Choplifter! - NES
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Release Date: 6-26-1986
Moby Score (1-10): 6.6
Genre(s): Action, Arcade, Side view, Shooter, Helicopter, 2D scrolling
Media Type(s): Physical
CHOPLIFTER!An Action Game by Dan Gorlin
Most of us would like to be heroes. Trouble is, weÂ’re often not properly prepared when the chance to do something heroic comes along. This is your chance.
In the area which lies a few miles east of Patagonia and to the south of Kurdistan lies the Bungeling Empire. This nation of militaristic ideologues has kidnapped the 64 delegates to the United Nations Conference on Peace and Child Rearing.
An ancient treaty between the United States and the Bungelings allows the U.S. to maintain a mail distribution center near where the hostages are being kept. You have smuggled an entire helicopter into the post office by disguising it as a mail sorting machine.
Suddenly you hear the sound of explosives. Looking out on the plain you see one of the Bungeling’s barracks aflame. The hostages are running about frantically, desperate for a chance to escape. Bungeling planes and tanks are fast approaching and lives may be lost. Your chopper is ready to go and fully armed – there is no time to waste.
Please purchase this package immediately. Read the instructions for operating your helicopter, and lay out your plans for rescuing these innocent people. Then get to it. DonÂ’t blow it. Being a hero isnÂ’t easy or everybody would be one.
- Outstanding graphics and animation.
- One of the best-selling computer games of all time.
Choplifter! is a side-scrolling action/arcade game that puts the player in command of an attack chopper. The mission: Go behind enemy lines and rescue up to 64 hostages. However, the chopper can only carry 16 passengers at a time, so several rescue attempts must be made to rescue everyone. Be careful, though, because tanks and enemy aircraft will try to stop you - and they won't stop shooting while the rescuing of hostages is going on.
Originally released for Apple II home computers, Choplifter! was later ported to the arcades in a rare instance of a home version receiving a later arcade release.
However while the basic gameplay stayed the same, alterations to the original version were made.
- The game now consists of four different levels. The original's desert level has been redesigned, and three new settings (sea, caves and city rooftops) have been added.
- Each level contains only a total of 24 hostages to rescue. The player has to rescue at least 20 hostages to complete a level. Also, the chopper can now only carry 8 passengers at a time.
- A fuel system was added. A unit of fuel gets refilled for each hostage returned safely.
- A scoring system was added.
- New stationary ground-to-air missiles enemy units have been added.
The Famicom and Sega Master System versions are based on this Arcade version. The Sega Master System has six levels (three of the levels repeating just with different backgrounds; no city rooftops level), gets rid of the fuel system, and requires 40 out of the 48 hostages to be rescued to complete a level (the chopper can now carry 16 passengers just like in the original version).
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