Games about flying a helicopter are something very unique to the 1980s and early 90s. From arcade shooters to first-person simulations, you have it all.
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Games about flying a helicopter are something very unique to the 1980s and early 90s. From arcade shooters to first-person simulations, you have it all.
Thunder Blade is an arcade released by Sega originally in 1987. The player controls a helicopter, the Gunship Gladiator, and must destroy all enemies using guns and missiles and defeat the dictator.
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Hunter is a 3D action-adventure created by Paul Holmes and published by Activision in 1991 for the Amiga and Atari ST. It is considered the first successful example of a "sandbox" video game based on free-roaming in a 3d environment.
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Raid on Bungeling Bay is a helicopter shooter game created by Will Wright for the Commodore 64 and published by Broderbund in 1984. The game was also ported to the NES and MSX (apparently, there was also a coin-op in Japan).
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