[aarongolliver]

I believe SF cave came before the helicopter game, and I'm sure if even that was the first of the genre.

http://www2.sunflat.net/en/games/sfcave.html

http://www2.sunflat.net/en/games/sfcave3d.html

3D SF cave is my favorite by far.

[jerf]

I'm pretty sure I saw something recognizably similar to this used as a sample program for the Commodore 64 in Compute's Gazette.

[rurounijones]

I played a game like this when I was in school around 1990.

I think we had a game like this on BBC Micros

[phaus]

Thanks. I'll have to check this one out. I guess helicopter game wasn't the first, which makes it even more ridiculous that people are acting like this is something new.