<s>
SimCopter	B-Device
is	O
a	O
1996	O
flight	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Maxis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Streets	B-Application
of	I-Application
SimCity	I-Application
,	O
SimCopter	B-Device
lets	O
the	O
user	O
import	O
SimCity	B-Application
2000	I-Application
maps	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SimCopter	B-Device
puts	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
helicopter	B-Application
pilot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
mode	O
(	O
free	O
mode	O
)	O
lets	O
the	O
player	O
fly	O
around	O
cities	O
that	O
they	O
have	O
created	O
(	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
imported	O
from	O
SimCity	B-Application
2000	I-Application
)	O
or	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
30	O
cities	O
supplied	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
user	O
cities	O
sometimes	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
designed	O
with	O
SimCopter	B-Device
in	O
mind	O
;	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
increase	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
police	O
stations	O
,	O
fire	O
stations	O
,	O
and	O
hospitals	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
speedier	O
dispatches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Criminals	O
on	O
foot	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
stopped	O
by	O
landing	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
them	O
with	O
the	O
helicopter	B-Application
,	O
which	O
kills	O
them	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
risks	O
damage	O
to	O
the	O
helicopter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dropped	O
police	O
officers	O
will	O
call	O
out	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
they	O
see	O
the	O
suspect	O
;	O
the	O
officers	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
guided	O
by	O
the	O
helicopter	B-Application
's	O
spotlight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
a	O
police	O
officer	O
does	O
not	O
find	O
a	O
suspect	O
,	O
it	O
will	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
helicopter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
a	O
speeder	O
is	O
pulled	O
over	O
,	O
the	O
helicopter	B-Application
must	O
stay	O
with	O
it	O
until	O
a	O
police	O
car	O
arrives	O
to	O
cite	O
them	O
for	O
their	O
reckless	O
driving	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
speeder	O
will	O
take	O
off	O
again	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
starts	O
with	O
a	O
small	O
,	O
weak	O
helicopter	B-Application
that	O
comes	O
with	O
just	O
a	O
megaphone	O
and	O
a	O
bambi	O
bucket	O
;	O
it	O
can	O
only	O
hold	O
two	O
passengers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
player	O
accumulates	O
money	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
they	O
can	O
purchase	O
better	O
helicopters	B-Application
and	O
newer	O
equipment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
jobs	O
require	O
certain	O
equipment	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
complete	O
them	O
,	O
and	O
better	O
helicopters	B-Application
offer	O
greater	O
speed	O
,	O
smoother	O
handling	O
,	O
and	O
greater	O
passenger	O
capacity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Helicopters	B-Application
have	O
a	O
limited	O
fuel	O
capacity	O
and	O
must	O
return	O
to	O
the	O
hangar	O
about	O
once	O
every	O
half	O
hour	O
to	O
refuel	O
,	O
which	O
costs	O
money	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
helicopter	B-Application
runs	O
out	O
of	O
fuel	O
in	O
mid-air	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
either	O
attempt	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
motor	O
spinning	O
and	O
land	O
it	O
,	O
or	O
just	O
let	O
it	O
fall	O
to	O
the	O
ground	O
and	O
suffer	O
heavy	O
damage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
helicopter	B-Application
remains	O
intact	O
after	O
falling	O
to	O
the	O
ground	O
,	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
refueled	O
at	O
a	O
highly	O
inflated	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crashing	O
the	O
helicopter	B-Application
into	O
a	O
building	O
or	O
slamming	O
it	O
into	O
the	O
ground	O
will	O
not	O
destroy	O
it	O
instantly	O
,	O
but	O
will	O
damage	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
more	O
damage	O
there	O
is	O
to	O
the	O
helicopter	B-Application
,	O
the	O
harder	O
it	O
is	O
to	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Money	O
can	O
be	O
spent	O
to	O
repair	O
a	O
helicopter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
helicopter	B-Application
is	O
destroyed	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
lost	O
forever	O
along	O
with	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
equipment	O
on	O
board	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
helicopter	B-Application
is	O
destroyed	O
,	O
it	O
may	O
set	O
fire	O
to	O
a	O
nearby	O
building	O
or	O
terrain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
enough	O
money	O
to	O
buy	O
a	O
new	O
helicopter	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
grounded	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
impossible	O
to	O
continue	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
helicopters	B-Application
in	O
SimCopter	B-Device
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
announced	O
by	O
Maxis	O
on	O
May	O
22	O
,	O
1997	O
,	O
a	O
few	O
weeks	O
before	O
E3	O
1997	O
,	O
where	O
a	O
playable	O
prototype	O
was	O
presented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
9	O
,	O
1997	O
,	O
Maxis	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
instead	O
be	O
ported	O
to	O
64DD	B-Device
peripheral	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
explicit	O
intention	O
of	O
being	O
a	O
North	O
American	O
launch	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
platform	O
,	O
and	O
with	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
being	O
announced	O
as	O
its	O
publisher	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
years	O
later	O
in	O
an	O
interview	O
for	O
the	O
Video	O
Game	O
History	O
Foundation	O
,	O
Akifumi	O
“	O
Aki	O
”	O
Kodama	O
(	O
president	O
of	O
Maxis	O
K.K.	O
,	O
developer	O
of	O
the	O
conversion	O
)	O
and	O
Jeffrey	O
J	O
.	O
Feil	O
(	O
associated	O
producer	O
in	O
SimCopter	B-Device
64	O
for	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
,	O
owners	O
of	O
Maxis	O
)	O
said	O
they	O
never	O
saw	O
a	O
64DD	B-Device
build	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
former	O
also	O
saying	O
that	O
interaction	O
with	O
other	O
games	O
was	O
never	O
implemented	O
at	O
any	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
asked	O
about	O
the	O
64DD	B-Device
in	O
an	O
issue	O
of	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
from	O
January	O
1998	O
,	O
Shigeru	O
Miyamoto	O
mentioned	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
have	O
an	O
integration	O
with	O
Mario	B-Device
Artist	I-Device
and	O
SimCity	B-Application
64	I-Application
,	O
in	O
earlier	O
interviews	O
he	O
also	O
mentioned	O
integration	O
with	O
SimCity	B-Application
2000	I-Application
.	O
</s>
