<s>
The	O
Tiger-Heli	B-Application
has	O
a	O
powerful	O
bomb	B-Device
at	O
its	O
disposal	O
that	O
can	O
clear	O
the	O
screen	O
of	O
enemies	O
when	O
fired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tiger-Heli	B-Application
was	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
video	O
game	O
composers	O
Masahiro	O
Yuge	O
and	O
Tatsuya	O
Uemura	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
several	O
titles	O
for	O
Japanese	O
companies	O
Orca	O
and	O
Crux	O
before	O
both	O
of	O
them	O
declared	O
bankruptcy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
drew	O
inspiration	O
from	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
Gyrodine	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tiger-Heli	B-Application
was	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
critics	O
for	O
its	O
gameplay	O
,	O
graphics	O
and	O
weapons	O
,	O
and	O
helped	O
establish	O
Toaplan	O
as	O
a	O
leading	O
producer	O
of	O
shooting	O
games	O
throughout	O
the	O
1980s	O
and	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
by	O
Micronics	B-Application
,	O
a	O
conversion	O
that	O
was	O
commended	O
for	O
its	O
accurate	O
portrayal	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
Banpresto	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
compilation	O
Toaplan	O
Shooting	O
Battle	O
1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
two	O
sequels	O
:	O
Twin	B-Application
Cobra	I-Application
(	O
1987	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Twin	B-Application
Cobra	I-Application
II	I-Application
(	O
1995	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rights	O
to	O
Tiger-Heli	B-Application
are	O
owned	O
by	O
Tatsujin	B-Application
,	O
a	O
Japanese	O
developer	O
formed	O
by	O
Yuge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Toaplan	O
Arcade	O
Garage	O
compilation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tiger-Heli	B-Application
is	O
a	O
military-themed	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
game	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
titular	O
attack	O
helicopter	O
through	O
four	O
increasingly	O
difficult	O
levels	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
defeat	O
an	O
assortment	O
of	O
military	O
enemy	O
forces	O
like	O
tanks	O
,	O
battleships	B-Application
,	O
and	O
artillery	B-Application
as	O
the	O
main	O
objective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
have	O
only	O
two	O
weapons	O
at	O
their	O
disposal	O
:	O
the	O
standard	O
shot	O
that	O
travels	O
a	O
max	O
distance	O
of	O
half	O
the	O
screen	O
's	O
height	O
and	O
two	O
bombs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
unique	O
gameplay	O
feature	O
is	O
the	O
bomb	B-Device
mechanic	O
;	O
unlike	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
released	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
bombs	B-Device
are	O
powerful	O
weapons	O
capable	O
of	O
obliterating	O
any	O
enemy	O
caught	O
within	O
its	O
blast	B-Device
radius	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bombs	B-Device
also	O
act	O
as	O
a	O
shield	O
against	O
incoming	O
enemy	O
fire	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
triggered	O
after	O
taking	O
enemy	O
hits	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
three	O
types	O
of	O
items	O
scattered	O
through	O
every	O
stage	O
in	O
total	O
that	O
appear	O
as	O
destructible	O
flashing	O
crosses	O
:	O
extra	O
bomb	B-Device
stocks	O
and	O
two	O
variations	O
of	O
helicopter	O
"	O
options	O
"	O
that	O
attack	O
at	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
will	O
against	O
incoming	O
enemies	O
,	O
while	O
is	O
also	O
possible	O
to	O
mix	O
and	O
match	O
the	O
two	O
helicopter	O
option	O
types	O
,	O
totaling	O
no	O
more	O
than	O
two	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Getting	O
hit	O
by	O
enemy	O
fire	O
will	O
result	O
in	O
losing	O
a	O
life	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
helicopter	O
options	O
and	O
once	O
all	O
lives	O
are	O
lost	O
,	O
the	O
game	B-Application
is	I-Application
over	I-Application
unless	O
the	O
player	O
inserts	O
more	O
credits	O
into	O
the	O
arcade	O
machine	O
to	O
continue	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
completing	O
the	O
last	O
stage	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
begins	O
again	O
with	O
the	O
second	O
loop	O
increasing	O
in	O
difficulty	O
and	O
enemies	O
fire	O
denser	O
bullet	B-Application
patterns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tiger-Heli	B-Application
was	O
created	O
under	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
Cobra	O
by	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
team	O
that	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
several	O
projects	O
at	O
Orca	O
and	O
Crux	O
before	O
both	O
companies	O
declared	O
bankruptcy	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
employees	O
from	O
the	O
two	O
gaming	O
divisions	O
would	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
form	O
Toaplan	O
and	O
among	O
them	O
were	O
composers	O
Masahiro	O
Yuge	O
and	O
Tatsuya	O
Uemura	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
recounted	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
development	O
process	O
and	O
history	O
between	O
1989	O
and	O
2012	O
through	O
various	O
Japanese	O
publications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
wanted	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
balanced	O
frustrating	O
and	O
entertaining	O
sections	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
