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Platform
Game Boy Color
Genres
Shooter
Player Perspective
Top-down
Developers
Random Access
Publishers
Storm · SCi Games
Release date
December 31, 1991
Languages
🇩🇪 German · 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 English · 🇪🇸 🇲🇽 Spanish · 🇫🇷 French · 🇮🇹 Italian

Summary

SWIV on the Game Boy Color keeps the classic vertical‑scrolling shooter vibe alive, letting two players team up in a split‑screen dance of firepower. One pilot a nimble helicopter while the other mans a rugged jeep that magically becomes a boat the moment it skims over water, keeping the action fluid across land and sea.
The screen teems with endless waves of blaster fodder, but the real eye‑catcher is the mid‑level "Goose" enemy—a nod to Silkworm’s infamous avian foe. Its parts drift in, snap together into a single craft, and unleash a barrage before you blast it apart, rewarding you with power‑ups that feel just right for the frantic pace.

Edited by Maya Carter

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Multiplayer

Game modes
Cooperative

Alternative Titles

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