Atari ST - Virgin Games
Silkworm
- Genre
- Shoot'em Up! - Horizontal Scrolling
- Year
- —
- Language
- Machine Language
- Publisher
- Virgin Games
- Controls
- Joystick / Keyboard
- Distributor
- EDOS
- 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
- [Re-release]
- Dump
- Missing dump(s)
- Number of Disks
- —
- Dump format
- —
- Protection
- —
OTHER VERSIONS WITH THE SAME TITLE (4)
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
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
Months on charts: 4 between 9/1989 - 3/1991
BOOK / MAGAZINE REVIEWS (5)
The One · May, 1989Rating: 86%
ST / Amiga Format · April, 1989Rating: 70%
Atari User (Spain) · Octubre, 1989Rating: 83%
ST Review · May, 1992Rating: 80%
ST Action · October, 1993Rating: 74%