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Paratrooper (1982)

DOS

2.91 from 11 ratings

23 members have it in their collection · 4 backlogged · 3 wish listed

Paratrooper is a single screen arcade action game where the player controls a stationary machine gun turret trying to shoot down all incoming enemies. The turret has unlimited ammo but a limited angle of fire (up to 90 degrees left and right). At first, helicopters start appearing from both sides of the screen's upper part. Paratroopers are jumping down from … Read more
Paratrooper is a single screen arcade action game where the player controls a stationary machine gun turret trying to shoot down all incoming enemies. The turret has unlimited ammo but a limited angle of fire (up to 90 degrees left and right). At first, helicopters start appearing from both sides of the screen's upper part. Paratroopers are jumping down from those helicopters; if four or more of them touch the ground, they will form a human ladder, climb up to the turret, and destroy it. To avoid that, the player has to shoot either the paratroopers themselves or their parachutes - for different effects but the same results. After the player has withstood several waves of helicopters, bomber planes start appearing. These planes shoot bombs directly at the turret, which do not miss and destroy it right away. To counter that, the player can either eliminate the plane before it has the chance to drop the bomb, or destroy the bomb itself in mid-air. Shooting bombs scores the most points (50). Surviving this stage effectively puts the game on an indefinite loop, with more helicopter and bomber plane stages alternating with increased difficulty. There are no continues and the player has to start over if the turret was destroyed. Read less
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Details

Publishers
Orion Software, Inc.
Genres
Arcade, Shooter
Themes
Action

Release dates

  • 1982 (Worldwide) DOS

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Yungbeck

Review Yungbeck 3/5 · Jul 26, 2021

Fever Dream No Longer

Oooh my goodness I found it. This is the game my late grandfather had on his office computer, along with a few other titles, that happened to be the first batch of PC games I ever played. This game is from '82 so it was probably already old when I played it in '94 or something, but I enjoyed it …

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Oooh my goodness I found it. This is the game my late grandfather had on his office computer, along with a few other titles, that happened to be the first batch of PC games I ever played. This game is from '82 so it was probably already old when I played it in '94 or something, but I enjoyed it nonetheless. I'll never forget the beep-beep-beep echoing through the room, staring at the screen, as all these taxidermy animals on the walls were staring at me.

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