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Information - Silkworm

Genre	Shoot'em Up! - Horizontal Scrolling	Year	1988
Language	Machine Language	Publisher	Virgin Games
Controls	Joystick, Keyboard	Distributor	Virgin Mastertronic
Players	1, 2 (sim.), Demo	Developer	Random Access
Resolution	Low	Licensed from	Tecmo
Programmer(s)	Croudy, John	Country
Graphic Artist(s)	Langman, Ned	Software	English
Game design	Tecmo	Box / Instructions	English
Musician(s)	Leitch, Barry	License	Commercial
Sound FX	[unknown]	Serial
Cover Artist(s)		ST Type	ST, STe, TT / 0.5MB
MIDI		Version
Dump	Download / Pasti	Number of Disks	1 / Single Sided
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Other versions with the same title:

16 Blitz Plus (version [Budget]) ()
Mastertronic (UK) (version [Budget]) ()

Virgin Games ()
Erbe Software ()

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Trivia - Silkworm

Origins
Based on 1988 Tecmo coin-op

Sales
From the Commodore Amiga to Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum, each version of Silkworm was a critical and commercial hit.
Source: SWIV author Ronald Pieket, Eurogamer.Net

Charts
Top UK ST charts position: 5 (10/1989), 7 (3/1991 budget)
Months on charts: 4 between 9/1989 - 3/1991