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Chopper I cover art

Chopper I

航空騎兵物語, AKA: Koukuu Kihei Monogatari: The Legend of Air Cavalry, Chopper 1, Koukuu Kihei Monogatari
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Chopper I

Chopper I is a 1988 arcade hall video game, developed by SNK. The objective of this top-down game is to infiltrate enemy territory and essentially destroy all objects. The game can be played with 1 or 2 players; both players, each occupying one helicopter, play simultaneously.

Year
1988
Publisher
SNK
Orientation
Vertical

SCREENSHOTS

HISTORY

Chopper I is a vertically scrolling shooter arcade video game developed and published by SNK in 1988. In Japan it was released as The Legend of Air Cavalry.

The objective of the top-down game is to infiltrate enemy territory and essentially destroy all objects. The game can be played with 1 or 2 players, each controlling one helicopter.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Chopper I on their July 15, 1988 issue as being the ninth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.

Legacy

The game was re-released for the PlayStation Portable in August 2012.

1CC RUNS

One-credit clears we point to as the benchmark for this game.

SCORES

Source
Audience
Score
Reviews
Critics
68 / 100
1

RELEASES 3 systems

System
Platform
Year
Notes
ARC
Arcade
1988
Original release
PS3
PlayStation 3
2012
PSP
PlayStation Portable
2012

GAME DATA

Orientation
Vertical

SOURCES

Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
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