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Instruction booklet · January 1994

Choplifter III

ShooterStrategy1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

In this third installment of the Choplifter series, it is once again your job to fly your helicopter through enemy territory to rescue hostages. The helicopter does not only take damage from enemy fire, but also from contact with buildings, trees, walls etc., which makes some levels difficult to navigate.

Specifications

Released
January 1994
Developer
Beam Software
Publisher
Extreme Entertainment Group
Players
1
Genre
Shooter · Strategy
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Series
Choplifter
Themes
Action
View
Side view

What the magazines said

8
8
7
EGM · three reviewers
Players
81/100 (10 ratings)
Super Gamer
85/100
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The Omaha World-Pixel
Week of January 7, 1994
Jan. 7

The body of Sopha Wonggoun is found in a sleeping bag off a deserted road in California. The discovery would spark a 12-year manhunt for her husband, Saner Wonggoun.

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