Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Silkworm is a horizontally scrolling shooter 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 and NES (1990) systems by The Sales Curve and released by Virgin Mastertronic.
Silkworm also spawned what many consider to be a spiritual successor to the game SWIV. While SWIV 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. SWIV was described in the game's manual to mean both "Special Weapons Intercept Vehicles" and "Silkworm IV".
Timetitle
00:00 - Intro
00:26 - Arcade (Intro - Main Menu) [1988]
01:32 - Amiga (Intro - Main Menu) [1989]
02:25 - Atari ST (Intro - Main Menu) [1989]
03:10 - C64 (Intro - Main Menu) [1989]
03:22 - NES (Intro - Main Menu) [1989]
03:48 - Amstrad CPC (Intro - Main Menu) [1989]
04:33 - ZX Spectrum (Intro - Main Menu) [1989]
05:14 - Arcade (In-Game) [1988]
06:35 - Amiga (In-Game) [1989]
08:05 - Atari ST (In-Game) [1989]
09:20 - C64 (In-Game) [1989]
10:18 - NES (In-Game) [1989]
11:57 - Amstrad CPC (In-Game) [1989]
13:19 - ZX Spectrum (In-Game) [1989]
14:54 - Outro
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Silkworm is a horizontally scrolling shooter 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 and NES (1990) systems by The Sales Curve and released by Virgin Mastertronic.
Silkworm also spawned what many consider to be a spiritual successor to the game SWIV. While SWIV 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. SWIV was described in the game's manual to mean both "Special Weapons Intercept Vehicles" and "Silkworm IV".
Timetitle
00:00 - Intro
00:26 - Arcade (Intro - Main Menu) [1988]
01:32 - Amiga (Intro - Main Menu) [1989]
02:25 - Atari ST (Intro - Main Menu) [1989]
03:10 - C64 (Intro - Main Menu) [1989]
03:22 - NES (Intro - Main Menu) [1989]
03:48 - Amstrad CPC (Intro - Main Menu) [1989]
04:33 - ZX Spectrum (Intro - Main Menu) [1989]
05:14 - Arcade (In-Game) [1988]
06:35 - Amiga (In-Game) [1989]
08:05 - Atari ST (In-Game) [1989]
09:20 - C64 (In-Game) [1989]
10:18 - NES (In-Game) [1989]
11:57 - Amstrad CPC (In-Game) [1989]
13:19 - ZX Spectrum (In-Game) [1989]
14:54 - Outro
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