Review 1 - Chopper Force by The Fourth Dimension
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   The Archimedes market is so small, that it is often
very easy to choose a type of game that hasn't yet been
covered by any other software houses. Thats what 4D have
done here, with the only helicopter simulator to hit the
Arc.

   I say simulator, but the game doesn't really go all the
way to being a proper flight simulation. The best way to
describe the game, would be to say it was "Chocks Away
with helicopters". The programmers have obviously gone for
playability and in doing so have sacrificed almost all of
the realism.

   After a boring intro and some completely sad music, you
find yourself in the cockpit of your chopper. After
starting your engine and taking to the sky (the rotor
blades and shadows are quite good at this point) you start
to get used to the unusual control method. Helicopters are
damn hard things to fly in real life, and the control
system found in a game, will often decide much of the
playability. As the game is set in the future, your
helicopter is fitted with a jet engine. While this is