<s>
Air	B-Application
Rescue	I-Application
is	O
a	O
Sega	O
arcade	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
released	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
which	O
runs	O
on	O
the	O
Sega	O
System	O
32	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
games	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
Choplifter	B-Application
,	O
which	O
Sega	O
had	O
adapted	O
into	O
a	O
hit	O
arcade	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	O
version	O
of	O
Air	B-Application
Rescue	I-Application
has	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
Master	O
System	O
version	O
is	O
side-scrolling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
250px|left|thumb|The	O
arcade	O
version	O
places	O
players	O
in	O
the	O
cockpit	O
of	O
the	O
helicopter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
versions	O
of	O
Air	B-Application
Rescue	I-Application
share	O
a	O
similar	O
concept	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Choplifter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
must	O
pilot	O
a	O
helicopter	B-Application
,	O
land	O
it	O
near	O
hostages/prisoners	O
behind	O
enemy	O
lines	O
,	O
and	O
return	O
them	O
to	O
the	O
safety	O
of	O
the	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
more	O
closely	O
resembles	O
the	O
classic	O
2D	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Choplifter	B-Application
,	O
but	O
with	O
levels	O
that	O
scroll	O
in	O
all	O
directions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Air	B-Application
Rescue	I-Application
also	O
features	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
drop	O
a	O
rope	O
ladder	O
to	O
rescue	O
hostages	O
without	O
landing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Air	B-Application
Rescue	I-Application
on	O
their	O
May	O
15	O
,	O
1992	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
third	O
most-successful	O
upright	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
