Classic Game Room HD - CHOPPER COMMAND for Atari 2600

Classic Game Room HD reviews CHOPPER COMMAND for the Atari 2600 VCS video computer system! Take control of a helicopter and defend a convoy of trucks in this Defender-style game from Activision released in 1982. Battle enemy jet fighters and choppers trying to destroy you and the truckers at the same time! Chopper Command is a must have for the Atari 2600 and this review shows gameplay and footage of the game. Classic Game Room is a retro reviewer that appreciates good Atari 2600 games (and bad ones!) and reviews these old school classics in full HD with retro gaming love for video games. Chopper Command plays like a side scrolling SHMUP style video game in a horizontal plane much like Thunder Force or Defender. The quality of the graphics and gameplay is top notch for the Atari, the screen boasts a beautiful sunset and the action is ferocious and non-stop! Classic Game Room is the ultimate source for retro and modern gamers with daily reviews of awesome video games from 1977 to today!

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[MarveIed]

Why hasn't anyone UPDATED THIS GAME YET?!

[andoc]

Activision owned the 2600. This game and Pitfall II are proof enough.

[TheTitan606]

i use to play this on my tv boy 2 ,003 i think it was

[dapper892]

God I remember how tough the gun sounded, unlimited ammo

[1989gamemaster]

One person didn't get to the CHOPPA!

[shadowhexogram]

WHAT. No convoy song reference? That fills me with rage!

[edzzzwin]

@andoc: I just discovered a game called Spider Attack, that one is also pretty cool. Also H.E.R.O. is still one of my favorites.

[gillianorley]

Activision was amazing. This is Defender, only BETTER than the actual Atari 2600 version of Defender.

The best, most capable, and most creative Atari game programmers got pissed at Time Warner (which acquired Atari) and how they treated programmers. They refused to "credit" them for their games and this was in the day when a single person, like David Crane, programmed an entire game.

So they gave Atari the finger and started Activision. Notice how their games always "credit" the programmer.

[kinmanyuen]

nice use of colors

[dpsinoh]

While I have this for the VCS/260 and on a couple of he Activision compilation discs, I've been playing it a lot on the Xbox 360 Game Room, if anyone wants to challenge me Xbox Live ID: Cousin Dave 360