Harrier Combat Simulator
{{Short description|1987 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Harrier Combat Simulator
| image = Harrier Combat Simulator Cover.jpg
| developer = H+H Software{{cite video game |title=Harrier Combat Simulator |developer=H+H Software |publisher=Mirrorsoft |date=1988 |platform=Amiga |version= |level=Title screen |language= |quote=©1988 Mirrorsoft Ltd, ©1988 Rod Hyde, Design: H+H Software, Code: Eigen Software}}
Eigen Software
Rowan Software (DOS){{cite video game |title=Harrier Combat Simulator |developer=H+H Software |publisher=Mirrorsoft |date=1988 |platform=MS-DOS |version= |level=Title screen |language= |quote=©1988 Mirrorsoft Ltd, ©1988 Rod Hyde, Design: H+H Software, Code: Rowan Software}}
| publisher = {{vgrelease|EU|Mirrorsoft|NA|Mindscape}}
| released = {{vgrelease|NA|1987|EU|1987}}
| genre = Flight simulator
| modes = Single-player
| platforms = Atari ST, Amiga, IBM PC,{{cite web|first=Jack|last=Warner|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98057130/the-palm-beach-post/|title=Lucasfim's Strike Fleet has feel of real warfare|newspaper=The Palm Beach Post|page=192|date=August 12, 1988|accessdate=March 21, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}} Commodore 64{{cite web|author=L.r. Shannon|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/26/science/peripherals-call-of-the-dogfight-beckons-armchair-pilots.html|title=Peripherals; Call of the Dogfight Beckons Armchair Pilots|newspaper=The New York Times|date=July 26, 1988|accessdate=March 21, 2022}}
}}
Harrier Combat Simulator (also known as High Roller{{cite journal |title=Back of the game box (DOS) |journal=Harrier Combat Simulator |date=1987 |url=https://www.mobygames.com/game/3883/harrier-combat-simulator/cover/group-2316/cover-253886/ |publisher=Mindscape |quote=C64 and Atari ST Harrier Combat Simulator are enhanced versions of programs formerly known as High Roller.}}) is a combat flight simulation game published in 1987 by Mindscape for the Commodore 64. Ports for Amiga, Atari ST and IBM PC (as a self-booting disk) followed in 1988.
Gameplay
File:Harrier_Combat_Simulator_Atari_ST_screenshot.png
Harrier Combat Simulator is a game in which the player assumes the role of a pilot in a Harrier-jet.[http://www.mobygames.com/game/harrier-combat-simulator Harrier Combat Simulator] at MobyGames The player needs to become proficient in flying the jet, including its horizontal and vertical thrust and its advanced weaponry. The player pilots the only jet fighter that was not destroyed in a saboteur attack, and will need to destroy the headquarters of the enemy before they can launch a successful attack to destroy the Sixth Fleet. Most of the missions take place in Grenada, which was undergoing an American-led military invasion during the year 1984.
Reception
Harrier 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.{{cite journal
|title=The Role of Computers
|last1=Lesser|last2=Lesser|last3=Lesser|first1=Hartley|first2=Patricia|first3=Kirk
|journal=Dragon
|issue=131
|date=March 1988
|pages=78–86}} The Palm Beach Post that year said that the game "would have been a pretty impressive simulator a couple of years ago", but compared to Falcon, Fokker Triplane, Gunship, and F/A-18 Interceptor, Harrier was "primitive" and "silly".{{Cite web |last=Warner |first=Jack |date=August 12, 1988 |title=Lucasfim's Strike Fleet has feel of real warfare |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98057130/the-palm-beach-post/ |access-date=March 21, 2022 |page=192 |via=Newspapers.com |agency=Cox News Service |newspaper=The Palm Beach Post}} Computer Gaming World rated the game a 2 of 5 in 1991{{cite web|url=https://cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_95.pdf|title=Survey|magazine=Computer Gaming World|page=123|date=June 1991|accessdate=March 21, 2022}} and 1992.{{cite magazine | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1992&pub=2&id=95 | title=The Modern Games: 1950 - 2000 | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=June 1992 | accessdate=24 November 2013 | author=Brooks, M. Evan | pages=120}}{{Cite magazine |last=Brooks |first=M. Evan |date=January 1994 |title=War In Our Time / A Survey Of Wargames From 1950-2000 |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=114 |magazine=Computer Gaming World |pages=194–212}}
Reviews
See also
- Strike Force Harrier, a 1986 video game by the same designer and publisher, simulating the same aircraft
- Rowan Software, the company that Rod Hyde founded after designing Harriet Combat Simulator
References
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/3883/harrier-combat-simulator}}
- [https://www.lemon64.com/game/harrier-combat-simulator Harrier Combat Simulator] at Lemon64
- {{abime|id=4930}}
- [http://www.atarimania.com/game-harrier-combat-simulator_s16869.html Harrier Combat Simulator] at Atari Mania
Category:Combat flight simulators
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Category:Video games set in 1984
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