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In North America, Taito decided not to release the game, but Nintendo planned to publish it as Helifighter under its "Action Series" label.
Hardcore Gaming 101s Nick Zverloff wrote that "Tiger-Heli is a little rough in retrospect, but it's also about on par with other shooters from 1985".
In their "Complete Guide To Consoles", Computer and Video Games remarked that it was faithful to the arcade, but found the audiovisual presentation dull and noted that the limited play area made it difficult to dodge enemy fire in later stages.
In 2023, a demo of an Amiga port, developed by Ben "Acidbottle" Brown using the Scorpion engine by Erik "Earok" Hogan, was released online.
Kent, Tiger-Heli sold over one million copies in North America by the end of 1987, making it one of the best-selling NES games.
Computer Gaming Worlds Bill Kunkel thought the NES version was excellent and praised its graphics, but found it difficult to determine the altitude of the helicopter and easy to accidentally deploy a bomb while firing.
Nintendo Magazine System (Official Nintendo Magazine) wrote that the game was a rather simple shoot 'em up and criticized its repetitive graphics, bland sound, and average gameplay.
Aktueller Software Markts Torsten Oppermann found the NES conversion to be good, but criticized technical issues such as flickering sprites and poor sound.
In Japan, Game Machine listed it in their October 1, 1985 issue as being the most-popular arcade game for the previous two weeks.
Aktueller Software Markts Torsten Oppermann found the NES conversion to be good, but criticized technical issues such as flickering sprites and poor sound.
Computer Gaming Worlds Bill Kunkel thought the NES version was excellent and praised its graphics, but found it difficult to determine the altitude of the helicopter and easy to accidentally deploy a bomb while firing.
In their "Complete Guide To Consoles", Computer and Video Games remarked that it was faithful to the arcade, but found the audiovisual presentation dull and noted that the limited play area made it difficult to dodge enemy fire in later stages.
In 1996 it was also included in the PlayStation title Toaplan Shooting Battle 1, coupled with Kyukyoku Tiger and its overseas version TWIN COBRA.
In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by the magazine Family Computer Magazine,it scored 15.55 out of 30, as shown below.
Tiger-Heli was the first shoot 'em up developed by Toaplan.
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