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== Description == | == Description == | ||
=== Design === | === Design === | ||
The helicopter is defined as a large aircraft, with a body design similar to a [[wp:Bell | The helicopter is defined as a large aircraft, with a body design similar to a 1990s-2000s NYPD [[wp:Bell 412|Bell 412]] [http://www.geocities.com/floyd_bennett_field/nypd.html] and bearing a blue-and-white [[Liberty City Police Department|LCPD]] livery similarly adopted for the game's police road vehicles [[Beta Releases#Grand Theft Auto III|early in game development]]. The helicopter comes equipped with a gunner or turret, which fires bullets from its underside, a search light that is commonly used at night, and a loudspeaker used by occupants on board to (hilariously) address the player. According to an [[Police Helicopters To Help Fight Crime|in-game news report]], the helicopters were only recently introduced in [[Liberty City in GTA III Era|Liberty City]] (circa 2001) to aid the police force in fighting crime. | ||
=== Behavior === | === Behavior === | ||
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== Replacement == | == Replacement == | ||
From GTA Vice City onwards, helicopters were redone and are controllable by the player. The [[Police Maverick]], in effect a police variant of the [[Maverick]], replaces GTA III's police helicopter. Despite apparent changes in its appearance, control and movement, all helicopters in GTA Vice City inherit many of the GTA III rendition's behavior and weaknesses. | From GTA Vice City onwards, helicopters were redone and are controllable by the player. The [[Police Maverick]], in effect a police variant of the [[Maverick]], replaces GTA III's police helicopter. Despite apparent changes in its appearance, control and movement, all helicopters in GTA Vice City inherit many of the GTA III rendition's behavior and weaknesses. | ||
== See also == | |||
* [[Armadillo]], a firefighting helicopter, also based on a Bell 412. | |||
[[Category:Vehicles in GTA III]] | [[Category:Vehicles in GTA III]] | ||
[[Category:Aircraft]] | [[Category:Aircraft]] | ||