C64 Choplifter

Choplifter. One of the best arcade games ever.

In Choplifter, you assume the role of a combat helicopter pilot. The player attempts to save hostages being held in barracks in territory ruled by the evil Bungeling Empire. The player must collect the hostages (described in the backstory as "delegates to the United Nations Conference on Peace and Child Rearing") and transport them safely to the nearby U.S. Postal Service building, all the while fighting off hostile tanks and other enemy combatants. According to the backstory, the helicopter parts were smuggled into the country, disguised as a "mail-sorting machine".

You must be careful to protect the hostages from enemy fire as well as avoid hitting the hostages with his own fire. Rescue the prisoners by first shooting one of the hostage buildings to release them, landing to allow the prisoners to board the sortie, and returning them to the player's starting point. Each of the four buildings holds 16 hostages, and only 16 passengers can be carried at a time, so several trips must be made. When the chopper is full, no more hostages will attempt to board; they will wave the helicopter off and wait for its return.

Each trip back is riskier than the last, since the enemy is alerted and has deployed a counter-attack.

For everyone who likes or used to play the C64 / ZX Spectrum / Atari / Apple II / MSX / BBC Micro / Acorn Electron games.

This game brings back old times, is completely off-line playable and is lot's of fun.

Enjoy it as much as we do!