Current Events > Neon remembers old flash games >_>: Heli Attack 2 & 3

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Since flash is gonna die in December 2020, I figured I'm gonna do a little mini-series of topics where I reminisce on old flash games from my childhood (like Bush Shootout, Sim Girls, Motherload, The Classroom, and maybe a few others if I feel like it >_>)

But anyways, Heli Attack 2!



Released in 2003, this game has you playing as a lone soldier on the battlefield gunning down waves of helicopters that will mercilessly come after you until you die!



The controls are really simple. You use the mouse to aim and shoot and you use the keyboard to move and slow down time. As you destroy helicopters, they sometimes drop new weapons for you to use, including stuff like a grappling hook, rocket launcher, shotguns, and more. It has excellent replay value and trying to go for a high score and seeing what weapon you get from the helicopter never gets old!



There's not much else to it. You're just on a small area shooting helicopters until you die in class arcade endurance. It was balls hard, but it was addicting as hell and got super popular. It won flash game of the year on Miniclip and pretty much all the major flash sites hosted it.

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It was so popular that Miniclip decides to strike a deal and have its sequel exclusively on its website.



Heli Attack 3 is pretty different from its predecessor. Instead of being an arcade-style endurance fest, you have a linear progression through missions in different levels where you have to kill a certain amount of enemies of various types to progress.



Weapons are greatly expanded and there's even some hidden unlockables to find throughout the game.



The very last level of the game unlocks the arcade endurance akin to the previous game if you're looking for that. idk how popular 3 was compared to 2, but 3 is a different but better game imo and definitely had a lot of care put into it. Many people still prefer 2 over 3 (not me tho >_>), but they're both excellent games in their own rights and I highly recommend you try both of them!

Q&A

But Neon "Titty Meister" Octopus! Surely there must've been a Heli Attack 1 too! It's not like the series started at 2 like Street Fighter did, right?

That is true, but there's a reason why no one talks about Heli Attack 1 >_>



It's jank as fuck and plays and looks like dogshit. We were lucky the devs decided to give it another go instead of leaving it like this

So what are your thoughts on it, CE? >_> You ever play this game?

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Care moar >_> I spent like 10 minutes putting this together

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shit, I remember heli 2. Isn't that a mausland game?

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Simgirls, love hina, or Franks Adventure 1-4?

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MI4 REAL posted...

shit, I remember heli 2. Isn't that a mausland game?

It was from a company called Square Circle Co. idk if he was affiliated with them or not

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MI4 REAL posted...

Simgirls, love hina, or Franks Adventure 1-4?

The only one I ever played was Simgirls >_> Never played any of those sorry lol

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I liked all the versions of simgirls, but I think it evolved too much before final.

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Also it was based on an anime called DNA2.

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oh god doing the classroom perfect was a bitch but I did it. Same with a puzzle game that I was only 1 of 61 who got that medal.

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Ah so it is like street fighter where the first one was forgettable jank.
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hey so whats the deal with flash dying in December anyway? Ooooh wee, whats up with that?
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spanky1 posted...

hey so whats the deal with flash dying in December anyway? Ooooh wee, whats up with that?

Adobe.

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MI4 REAL posted...

oh god doing the classroom perfect was a bitch but I did it. Same with a puzzle game that I was only 1 of 61 who got that medal.

I never got past the 3rd level in the first game with the chick jumping out the window >_> I'm gonna try again tho lol

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spanky1 posted...

Ah so it is like street fighter where the first one was forgettable jank.

Yeah. The helicopter fires way too fast and you move way too slow. And there's a jump button but it literally doesn't do shit since you only jump like 3 inches in that game lol. Play it on Flashpoint for 2 minutes and you'll see what I mean.

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Newgrounds has the NG player for this.

It might just save it.

But it won't save those using DMCA shit.

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spanky1 posted...

hey so whats the deal with flash dying in December anyway? Ooooh wee, whats up with that?

Adobe is cutting support for flash in December. Since it's a constant security risk, smartphones don't use it, and everyone has moved on to HTML5 or Unity. Flash is too antiqued now but it'll surely be missed greatly >_>

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Oh crap, I forgot to put some cheats in the OP. Use these in Heli Attack 3 if you want to see mess around in it >_>

Unlocks all weapons - Up up down down left right left right b a select start
Unlock all levels - You are the moon master

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MI4 REAL posted...

Newgrounds has the NG player for this.

It might just save it.

But it won't save those using DMCA shit.

Adobe also has a offline flash player somewhere on their website too that works better imo

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