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SWIV

General info

Amiga Original

Relationships

WHDLoad

2023-05-23

Stats

13,080

Conversions

Acorn Archimedes
Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128
MSX 1/2
Nintendo Game Boy Color
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048

ECS / OCS

Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 2

Features

Hard Disk Installer

No

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1991
SWIV
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English, French, German, Italian
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1992
SWIV
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English
English, French, German, Italian
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] SWIV was The Sales Curve's spiritual successor / unofficial sequel to Tecmo's 1988 coin-op SILKWORM.

[2] SWIV = Special Weapons Interdiction Vehicles / Secret Weapons Installation Verification / SILKWORM IV

[3] Original release contents include a game poster, ST DRAGON postcard and a free badge (see Scans).

[4] Distributed in Spain by Dro Soft.

Conversion Notes

N.B. MEGA SWIV (aka FIREPOWER 2000) for Mega Drive/Genesis and SUPER SWIV for SNES are console games very different in design to SWIV, released initially for 8/16-bit computer platforms only.

Screen info

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Box: ECS / OCS
Box scan ECS no. 1

Original Release (front)

Box scan ECS no. 2

Original Release (back)

Box scan ECS no. 3

Budget Release (front)

Box scan ECS no. 4

Budget Release (back)

Disk: ECS / OCS
Disk scan ECS no. 1

Original Release

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Original Release [alt]

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Budget Release

Disk scan ECS no. 4

Demo

Misc: ECS / OCS
ECS no. 1

Warranty Card (front) [Source: Atari Mania]

ECS no. 2

Warranty Card (back) [Source: Atari Mania]

ECS no. 3

Game Poster

ECS no. 4

Badge (incl. with game)

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Demo Sleeve (front)

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Demo Sleeve (back)

ECS no. 7

UK Advert

ECS no. 8

UK Advert (CU Amiga 11/1992, Page 24) [Budget]

ECS no. 9

UK Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 56, 2/1994, Page 87) [Budget, Kixx]

ECS no. 10

SWIV Players Guide (Pt. 1) [1/2] [Source: Amiga Action, Issue 21 (June 1991), p72]

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SWIV Players Guide (Pt. 1) [2/2] [Source: Amiga Action, Issue 21 (June 1991), p73]

ECS no. 12

SWIV Players Guide (Pt. 2) [1/2] [Source: Amiga Action, Issue 22 (July 1991), p72]

ECS no. 13

SWIV Players Guide (Pt. 2) [1/2] [Source: Amiga Action, Issue 22 (July 1991), p72]

Manual info

ECS / OCS
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Instructions (Geman/English/French/Italian)

ECS no. 2

Instructions (Spanish)

ECS / OCS

Start the game and press ‘P’ to pause. Type “NCC-1701” and then any key except ‘P’. The screen will flash blue several times and you now have unlimited lives. Press ‘P’ to unpause and return to the game.

When you destroy a goosecopter, it will split into 3 power up icons which cycle between 4 different symbols. Each time you shoot the icon twice it will change to a new symbol. If you shoot it 100 times (so it changes symbols 50 times) it will be replaced with a yellow star. If you collect the star, you will gain super fast 8 way fire!

Acorn Archimedes
No conversion screens found.
Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Atari ST/E
Conversion Atari ST/E

Conversion Atari ST/E

Commodore C64/128
Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

MSX 1/2
Conversion MSX 1/2

Conversion MSX 1/2

Nintendo Game Boy Color
No conversion screens found.
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
No conversion screens found.

Map info

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MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amiga Action
20 (May 1991)
91%
3
Amiga Action
38 (Nov 1992)
94%
Peter Lee
Re-release
1
Amiga Force
1 (Nov - Dec 1992)
Re-release
0
Amiga Force
2 (Jan - Feb 1993)
Roundup
0
Amiga Force
3 (Mar 1993)
94%
Ben the Boffin
Roundup
0
Amiga Format
21 (Apr 1991)
92%
Maff Evans
2
Amiga Joker
Apr 1991
85%
Carsten Borgmeier
1
Amiga Joker
Feb 1993
Joachim Nettelbeck
Re-release
1
Amiga Magazine (It)
23 (May 1991)
0
Amiga Power
19 (Nov 1992)
92%
Les Ellis
Re-release
2
Amiga User International
Vol 5 No 7 (Jul 1991)
81%
Hal Levee
1
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 8 No 7 (Jul 1991)
Phil Campbell
0
Computer + Video Games
113 (Apr 1991)
93%
Paul Glancey
Robert Swan
0
CU Amiga
Feb 1991
90%
Mark Patterson
2
CU Amiga
Apr 1991
Roundup
1
Datormagazin
No 12 (Jul 1991)
83%
Magnus Friskytt
0
Génération 4
31 (Mar 1991)
94%
0
Svenska Hemdatornytt
No 2 (Feb 1991)
85%
Derek dela Fuente
0
The One
30 (Mar 1991)
93%
Ciaran Brennan
2
The One
54 (Mar 1993)
81%
Simon Byron
Re-release
1
Zero
13 (Nov 1990)
91%
David McCandless
3
Zzap
72 (Apr 1991)
83%
Stuart Wynne
Robin Hogg
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ACE: Advanced Computer Entertainment
40 (Jan 1991)
Jim Douglas
Preview (in-depth)
1
Amiga Action
16 (Jan 1991)
Preview (in-depth)
0
Amiga Format
18 (Jan 1991)
Trenton Webb
Preview
1
Amiga Joker
Nov 1990
T. Kansas
Carsten Borgmeier
Oskar Dzierzynski
Preview
1
CU Amiga
Jun 1990
Steve James
Preview (in-depth)
2
Génération 4
26 (Oct 1990)
Preview
0
Génération 4
28 (Dec 1990)
Preview
0
The One
27 (Dec 1990)
Laurence Scotford
Preview (in-depth)
0
Zero
9 (Jul 1990)
Preview
1
Zero
11 (Sep 1990)
David Wilson
Preview (in-depth)
2

ECS / OCS

Lore Score: 89%

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