Task Force Harrier EX
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Task Force Harrier EX | |||||
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||
Publisher: Treco | |||||
Developer: UPL Treco | |||||
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up | |||||
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Task Force Harrier is a relatively little-known 1989 arcade shoot-'em-up by UPL ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1991 by Treco and released exclusively in the US and Japan as the much more well-known Task Force Harrier EX (タスクフォースハリアーEX).
A communist group comes out of hiding and begin conquering the world, alerting the UN to call out Falcon, a noted fighter pilot, to stop them; however the communists have already readied their freedom-destroying superbomber, the TU-190, to launch towards the US, making Falcon's job more rash. Consequently he is given the Falcon V, an experimental airship, for this job.
shoots. fires a bomb (you have a limited supply). Some powerups can be arranged around the ship in a variety of formations; use to cycle through them.