30th March 2011, 1:58 AM
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6306221.html
Pretty cool, InXile's good and ChopLifter's a true classic, it's cool to see it return. All of the old Choplifter games, including the original, the Sega ones (the SMS one is fantastic), and Choplifter III, were very good, fun games, so hopefully this new one lives up to the franchise's past. It's been way too long, it's great to see this series return... I'm not sure exactly which versions I played while the series was current, but I definitely remember liking whichever Choplifter games I did play.
For anyone who doesn't know, Choplifter is a classic game where you control a helicopter, rescuing people. You win (or beat a level) by saving all, or at least the required number of, POWs. You rescue them by picking them up (you'll often have to destroy buildings to release them) and then getting back to base safely. Enemy tanks, infantry, planes, choppers, etc. try to stop you, and if you get shot down with POWs on board die and you lose a life. In the original mid '80s Apple II game apparently there was only one level, but it was good enough that it was popular anyway. Sega made arcade and SMS versions which greatly expanded on the concept; the SMS one had a sequel which didn't use the license anymore. Then came (from a different developer obviously) GB and SNES Choplifter III games in the early '90s, which are solid, challenging fun, and then that was it from the franchise until now...
Well, with one exception, one of the Super Army War games or something (I think it was on the DS) was partially Choplifter-inspired. But nothing actually used the name.
Pretty cool, InXile's good and ChopLifter's a true classic, it's cool to see it return. All of the old Choplifter games, including the original, the Sega ones (the SMS one is fantastic), and Choplifter III, were very good, fun games, so hopefully this new one lives up to the franchise's past. It's been way too long, it's great to see this series return... I'm not sure exactly which versions I played while the series was current, but I definitely remember liking whichever Choplifter games I did play.
For anyone who doesn't know, Choplifter is a classic game where you control a helicopter, rescuing people. You win (or beat a level) by saving all, or at least the required number of, POWs. You rescue them by picking them up (you'll often have to destroy buildings to release them) and then getting back to base safely. Enemy tanks, infantry, planes, choppers, etc. try to stop you, and if you get shot down with POWs on board die and you lose a life. In the original mid '80s Apple II game apparently there was only one level, but it was good enough that it was popular anyway. Sega made arcade and SMS versions which greatly expanded on the concept; the SMS one had a sequel which didn't use the license anymore. Then came (from a different developer obviously) GB and SNES Choplifter III games in the early '90s, which are solid, challenging fun, and then that was it from the franchise until now...
Well, with one exception, one of the Super Army War games or something (I think it was on the DS) was partially Choplifter-inspired. But nothing actually used the name.