Tiger-Heli

Tiger-Heli is a vertically scrolling shooter developed by Toaplan and released as an arcade video game in 1985 in Japan by Taito and North America by Romstar. A version for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was published in 1986. It is the first entry in the Tiger series and the first shoot 'em up from Toaplan. The player controls the Tiger attack helicopter fighting against enemies. The helicopter is equipped with missiles that can hit targets and bombs that destroy any enemy and their bullets within range. Tiger-Heli was programmed by Masahiro Yuge, Tatsuya Uemura, and Yuichirō Nozawa. Their previous work, Performan, was not as successful as the team had hoped.