Status fanofgames Feb 11, 2025
i like flying the helicopter around in this one. helicopters are sorta weird and there should be more games that lean into their weirdness like this one does
Choplifter! (1982)
3.23 from 65 ratings
157 members have it in their collection · 2 playing now · 29 backlogged · 16 wish listed
How long? · with extras 2h (from 1 logged playthrough)
Choplifter is military themed scrolling shooter where you play as a pilot. Take off from your home base and fly across a horizontally-scrolling playfield of rugged terrain to reach the enemy Bungelings' barracks. There, you must land and rescue a group of helpless hostages and return then to your base. To hinder your mission, the enemy will attack with an …
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Choplifter is military themed scrolling shooter where you play as a pilot. Take off from your home base and fly across a horizontally-scrolling playfield of rugged terrain to reach the enemy Bungelings' barracks. There, you must land and rescue a group of helpless hostages and return then to your base. To hinder your mission, the enemy will attack with an array of armaments including tanks, jets, and dangerous air mines. To complete a perfect game, you must rescue all of the 64 hostages.
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Details
- Developers
- Dan Gorlin
- Publishers
- Brøderbund Software, Soft Pro International
- Genres
- Arcade, Shooter
- Themes
- Action
- Series
- Choplifter
Release dates
- 1982 (Full Release) (North_America) Apple II
- 1984 (Full Release) (Japan) FM-7
- 1985 (Full Release) (Japan) Sharp X1
Also available on
- Choplifter! (1982) · VC20
- Choplifter! (1982) · C64
- Choplifter! (1982) · 5200, A800
- Choplifter! (1984) · 6001, PC88
- Choplifter! (1984) · MSX, SG1K
- Choplifter! (1985) · CVIS
- Choplifter (1986) · famicom
- Choplifter (1986) · SMS
- Choplifter! (1987) · 7800
- Choplifter! (1988) · A800
- Choplifter!
Related
Bundled in
- ColecoVision Flashback (Dec 2014) · Plug & Play
- ColecoVision Flashback (Dec 2014) · PC
Remakes
- Choplifter (Oct 1985) · ARC
Rating distribution
5 stars
6
4 stars
16
3 stars
32
2 stars
9
1 star
2
Community All Reviews Statuses
Status Chovus Sep 18, 2023
Beat each stage once. Didn't see the point to continue once they began repeating. At first I kept dying because enemies appeared instantly at my base. I didn't even have a chance to figure out the controls. Your own base screen should have been a safe zone with no enemies allowed. Once I got used to the controls the game …
Beat each stage once. Didn't see the point to continue once they began repeating. At first I kept dying because enemies appeared instantly at my base. I didn't even have a chance to figure out the controls. Your own base screen should have been a safe zone with no enemies allowed. Once I got used to the controls the game was not too difficult. I liked how 1 button switched the facing of the chopper and I had full reign to fly around the level. I did not like how all enemies except emplacements respawned constantly, but it was manageable. The biggest flaw was how bombs only hit the tanks and gunboats on the very bottom of the screen, yet failed to work on jeeps and turrets. That straight vertical attack would have been helpful. The gameplay was simple and innovative with nice aesthetic differences between levels. Well except replacing fighter jets with jetpack mechs. There is not much to this game this era, but back then it was something.
7.0/10