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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 eve…
- Released
- 1988
- Genres
- Shooter, Arcade
- Platforms
- Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Nintendo Entertainment System
- Game modes
- Single player, Co-operative
- Developer
- Tecmo
- Publisher
- Sammy USA Corporation, Virgin Mastertronic, Tecmo
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- publication date
- 1990-06-00
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1988 video gamesAmiga gamesAmstrad CPC gamesArcade video gamesAtari ST gamesCommodore 64 gamesHelicopter video gamesHorizontally scrolling shootersKLOV game ID same as WikidataMultiplayer and single-player video gamesNintendo Entertainment System gamesSCi Games gamesVideo games developed in JapanVideo games scored by Barry LeitchVirgin Interactive gamesZX Spectrum games