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is a
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video game developed by NMK and released for arcades in 1989 by UPL in Japan and by
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in North America. It was ported to the
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as in 1991.


Gameplay

The game is a conventional scrolling shooter, in which your mission is to penetrate a hostile communist military force situated inside Russian territory.''Task Force Harrier EX''
at
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 The player takes control of a Harrier fighter jet with two types of main weapons. 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. The player can also acquire escorts to increase firepower. Changing the formation of the escort fighters results in different shot patterns and also affects the maneuvering speed.


See also

* '' Omega Fighter''


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''Task Force Harrier EX'' game cover
1991 video games Arcade Archives games Arcade video games Cold War video games Jorudan games NMK (company) games Sega Genesis games Single-player video games Treco games Vertically scrolling shooters Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Tenpei Sato Video games set in the Soviet Union {{scroll-shooter-videogame-stub