

Release
1991
Player score
80/100
Platform families
Not announced
Connected releases
Core game only
Game data from IGDB
Editorial overview
What it is
SWIV is a vertical scrolling shooter and an unofficial follow-up to Sales Curve's conversion of the side scroller Tecmo arcade game Silkworm. One player controls a helicopter and the other a jeep, with the jeep transforming into a boat when the vehicles pass over water. As well as a host of blaster fodder the game also includes a mid-level enemy inspired by the "Goose" enemy from the earlier title Silkworm. Pieces of this enemy would fly onto the screen and assemble into one vehicle before commencing to fire at the players' vehicles. When destroyed the "goose" would drop power-ups.
Play styles
Single player · Multiplayer · Co-operative
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
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Themes
Action
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Game Boy Color
Gen 5

Commodore C64/128/MAX

Atari ST/STE
Amiga

Amstrad CPC

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