Choplifter! [Model CX5253]

Choplifter! © 1984 Atari, Incorporated.

Get ready for the most heroic adventure imaginable! Sixty-four frightened United Nations diplomats are being held hostage behind enemy lines, and it's up to you to rescue them. In the dead of night, you pilot your smuggled helicopter from the isolated post office serving as rescue-mission headquarters, past defending tanks, jets, and guided missiles. You pick up as many people as your chopper will hold and carry them to freedom. Keep a sharp eye out, though -- the enemy, a nation of lunatics called Bungelings, will be there at every turn to thwart you!

The hostages are being held in barraks inside enemy territory. Use your joystick to pilot your chopper. Press either top fire button to blast at oncoming enemy targets. Press either bottom fire button to turn your helicopter forward to shoot tanks, or to turn your chopper completely around.

Some of the barracks have been blown open by enemy fire -- you can see the hostages scrambling to be saved, waving frantically for your attention. Use your joystick to set down your chopper and pick them up. Once aboard, it's your job to pilot them safely back to rescue- mission headquarters and drop them off.

Your mission consists of a total of three sorties to save as many hostages as you can. Of course, the people of the world are depending on you to rescue them all. The game ends when you lose your third helicopter, or the 64 hostages are saved or lost to the enemy.