| Harrier Attack | |
| Developer: | Durell Software |
| Publisher: | Durell Software |
| Programmer: | Oric 1 Ron Jeffs ZX Spectrum Mike Richardson[1] |
| 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.
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 Falklands War, in which the Sea Harrier had played a major role.