Airwolf is a pseudo-3D flight shooter developed by Beam Software and published by Acclaim for the NES, based on the 1980s TV series. From a first-person cockpit view, players pilot the Airwolf helicopter as Stringfellow Hawke across many missions, rescuing hostages and destroying enemy bases while managing fuel and ammunition with a machine gun, missiles, and a screen-clearing nuke.
How To Play Airwolf
Control
Action
D-Pad Left / Right
Steer the helicopter
D-Pad Up / Down
Raise or lower altitude
A Button
Fire missiles
B Button
Fire machine gun
Select
Decelerate
Start
Accelerate / pause
About Airwolf
Release date
NES (EU/PAL): August 1988 · NES (NA): June 1989 (the Japanese Famicom version, by Kyugo, is a separate arcade-based game)
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