Stunt Copter | |
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Publisher(s) | HomeTown Software |
Designer(s) | Duane Blehm |
Platform(s) | Macintosh |
Release | 1986 |
Genre(s) | Action |
Stunt Copter is a monochrome Macintosh action game written by Duane Blehm and published by his Kansas-based company, HomeTown Software, in 1986.[1][2] Blehm's other games include Cairo Shootout, ZeroGravity, and PUZZ'L. He died unexpectedly in June 1988.[3][4]
The game involves piloting a small helicopter around a playfield. The player has to position the helicopter and drop a person suspended from the aircraft onto a hay bale or moving cart. If incorrectly timed, the person might fall onto the ground or injure the horse or the driver of the cart.[5]
After his death, his parents released his games and source code into the public domain.[6]
MacAddict magazine used Stunt Copter to demonstrate software compatibility of Mac OS X public beta.[7] An OS X version was released by Antell Software.[8]
An iPhone version was released by nerdgames in 2009.[8][9] In 2011, an iPad version of Stunt Copter was released by Apollo Software which is similar to the original.[10]
In 2018, a collection of his games were uploaded to the Internet Archive and made playable in a web browser.[11]