In the heyday of the Atari 2600, there were a lot of games that I only played a time or two. These were the games that were passed around my neighborhood to everyone that had systems because we couldn’t afford too many games, but we could each afford a few different ones each.
One of the games that made its way through my doors was Chopper Command. It, like a lot of games for the system, is pretty straightforward. You have a convoy of trucks at the bottom of the screen that you must protect from enemy fire. You control a helicopter (a choppa!) that is quite maneuverable and has a gun powerful enough to vaporize the enemy aircraft with one shot. Once you eliminate all of the enemies you go to the next stage where the game gets slightly harder.
It’s kind of fun, but it’s a whole lot like Defender. If you’ve played that game, then you know what to expect here… more or less. If you haven’t played Defender, you might want to give this a try over that one, it’s slightly less complicated.
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