is a
vertical scrolling shooter video game developed by
NMK and released for
arcades in 1989 by
UPL in Japan and by
American Sammy in North America. It was ported to the
Mega Drive/Genesis
The Sega Genesis, known as the outside North America, is a 16-bit Fourth generation of video game consoles, fourth generation home video game console developed and sold by Sega. It was Sega's third console and the successor to the Master Syst ...
as in 1991.
Gameplay
The game is a conventional scrolling shooter, in which your mission is to penetrate a hostile communist military force situated inside Russian territory.
[''Task Force Harrier EX''](_blank)
at MobyGames The player takes control of a
Harrier fighter jet with two types of main weapons.
The first type can only shoot flying opponents, such as enemy planes and copters; the second, a bomb-type weapon, can only hit ground enemies, such as tanks and turrets.
The player can also acquire escorts to increase firepower.
Changing the formation of the escort fighters results in different shot patterns and also affects the maneuvering speed.
See also
* ''
Omega Fighter
is a vertical scrolling shooter developed for the arcades by UPL and released in 1989. While similar to most other scrolling shooters, ''Omega Fighter'' was unique in its gameplay, level and enemy focus: rather than flying over multiple levels, ...
''
Notes
References
External links
''Task Force Harrier EX'' game cover
1991 video games
Arcade video games
Cold War video games
NMK (company) games
Vertically scrolling shooters
Sega Genesis games
Video games developed in Japan
Video games set in the Soviet Union
Video games scored by Tenpei Sato
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