Software:Harrier Combat Simulator
| Harrier Combat Simulator | |
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| Developer(s) | H+H Software[1] Eigen Software[1] Rowan Software (DOS)[2] |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Designer(s) | Rod Hyde[1] |
| Platform(s) | Atari ST, Amiga,[3] IBM PC,[3] Commodore 64[4] |
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| Genre(s) | Flight simulator |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Harrier Combat Simulator (also known as High Roller[5]) 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
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
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.[7] The 1992 Computer Gaming World survey of wargames with modern settings gave the game two stars out of five.[8][9]
Computer Gaming World rated the game a 2 of 5.[10]
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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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"
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Warner, Jack (August 12, 1988). "Lucasfim's Strike Fleet has feel of real warfare". p. 192. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98057130/the-palm-beach-post/. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
- ↑ L.r. Shannon (July 26, 1988). "Peripherals; Call of the Dogfight Beckons Armchair Pilots". https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/26/science/peripherals-call-of-the-dogfight-beckons-armchair-pilots.html. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
- ↑ "Back of the game box (DOS)". Harrier Combat Simulator (Mindscape). 1987. https://www.mobygames.com/game/3883/harrier-combat-simulator/cover/group-2316/cover-253886/. "C64 and Atari ST Harrier Combat Simulator are enhanced versions of programs formerly known as High Roller.".
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Harrier Combat Simulator at MobyGames
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 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: 120. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1992&pub=2&id=95. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ↑ Brooks, M. Evan (January 1994). "War In Our Time / A Survey Of Wargames From 1950-2000". Computer Gaming World: 194–212. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=114.
- ↑ "Survey". June 1991. p. 123. https://cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_95.pdf. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
External links
- Harrier Combat Simulator at MobyGames
- Harrier Combat Simulator at Lemon64
- Harrier Combat Simulator at the Hall of Light
- Harrier Combat Simulator at Atari Mania
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