Chopper I

Arcade marquee.

Chopper I is a scrolling shooter for the arcade developed and published by SNK in 1988.

Personal

I randomly came across this game on MAME. I found it to be pretty awful and haven't considered it since.

I do not own this game, nor have I beaten it.

Review

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Best Version: Arcade

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Good

• The bosses are large and interesting.
• The graphics are pretty attractive.

Bad

• For a 1988 release, the graphics are pretty low-quality.
• The game is obscenely difficult, too hard for the average gamer to enjoy. It was clearly made to drain quarters.
• There is only one upgradable gun. Kind of dull compared to other shooters of the time which usually have three or more.
• There is little variety in the game, you'll see most of what the game has to offer by the end of the first stage.
• The idea of having walls and towers block bullets is a good idea, but it gets over-used in the later areas and becomes annoying.
• When you die, you are sent back to a previous check point, which is annoying.

Ugly

• The game forces you to play the entire game twice to beat it. This is a shameless way to make a game longer than it is. While I like when games introduce a hard mode to challenge exceptional players, they actually made this part of the game's story!

Media

Arcade Art

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Screenshots

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  Screenshot of the game.

Videos

Longplay.

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