get a sense of realism, Helicopter shoot em up (Silkworm)

Member Name: dan28

Product:	Silkworm
Date:	03/08/06 (106 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: good graphics for the time

Disadvantages: helicopters minimum height is really low

Silkworm on the amiga is a masterpiece. The extra colours on the first few levels add to the sense of realism. Couple that with the rather special sound effects. However as you progress your shoot em’ up qualities come more into play.the problem is on the amiga version, the helicopters minimum height is really low, but higher on my Atari ST's. This makes the one player game a lot harder, as shooting a lot of the ground based enemies really needs the jeep player to be present as well. Secondly on some of the levels the graphics are actually better looking than you may think. The scrolling (remarkably) is very good. This is one of the best horizontal scrollers on the 16bit, so if you haven't got it, get it.

Summary: scrolling is smooth and weppons good