Play Choplifter 3 Online

Choplifter 3 came out for the Super Nintendo in 1994, developed by Extreme Entertainment Group. It was part of that wave of action games that really pushed the SNES hardware, with big sprites and a lot happening on screen at once. You don't see many pure rescue shooters like this anymore.

You pilot a heavily armed helicopter through hostile territory to locate and extract hostages. The main objective is to fly into each stage, land carefully to pick up survivors, and then ferry them back to your home base while under constant enemy fire. Signature mechanics include managing your limited ammunition across multiple weapon systems (like missiles and a vulcan cannon) and the constant threat of your helicopter being shot down if you linger too long in one area. The pacing is relentless; enemies spawn continuously from all sides, and the levels often feature destructible environments and large boss encounters. It feels like a tense, high-stakes race against the clock where every successful landing is a small victory.