Airwolf
Airwolf, an advanced supersonic helicopter with stealth capabilities and a formidable arsenal, was designed by Dr. Charles Henry Moffet (David Hemmings) - a genius with a psychopathic taste for torturing and…
Airwolf is a shooter developed by Elite Systems, released 31 December 1984 on Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore 16 and Commodore C64/128/MAX.
What Airwolf is
Airwolf is a shooter game developed by Elite Systems and released in 1984. It was published by Amsoft. It is available on Amstrad CPC, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore Plus/4 and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Airwolf, an advanced supersonic helicopter with stealth capabilities and a formidable arsenal, was designed by Dr. Charles Henry Moffet (David Hemmings) - a genius with a psychopathic taste for torturing and killing women - and built by the Firm, a division of the CIA (a play on the term "the Company", a nickname for the CIA). As the series begins, Dr. Moffet and his crew steal Airwolf during a live-fire weapons test. During the theft, Moffet opens fire on the Firm's bunker, killing a United States Senator and seriously injuring Firm deputy director Michael Coldsmith-Briggs III (codename "Archangel"). Moffet takes the gunship to Libya, where he begins performing acts of aggression - such as…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Airwolf series
Airwolf is the first of 5 entries we hold in the Airwolf series. The next entry was Airwolf 2 in 1987.
What it launched against
Airwolf launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Bomb Jack.
Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Bomb Jack.
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