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SimCopter

by Maxis·published by Electronic Arts

1 October 1996Kids to Adults1
PCWindows

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SimCopter is a light helicopter flying simulator closely related to Sim City 2000. The player is a rookie helicopter pilot that must make his living by transporting passengers and help the city authority in several tasks, including rescuing sims from fires and boat accidents, divert cars from traffic jams, aid on putting out fires and arresting criminals, controlling riots and MEDEVAC injured sims to nearby hospitals.

The player starts with a basic helicopter, and by completing missions, earn money that can be used to buy larger and faster helicopters and equipment required to deal with more advanced problems (such as a water cannon to put out fires without having to fly directly over the fire and disperse a crowd, tear gas or a megaphone), as well as points to advance to the next level in career mode. The opposite also happens: if a player takes too long to solve a traffic jam, he gets penalized in points.

There are two game modes: Career makes the player jump from city to city, while the Free mode allows to play on any city, as well as any city created in Sim City 2000.

Included helicopters:

  • Sikorsky S-300
  • Bell 206 JetRanger
  • McDonnell/Douglas MD 500
  • McDonnell/Douglas MD 520N
  • Bell 212 Twin Huey
  • AgustaWestland AW109
  • Airbus Helicopters AS365 Dauphin
  • McDonnell/Douglas MD-900 Explorer
  • Boeing AH-64 Apache

Ways to play

Modes

Single player

Perspective

First personThird person

Expanded into

SimCopter 64

Included in

Ultimate Sim Series

Game details

Business Model

Commercial

Supported Systems/Models

x86 (32-bit)

Media Type

CD-ROM

Input Devices Supported/Optional

Keyboard, Mouse, Other Input Devices

Controller Types Supported

Analog Joystick

Number of Offline Players

1 Player

System requirements

Min. CPU Class Required

Intel Pentium

Min. OS Class Required

Windows 95

Min. RAM Required

16 MB

Min. DirectX Version Required

DirectX 3

Min. CD-ROM Drive Speed Required

4X (600 KB/s)

Min. Video Memory Required

512 KB

Video Modes Supported

256 Colors Required, Full screen

Video Resolutions Supported

640×480

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Also known as

SimCopter: Fliegen Sie Missionen durch MetropolenGerman tagline

SimCopter: Fly Missions in the MetropolisTagline

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Facts

Developer

Maxis

Released

1 October 1996

Series

SimCity

Platforms

PCWindows

Age ratings

ESRBKids to AdultsUSK0 (ohne Altersbeschränkung)ELSPA3+

Tags

1st-personBehind viewHelicopter