Task Force Harrier

Task Force Harrier[a] is a vertical scrolling shooter video game developed by NMK and released for arcades in 1989 by UPL in Japan and by American Sammy in North America.

The game is a conventional scrolling shooter, in which your mission is to penetrate a hostile communist military force situated inside Russian territory.

[5] The player takes control of a Harrier fighter jet with two types of main weapons.

[5] The first type can only shoot flying opponents, such as enemy planes and copters; the second, a bomb-type weapon, can only hit ground enemies, such as tanks and turrets.

[5] Changing the formation of the escort fighters results in different shot patterns and also affects the maneuvering speed.