Rotorcraft

Vehicles entity

Player controls any form of rotary-wing aircraft, such as a helicopter, gyrodyne or autogyro.

306
games
70
platforms

Alternate name: Rotary-wing aircraft

Implied: (not enforceable)
* Hover flight - many games force the vehicle to constantly move forward, so this can't be enforced.

Not to be confused with propeller aeroplane.

The first Rotorcraft video game was released in 1980.

Electronic Arts, MicroProse and Sega published most of these games.

Parent group

Aerodyne

Child group

Helicopter

Platforms

Windows 29
MS-DOS 28
Arcade 23
C64 19
Amiga 18
Linux 15
NES 14
Amstrad CPC 12
ZX Spectrum 10
Mega Drive 9
Atari ST 8
MSX 8
SNES 7
Atari 400/800 6
Apple II E 6
Game Gear 5
Master System 4
C16/Plus4 4
X68000 4
ColecoVision 3
Atari 5200 3
GB 3
GBA 3
PC Engine 3
Mac OS X 3
PS 3
Lynx 3
Intellivision 2
Atari 7800 2
PS3 2

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