Chopper (video game)

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Chopper
Developer(s) Majic Jungle Software
Platform(s) iOS, MacOS
ReleaseApril 5, 2009
Genre(s) Scrolling shooter

Chopper is an iOS and MacOS video game developed by New Zealand studio Majic Jungle Software and released on April 5, 2009. As of February 2, 2018, the app is removed from the iOS and Mac App Store. [1] Chopper is a side scrolling shooter game with your character, a helicopter (aka a chopper). Your goal is to destroy tanks, take out enemy soldiers, and rescue civilians.

Contents

A sequel, Chopper 2, was released on July 27, 2010. [2]

Gameplay

The main goal in chopper is to destroy tanks, kill enemies, and rescue civilians, while trying not to crash into buildings or get shot down by several kinds of enemies.

Characters and enemies

Your chopper: Armed with bombs and a machine gun, your chopper is adequately armed to take out all the enemies that you'll encounter in Chopper. The chopper can pick up civilians that need rescuing. You'll come across many as you fly around the different levels of Chopper.

Civilians: People that have a blue circle around them. Your goal is to rescue them and return them to base safely.

The enemies: The common soldier. A red circle is around them. They are armed with a rocket launcher and can take out your chopper with one hit. Tanks, a more formidable enemy. Tanks can shoot relatively fast and can quickly dispatch your chopper in one hit. Try to dodge their shots!

Reception

Chopper had generally positive reviews.

Chopper was a great success, with further growth in sales after the release of its sequel, Chopper 2. As the years went on, "More and more things have stopped working correctly, so I no longer feel the experience offered to customers is one that I am proud of. I investigated what it would take to bring Chopper 2 up to date, and it would be a major job. Given the potential number of sales and number of current players, my time is better spent elsewhere. I’ve moved on from Chopper and Chopper 2, and so has the landscape of the App Store." and so the developer, David Frampton, decided to pull both Chopper and Chopper 2 off the App Store and Mac App Store.

Chopper 2

Chopper 2
Developer(s) Majic Jungle Software
Platform(s) iOS, MacOS
ReleaseJuly 27, 2010
Genre(s) Scrolling shooter

A game similar to the original Chopper, Chopper 2 had many improvements over its predecessor. Improved graphics, new missions, improved UI, and the ability to connect to other Apple devices, such as the iPad and Macintosh, with another copy of the game, to allow for remote control. The game "is a total evolution from the first episode: better graphics, more missions, more variety". [3] The improvements over the original really helped with the game's success, as it sold very well and generally had good reviews. [4]

Gameplay

Chopper 2 has the same basic, shoot, destroy, and rescue aspects of the original Chopper. You go about in the city, desert, foothills, and mountains flying your way to save civilians, destroy tanks, blow up buildings, shoot down helicopters, and eliminate enemy soldiers while trying to keep your chopper in the sky. In some levels, your goal is to keep a friendly convoy of vehicles reach their destination without getting destroyed.

Reception

Chopper 2 received reviews from publications including Pocket Gamer and Gamereactor , along with having a Metacritic rating of 86% based on 6 critic reviews. [5] [6] [7]

Chopper 2 was removed from the iOS and Mac App Store, along with the original Chopper on July 4, 2016. [8] As of October 24, 2019, it was added back to the App Store under the iOS and Android gaming subscription service, GameClub.

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References

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  1. ↑ "Chopper and Chopper 2 End of Life".
  2. ↑ "Chopper 2 Available Now". Archived from the original on April 15, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sempre in giro con un Apache".
  4. ↑ "'Chopper 2' Review – A Game That's More than Universal – TouchArcade". July 26, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Chopper 2". August 9, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Chopper 2 - Recension". September 7, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Chopper 2". Metacritic .
  8. ↑ "Chopper and Chopper 2 End of Life".
  9. ↑ "First-Day Mac App Store Sales Results: 'Chopper 2' Grosses Nearly $30,000". January 7, 2011.
  10. ↑ "IPhone 4 - Chopper 2". July 17, 2010.
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