Chopper I

Chopper I

Arcade marquee - USA.

Developer SNK Publisher SNK Published 1988-??-?? Platforms Arcade Genres Action, Scrolling shooter, Shooter Themes Science fiction Multiplayer Alternating versus Distribution Commercial

Chopper I is a scrolling shooter for the arcade developed and published by SNK in 1988.

In the game, you control a helicopter who must shoot at enemies in a manner similar to Tiger-Heli from three years earlier. The game appears to have sold so poorly, it was never ported to a single home console or computer.

Personal

Own?	No.
Won?	No.

I randomly came across this game on MAME. I found it to be pretty awful and haven't considered it since.

Review

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Best Version: Arcade

— This section contains spoilers! —

Good

• The bosses are large and interesting.
• The graphics are pretty attractive.

Bad

• The game is obscenely difficult, too hard for the average gamer to enjoy. It was clearly made to drain quarters.
• The idea of having walls and towers block bullets is a good idea, but it gets over-used in the later areas and becomes annoying.
• When you die, you are sent back to a previous checkpoint, which is annoying.

Ugly

• The game doesn't break any new ground in the genre and is quite dull.
  • There is only one upgradable gun. Kind of dull compared to other shooters of the time which usually have three or more.
  • There is little variety in the game, you'll see most of what the game has to offer by the end of the first stage.
• The game forces you to play the entire game twice to beat it. This is a shameless way to make a game longer than it is. While I like when games introduce a hard mode to challenge exceptional players, they actually made this a mandatory part of the game's story!

Media

Arcade Art

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  Marquee - USA.

Documentation

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  Manual - Arcade - USA.

Screenshots

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  Screenshot of the game.

Fonts

The game's font is in the video game font collection.

Videos

Longplay.

Play Online

Arcade

Representation

Strong female character?	Fail	There are no characters.
Bechdel test?	Fail	There are no characters.
Strong person of color character?	Fail	There are no characters.
Queer character?	Fail	There are no characters.

Titles

MAME code: chopper

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