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I'm trying to identify a game I played this weekend. The main game appeared to be a sidescrolling shooter, where you have to shoot open cages to rescue Vietnam POWs. The environment was destructible, and there was a mission select screen where you move around a little helicopter on a spherical map. The graphics are in a pixel-style, but the game appears to be very modern. It was optionally co-op, and I played it in a polycade arcade cabinet but I suspect it is not an "arcade" game. There was an online mode as well. Anyone have any clue what I played?



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    Similar theme: Choplifter by Brøderbünd Software.
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  • Only the best game in existence
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  • Out of curiosity, could you tell if it was an official arcade release of the game, or was it hacked together?
    – Tom
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  • @Tom It was a polycade machine, which allows you to play games off of steam, emulators, etc, so it was probably just running steam under the hood
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    Ah, the hours I wasted of my childhood playing Choplifter at my friend's house! Sometimes we'd piss each other off and not land properly, making the chopper bounce up and down, chopping the little heads off the peeps. Memories <sigh>
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I'm trying to identify a game I played this weekend. The main game appeared to be a sidescrolling shooter, where you have to shoot open cages to rescue Vietnam POWs. The environment was destructible, and there was a mission select screen where you move around a little helicopter on a spherical map. The graphics are in a pixel-style, but the game appears to be very modern. It was optionally co-op, and I played it in a polycade arcade cabinet but I suspect it is not an "arcade" game. There was an online mode as well. Anyone have any clue what I played?



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game-identification







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  • 1




    Similar theme: Choplifter by Brøderbünd Software.
    – Harper
    12 hours ago












  • Only the best game in existence
    – RIanGillis
    11 hours ago










  • Out of curiosity, could you tell if it was an official arcade release of the game, or was it hacked together?
    – Tom
    11 hours ago












  • @Tom It was a polycade machine, which allows you to play games off of steam, emulators, etc, so it was probably just running steam under the hood
    – spacetyper
    11 hours ago






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    Ah, the hours I wasted of my childhood playing Choplifter at my friend's house! Sometimes we'd piss each other off and not land properly, making the chopper bounce up and down, chopping the little heads off the peeps. Memories <sigh>
    – jcanker
    11 hours ago













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I'm trying to identify a game I played this weekend. The main game appeared to be a sidescrolling shooter, where you have to shoot open cages to rescue Vietnam POWs. The environment was destructible, and there was a mission select screen where you move around a little helicopter on a spherical map. The graphics are in a pixel-style, but the game appears to be very modern. It was optionally co-op, and I played it in a polycade arcade cabinet but I suspect it is not an "arcade" game. There was an online mode as well. Anyone have any clue what I played?



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I'm trying to identify a game I played this weekend. The main game appeared to be a sidescrolling shooter, where you have to shoot open cages to rescue Vietnam POWs. The environment was destructible, and there was a mission select screen where you move around a little helicopter on a spherical map. The graphics are in a pixel-style, but the game appears to be very modern. It was optionally co-op, and I played it in a polycade arcade cabinet but I suspect it is not an "arcade" game. There was an online mode as well. Anyone have any clue what I played?



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    Similar theme: Choplifter by Brøderbünd Software.
    – Harper
    12 hours ago












  • Only the best game in existence
    – RIanGillis
    11 hours ago










  • Out of curiosity, could you tell if it was an official arcade release of the game, or was it hacked together?
    – Tom
    11 hours ago












  • @Tom It was a polycade machine, which allows you to play games off of steam, emulators, etc, so it was probably just running steam under the hood
    – spacetyper
    11 hours ago






  • 1




    Ah, the hours I wasted of my childhood playing Choplifter at my friend's house! Sometimes we'd piss each other off and not land properly, making the chopper bounce up and down, chopping the little heads off the peeps. Memories <sigh>
    – jcanker
    11 hours ago














  • 1




    Similar theme: Choplifter by Brøderbünd Software.
    – Harper
    12 hours ago












  • Only the best game in existence
    – RIanGillis
    11 hours ago










  • Out of curiosity, could you tell if it was an official arcade release of the game, or was it hacked together?
    – Tom
    11 hours ago












  • @Tom It was a polycade machine, which allows you to play games off of steam, emulators, etc, so it was probably just running steam under the hood
    – spacetyper
    11 hours ago






  • 1




    Ah, the hours I wasted of my childhood playing Choplifter at my friend's house! Sometimes we'd piss each other off and not land properly, making the chopper bounce up and down, chopping the little heads off the peeps. Memories <sigh>
    – jcanker
    11 hours ago








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Similar theme: Choplifter by Brøderbünd Software.
– Harper
12 hours ago






Similar theme: Choplifter by Brøderbünd Software.
– Harper
12 hours ago














Only the best game in existence
– RIanGillis
11 hours ago




Only the best game in existence
– RIanGillis
11 hours ago












Out of curiosity, could you tell if it was an official arcade release of the game, or was it hacked together?
– Tom
11 hours ago






Out of curiosity, could you tell if it was an official arcade release of the game, or was it hacked together?
– Tom
11 hours ago














@Tom It was a polycade machine, which allows you to play games off of steam, emulators, etc, so it was probably just running steam under the hood
– spacetyper
11 hours ago




@Tom It was a polycade machine, which allows you to play games off of steam, emulators, etc, so it was probably just running steam under the hood
– spacetyper
11 hours ago




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Ah, the hours I wasted of my childhood playing Choplifter at my friend's house! Sometimes we'd piss each other off and not land properly, making the chopper bounce up and down, chopping the little heads off the peeps. Memories <sigh>
– jcanker
11 hours ago




Ah, the hours I wasted of my childhood playing Choplifter at my friend's house! Sometimes we'd piss each other off and not land properly, making the chopper bounce up and down, chopping the little heads off the peeps. Memories <sigh>
– jcanker
11 hours ago










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