Harrier Combat Simulator
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| Platform(s) | Commodore 64[1] |
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| Genre(s) | Flight simulation[1] using a first-person perspective |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Harrier Combat Simulator is a computer game developed by Mindscape for the Atari ST in 1987 along with the MS-DOS PC and the Commodore 64.
Plot
The player is the pilot in this Harrier-jet flight simulator.[2] The player must master flying the jet, with its versatile horizontal and vertical thrust capabilities, and learn to control its advanced weaponry as well.[2] 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.[3] Most of the missions take place in Grenada; which was undergoing an American-led military invasion during the year 1984.[2]
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.[3] A 1992 Computer Gaming World survey of wargames with modern settings gave the game two stars out of five.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Harrier Combat Simulator at GameFAQs
- 1 2 3 Harrier Combat Simulator at MobyGames
- 1 2 Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (March 1988). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (131): 78–86.
- ↑ Brooks, M. Evan (June 1992). "The Modern Games: 1950 - 2000". Computer Gaming World. p. 120. Retrieved 24 November 2013.