Chopper Attack

released on Nov 28, 1997

ACES NEEDED! Join an elite group of international chopper pilots with one objective... hunt down and destroy a renegade terrorist group bent on world domination! Engage and destroy the enemy in 8 different intense missions. Blow up strategic enemy radar. Shoot ground troops and enemy aircraft as you rescue hostages or escort friendly aircraft from dangerous enemy territory. Cash rewards give way to an explosive arsenal of ground and air missiles. Transform enemy installations into explosive fireballs with devastating ground and air target lock-on cluster bombs. Fly one of 8 different choppers, each one with different weapon and flying capabilities.


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Chopper Attack (or Wild Choppers) is a game that’s clearly inspired by the [Terrain] Strike series of games. It’s a helicopter shoot-’em-up across eight missions. Each mission will give you certain enemies to destroy, although some you have to wipe out everything.

The controls make use of the N64 controller well – the C-buttons move while the analogue stick aims (although there’s no option to disable inverted aiming). There is, however, one important feature of a helicopter missing: controlling altitude. You’ll automatically move up based on terrain. Enemies don’t have the same limitations, so you have to awkwardly try to aim at them – a big problem because the crosshair isn’t pointing at where you’ll fire.

Enemies range from other aircraft to tanks, with soldiers also trying to take potshots at you. One really frustrating enemy is a giant Rambo-like man that grabs of your helicopter, messing your controls and missiles up. On top of your shield, you also need to keep an eye on your fuel – take too long to finish a mission and you’ll fail.

You also have an assortment of weapons to choose from. Your performance in one level will affect how much money you can spend on weapons on the next. Those range to ground or air missiles, to other non-homing bombs and cluster missiles.

The missions rarely set themselves apart and the graphics are just ugly, coming across very poor for an N64 game. It’s all really muddy, blurry textures and levels are brown or grey. The story barely exists, even though the game treats the briefings in a very serious manner. You shoot one group of enemies and then a second group of enemies. The last mission is only available if you play on hard.

Like Aero Fighters Assault, aliens are suddenly involved, so your helicopter is sent to the moon on its own to save humanity. The moon doesn’t play or look any differently, and the alien ships are just random geometry.

Chopper Attack is a game where you can have a bit of fun with the gameplay, but only in short blasts as he game has no variety.

Midway executive shuffles into board meeting

"....and it shall be called CHOPPER ATTACK!"

All of them raise their butts into the air and deliver a thunderous applause with their asscheeks