Game Information

Original Release Date: December 31, 1991

Platforms: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Game Boy Color, MSX

Involved Companies: Storm, SCi Games, Random Access

Genres: Shooter

Summary: S.W.I.V. is a vertical scrolling shooter and an unofficial follow-up to Sales Curve's conversion of the side scroller Tecmo arcade game Silkworm. One player controls a helicopter and the other a jeep, with the jeep transforming into a boat when the vehicles pass over water. As well as a host of blaster fodder the game also includes a mid-level enemy inspired by the "Goose" enemy from the earlier title Silkworm. Pieces of this enemy would fly onto the screen and assemble into one vehicle before commencing to fire at the players' vehicles. When destroyed the "goose" would drop power-ups.