''Harrier Attack'' (stylized as ''Harrier Attack!'') is a horizontally scrolling shooter released for the

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. Ports for the Amstrad CPC and

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were published in 1984.

Gameplay

The player controls a Sea Harrier 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 Durell Software games Falklands War video games Fiction about aircraft carriers Horizontally scrolling shooters Oric games Single-player video games Video games developed in the United Kingdom ZX Spectrum games