This is very much a Defender clone, with your helicopter zooming left or right over the horizontally scrolling defence installations to rescue the scientists. Enemy hits cause fuel loss which can be replenished by collecting the circular pods. Other objects which can be picked up include a shield, bomb (for destroying tanks) and bonus points. If you die, all the scientists you've been collecting are lost.

The background graphics are nice, as are the sprites, especially the soldiers. But your yellow helicopter is a rather unattractive splodge and the graphics never rise above okay. Gameplay is unoriginal and a bit tough - it's very easy to touch the joystick wrong and go crashing into the ground, particularly when manoeuvring to pick up a scientist. But practice allows progress onto later, graphically attractive levels. Nothing to compare with Dropzone or Insects In Space perhaps, but still worth a look.