ULTIMATE GUIDE SILK WORM
The helicopter has provided plenty of arcade videogame shooting thrills over the years, from the search-and-rescue antics of Brøderbund’s Choplifter to Irem’s Mr Heli and Toaplan’s Twin Cobra. Meanwhile, on the ground, vehicles such as an armoured car (BreakThru, 1986) and Jeep (Konami’s Jackal, also 1986) were entertaining gamers to a lesser degree. With co-op two-player games proving popular, it was at Tecmo where someone hit upon the idea of combining these two types of weaponised transport into a unique shoot-’em-up that was very different when played with a friend.
’s plot is as rudimentary as you might expect for an Eighties shoot-’emup. The evil MH-C2 super computer has gone bonkers and
