Date   : Wed, 09 Aug 2000 23:29:45 +0100
From   : "Tim Berry" <wolfspell@...>
Subject: Re: Airlift

I remember a game just like that. I think it was simply called Chopper.

It used to be playable on some of the beebs at my secondary school. For
some reason it was on the Econet fileservers, but we weren't supposed to
play it. :) Unfortunately, I have no idea who published it.

Tim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark de Weger" <mark.deweger@...>
To: "BBC Mailing List" <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 8:58 PM
Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] Re: Airlift


> Well, I guess I must correct myself.
>
> I played Choplifter on Mame and it sure looks like it, but it's not
the game
> I meant. Moreover, Choplifter is from 1985 and the game I meant is
from
> before 1985 (as is Superior's Airlift). Maybe the game I mean is a
clone of
> a predecessor of Choplifter?
>
> Is there anyone who can shine some light on this mystery of life?
>
> Mark.
>
> P.S. My original description:
> > A game much like 'Airlift' by Superior. You fly around in a
helicopter,
> > trying to pick up soldiers on the ground. This task is made more
difficult
> > by tanks shooting at you while you're on the ground (and possibly by
> > mountains on which you cannot land). The soldiers come from houses
that
> > are shot by the tanks.