Choplifter

Choplifter
Atari 5200 box cover
Developer(s)Dan Gorlin
Sega (arcade remake)
Publisher(s)Broderbund
Atari, Inc. (5200)
Atari Corp. (7800, 8-bit)
Sega (arcade, consoles)
Platform(s)Apple II, Arcade, Atari 8-bit, Atari 5200, Atari 7800, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, Famicom, Fujitsu FM-7, Master System, MSX, SG-1000, Thomson MO5, Thomson TO7/70, VIC-20
ReleaseOriginal
Arcade remake
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Choplifter (stylized as Choplifter!) is a military themed scrolling shooter developed by Dan Gorlin for the Apple II and published by Broderbund in 1982. It was ported to Atari 8-bit computers the same year and also to the VIC-20, Commodore 64, Atari 5200 (released in February 1984),[6] ColecoVision, MSX, and Thomson computers.

In 1985, Sega released a remake as an arcade video game, ports of which were published for the Master System and Famicom in 1986. Graphically enhanced versions for the Atari 8-bit computers and Atari 7800 were also published in 1988 by Atari Corporation.[7]

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  6. ^ "Year-End Index" (PDF). Computer Entertainer. Vol. 3, no. 10. January 1985. p. 156.
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