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SILKWORM

SILKWORM

Console: Amstrad CPC
TV Standard: Region Not Set
Developer(s): Tecmo
Publisher(s): Virgin Mastertronic Ltd.
Release Date: 1988-01-01
Players: 1
Co-op: No
ESRB: E - Everyone
Type: Shooter

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 even during the fight with the end-of-level baddie.