Reviews

Terra Cresta + 1942 = SWIV .

Too many bullets at the same time , but high quality stuff nontheless !!

5 / 5 .

1991 Storm Software (UK)
by Ken Murfitt, Tahir Rashid and Steve Snake

Vertical Silkworm is a high quality shoot-em-up. Very smooth with well defined graphics. Very hard also, but very rewarding after an area is completed. One of the best vertical shmup's I've played so far, although a bit short with only four levels.

Silkworm IV, Special Weapons Investigation Vehicles, South Wales Icecream Vans. Whatever you call it, it's a fine example of the vertical shooter. It's not perfect. As with most monochrome games, the bullets can be hard to spot against the backgrounds. It's not a major issue and happens far less than in Flying Shark. The levels are multi-load which wasn't a problem as I never got off the first level! Yep, it's a tough game or maybe I'm just rubbish. Who knows eh?

This is tough, but it's also excellent. Wonderful gameplay, brilliant music, lovely graphics, loses a mark for being a little too tough, but nonetheless this is really well programmed. Shooter fans will love it.