Harrier Attack

Harrier Attack
Developer	Durell Software
Publisher	Durell Software
Programmers	Oric-1 Ron Jeffs2 ZX Spectrum Mike Richardson2 C64 John Parkinson2
Platforms	Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Oric 1, ZX Spectrum
Release	1983: Spectrum, Oric 1984: C64,1 CPC
Genre	Scrolling shooter
Mode	Single-player

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.

The player controls a Sea Harrier fighter, flying to the right over a scrolling seascape and landscape viewed from the side. The goals 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 is a work of fiction, it was inspired by the 1982 Falklands War, in which the Sea Harrier played a major role.