Разработчик: RF
Описание
HELI-COMMANDO 2017
is a retro arcade helicopter game in C64 style like games in the 80s.The Game has now 60 !!!! Levels and a final sequence, the levels will increase slowly in difficulty.
You have 3 helicopters and start with your helicopter at your BASE platform in the left upper corner and have to go to a destination platform in the lower right corner on a landing platform where LAND is signed on it.
You have to watch your fuel to fly the helicopter if your fuel is empty the helicopter is going down slowly and will be destroyed if you are not fast enough to refill your helicopter.
TASK:
Your task ist to free and rescue different platformer things like men, cats, birds, snowman or treasure chest and watch out and avoid moving platforms.
There are several things to collect and other things to shoot at, every thing you collect or shoot will increase your score, perhaps leading to a new highscore.
BONUS:
Each level finished you will receive a score bonus for all the things you have collected.
IMPORTANT: CHECKPOINTS:
To finish a level and go to the next level you have to visit all the 3 checkpoints with the helicopter.
Any checkpoint visited will be added to the upper side on the screen with a symbol of the checkpoint and the checkpoint number 1,2 or 3.
If you dont have passed the 3 checkpoints yet, you are not able to land at the landing platform LAND and not able to go further to the next level up!
There will be a short info message, if checkpoints are still missing why you try to land and then you will have to fly on to visit the missing checkpoint stations.
ENVIRONMENT:
There are red brick walls which need multiple shoots at to destroy them completely.
There are fuel stations where you have to refill your fuel tank. if your fuel is empty then the helicopter will go down. if there is a fuel station nearby then you can perhaps refuel the helicopter in the last seconds., otherwise you will probably crash your helicopter and lose one helicopter life.
KEYBOARD/GAMEPAD:
You can play the game with the keyboard or gamepad
HIGHSCORE:
Perhaps leading you to enter your initials with a new highscore.
Lets have a look and fun.
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 32-bit
- Processor: Intel Dual-Core 2.4 GHz or AMD Dual-Core Athlon 2.5 GHz
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 660 or higher or AMD Radeon HD 5850 or higher
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 250 MB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX®-compatible
- OS *: Windows 7 / 8 / 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-3570K or AMD Phenom II X4 940 or better
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570 or AMD Radeon HD 280x or better
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 250 MB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX®-compatible
Отзывы пользователей
Sorry Pal, there's only room for cats and snowmen on the copter, no humans allowed!
This game doesn't remind me any of the C64 games (yeah-yeah, Airwolf, Choplifter, H.E.R.O etc) BUT reminds me those mid-late 90's shareware shovelware titles which were bundled on CD's, before the Windows XP era.
The game
It's damn hard! Especially if you try to compete!
It was 0.22€ on sale, had to grab it!
Also:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2928574391
HELI-COMMANDO 2017 is a 2D retro "arcade" style action game intended to look like a C-64 game, something it comes close to but doesn't quite nail, leaving a somewhat lazy looking mess of a game (considering this came out in 2017 alongside games like Breath of the Wild, Dirt 4 and Prey to name a few). Gameplay is fairly standard stuff for home PC games of the 1980's that died back in the 1980's, as you "fly" a 2D helicopter over a side view selection of platforms, shooting baddies and rescuing people. Only badly, because this really is slapped together badly, and while some small portion of the blame goes to Microsoft's rather crappy XNA Studio, that's been shown to have made much better games, so there's really no excuse there either. Let's go over the defects.
From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard.
A choice was made to use obsolete, decades old retro pixel "art" as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics. It's unclear if this is due to lack of budget or talent, regardless, the overall visual quality of the game is extremely low as a result.
There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customise the graphics settings. There's no way for gamers to ensure this is running at the native resolution of their displays... there's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision. There's no way for gamers to try improve the low quality graphics.
The controls can't be customised, which will be an annoyance for many, but it can also render the game unplayable for differently-abled gamers.
These technical defects push this game below acceptable standards for any modern PC game.
The poor quality of this game is reflected in the general public reception. At the time of this review, SteamDB shows the all-time peak player number was only 2 players. That's right, only 2. This is a remarkably low number, and now, the only player activity occurs once or twice a month, presumably someone loading it up to see what it is then quickly uninstalling it. Considering there's over 120 million gamers on Steam and well over 50,000 games for gamers to choose from, the overwhelming lack of interest in the game is to be expected. Gamers just didn't take this low quality game seriously, and for good reason.
HELI-COMMANDO 2017 is relatively cheap at $1 USD, but it's not worth it. Given the defects and quality issues with the game, coupled with the unrealistic price, this is impossible to recommend.
This reminds me of the 8-bit computer game disks you could find in the bargain bin back in 1989. Except back then bargain bin games cost $10 in 1989 dollars, while you can get this game on sale for 49 cents in 2022--which is practically like being paid to take it in 1989 dollars! It's simple, frustrating, and not very impressive, but it mimics the kind of charm that came with low-effort games back when low-effort still required assembly language and a memory map of the operating system.
Airwolf on Steam nice !!!
Great game! Feels like Choplifter, Fort Apocalypse and Airwolf on C64.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | RF |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 31.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 80% положительных (5) |