Operation Harrier - Atari ST / STE

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Published on June 28, 2023 4:30:00 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VjundS4PMI

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Operation Harrier (1990)

Duration: 9:46

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In this video, Operation Harrier, released in 1990 for the Atari ST by U.S. Gold.
Our intelligence reports that in an unknown arab country, someone is stealing nuclear material to build bombs and, as a pilot of AV-8B Harrier, we must stop it. After the initial setup we are ready to take off and complete the 5 missions, or die trying.
Graphically the game sports some nicely animated images, like the take-off sequence. The in-game sprites are much less detailed and the view is from the above. The use of the Rotoscape 360° rotating landscape technique when we move the joystick left or right is quite a good thing (it reminds me Psygnosis' Awesome) and the action is fast enough with no framerate drops. The audio is composed of a good digitied tune and few standard sound fx. The playability is good altough the difficulty is on the hard side, at least for me.
Here you'll find full intro, gameplay and game over.

All footage taken from original hardware machines and upscaled to 1080P.

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