PortArcade Archives: Silk WormFeb 1, 2024Platform adaptation
Release
1988
Player score
72/100
Platform families
1
Editorial overview
What it is
Silkworm is a classic horizontally-scrolling shoot-em-up. The main difference between this game and many other side-scrolling shoot-em-ups is that you will be on land as well as in the air. The first player would play as a helicopter, but if a second player joins the game, they would play as a jeep. Both players would have to protect each other as well as themselves. After a certain number of kills, a "goose" helicopter would form on the screen. If the players managed to destroy it they would get a weapon's powerup. This would go on throughout the entire game, and a "goose" could appear even during the fight with the end-of-level baddie.
Play styles
Single player · Co-operative
Perspective
Side view
More like this
Tecmo · Sammy USA Corporation
Connected releases
1
Game data from IGDB
Themes
Action · Science fiction
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Arcade

Commodore C64/128/MAX

ZX Spectrum

Atari ST/STE
Amiga

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Nintendo Entertainment System
Gen 3