''Chopper I'' is a

vertically scrolling shooter A vertically scrolling video game or vertical scroller is a video game in which the Player (game), player views the field of play principally from a top-down perspective, while the background Scrolling, scrolls from the top of the screen to the bot ...

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developed by

SNK is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. It is the successor to the company Shin Nihon Kikaku and presently owns the SNK video game brand and the Neo Geo video game platform. SNK's predecessor Shin Nihon Kikaku was founded in 1978 ...

and published in 1998. In Japan it was released as . The objective of the top-down game is to infiltrate enemy territory and essentially destroy all objects. The game can be played with 1 or 2 players, each controlling one helicopter.

Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Chopper I'' on their July 15, 1988 issue as being the ninth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.

Legacy

The game was re-released for the

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in August 2012.

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* 1988 video games Arcade video games Helicopter video games PlayStation Network games Vertically scrolling shooters SNK games Video games developed in Japan {{scroll-shooter-videogame-stub