Harrier Attack

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title: "Harrier Attack" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["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"] description: "1983 video game" topic_path: "history/military" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrier_Attack" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 1983 video game ::

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Field	Value
title	Harrier Attack
image	Harrier attack.jpg
developer	Durell Software
publisher	Durell Software
programmer	Oric-1
Ron Jeffs
ZX Spectrum
Mike Richardson
C64
John Parkinson
released	1983: Spectrum, Oric
1984: C64, CPC
genre	Scrolling shooter
modes	Single-player
platforms	Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Oric 1, ZX Spectrum
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|title = Harrier Attack |image = Harrier attack.jpg |caption = |developer = Durell Software |publisher = Durell Software |designer = |programmer = Oric-1 Ron Jeffs ZX Spectrum Mike Richardson C64 John Parkinson |released = 1983: Spectrum, Oric 1984: C64, CPC |genre = Scrolling shooter |modes = Single-player |platforms = Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Oric 1, ZX Spectrum

Harrier Attack (stylized as Harrier Attack!) is a horizontally scrolling shooter released for the Oric-1 and ZX Spectrum in 1983 by Durell Software. Ports for the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 were published in 1984.

Gameplay

The player controls a Sea Harrier fighter, flying to the right over a scrolling seascape and landscape viewed from the side. The goals 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 is a work of fiction, it was inspired by the 1982 Falklands War, in which the Sea Harrier played a major role.

Reception

References

References

1. {{lemon64 game
2. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".

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