H.E.R.O. (standing for Helicopter Emergency Rescue Operation) is a video game written by John Van Ryzin[1] and published by Activision for the Atari 2600 in March 1984.[2] It was ported to the Apple II, Atari 5200, Atari 8-bit family, ColecoVision, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum, and later the Sega SG-1000. The player uses a helicopter backpack and other tools to rescue victims trapped deep in a mine. The mine is made up of multiple screens using a flip screen style.