Silkworm

Information

Genre

Shoot'em Up! - Horizontal Scrolling

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick, Keyboard

Players

1, 2 (sim.), Demo

Resolution

Low

Programmer(s)

Croudy, John

Graphic Artist(s)

Langman, Ned

Game design

Tecmo

Musician(s)

Leitch, Barry

Sound FX

[unknown]

Year

1989

Publisher

Virgin Games

Distributor

Virgin Mastertronic

Developer

Random Access

Licensed from

Tecmo

Software

English

Box/Instructions

English

License

Commercial

ST Type

ST, STe, TT, 0.5MB

Number of Disks

1, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 8.8/10 · Votes: 111 · Downloads: 2,074 · Hits: 5,037

Screenshots (5)

Cover Art (2)

Article (1)

Tips (3)

The One players guide

Trivia (3)

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

Book / Magazine Reviews (5)

The One · May, 1989 · Rating: 86%

ST / Amiga Format · April, 1989 · Rating: 70%

Atari User (Spain) · Octubre, 1989 · Rating: 83%

ST Review · May, 1992 · Rating: 80%

ST Action · October, 1993 · Rating: 74%