Choplifter (stylized as Choplifter!) is a military themed scrolling shooter developed by Dan Gorlin for the Apple II and published by Broderbund in 1982. It was ported to Atari 8-bit computers the same year and also to the VIC-20, Commodore 64, Atari 5200 (released in February 1984),[6] ColecoVision, MSX, and Thomson computers.
In 1985, Sega released a coin-operated arcade remake, which in turn was ported to the Master System and Famicom in 1986. Choplifter is one of the few games that first appeared on a home system and was ported to the arcades. Graphically enhanced versions for the Atari 8-bit computers and Atari 7800 were also published in 1988 by Atari Corporation.[7]
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