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Tiger-Heli came to the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1986, a conversion of Toaplan's arcade shoot 'em up. It was one of many straightforward action games that filled the NES library in the mid 80s, a time when simply having a new challenge to master was often enough.

You pilot a helicopter through five stages, scrolling upward while enemy vehicles and installations fire at you. Your main guns are weak, so you rely on a limited supply of bombs to clear the screen of tougher foes. The key is managing your bomb stock, deciding when to use them on clustered tanks or to save them for the stage boss. The game moves at a brisk pace, and the difficulty ramps up quickly, demanding sharp reflexes to navigate the increasing bullet patterns. It feels like a constant, tense scramble for survival where every bomb drop counts.