Silkworm (video game)
| Silkworm | |
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| Developer(s) | Tecmo |
| Publisher(s) | Tecmo The Sales Curve Sammy Virgin Mastertronic |
| Composer(s) | Barry Leitch (Amiga) |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, ZX Spectrum |
| Release | 1988 |
| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Two-player |
Silkworm is a horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Tecmo and first released for arcades in 1988. In 1989, it was ported to the Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC systems by The Sales Curve and released by Virgin Mastertronic in 1990. Sammy released a version for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Silkworm inspired the 1991 game SWIV and even though it was not a direct sequel, it followed the same core gameplay design of a helicopter/jeep team, albeit as a vertically scrolling shooter instead of a horizontally scrolling one and was described as "inspired by" and a spiritual successor by several reviews, both of the time and contemporary, respectively.