[TAS] NES Tiger-Heli by adelikat & ThunderAxe31 in

This is a tool-assisted speedrun. For more information, see tasvideos.org/...
TAS originally published on 2022-12-31
Tiger-Heli is an vertically-scrolling shoot 'em up that was released for the arcades in 1985 and was ported to the NES in the same year. You control an attack helicopter that's out to destroy stuff that wants to destroy you. Why they want to destroy you is unknown. It is one of the first shoot 'em ups to implement the usage of smart bombs, which in this game destroy everything around you within a large radius. There are also drone attack helicopters that you can pick up that can fight right beside you.
adelikat ( tasvideos.org/... ) and ThunderAxe31 ( tasvideos.org/... ) decide to play one loop of the game, which is after landing on the 4th helipad, and do so in record time by ending input early enough for the game to still be won.
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Watch this run being played back on a real console ( • TAS - Tiger Heli by ad... ).

[@stevenkelley2842]

The track that invented the metal genre.

[@LightBrownRecluse]

I loved this game as a kid because of the music

[@ImSquiggs]

Same here dude, as soon as it kicked in I was brought back to my childhood haha.

[@Aoki85]

I was 6 when this game came out, and to this day, I still call it "Tiger Healy" in my head.

[@Darkman425]

Toaplan games certainly deserved better than Micronics to develop a port for them.

[@LIFEFORCEX]

"Micronics" was just a japanese high-school programmer boy with some assembly skills trying to earn some money LOL

[@hopedetour8397]

I remember play this game

[@Schimnesthai]

Toaplan always on my hear

[@christinethoms2693]

My favorite game all time

[@unknownhollow4141]

First I enjoyed the music and the comments. Then I realized how repetitive the music is. But after I stopped focusing on the music it became new and trippy again. What kind of magic is this?

[@mrbuck5059]

You have no bomb and no littld heli. What are you doing? I want this music played all night at my wedding dance.

[@sonicgenesis8154]

The auto scrolling is so slow for this game!

[@AZSprocket]

I played this game a lot as a kid. I didn't realize just how boring the NES Port was, and I had no way of knowing better.

[@landi2244]

Thats so unrealistic. The helicopter was driven to a location with the rotor installed.

[@TeddyBelcher4kultrawide]

A kid gave me this game I was confused he said it was worthless this is the First game I ever got from a random kid(January 88) 3 years late, I played it till I got kid Icarus from 86 but I got it and 88 because none of my friends have had it yet I’ve played everything else and I got the system Christmas 87