A horizontal helicopter shoot 'em up for Arcade and NES, where the player is tasked with both eliminating enemy forces as well as rescuing hostages.
ShooterArcadeActionWarfaremodern warfarehelicoptershoot 'em uphostagesmodern militaryArcade
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Character
Plot-driven, grave, earnest and unpretentious.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade
- Developer
- Data East, Wolf Team, Ecseco
- Publisher
- Data East, Wolf Team, Ecseco
- Released
- December 31, 1988
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Side view
IGDB rating 6.9/10 from 5 ratings.
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
Choplifter III: Rescue Survive 199489% alikeBoth plot-driven, grave, earnest.
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Bomber Raid 198989% alikeBoth plot-driven, grave, earnest.
Ikari III: The Rescue 198988% alikeBoth plot-driven, unpretentious, earnest.
Twin Eagle 198888% alikeBoth plot-driven, grave, earnest.
Ikari Warriors 198688% alikeBoth plot-driven, earnest, unpretentious.
Delta Force: Xtreme 200587% alikeBoth plot-driven, grave, earnest.
Contra Force 199287% alikeBoth plot-driven, grave, unpretentious.
S.W.A.T. 197569% alikeSeries · Both earnest, classical in form, grave.
It Takes a Thief 196869% alikeSeries · Both classical in form, earnest, unpretentious.
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