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Silkworm

General info

Not Amiga Original

Relationships

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Stats

10,351

Genre

Conversions

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Arcade
Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128
Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048

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Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 2

Features

Hard Disk Installer

No

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1989
Silkworm
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English, French, German, Italian
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1991
Silkworm
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English, French, German, Italian
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1992
Silkworm
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English, French, German, Italian
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Distributed by Virgin Mastertronic, except for Germany where it was distributed by Rushware.

[2] Music and sfx by Barry Leitch, who worked for Imagitec Design Ltd., the company credited for doing the music on the titlescreen.

Conversion Notes

Based on 1988 Tecmo coin-op.

Screen info

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Scan info

Box: OCS
Box scan OCS no. 1

European Release (front)

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European Release (back)

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Budget Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 4

Budget Release (back)

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European Release

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European Release [alt]

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Budget Release

Misc: OCS
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UK Advert [1]

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UK Advert [2]

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German Advert (PowerPlay 8/1989, Page 21)

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French Advert

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UK Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 21, 4/1991, Page 119) [Budget]

Manual info

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Instructions (English/German/French/Italian)

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Instructions (English/German/French/Italian) [Budget]

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On the options screen, type “SCRAP 28” for infinite lives. Press ‘0’-‘1’ on the keypad to select levels. Use the function keys for variable slow motion.

On early versions press “HELP” and fire together to activate the cheat.

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Arcade
Conversion Arcade

Conversion Arcade

Atari ST/E
Conversion Atari ST/E

Conversion Atari ST/E

Commodore C64/128
Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
Conversion Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048

Conversion Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048

Map info

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No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
880 Gamer
6 (May 2015)
82%
Mark Stanner
2
Amiga Computing
Vol 2 No 2 (Jul 1989)
96%
Stewart C. Russell
2
Amiga Force
3 (Mar 1993)
90%
Ben the Boffin
Roundup
0
Amiga Format
21 (Apr 1991)
86%
Re-release
1
Amiga Joker
Oct 1993
70%
Max Magenauer
1
Amiga User International
Vol 3 No 7 (Jul 1989)
8/10
Tony Horgan
2
Amiga User International
Vol 5 No 5 (May 1991)
92%
Tony Horgan
Re-release
1
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 6 No 8 (Aug 1989)
Joseph A Levonian
0
Commodore Computing International
Vol 8 No 1 (Sep 1989)
76%
Tony Horgan
0
Computer + Video Games
93 (Jul 1989)
87%
Paul Glancey
0
Computer + Video Games
113 (Apr 1991)
88%
Re-release
0
CU Amiga
May 1989
93%
Mark Heley
2
CU Amiga
Mar 1991
94%
Re-release
1
Datormagazin
No 10 (Jul 1989)
9/10
Tomas Hybner
1
Svenska Hemdatornytt
No 6 (Sep 1989)
75%
Fredrik Rantakyrö
0
The Games Machine
17 (Apr 1989)
86%
2
The One
8 (May 1989)
86%
Gary Whitta
2
The One
30 (Mar 1991)
5/5
Laurence Scotford
Re-release
1
Your Amiga
Oct 1989
81%
2
Zzap
49 (May 1989)
92%
Gordon Houghton
Maff Evans
Kati Hamza
0
Zzap
69 (Jan 1991)
90%
Re-release
0

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Smash
Vol 1 No 4 (Jul - Aug 1989)
Dany Boclauck
Preview
0
ST Amiga Format
8 (Feb 1989)
Mark Higham
Preview
1

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Lore Score: 85%

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