Thursday, June 7, 2012

Game Review: Choplifer! For Atari 7800


Rating: 70 out of 100

The history of Choplifter is pretty much backward of the games I have reviewed in the past. Almost every game I have reviewed started life as an arcade game. In contrast, Choplifter started out as a game on the Apple II computer. In the game you rescue various hostages from various buildings and return them to base. It came out in 1982, a year after the Iran hostage crisis. Coincidence? Apparently. It was ported to arcade games in 1985 and made it’s way to the Atari 7800 in 1987.

Game play is pretty simple. You lift off, you shoot a building, hostages spill out, you land and let them get on board. You have to watch out for other helicopters, jets and tanks that will shoot you down. Once you pick up the freed hostages you return them to your base and go again.

The game is pretty fun to play and is extremely popular so finding a copy isn’t that hard. I picked mine up at Oogie for a few bucks. It is fairly easy to pick up on and a joy to play, until you get to frustrated at the damn jets! I love playing it, until I inevitably get shot down by one of those damn jets which are almost impossible to shoot down. The tanks and helicopters are easier to get rid of, but it eventually gets so infested with enemies that you die.  

I would recommend picking up a copy, even if it just sits on the shelf. Choplifter has some pretty cool artwork on the cartridge and the box, if your lucky enough to find one with the box.

ON A DIFFERENT NOTE: Don’t forget to vote for your favorite game system on the poll located on the top of the column on the right! A lot of people have voted for the SNES, which is probably my least favorite vintage system and I really don’t think it did much to further the video game industry, but one man’s trash is another’s treasure. Anyway, VOTE! PLEASE VOTE!


VIDEO OF CHOPLIFTER FOR ATARI 7800: Note, this video was made by Classic Game Room. I am not associated with him, but I HIGHLY recommend you check out some of his videos. He really knows his stuff and does great video reviews. 

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