SWIV |
Aliases | SilkWorm In Vertical Silkworm IV Special Weapons Interdiction Vehicle |
Release Date | 1991 |
Original Publisher | Storm Software [2] (UK) |
Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 128K |
Language | English |
Genre | Arcade Game: Shoot-em-up |
Max. Players | 2 (Simultaneous) |
Original Price | £10.99 |
Disk Price | £14.99 |
Features | AY Sound, AY Speech, Multi-loader in 128K mode, Multi-loader in 48K mode |
Controls | Interface 2 (left), Interface 2 (right), Kempston Joystick |
Inspirations | Silkworm (Arcade coin-op) from Tecmo Ltd (Japan) |
Other Platforms | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX |
Average mag. score | 88.00% (4 reviews) |
Martijn's WoS score | 81.9% (38 votes) |
#1 - Dro Soft (Spain) | (1991) | ||
#2 - Kixx (UK) | (1991) | ||
* Release price: £3.99 |
Ken Murfitt (UK) | at Random Access | - ? | |
Tahir Rashid (UK) | at Random Access | - ? | |
Steve Snake (UK) | at Random Access | - ? | |
Sound Images (UK) | - ? |
"Sinclair User Gold" | at Sinclair User | issue #112 - 1991/Jun | page 26 | |
"Sinclair User Best Budget" | at Sinclair User | issue #131 - 1993/Jan | page 36 | |
"Your Sinclair Megagame" | at Your Sinclair | issue #65 - 1991/May | page 14 |
Keep pressing keys S and W while program is loading, then press ENTER to hear a speech sample from movie "Aliens". The Aliens logo will also appear in the high score table. |
SWIV is not an official sequel, as noted by ex-Sales Curve producer Dan Marchant: "SWIV wasn't really a sequel to Silkworm, but it was certainly inspired by it and several other shoot-'em-ups that we had played and loved." |
1. | Silkworm | (1989) | by Virgin Games Ltd (UK) | |
2. | SWIV | (1991) | by Storm Software [2] (UK) |
Demo version in | Crash issue 84: Presents 20 | (1991/Jan) | by Magazine Crash - covertape from issue v.1 #84 - 1991/Jan | ||
Demo version in | MicroHobby issue 208: Tape 35 | (1991/Mar) | by Magazine MicroHobby - covertape from issue #208 - 1991/Mar | ||
Full version in | MAX | (1991) | by U.S. Gold Ltd (UK) |
Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
SWIV.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (???) | English | ||
SWIV.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | ||
SWIV(DroSoft).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | ||
SWIV(Kixx).tzx.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English |
Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
SWIV.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
SWIV.gif | 4,391 | Original | Running screen | |||
SWIV_Front.jpg | 238,096 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
SWIV_Back.jpg | 319,744 | Original | Inlay - Back | |||
SWIV.ay.zip | 3,887 | Original | Ripped in-game/theme music in AY format | |||
SWIV.txt | 3,152 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
SWIV(MULTI-LANG).pdf | 241,866 | Original | Instructions | Multi-language: English, French, German, Italian | ||
SWIV.png | 288,996 | Original | Game map | |||
SWIV_Poster.jpg | 1,085,544 | Original | Poster | |||
SWIV.jpg | 223,518 | Original | Advertisement | |||
swiv.zip | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Daren (with rollback) | ||
SWIV (1991)(Storm Software).pok | 183 | Original | POK pokes file | |||
SWIV(DroSoft)_Front.jpg | 576,313 | #1 | Inlay - Front | |||
SWIV(DroSoft)_Back.jpg | 376,913 | #1 | Inlay - Back | |||
SWIV(DroSoft).pdf | 11,732 | #1 | Instructions | Spanish | ||
SWIV(DroSoft).jpg | 324,131 | #1 | Advertisement | |||
SWIV(Kixx).jpg | 773,017 | #2 | Inlay - Front | |||
SWIV(Kixx)_Back.jpg | 214,165 | #2 | Inlay - Back |
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #40-1991/Jan | page 42 | - Review - not a Spectrum article | |
BiT | issue #5-1992/Feb | page 33 | - Review | |
Crash | issue v.1 #87-1991/Apr | page 50 | - Review: 83% | |
MicroHobby | issue #208-1991/Mar | page 28 | - Review - Nuevo | |
Sinclair User | issue #112-1991/Jun | page 26 | - Review: 94% | |
Sinclair User | issue #131-1993/Jan | page 36 | - Review | |
Sinclair User | issue #133-1993/Mar | page 19 | - Review - SUper Game Guide: 85% | |
Your Sinclair | issue #65-1991/May | page 14 | - Review: 90% | |
ZX Magazín | issue 1994/Mar special "1994/03-1994/04" | page 6 | - Review |
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #40-1991/Jan | page 17 | - Full-page ad | |
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #41-1991/Feb | page 76 | - Full-page ad | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #110-1991/Jan | page 69 | - Full-page ad | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #111-1991/Feb | page 20 | - Full-page ad | |
Crash | issue v.1 #85-1991/Feb | page 7 | - Full-page ad | |
Crash | issue v.1 #86-1991/Mar | page 2 | - Full-page ad | |
Crash | issue v.1 #87-1991/Apr | page 2 | - Full-page ad | |
Your Sinclair | issue #62-1991/Feb | page 9 | - Full-page ad |
Your Sinclair | issue #71-1991/Nov | page 67 | - Review: 91% (MAX) |
MicroHobby | issue #208-1991/Mar | page 15 | - CoverGame - MH Seleccion (MicroHobby issue 208: Tape 35) | |
MicroHobby | issue #208-1991/Mar | page 16 | - CoverGame - MH Seleccion (MicroHobby issue 208: Tape 35) |
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) | issue #50-1991/Nov | page 9 | - Advert (MAX) | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #120-1991/Nov | page 88 | - Advert (MAX) | |
C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #121-1991/Dec | page 11 | - Advert (MAX) |
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