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Harrier Combat Simulator

Harrier Combat Simulator is a combat flight simulation game published in 1987 by Mindscape for the Commodore 64. Ports for Amiga, Atari ST and IBM PC followed in 1988.

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Harrier Combat Simulator
DevelopersH+H Software1
Eigen Software1
Rowan Software (DOS)2
Publishers
DesignerRod Hyde1
PlatformsAtari ST, Amiga,3 IBM PC,3 Commodore 644
Release
GenreFlight simulator
ModeSingle-player

Harrier Combat Simulator (also known as High Roller5) 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

Gameplay screenshot (Atari ST) source ↗

Harrier Combat Simulator is a game in which the player assumes the role of a pilot in a Harrier-jet.6 The player needs to become proficient in flying the jet, including its horizontal and vertical thrust and its advanced weaponry.6 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.7 Most of the missions take place in Grenada, which was undergoing an American-led military invasion during the year 1984.6

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.7 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".8 Computer Gaming World rated the game a 2 of 5 in 19919 and 1992.1011

Reviews

See also

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

References

  1. H+H Software (1988). Harrier Combat Simulator (Amiga). Mirrorsoft. Level/area: Title screen. ©1988 Mirrorsoft Ltd, ©1988 Rod Hyde, Design: H+H Software, Code: Eigen Software
  2. H+H Software (1988). Harrier Combat Simulator (MS-DOS). Mirrorsoft. Level/area: Title screen. ©1988 Mirrorsoft Ltd, ©1988 Rod Hyde, Design: H+H Software, Code: Rowan Software
  3. 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.
  4. L.r. Shannon (July 26, 1988). "Peripherals; Call of the Dogfight Beckons Armchair Pilots". The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  5. "Back of the game box (DOS)". Harrier Combat Simulator. Mindscape. 1987. C64 and Atari ST Harrier Combat Simulator are enhanced versions of programs formerly known as High Roller.
  6. Harrier Combat Simulator at MobyGames
  7. Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (March 1988). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (131): 78–86.
  8. Warner, Jack (August 12, 1988). "Lucasfim's Strike Fleet has feel of real warfare". The Palm Beach Post. Cox News Service. p. 192. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Survey" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. June 1991. p. 123. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  10. Brooks, M. Evan (June 1992). "The Modern Games: 1950 - 2000". Computer Gaming World. p. 120. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  11. Brooks, M. Evan (January 1994). "War In Our Time / A Survey Of Wargames From 1950-2000". Computer Gaming World. pp. 194–212.
  12. "Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (February 1990)". February 1990.
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