Mancopter
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Mancopter is a computer game by the company Datasoft that appeared on the Commodore 64 computer system in the mid-1980s. The player controls a person piloting a helicopter-like flying device over an ocean, and apparently competing with other computer-controlled pilots. Although at first glance it looks like a racing game, there is actually no finish line and the goal of the game is not to pass other players but to gain a high score, which is accomplished by flying the farthest before time runs out.
The player flies the copter by rapidly pressing the fire button on the joystick. If the player stops pressing the button, or runs into some sort of obstacle, then the copter will fall into the sea. For a few of these falls, the player is saved by a whale who surfaces with the copter on its head and allows the player to continue the game. If the player runs out of "Fish," (which can be stolen or recaptured from flying pelicans,) then a "Jaws"-inspired shark eats the player instead and the game is over.
Mancopter was programmed by Scott Spanburg, and the distinctive music was composed by John A. Fitzpatrick.
