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Trying to find an arcade helicopter game

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First post, by commodorejohn

Posted on 2012-05-12, 22:21

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This was something we found on a shareware compilation CD back in the late '90s, and I've never been able to remember the title. It was a side-scrolling helicopter shooter (I'm pretty sure it was free-roaming horizontally, ala Defender) set in an urban environment; I can't remember if the chopper was named, but I'm pretty sure it was an AH-64 Apache. It was very arcadey, nothing like a flight simulator. I think it may have had a rescue element like Choplifter, but if it did it was rather secondary.

The thing that immediately sticks out in my mind technologically is that the helicopter sprite was quite large, probably 64x64 on a 320x200 screen. I know it was VGA, and by what I remember of the graphics I'd say it was mid-to-late '90s vintage, probably no later than '97 (when we got the computer.)

Anybody have any idea what this game was? I've been itching to play it again for years.

Reply 1 of 20, by sliderider

Posted on 2012-05-12, 23:01

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Cobra Gunship?

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Reply 2 of 20, by commodorejohn

Posted on 2012-05-12, 23:10

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Nope. It had more of an Apogee/Sega Genesis kind of look to it.

Reply 3 of 20, by Hater Depot

Posted on 2012-05-12, 23:15

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I seem to remember this game as well. Was it controlled mainly via the mouse?

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Reply 4 of 20, by commodorejohn

Posted on 2012-05-12, 23:39

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You know, I don't remember, but it's possible.

Reply 5 of 20, by dosquest

Posted on 2012-05-12, 23:51

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Simcopter?

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Reply 6 of 20, by leileilol

Posted on 2012-05-12, 23:59

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Airlift Rescue?

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Reply 7 of 20, by commodorejohn

Posted on 2012-05-13, 00:37

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Neither of those; it was a 2D action game, and it wasn't a Choplifter clone. It was more like Defender with a helicopter or a side-scrolling Desert Strike.

Reply 8 of 20, by Joey_sw

Posted on 2012-05-13, 00:53

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Cobra Command?
Airwolf?
Thunder Strike?
Seek & Destroy? (it has rescue element, you can choose to play with a Tank instead, but this one is not side scrolling)

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Reply 9 of 20, by commodorejohn

Posted on 2012-05-13, 01:00

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You mean this Cobra Command? Doesn't seem there even was a PC version. Doesn't seem to have been a DOS Airwolf game either. It's not Seek & Destroy. It's also not this Thunder Strike; is there another game by that title?

Reply 10 of 20, by leileilol

Posted on 2012-05-13, 01:12

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Could be JetStrike.
Mobygames doesn't have everything - they focus more on commercial titles and miss out on a lot of the shareware-age shareware. This might require some digging into the actual shovelwares, but seeing that you said 1997, and shovelware usually only go as far recent as 1995, this could be tough to find

Could it be Operation Vulture 3: Cyber Chopper?

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Reply 11 of 20, by commodorejohn

Posted on 2012-05-13, 01:15

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I don't know that it was '97, that's just what I'd guess the latest it could've been was. From what I remember I'd put it at anywhere from '93-'96. It's a good point about MobyGames, though.

I don't think it was Jetstrike, though.