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Topo 31 May, 2021 @ 10:32am
Silkworm (Arcade, 1988) or: Why not more asymmetric co-op?
Does anyone remember Silkworm? It's an 1988's arcade game by Tecmo (in the same year they released also the first Ninja Gaiden) that was ported to almost everything of its time. I remember it very fondly playing it with a friend in co-op on the C64. We found it especially cool and funny that we were not the same thing in this game, one were helicopter, one were military jeep. 1991 there was also SWIV that realized the same idea as a vertical shooter.

Isn't this asymmetric "Silkworm formula" a bit of a lost game concept, at least in 2D retro gaming? Does anyone know further games, which did something alike?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8PBhnbX1uI

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Topo 31 May, 2021 @ 10:43am 
Ah! In Metal Slug you can have a similar experience, if the two players are in different vehicles.
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SmittenPie 31 May, 2021 @ 3:01pm 
I do remember playing this on the Amiga with my friend Sven!
Maaan we were rocking to the Baseline of the Intro xD
Yeah you know, that is interesting. I can’t remember (for better or worse) another game that side-scrolls (or top-scrolls for that matter which wouldn’t work as effectively of course) where one player battles on the ground and the other takes to the sky’s and they help to protect each other.
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SmittenPie 31 May, 2021 @ 3:07pm 
Will do some brain/Steam discovery searching for something similar
Amiga Intro... Hit it!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwOpQHi7Mzk&t=2s
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Topo 2 Jun, 2021 @ 8:39pm 
Lovely title theme!

Regarding the discovery searching: I think it's already hard to find auto-side-scrolling shmup-like games, where you control a ground force (regardless of the co-op aspect).
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SmittenPie 4 Jun, 2021 @ 12:38am 
Yeah no luck for me with discovery Tag-search.
My brain wants to say that there was a similar game like this maybe in Atari in some crude form. I will keep my eyes open though! It is strange that this concept hasn't been used more often. :apafrog:
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Topo 4 Jun, 2021 @ 6:33am 
Maybe it was SWIV? "Silk-Worm-In-Vertical"? :D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woseXTQw3Qw
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SmittenPie 4 Jun, 2021 @ 11:05am 
SWIV!!! Nice one! Forgot about this Gem 💎 XD
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Topo 1 Jul, 2021 @ 6:01am 
In Altered Beast you can have a similar experience. Check at 5:00 min:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzRfm9iv2aw
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SmittenPie 1 Jul, 2021 @ 10:58pm 
Nice catch! xD
That sure counts as a nice ground and air Co-Op
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Topo 22 Feb, 2022 @ 8:35am 
I've found another example of an asymmetrical co-op mode: 8 Eyes (NES, 1988). The second player controls a falcon while player one is an ordinary Simon Belmont-like dude.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEYuusF53CE
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1136080/8_Eyes/
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Topo 22 Feb, 2022 @ 9:26am 
Blaster Master Zero seems to have a co-op mode where the second player controls a god-like reticle x)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAs7ztLICVQ
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1034900/Blaster_Master_Zero/
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Topo 14 Jul, 2022 @ 12:25am 
Another one: In Timespinner a second player can join and control the familiar of player one. So it's quite similar to the Co-Op of 8 Eyes,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E_goW1hiLk
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