Gunship Rotor
Fly a rescue helicopter over golden jungle hills, land beside camps to pick up stranded soldiers and ferry them home while blasting AA guns, tanks and jets.
Gunship Rotor is a side-scrolling helicopter rescue shooter with real momentum. Your chopper drifts, tilts and sinks under gravity, so every approach is a small piece of flying skill. Stranded soldiers wave from camps spread across endless jungle hills, and the only way to save them is to set down gently nearby, wait while they sprint aboard, then carry them all the way back to the helipad at base.
The nose gun fires a fast stream you can aim with the mouse, and bombs drop with your forward speed to flatten anti-aircraft guns and tanks. Watch where they land, because a stray bomb near friendly soldiers costs points. Flak guns lead their shots, tanks lob shells, and fighter jets scream in to launch homing missiles that you can shoot out of the sky. Land too hard and you damage your own hull. Parking at base unloads your passengers for 250 points each and slowly repairs the chopper. Every six soldiers you bring home earns a supply drop where you choose an upgrade such as twin guns, armor plating, a bigger cargo bay, a turbo rotor or a radar jammer. The farther you fly, the more guns guard each camp.
It is a great pick for players who enjoy classic chopper rescue arcade games and a bit of physics-based flying. Tip: approach camps slowly and level, then hover low to gun down defenders before touching down.
How to play
Fly right from base and land softly next to camps; nearby soldiers run aboard while you stay landed, up to your cargo limit. Fly back and land at base to unload them for points and repairs. Shoot or bomb AA guns, tanks and jets for extra points, but do not bomb your own soldiers. Every 6 rescues lets you pick an upgrade. You have 3 choppers with a hull of 5 hits; crashing into the ground too fast also hurts.
Controls
- Arrow keys / WASD: Fly (the chopper has momentum)
- Space / click (hold): Nose gun; the mouse aims it
- X / Shift: Drop a bomb
- 1 / 2 / 3 or click: Choose an upgrade
- Left thumb (touch): Fly
- FIRE / BOMB buttons (touch): Shoot / drop a bomb
- P / Esc: Pause
- M: Mute
- R: Restart
Category: Shooting games
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