Chopper Attack

by Midway

Product Features

• Nintendo 64 game

Product Details

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• ASIN: B000021Y0S
• Item Weight: 5 ounces
• Media: Game Cartridge
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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Product Description

GameSpot Review

The basic formula of helicopter games has always been to blow up stuff, rescue hostages, and try not to get blown up in the process. It's worked since the days of Choplifter, and it still applies today. Chopper Attack follows this description to the letter, playing a bit like Soviet Strike with Blast Corps-style graphics.

Seta developed Wild Choppers as an action/shooter that allows you to pilot one of eight attack choppers. Each chopper has its own strengths and weaknesses, so it is a good idea to try them all out to see which one suits your playing style. As you play, you earn money to buy various missiles and bombs to help eradicate enemy forces throughout the missions. The missions range from blowing up everything in the area to guarding a jumbo jet as it flies through enemy air space. Each area is filled with scores of hostile aircraft, terrorizing tanks, and artillery that try to blow you out of the sky. Some levels are huge wide-open spaces that let you roam freely from one target to the next, while other areas have you deep within a narrow canyon, and you are forced to go through scores of enemy divisions. On some missions there are giant bosses such as giant planes, helicopters, and hovercrafts.

The controls in Chopper Attack are a little touchy at first, but once you get the hang of it, they're actually quite nice. To move and aim the helicopter, use the analog stick. The buttons are used to fire weapons and to strafe. Any music that annoys you is a bad thing. The music was rocking at first, but after a week I was much happier with the sound off. The explosions and all of the other sound effects are great, and when using the rumble pack they really give you the panicky sensation of being shot at.

The only other problem with the game is that I felt kind of boxed in at times because I couldn't control my elevation. Your chopper is set at a constant elevation, unless you go up the side of a mountain, in which case your chopper just goes up the side of it. This would be a bigger issue if the game were a little more sim-based, but it is still a little disappointing.

Chopper Attack is a fair N64 game. It's fast, fun, and pretty exciting. It is, however, a short game, so you may just want to rent the game and finish it rather than picking up your own copy. --Ryan Mac Donald
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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2.0 out of 5 stars This game isn't good at all., April 9, 2006

By 

Alex "47" (Michigan, USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Chopper Attack (Game Cartridge)

I remember the day i got this game. It was the day my grandma finally bought an N64 for her house, and she got Cruisin' USA as well as this game, thinking my grandpa may play it. She was wrong. He never DID sit down to play this game. And I don't blame him.

Graphics: 6.5/10. Graphically, this game is okay for an N64 game. It gets the graphics down pretty well for the system, but it isn't anything spectacular.

Sound: 6/10. There are those chopper sounds, the people screaming, the people over the speakers, the annoying rock music. It's very, very, very sub par.

Control: 5.5/10. These take some time getting used to and it is rather frustrating at times. The choppers barely and rarely move where you want them to, which is very annoying because it does in some ways seem realistic, but since it's a game, it should have been a lot easier. It's a struggle just shooting a tiny little guy below your chopper.

Fun: 6/10. This game is DECENT. It has upgrades you can get before and after every mission, a nice variation in levels, a number of different choppers to select; but it's just not fun. I really don't reccomend this game.

5.9/10

4.0 out of 5 stars Chopper Attack is Great, December 21, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Chopper Attack (Game Cartridge)

Chopper attack is a great game. The only thing wrong with it is the controls wich are a little awkward but you easily get used to them. This is a great game and I highly recommend it