Hover Force
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| Developer(s) | Mattel Electronics |
| Publisher(s) | INTV Corporation |
| Designer(s) | Steve Ettinger[1] |
| Platform(s) | Intellivision |
| Release | November 1986[2] |
| Genre(s) | Flight simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Hover Force is a flight simulation video game published by INTV Corporation for the Intellivision system in 1986.[3] The game was initially developed by Mattel Electronics with the intent of it being played in 3-D, but the company was shut down before it could be released. INTV, after acquiring the Intellivision assets from Mattel, re-tooled the game, which pits players against a terrorist group laying siege to a city, and then released it.
In Hover Force, the player is a pilot of a combat helicopter. Terrorists are attacking the fictional city of New Seeburg.[4] The player must eliminate the terrorists and also minimize the amount of damage they are causing. The helicopter is armed with laser cannons and water cannons, both with a limited amount of ammunition. The water cannons are used to put out fires started by the terrorists' activities.
Players seek out enemy helicopters with a radar screen, then fly using a top-down perspective toward their targets. The terrorists attack with a number of different helicopters, each with different skills and patterns. Attacks on the player's helicopter may cause damage to certain systems, such as weapons or the engine. Depending on the system, the damage can either make operating the craft difficult or cause the helicopter to crash, ending the game.[4]
The player's missions start and end at an island base near the city. This base will also repair, refuel and re-arm the helicopter during the missions, but only twice; a third attempt to land prior to completion of the mission counts as a crash.[4] Upon completion of the game, the player is given a rank between 1 and 100 based on their efficiency at both eliminating enemy helicopters and keeping damage to a minimum, with a score of 100 considered "perfect."[4]