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1987 video game
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 ST by Firebird , 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 Publication Award Computer and Video Games C+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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^ 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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