1983 · Durell Software · Arcade · Flight simulation
Harrier Attack
A side scrolling game with the Harrier aircraft.
- Released
- 1983
- Platforms
- Amstrad CPCCommodore 64Commodore C64/128/MAXZX Spectrum
- Genres
- ArcadeFlight simulationShooter
- Developers
- Durell Software
- Publishers
- —
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- Side view
- Themes
- Action
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
About
Harrier Attack (stylized as Harrier Attack!) is a horizontally scrolling shooter released for the Oric-1 and ZX Spectrum in 1983 by Durell Software. Ports for the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 were published in 1984.
Media
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The player controls a Sea Harrier fighter, flying to the right over a scrolling seascape and landscape viewed from the side. The goals are to take off from a carrier, attack ships and land targets, avoid the occasional missile and enemy fighter, then land back on the carrier again. Although the game is a work of fiction, it was inspired by the 1982 Falklands War, in which the Sea Harrier played a major role.
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