![]() ![]() Sega didn't make any more games under the Choplifter name, but they clearly wanted more chopper-rescuing action. ![]() Please be careful not to squash the people you're trying to rescue, though! It's a fun little game, whichever version you play, as it's fast-paced, and the arcade version in particular is pretty tough. The arcade version was developed by Sega, and added a fuel meter which could be replenished by saving people, and this was the version used as the basis for the Master System version. One of those odd games to be released on home consoles/computers before hitting the arcades (see also: Boulder Dash, Lode Runner), Choplifter is simple, but fun- in a little chopper with weapons for attacking enemies on your plane of the screen and the front of it (by tapping the second button, your helicopter turns around, and facing the screen lets you bomb enemies in the foreground), you must find the wounded, grab 'em, and take them back to your home base, all the while under enemy fire- and remember, it's a one-hit-kill world out there, so be careful. The first is the original Apple II Choplifter, written by Dan Gorlin and published by Broderbound, whereas the second is the arcade version. Who remembers Choplifter?Īlright, you got me, they're technically the same Choplifter. It seemed fine to us, beyond the flashing logo/helicopter on the title screen, but just bear that in mind, OK? While this means we've had the proper arcade experience (that arcade feel, if you will) necessary to review the game (seriously, playing this thing via emulation was painful for my writer cohort, which I took a certain glee in watching) our screenshots are going to be from MAME, and the video emulation is marked as not being 100% accurate. Yes, we live in the kind of backwater that hasn't upgraded their arcade games since 1992 (that's a lie, the same arcade has F-ZERO AX so 'ave that). Air Rescue - There is an unbelievable team that makes the impossible possible.įor the purposes of this article, we played Air Rescue in an actual arcade that still had it. ![]()
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