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Choplifter
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Choplifter (stylized as Choplifter!) is a 1982 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Dan Gorlin and published by Broderbund for the Apple II. It was ported to the Atari 8-bit computers the same year, and later to the VIC-20, Commodore 64, Atari 5200, ColecoVision, MSX, and Thomson computers. In 1985, Sega released a remake for arcades, with subsequent ports published for the Master System and Famicom in 1986. Graphically enhanced versions for the Atari 8-bit computers and the Atari 7800 were also released in 1988 by Atari Corporation.
Game data
- Released
- 1982-05-01
- User rating
- 3.38 / 5
- Genres
- Strategy, Action
- Platforms
- Commodore / Amiga, Atari 7800, Atari 5200, Atari XEGS
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Game details · IGDB
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.
- Released
- 1982
- Genres
- Shooter, Arcade
- Platforms
- Sharp X1, Apple II, FM-7
- Game modes
- Single player
- Developer
- Dan Gorlin
- Publisher
- Soft Pro International, Brøderbund Software
Key facts
- Video game.title
- Choplifter
- Video game.image
- Choplifter Cover.jpg
- Video game.caption
- Atari 5200 box art
- Video game.developer
- Dan Gorlin
- Video game.series
- Choplifter
- Video game.genre
- Scrolling shooter
- Video game.modes
- Single-player
- Video game.arcade system
- Sega System 2
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Internet Archive
softwareChoplifter (1982)(Broderbund)[color version].atr
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Commodore Educator64 open choplifter.jpg
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- publication date
- 1986-06-26
- title
- Choplifter
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- Development
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- Reviews
- Legacy
- Notes
- References
- External links
Choplifter (stylized as Choplifter!) is a 1982 horizontally scrolling shooter video game developed by Dan Gorlin and published by Broderbund for the Apple II. It was ported to the Atari 8-bit computers the same year, and later to the VIC-20, Commodore 64, Atari 5200, ColecoVision, MSX, and Thomson computers. In 1985, Sega released a remake for arcades, with subsequent ports published for the Master System and Famicom in 1986. Graphically enhanced versions for the Atari 8-bit computers and the Atari 7800 were also released in 1988 by Atari Corporation.
==Gameplay== The player assumes the role of a combat helicopter pilot who must rescue hostages held in barracks within the territory controlled by the evil Bungeling Empire. The player must collect the hostages (described in the backstory as "delegates to the United Nations Conference on Peace and Child Rearing") and safely transport them to the nearby U.S. Postal Service building, all while fending off hostile tanks and other enemy combatants. According to the backstory, the helicopter's parts were smuggled into the country, disguised as a "mail-sorting machine".