''Harrier Attack'' (stylized as ''Harrier Attack!'') is a horizontally

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released for the

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and

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in 1983 by

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. Ports for the

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and

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were published in 1984.

Gameplay

The player controls a

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fighter, looking sideways onto a right-to-left scrolling seascape and landscape. The aim of the game 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 was a work of fiction, it was inspired by the 1982

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, in which the Sea Harrier had played a major role.

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*{{WoS game, id=0002241 1983 video games Amstrad CPC games Commodore 64 games Oric games Horizontally scrolling shooters Video games developed in the United Kingdom ZX Spectrum games Falklands War video games Aircraft carriers in fiction Durell Software games Single-player video games