Date   : Thu, 10 Aug 2000 21:11:21 +0200
From   : "Mark de Weger" <mark.deweger@...>
Subject: Re: Airlift

Yup, that must be the game. But I guess we'll never play it again (snif).

Mark.

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:owner-bbc-micro@...]On Behalf Of Mark de Weger
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> Subject: [BBC-Micro] Re: Airlift
>
> You're correct that the original arcade game is Choplifter. But what do
you
> mean by "never released games"? I was referring to a game I used to play a
> lot, but which I cannot find on the net.

Quoting from the KLOV entry for Choplifter,

"The history of this game is interesting: Sega licensed it from
Broderbund from an original game for the Apple II computer."

If we are talking about the same game (beeb version) then as far as I
remember, it was never picked up by any of the software houses, but
managed to make it into circulation. Maybe I'm wrong, and it was
actually published by somebody. I remember playing it too, and thinking
how much better than Airlift it was.

Differences I remember are:

  - You could kill the escapees by landing on them.
  - The helicopter tilted more realistically.
  - The tanks could fire at you, at the buildings, at varying angles,
etc.
  - The last man waved to you when running into the hospital?

Am I thinking of the same game? I wish I still had my old beeb stuff...

Nige.