Project-X PC release??...

MJR · Post by **MJR** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 6:51 pm

Sales curve is english.

They did know their shoot'em ups pretty well, I think their silkworm IV was probably one of the very best shmups for amiga, if not all time..

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:10 pm

Are they still around as a games-software house by the way?

What's Silkworm IV?

Post by **Shatterhand** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:58 pm

SWIV.

Some people call it "Silkworm IV", while other people call it "Silkworm In Vertical"

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Tue Dec 20, 2005 9:27 pm

Apparently, there was also Swiv 3D released for DOS & Win95, some time in late 1996 by Interplay.

I remember watching the demo at some store. It looked quite good for software rendered 3D with no hardware acceleration.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 1:09 am

It doesn't play very well, unfortunately.

Also, it's more close to Desert Strike than the original Swiv.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 2:31 am

Shatterhand wrote:SWIV.

Some people call it "Silkworm IV", while other people call it "Silkworm In Vertical"

They named it like that to avoid copyright problems -. they basically wanted to build on Silkworm's success but that game was from Tecmo.

So, officially in the game SWIV stands for: Special Weapon Interdiction Vehicles, but in fact every amiga user was sold to the game known as "SilkWorm IV"

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Wed Dec 21, 2005 7:26 am

There is also a "Swiv 3D Assault" which is basically a 3Dfx powered version, but I doubt it adds anything new to the gameplay, other than more polished graphics.