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Task Force Harrier

タスク・フォース・ハリアー

Description

A two-player vertically scrolling helicopter battle against various aircraft and ground enemies. Power-ups and additional weapons can be collected throughout the game. Waves end with either one or two "mega enemies" that require significant damage in order to be destroyed.

Task Force Harrier was produced by UPL in 1989.

UPL released 34 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1976. UPL was based in United States.

Other machines made by UPL during the time period Task Force Harrier was produced include: Arc Area, Ark Area, XX Mission, Ninja-Kid II, Mutant Night, Omega Fighter Special, Atomic Robo-Kid, Omega Fighter, Ochichi Mahjong, and Urashima Mahjong

Specs

Name	Task Force Harrier
Developer	UPL (United States)
Year	1989
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10035
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooting Vehicle
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
Dipswitch Settings	Task Force Harrier Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Joint
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player Ambidextrous
Controls	Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right) Buttons: 2 - FireBomb
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Video Clips

Task Force Harrier

Game Play

The game play is reminiscent of 1942.

Task Force Harrier KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

Images

Miscellaneous

Licensed to American Sammy for US manufacture and distribution.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Task Force Harrier Census

There are 15,387 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,716 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,516 machines (7,025 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 18 known instances of this machine owned by Task Force Harrier collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines. 16 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Task Force Harrier circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Manuals

Pinout and DIP switch settings - Task Force Harrier Manual — **Pinout and DIP switch settings**
(4 pages, 116 kB File)

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