Meanwhile I've got a city to tell you about:
Game: Harrier Attack
Released: 1983
First played: 1988ish
Personal rating: Just. One. More. Bombing. Run.
![[Image: harrier.jpg]](https://dl.dropbox.com/s/w1hamnclp7x1fmi/harrier.jpg)
Probably the first game I played to death. And what a lot of deaths there were! It's a side-scrolling Falklands War-based shooter, with even the lower skill level killing you time after time after time. Often at the hands of the very first enemy (annoyingly there were about ten seconds of flying every game before you got to be killed repeatedly by this guy). Each run lasted two minutes (often a lot less), but it kept me coming back for years.
In your state-of-the-art jet you could dodge enemy fire, drop bombs and fire odd guided missiles that would stay at the same altitude as your plane as you moved it up and down. I never quite mastered the art of bringing a missile down on the enemies heads, but bombing an enemy plane from above never lost it's appeal.
Getting to the final town with all the high-scoring targets was really hard, between the enemy planes hiding in the clouds and the temptation to get a bit close to the ground to take out tanks, but bombing the roof off those buildings was so satisfying. Then your Harrier headed home. Provided you hadn't bombed your aircraft carrier as you set off. In which case you would just fly on until you ran out of fuel and ditched into the sea.
Game: Harrier Attack
Released: 1983
First played: 1988ish
Personal rating: Just. One. More. Bombing. Run.
Probably the first game I played to death. And what a lot of deaths there were! It's a side-scrolling Falklands War-based shooter, with even the lower skill level killing you time after time after time. Often at the hands of the very first enemy (annoyingly there were about ten seconds of flying every game before you got to be killed repeatedly by this guy). Each run lasted two minutes (often a lot less), but it kept me coming back for years.
In your state-of-the-art jet you could dodge enemy fire, drop bombs and fire odd guided missiles that would stay at the same altitude as your plane as you moved it up and down. I never quite mastered the art of bringing a missile down on the enemies heads, but bombing an enemy plane from above never lost it's appeal.
Getting to the final town with all the high-scoring targets was really hard, between the enemy planes hiding in the clouds and the temptation to get a bit close to the ground to take out tanks, but bombing the roof off those buildings was so satisfying. Then your Harrier headed home. Provided you hadn't bombed your aircraft carrier as you set off. In which case you would just fly on until you ran out of fuel and ditched into the sea.
Completed: RB Demogame - Gillette, PBEM46, Pitboss 13, Pitboss 18, Pitboss 30, Pitboss 31, Pitboss 38, Pitboss 42, Pitboss 46, Pitboss 52 (Pindicator's game), Pitboss 57
In progress: Rimworld
In progress: Rimworld