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is a side-scrolling action/arcade game that puts you in command of an attack chopper. Your mission: Go behind enemy lines and rescue up to 16 hostages per level. Be careful, though, because tanks and enemy aircraft will try to stop you - and they won't stop shooting while you are rescuing those hostages!Originally released for Apple II home computers, Choplifter! was later ported to the arcades and a number of video game consoles. Many imitators and homages would follow.

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"Choplifter" -- SMS/NES/Vic-20 title

"チョップリフター" -- Japanese spelling

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A lot of professionals in the game business now tell me that Choplifter was big influence on them. It kinda freaks me out; like inventing dynamite or something.

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appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.Afterwas released for the Apple II, it was not only ported to numerous other computer and console systems, but also converted by Sega into a coin-op arcade game. This makesone of the few 1980s games to start on a home system and later appear in arcades, instead of the other way around. According to Dan Gorlin he did not really have anything to do with this version as Sega created their own design and artwork for the game. He was nevertheless impressed with the result although would have preferred an analogue controller.[Source: Retro Gamer Magazine, Load 51]Game creator Dan Gorlin began work on a PC version ofduring the 1990s, but says it was never completed due to "industry problems."[Source: Retro Gamer Magazine, Load 51]began as a 3D game in early development, but was later converted into a 2D side-scroller when creator Dan Gorlin realized the limitations of contemporary hardware.[Source: Retro Gamer Magazine, Load 51]Game creator Dan Gorlin cites both the Iranian hostage crisis and the arcade gameas major influences on's design.[Source: Retro Gamer Magazine, Load 51]designer Dan Gorlin on the surprising influence of his game on the industry:(From the book *High Score!* by Rusel DeMaria and Johnny L. Wilson, p.125.)While they both spawned strings of sequels to lead series of their own, Choplifter and Lode Runner can be considered to share not just human sprite animation, but a "game world" along with Will Wright's Raid on Bungeling Bay , all three games (all published by Brøderbund ) eventually featuring the militaristic denizens of the Bungeling Empire as the primary antagonists.