Video Game / Chopper Command

Chopper Command is an Atari 2600 game programmed by Bob Whitehead that was published by Activision in 1982. It was later released for the Intellivision as a homebrew under the name Copter Command. In the game, you control a helicopter which you must use to protect a military convoy of trucks from being attacked by enemy bombers.

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• Difficulty by Acceleration: As the levels progress, the enemy aircraft becomes faster and harder to shoot down.
• Difficulty Levels: Easy and hard mode for one or two players.
• Endless Game: You play until you run out of helicopters.
• Enemy-Detecting Radar: Similar to Defender
• Recycled In Space: It's Defender set in the modern-day world.
• Scoring Points: Not only for shooting down enemy aircraft, but also bonus points for each truck that survives a wave.
• Shoot 'em Up: Similar to Defender.

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