Choplifter
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System(s): Sega System 1, Sega System 2, SG-1000, Sega Master System | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Sega | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Sega R&D 1 Sega R&D 2 Compile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensor: Brøderbund Software | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer(s) of original games: Dan Gorlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action[1], Shooting[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Choplifter (チョップリフター) is a side-scrolling action game developed by Dan Gorlin for Brøderbund Software that was originally released for the Apple II computer in 1982. The player controls a combat chopper that must retrieve P.O.Ws. trapped in enemy camps and then transport them back to the player's home base. In 1985, Sega remade Choplifter as an arcade game, being the first game developed for their System 2 hardware (although variants of the game were also produced that ran on the earlier System 1 hardware). The same year, Sega also released a My Card version of Choplifter for the SG-1000, while a cartridge version for the Sega Master System was later produced in 1986 for the North American and European markets. A Choplifter III was later released for the Sega Game Gear in 1994 by a third-party publisher, unrelated to any of the first-party versions published by Sega.
Sega's 1992 System 32 arcade game Air Rescue features a similar premise and is considered something of a spiritual successor.
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Production credits
System 1 version
- Main Programmer: Rikiya Nakagawa[10] (R.N)
- T.Y
- H.U
- KOH
- M.Y
- Sound: Tohru Nakabayashi[11] (T.N)
- M.K
Master System version
- Main Programming: Drunkard Kagi
- Program Assistance: Dumb Muro
- Graphic Design: Funny Fuku
- Sound Effects: Hairy Uwa
- Coordinator: Prince Yama
- Choplifter was licensed from Broderbund Software Inc.
- © Dan Gorlin 1982
- Special Thanks To: R N K TM N N
Hints
Master System US hints (with Teddy Boy Blues)
Artwork
Magazine articles
- Main article: Choplifter/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Computer & Video Games (UK) #77: "March 1988" (1988-02-15)[13]
also published in:
- Popular Computing Weekly (UK) #7.10: "Vol. 7 No. 10" (1988-03-10)[14]
Physical scans
System 1 version
SG-1000 version
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Master System version
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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128kB | Cartridge (EU/US) |
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/sc3000/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-09-28 02:34)
- ↑ File:Choplifter SMS US cover2.jpg
- ↑ Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 81
- ↑ Game Machine, "1985-07-15" (JP; 1985-07-15), page 8
- ↑ Computer Entertainer, "October 1986" (US; 1986-10-xx), page 14
- ↑ Computer Entertainer, "October 1986" (US; 1986-10-xx), page 12
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Computer & Video Games, "November 1987" (UK; 1987-10-15), page 132
- ↑ File:SMSGameCatalog1EU.pdf, page 2
- ↑ The Mastertronic Catalogue (UK; 1988), page 2
- ↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-28 (2000-08-25,09-01)" (JP; 2000-08-11), page 94
- ↑ https://media.vgm.io/albums/74/2047/2047-1506489755.jpg
- ↑ File:Choplifter SMS credits.png
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1988" (UK; 1988-02-15), page 10
- ↑ Popular Computing Weekly, "Vol. 7 No. 10" (UK; 1988-03-10), page 48
- ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "" (UK; 1989-10-16), page 51
- ↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 94
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 55
- ↑ Computer Action, "Juli/August 89" (DK; 1989-0x-xx), page 34
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 139
- ↑ Game Mania, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 81
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 133
- ↑ S: The Sega Magazine, "August 1990" (UK; 1990-07-05), page 13
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 55
- ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 20
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 70
- ↑ Tilt, "Décembre 1987" (FR; 1987-1x-xx), page 100
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