Silkworm vs Swiv - Which is the best shooter?

[Dan]

They are both good Games. The difference is in the Perspective.

[BippyM]

Added a poll

[LuMan]

Cheers, Retro-Nerd. At least I didn't dream it!

Going to play both of them tonight (on my new GPD XD gaming tab) and post my vote!

[ancalimon]

Silkworm! I wish it had more colours though. Amiga could have done much better than the arcade version.

[gimbal]

Silkworm, because I played that one first basically. Awesome sound effects make this game.

I guess technically SWIV is the better game because it is a little more varied. Silkworm recycles too much.

[siyllad]

Silkworm for me many hours of enjoyment.

[Dan]

There are few missing options to the pool:

3. Both are equal
4. None of them/Do not like shooters.
5. Time to play one or both of them. (haven't played it yet)

i would choose the 3rd. I have played both and liked both, and there is more fun in 2 players mode.

[ch40s_engineer]

Silkworm

Silkworm definitively. The power up vessels of Swiv are a mess to destroy (same problem with robot characters in Ninja Warriors, it kinda ruins the game since the original coin-op version doesn't have this issue).

[Tigerskunk]

Have more nostalgic feelings for Silkworm.

Played that like crazy at a friends place a lot together with him, eating lots of sweets and drinking a couple of bottles of coke.

SWIV i just foudn out about some years ago.
Looks well made, but not that much fun somehown. Kind of dull color scheme.

[LuMan]

Well, ended up playing it on fs-uae on my mac...

I enjoyed them both, but, I have to say, SWIV slightly edged it for me. Don't know why - just had more fun with it.

Nice to see the results panning out the way they did

[Gordon]

Funny how the poll is almost equal yet most of the posters in this thread said silkworm....

[gimbal]

Originally Posted by Gordon

Funny how the poll is almost equal yet most of the posters in this thread said silkworm....

So people who vote Swiv mostly stay silent about it in shame

[Anakirob]

I'm not ashamed to say that I prefer SWIV by far, especially two player mode. Being the jeep in the original Silkworm was a bit shit, with the player pretty much stuck to the bottom of the screen with two players there would often be a little debate as to who had to suffer with the jeep. Where being the jeep/boat in SWIV was MUCH better, with almost as much maneuverability as the chopper and the ability to avoid a large number of player/enemy collisions, the debate as to who got to play the jeep often went the other way, with players wanting to be the jeep. Silkworm was an arcade conversion and stayed relatively true to the original format, where SWIV was made for home computers and consoles. The main aim of arcade games is to get the player pumping coins into the machine, where the main aim of computer games it to be fun to play, and I think that shows in the finished products.

[appiah4]

Originally Posted by Anakirob

I'm not ashamed to say that I prefer SWIV by far, especially two player mode. Being the jeep in the original Silkworm was a bit shit, with the player pretty much stuck to the bottom of the screen with two players there would often be a little debate as to who had to suffer with the jeep. Where being the jeep/boat in SWIV was MUCH better, with almost as much maneuverability as the chopper and the ability to avoid a large number of player/enemy collisions, the debate as to who got to play the jeep often went the other way, with players wanting to be the jeep. Silkworm was an arcade conversion and stayed relatively true to the original format, where SWIV was made for home computers and consoles. The main aim of arcade games is to get the player pumping coins into the machine, where the main aim of computer games it to be fun to play, and I think that shows in the finished products.

So strange, my experience is the exact opposite.. That jumping jeep was what all my friends and I wanted to play and fought over.

[Dooly]

Originally Posted by appiah4

So strange, my experience is the exact opposite.. That jumping jeep was what all my friends and I wanted to play and fought over.

My brother and I used to play silkworm a lot.
He wanted the heli, I wanted the jeep, no fight here.
I think the gameplay with the jeep is more fun and special, aiming the gun and jumping, while the gameplay with the heli is just like a lot of other shooters. To each his own...

[s2325]

I think bosses in Silkworm should be more mobile, they are like in Agony, fire power only, no agility. Swiv have surprises like these indestructible flying plates. I like them both, no winner.

[amiga_Forever]

SWIV....

I like the good upward scrolling and graphics... Particularly the awesome sound as u hear multiple things explode simultaneously...

Rumbles the room with speakers/bass

[vulture]

SWIV for me

[trixster]

I'd probably have to say swiv as that's what we played most out of the two back in the day, but I'll go and replay both this week.