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Choplifter

Fly a helicopter on missions to rescue P.O.W.s. Four different levels featuring desert, sea, caves and city rescue. Avoid and shoot enemy jets, ships, tanks anti-aircraft fire. Digitized speech and catchy…

1 October 1985

Choplifter is an arcade developed by Sega, released 1 October 1985 on Arcade.

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What Choplifter is

Choplifter is an arcade game developed by Sega and released in 1985. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Fly a helicopter on missions to rescue P.O.W.s. Four different levels featuring desert, sea, caves and city rescue. Avoid and shoot enemy jets, ships, tanks anti-aircraft fire. Digitized speech and catchy background music.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Choplifter launched on 1 October 1985, within three weeks of Winter Games, Gauntlet and Starquake.

Released around the same time: Winter Games, Gauntlet, Starquake.

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When did Choplifter come out?
Choplifter was released on 1 October 1985 for Arcade.

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