Harrier Combat Simulator

Harrier Combat Simulator is a combat flight simulation game developed in 1986 by Mindscape for the Commodore 64. Ports for Amiga, Atari ST and IBM PC (as a self-booting disk) followed in 1988.

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Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Atari ST, Amiga,[1] IBM PC,[1] Commodore 64[2]
Release
Genre(s)Flight simulator
Mode(s)Single-player

Plot
Gameplay screenshot (Atari ST)

The player assumes the role of a pilot in a Harrier-jet.[3] The player must master flying the jet, with its versatile horizontal and vertical thrust capabilities, and learn to control its advanced weaponry as well.[3] The player character is the only jet fighter to survive an attack by saboteurs, and must destroy the enemy headquarters before the Sixth Fleet is destroyed.[4] Most of the missions take place in Grenada; which was undergoing an American-led military invasion during the year 1984.[3]

Reception

The game was reviewed in 1988 in Dragon #131 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 4 out of 5 stars.[4] The 1992 Computer Gaming World survey of wargames with modern settings gave the game two stars out of five.[5][6]

Computer Gaming World rated the game a 2 of 5.[7]

Reviews

References
  1. Warner, Jack (August 12, 1988). "Lucasfim's Strike Fleet has feel of real warfare". The Palm Beach Post. p. 192. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. L.r. Shannon (July 26, 1988). "Peripherals; Call of the Dogfight Beckons Armchair Pilots". The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  3. Harrier Combat Simulator at MobyGames
  4. Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (March 1988). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (131): 78–86.
  5. Brooks, M. Evan (June 1992). "The Modern Games: 1950 - 2000". Computer Gaming World. p. 120. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  6. Brooks, M. Evan (January 1994). "War In Our Time / A Survey Of Wargames From 1950-2000". Computer Gaming World. pp. 194–212.
  7. "Survey" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. June 1991. p. 123. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
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