Harrier Attack

{{Short description|1983 video game}}

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{{Infobox video game

|title = Harrier Attack

|image = Harrier attack.jpg

|caption =

|developer = Durell Software

|publisher = Durell Software

|designer =

|programmer = Oric 1
Ron Jeffs
ZX Spectrum
Mike Richardson{{cite web |last1=Hague |first1=James |title=The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers |url=https://dadgum.com/giantlist/}}

|released = 1983: Spectrum, Oric
1984: C64,{{lemon64 game|name=Harrier Attack|id=1149}} CPC

|genre = Scrolling shooter

|modes = Single-player

|platforms = Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Oric 1, ZX Spectrum

}}

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.

Gameplay

The player controls a Sea Harrier fighter, looking sideways onto a right-to-left scrolling seascape and landscape. The aim of the game is 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 was a work of fiction, it was inspired by the 1982 Falklands War, in which the Sea Harrier had played a major role.

Reception

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