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''Silkworm'' is a classic side scrolling shooter, developed by Tecmo and first released for arcade 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". ==Release== ''Silkworm'' was released at a time where side-scrolling shooting games were among the most popular genres - it was released at the same time as ''Forgotten Worlds'', ''Sanxion'', ''Mr. Heli'' and ''DNA Warrior''. The Spectrum version took 3 months to program from start to finish, and was a copy of the Amiga version, which was almost arcade perfect.〔http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=SinclairUser/Issue087/Pages/SinclairUser08700060.jpg〕 The game reached number three in the UK Spectrum sales charts, behind ''RoboCop'' and ''Dragon Ninja.'' In November 1990, Virgin would rerelease ''Silkworm'' as part of the ''Edition 1'' compilation, which also included ''Double Dragon'', and the shoot'em ups ''Gemini Wing'', and ''Xenon''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Silkworm (video game)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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