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Mr. Heli
''Mr. Heli'', fully titled in Japan as is a multidirectional scrolling shooter developed and published in arcades in 1987 by Irem. It was released in North America as ''Battle Chopper''. Gameplay Players control a wacky fighter chopper named ''Mr. Heli'', while shooting enemies, collecting power-ups, and defeating boss (video games), bosses to advance levels. Ports ''Mr. Heli'' was ported to the Commodore 64, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, and Atari ST by Firebird (software label), Firebird, as well as to 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. Reception 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. Ciarán Brennan of ''Your Sincl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irem
is a Japanese video game developer and Video game publisher, publisher and manufacturer of pachinkos. The company has its headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Chiyoda, Tokyo. The full name of the company that uses the brand is Irem Software Engineering. It was established in 1997 by its parent company Nanao (now Eizo) for the purpose of taking over the development department of the original Irem Corporation, that had left the video game industry in 1994 to concentrate itself on the rental and sales of coin-op electronics. Irem Corporation was founded in 1974 as IPM and still exists today under the name of Apies. Irem is known internationally for three 1980s arcade games: ''Moon Patrol'' (1982; licensed to Williams Electronics in North America), the earliest beat 'em up, ''Kung-Fu Master (video game), Kung-Fu Master'' (1984), and the Shoot 'em up#Scrolling shooters, scrolling shooter ''R-Type'' (1987). Irem has been popular in Japan with games like ''Gekibo: Gekisha Boy'' for the Tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
