Harrier Combat Simulator

Harrier Combat Simulator (also known as High Roller ) 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.

Gameplay
Harrier Combat Simulator is a game in which the player assumes the role of a pilot in a Harrier-jet. The player needs to become proficient in flying the jet, including its horizontal and vertical thrust and its advanced weaponry. The player pilots the only jet fighter that was not destroyed in a saboteur attack, and will need to destroy the headquarters of the enemy before they can launch a successful attack to destroy the Sixth Fleet. Most of the missions take place in Grenada, which was undergoing an American-led military invasion during the year 1984.

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. The 1992 Computer Gaming World survey of wargames with modern settings gave the game two stars out of five.

Computer Gaming World rated the game a 2 of 5.

Reviews

 * ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) - January 1990