Harrier Combat Simulator

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.

Harrier Combat Simulator
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]
Release
Genre(s)Flight simulator
Mode(s)Single-player

Plot
Gameplay screenshot (Atari ST)

The player assumes the role of a pilot in a Harrier-jet.[6] The player must master flying the jet, with its versatile horizontal and vertical thrust capabilities, and learn to control its advanced weaponry as well.[6] The player character is the only jet fighter to survive an attack by saboteurs, and must destroy the enemy headquarters before the Sixth Fleet is destroyed.[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

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. 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
  2. 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. Warner, Jack (August 12, 1988). "Lucasfim's Strike Fleet has feel of real warfare". The Palm Beach Post. p. 192. Retrieved March 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. L.r. Shannon (July 26, 1988). "Peripherals; Call of the Dogfight Beckons Armchair Pilots". The New York Times. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
  5. "Back of the game box (DOS)". Harrier Combat Simulator. Mindscape. 1987. C64 and Atari ST Harrier Combat Simulator are enhanced versions of programs formerly known as High Roller.
  6. Harrier Combat Simulator at MobyGames
  7. Lesser, Hartley; Lesser, Patricia; Lesser, Kirk (March 1988). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (131): 78–86.
  8. Brooks, M. Evan (June 1992). "The Modern Games: 1950 - 2000". Computer Gaming World. p. 120. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  9. Brooks, M. Evan (January 1994). "War In Our Time / A Survey Of Wargames From 1950-2000". Computer Gaming World. pp. 194–212.
  10. "Survey" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. June 1991. p. 123. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
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