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Crossfire

Fly a helicopter into hostile territory to rescue hostages and make some money on the side. The places the player can choose to fly into are Guatemara (Engrish for Guatemala), Cuba, and Panama. Missions are…

31 December 1981

Crossfire is an arcade developed by Sierra On-Line, released 31 December 1981 on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX and Commodore VIC-20.

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What Crossfire is

Crossfire is an arcade game developed by Sierra On-Line and released in 1981. It is available on Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20 and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Fly a helicopter into hostile territory to rescue hostages and make some money on the side. The places the player can choose to fly into are Guatemara (Engrish for Guatemala), Cuba, and Panama. Missions are broken down into three different parts. The first part involves flying a helicopter taking out various enemies. The second part has the player flying a super helicopter into the enemies base. The third part has the player taking control of a soldier on the ground taking out enemies in the base. While on the ground, the player can call in help from the copter only for a limited number of times. Also while on the ground the player can rescue hostages.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Crossfire launched on 31 December 1981, within three weeks of Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf and Robotron: 2084.

Released around the same time: Ms. Pac-Man, Zaxxon, Gorf, Robotron: 2084.

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When did Crossfire come out?
Crossfire was released on 31 December 1981 for Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore VIC-20 and DOS.

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