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Liberation

Liberation is a 2D scrolling top down shooter. The game has two sections - first, the player controls a helicopter, flies over forests, shoots enemies and searches villages. After the helicopter lands, the…

31 December 1984

Liberation is an arcade developed by Data East, released 31 December 1984 on Arcade.

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What Liberation is

Liberation is an arcade game developed by Data East and released in 1984. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Liberation is a 2D scrolling top down shooter. The game has two sections - first, the player controls a helicopter, flies over forests, shoots enemies and searches villages. After the helicopter lands, the player controls a tank or other vehicle and must rescue prisoners in the village. Shooting in the helicopter section is quite typical, but as opposed to most other top down shooters, the screen isn't automatically just vertically moving, the player can freely fly over the battlefield (but he can shoot only forward). Tank control is similar to Jackal - the vehicle moves and shoots in every direction. In garages, the tank can be replaced by a jeep.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective.

What it launched against

Liberation 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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When did Liberation come out?
Liberation was released on 31 December 1984 for Arcade.

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