inciting	O
audiences	O
to	O
keep	O
playing	O
after	O
losing	O
a	O
live	O
and	O
progress	O
further	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
playing	O
as	O
a	O
helicopter	O
was	O
influenced	O
by	O
Gyrodine	B-Application
because	O
the	O
team	O
felt	O
it	O
could	O
work	O
as	O
a	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
title	O
where	O
the	O
screen	O
kept	O
scrolling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
creating	O
the	O
artwork	O
for	O
Tiger-Heli	B-Application
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
polygonal	O
"	O
in	O
recent	O
interviews	O
,	O
Toaplan	O
was	O
realizing	O
research	O
for	O
a	O
possible	O
flight	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
they	O
could	O
develop	O
themselves	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
designers	O
implemented	O
a	O
sample	O
image	O
from	O
the	O
simulator	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
concept	O
of	O
using	O
a	O
bomb	B-Device
in	O
a	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
game	O
came	O
up	O
during	O
development	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
team	O
questioned	O
how	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
title	O
more	O
engaging	O
for	O
players	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
intended	O
for	O
defensive	O
purposes	O
according	O
to	O
them	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
mechanic	O
was	O
instead	O
implemented	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
aggressive	O
feeling	O
against	O
enemies	O
during	O
difficult	O
situations	O
in	O
the	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tiger-Heli	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
across	O
Japan	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
October	O
1985	O
by	O
Taito	O
and	O
Romstar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
5	O
December	O
1986	O
,	O
a	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
port	O
of	O
Tiger-Heli	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
Micronics	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
Pony	O
Canyon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
30	O
August	O
1996	O
,	O
Banpresto	O
released	O
a	O
compilation	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
titled	O
Toaplan	O
Shooting	O
Battle	O
1	O
,	O
which	O
included	O
both	O
arcade	O
versions	O
of	O
Tiger-Heli	B-Application
and	O
its	O
sequel	O
,	O
an	O
arranged	O
soundtrack	O
by	O
Uemura	O
and	O
other	O
additions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2021	O
,	O
both	O
the	O
arcade	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
versions	O
were	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Kyukyoku	O
Tiger-Heli	O
compilation	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
as	O
part	O
of	O
M2	O
's	O
Toaplan	O
Arcade	O
Garage	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tiger-Heli	B-Application
is	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Toaplan	O
Arcade	O
1	O
compilation	O
for	O
Evercade	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Masahiro	O
Yuge	O
,	O
Tiger-Heli	B-Application
proved	O
to	O
be	O
popular	O
in	O
arcades	O
during	O
initial	O
beta	O
location	O
testings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
it	O
on	O
their	O
October	O
1	O
,	O
1985	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
table	O
arcade	O
game	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
outperforming	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Ghosts	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
Goblins	I-Application
and	O
Gradius	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Den	O
of	O
Geek	O
noted	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
title	O
from	O
Toaplan	O
which	O
established	O
their	O
gameplay	O
style	O
that	O
would	O
later	O
be	O
refined	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
with	O
other	O
titles	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
introduction	O
of	O
a	O
bomb	B-Device
mechanism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
called	O
Tiger-Heli	B-Application
for	O
the	O
NES	O
an	O
excellent	O
port	O
,	O
and	O
concluded	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
exciting	O
arcade	O
shoot-	O
'	O
em-ups	O
to	O
turn	O
up	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NES	O
version	O
sold	O
over	O
one	O
million	O
copies	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best-selling	B-Device
games	I-Device
for	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tiger-Heli	B-Application
had	O
two	O
sequels	O
,	O
Twin	B-Application
Cobra	I-Application
and	O
Twin	B-Application
Cobra	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
TV	O
Play	O
Classic	O
plug	B-Device
and	I-Device
play	I-Device
game	I-Device
series	O
by	O
SSD	O
Company	O
Limited	O
in	O
Slap	B-Application
Fight	I-Application
Tiger	I-Application
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
craft	O
to	O
the	O
default	O
Leopard	O
space	O
fighter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
more	O
recent	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
IPs	O
from	O
Toaplan	O
are	O
now	O
owned	O
by	O
Tatsujin	B-Application
,	O
a	O
company	O
named	O
after	O
Truxton	B-Application
's	O
Japanese	O
title	O
that	O
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2017	O
by	O
Yuge	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
now	O
affiliated	O
with	O
arcade	O
manufacturer	O
exA-Arcadia	O
.	O
</s>
