to the game's true aspect ratio. Also, being able to see more in WA is a good thing, not a bad thing. You'll get used to it very quickly.

Anyway, just learn your monitor's native resolution and always play with that. If you wanted lower resolution, you should have bought a lower-resolution monitor.

If you really want a lower resolution, you can choose it in the resolution menu. If you want it to fill your entire screen, just use a resolution which has the same aspect ratio as your monitor's native resolution. For example, if your monitor was natively 1920×1200, it would have a 16:10 aspect ratio. If your monitor was 1920×1080, it would have a 16:9 aspect ratio. If your monitor was 1920×1440, it would have a 4:3 aspect ratio. If your monitor was 1920×1536, it would have a 5:4 aspect ratio. These are the 4 most common aspect ratios for PC monitors. Find a resolution that fits the aspect ratio of your monitor and it should fill your entire screen. Note that using a lower resolution than an LCD monitor's native resolution results in image interpolation, which makes things blurry and weird. This is bad for pixel-accuracy in gameplay.

This was a convoluted and verbose post by Lex. Have a nice day.

It's a big advantage if you have a monitor that supports 1920×1080 (or higher), as you can view a full default map of 1920×696 pixels. Great for long range sniping.

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In fact, during the beta of Worms Reloaded, I requested an option to set WR's zooming option to medium value to get the same result as I'm used in WA.

Speaking of zooming, WA could really need that, as now the map limits are now drastically higher.

Nivida Control Panel - Display - Adjust Desktop Size and position - there's a bunch of options for how the screen is scaled. Changing those to "Do not scale" should enable any resolution to fill the monitor.

That said, Lex's advice will give you a much higher quality picture - any non native resolution/aspect ratio on even a good LCD will look pretty crap.

I can get it fill my entire screen, but everything is still smaller than what I have been playing with for 6 years, which means i can't perceive jumps, crater sizes, etc.. help? what more info do you need from me?

It doesn't take long to get used it ShyGuy.
6 months ago, I upgraded from a 1280x800 (15") laptop to a 1920x1080 (15").
Everything was weird at first, my roping felt slower and it was hard to see the tiny adjustments in aiming angle.

Stick with it and you'll get used to it, It is much nicer being able to see more of the map.

It doesn't take long to get used it ShyGuy.
6 months ago, I upgraded from a 1280x800 (15") laptop to a 1920x1080 (15").
Everything was weird at first, my roping felt slower and it was hard to see the tiny adjustments in aiming angle.

Stick with it and you'll get used to it, It is much nicer being able to see more of the map.

He has the choice to not follow your practice, I guess.

It a kind of trade-off between seeing more of the map and having large graphics. (IIRC, it just like choosing between wide-angle lens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide-angle_lens) and long focus lens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_focus_lens)) I think it's nothing bad if he choose large graphics and low resolution.