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3 Reception  





4 Legacy  





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Mr. Heli
Japanese arcade flyer
Developer(s)Irem
Publisher(s)Irem
Composer(s)Masahiko Ishida[4]
Platform(s)Arcade, Amiga, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, PC-Engine, Virtual Console, Evercade VS.
ReleaseArcade:
  • NA: December 1987[1]
  • EU: Early 1988[3]
  • Ports:
    1989
    Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
    Mode(s)1-2 players alternating turns
    Arcade systemIrem M-72 system hardware

    Mr. Heli, fully titled in Japan as Mr. HELI no Daibōken (Mr.HELIの大冒険, "Mr. Heli's Great Adventure") is a multidirectional scrolling shooter developed and published in arcades in 1987 by Irem. It was released in North America as Battle Chopper.

    Gameplay

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    Arcade screenshot

    Players control a wacky fighter chopper named Mr. Heli, while shooting enemies, collecting power-ups, and defeating bosses to advance levels.

    Ports

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    Mr. Heli was ported for the Commodore 64, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, and Atari STbyFirebird, as well as for the PC Engine in Japan by Irem. This version was re-released for the Wii Virtual Console on March 18, 2008, only in Japan. It came back for the Wii U Virtual Console on April 15, 2015 in Japan, and was then released for the first time in the United States and Europe on February 1, 2018.[5][6][7]

    Reception

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    Award
    PublicationAward
    Computer and Video GamesC+VG Hit[8]

    In Japan, Game Machine listed Mr. Heli on their January 15, 1988 issue as being the fifth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[9]

    Ciarán Brennan of Your Sinclair magazine reviewed the arcade game, calling it "a lovely little game" that is "very imaginative and beautifully" paced.[3] ACE magazine reviewed the PC Engine version in 1989, rating it 890 out of 1000 and listing it as one of the top five best games available for the console.[10]

    Legacy

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    Mr. Heli later appeared in the Japan-only Game Boy title Shuyaku Sentai Irem Fighter, along with other characters from the game, as well as characters from three other Irem franchises: R-Type, Ninja Spirit and Hammerin' Harry. Mr. Heli was mentioned in one of the billboards seen in the final stage of Irem's Vigilante and also appeared in R-Type Final as a playable ship. Battle Chopper is also available on the Evercade retro games console as part of the Irem Arcade collection cartridge.

    References

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    1. ^ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. pp. 120–1. ISBN 978-4990251215.
  • ^ "Mr. Heli (Registration Number PA0000412487)". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
  • ^ a b Brennan, Ciarán (10 March 1988). "Slots of Fun". Your Sinclair. No. 28 (April 1988). pp. 78–9.
  • ^ Tanaka, Haruhisa; x68303 (25 March 2014). "R-Type Creator Interview (クリエイターインタビュー): Masahiko Ishida (石田雅彦)". Shooting Gameside (in Japanese). Vol. 9. Micro Magazine. pp. 58–65. ISBN 978-4896374551.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) (Translation by Shmuplations. Archived 2018-01-17 at the Wayback Machine).
  • ^ Mr.HELIの大冒険 | Wii U | 任天堂
  • ^ Battle Chopper for Wii U – Nintendo Game Details
  • ^ Battle Chopper | TurboGrafx | Games | Nintendo
  • ^ Game review, Computer & Video Games issue 93, August 1989, page 72
  • ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 – テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 324. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 January 1988. p. 21.
  • ^ "Console Wars" (PDF). ACE. No. 26 (November 1989). October 1989. p. 144.
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