is a 1994

1994 in video gaming

-Events:*Nintendo calls this year "1994: The Year of the Cartridge".*Nintendo Australia Pty. Ltd, the Australian subsidiary of Nintendo Co., Ltd is established and opened by Hiroshi Yamauchi and effectively ends Mattel Australia's distribution of Nintendo's products throughout Australia.*"Project...

 Shoot-'Em-Up video game for the Super NES

Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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Summary

It was released both in North America, Europe and Japan. In Europe, a remake of Choplifter II

Choplifter II

is a Shoot-'Em-Up video game, developed by Beam Software and published by Victor Interactive Software, which was released in 1991. It was the first Choplifter title for the Game Boy handheld....

was released under the same name, and later ported to Game Gear. Despite the confusing name change, these are not conversions of the Super Nintendo game. It was the third Choplifter

Choplifter

Choplifter is a 1982 Apple II game developed by Dan Gorlin and published by Brøderbund. It was ported to other home computers and, in 1985, Sega released a coin-operated arcade game remake, which in turn received several home ports of its own...

title starting with the original Apple II

Apple II

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 game released in 1982

1982 in video gaming

-Events:* December 27 - Starcade, a video game television game show, debuts on TBS in the United States.-Notable releases:*October 13 - Mystique releases the Custer's Revenge adult video game for the Atari 2600 home console....

. The gameplay revolves around piloting a rescue helicopter

Helicopter

A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by one or more engine-driven rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and to fly forwards, backwards, and laterally...

 into hostile territory and rescuing hostage

Hostage

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s. The player's task is made more complicated by the limited number of hostage

Hostage

A hostage is a person or entity which is held by a captor. The original definition meant that this was handed over by one of two belligerent parties to the other or seized as security for the carrying out of an agreement, or as a preventive measure against certain acts of war...

s the helicopter can carry as well as increasing difficulty throughout the four chapters of the game. Each chapter is set in a different environment, starting off with jungle, then naval, city and finally desert (primarily underground) warfare.

The game also has a number of minibosses spread throughout the campaign.

External links

• Choplifter III at superfamicom.org
• チョップリフターⅢ / Choplifter III at super-famicom.jp