Reviews

Excellent horizontally scrolling shooter particularly with 2 players. Whoever takes control of the jeep has got the harder job and will need to rely on the helicopter to keep the path clear. The jeep can jump and fire in 2 directions so it's far from useless and is a lot more fun to play as in my opinion.
A great, not too tricky shoot-em-up that never seems to get the recognition it deserves.

It's a nice shooter and good fun to play, looks very pretty as well, but I can’t get on with needing two players to play at the same time all the time. It makes the whole game more confusing than it needs to be. Make me play as either the jeep or the helicopter rather than both and this would probably have even got a 4.

The main concern of Silkworm is to wed the epicurean principles with a thick barrage of fire.
The game is in fact extremely playable, very easy, but in a very pleasant way.
So easy, in fact, that's it's one of the rare games I've finished without cheating.
Longevity, hence, is not its main quality. Its main feature is its philosophical depth.
Additional fun can be had playing with a friend,
applying the division of labor concept, allowed by the simultaneous use of a jeep and of a chopper.
A single player can use both by selecting the same controls for both.
3,75/5

1989 Virgin Games (UK)
by Nigel Brown, Ned Langman and Barry Leitch

There's not much to say about this arcade conversion. It's well made, faithful to the original, with no color although could have been added, but I guess it would be a mess, or maybe not, it has been done before, successfully.
The problem with this sort of games, which were a gold mine in the arcades back in the 80's is that they turn out to be repetitive, been-there-done-that kind of thing and the game ends up being just another scrolling shoot 'em up to add to the pack.