Английская Википедия:Harrier Combat Simulator

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Harrier Combat Simulator (also 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

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Gameplay screenshot (Atari ST)

Harrier Combat Simulator is a game in which the player assumes the role of a pilot in a Harrier-jet. 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

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. The 1992 Computer Gaming World survey of wargames with modern settings gave the game two stars out of five.

Computer Gaming World rated the game a 2 of 5.

Reviews

• ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - January 1990

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

External links

• Шаблон:Moby game
• Harrier Combat Simulator at Lemon64
• Harrier Combat Simulator at the Hall of Light
• Harrier Combat Simulator at Atari Mania