Helichecker 1.1

It took me a while to figure this game out, no wonder, in spite of the English title screen and main menu, what documentation there is is in Russian. It's a vocabulary game, obviously designed for Russian kids learning English.

After the main menu you have a choice of topics (in Russian). Having chosen one, you come to the game screen proper. In front of a VGA landscape there are a couple of English words pertaining to the topic you have chosen. The words are like floating platforms. You control a small helicopter, and your task is to land it on the platform that matches the Russian word displayed at the top. Once you have made your choice and landed the helicopter (to a certain degree, it follows the laws of physics, so there is a minor skill element as well, but you can never crash it), you hit the space bar. If your choice was wrong, the helicopter will explode, and you lose one of your five lifes. If your choice was right, it will dissolve with a more pleasant animation. In any case, the next Russian word will be displayed.

Since I don't speak Russian, I couldn't play the game for very long. I don't know if there's some scoring system, and I don't know what the difference between the red and blue word platforms is. But it's a nice little game. Don't forget that it works both ways: while designed to help Russians learn English, you could just as well use it to learn Russian. And be sure to check out the credits screen, it is worth seeing.

Steckbrief

• Author: Alexey Tokarev
• Year: 1997
• Country of Origin:

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• Helichecker 1.1 (218kB, RAR)