In this game, you start an attack with your chopper and fight enemy aircraft in scrolling shooter fashion. Then the game zooms in, and you fly over enemy fortifications with your chopper being huge on the screen. After this, you land and the game turns into a Commando-style run 'n gun, where you fight the remaining enemies in the enemy fortifications. You can jump and attack enemies in high locations, and you can summon the chopper to destroy everything in front of it. After this, you enter the enemy base and fight your way through it, and finally you have to escape in your helicopter in another scrolling shooter section.
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Facts
This game was called 'Super Airwolf' in Japan.
Log entries
I like how this game logically ties a scrolling shooter together with a top-down run 'n gun.
I beat 3 stages. Playing this again, it's a bit easier when I understand the basic mechanics of the ground missions, like jumping to shoot at turrets, and summoning the chopper to take down difficult enemies.
2023-11-06
2023-11-08
MiSTer Genesis