Eagle One: Harrier Attack is a 2000 flight simulator game developed for the PlayStation, by Glass Ghost and published by Infogrames. The player flies an AV-8B Harrier as the eponymous Eagle One of the United States Marine Corps Eagle Squadron against the Army of the New Millennium(ANM), who are attacking locations throughout the islands of Hawaii
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- Airstrike Impossible: A small one at the very end of the campaign,where a nuke is disposed of by precise hovering down and and up a mine shaft.
- A.K.A.-47: Played straight with vehicles but averted with some units like Apache helicopters.
- Ambiguous Ending: The ending implies that there are still remnants of the ANM around.
- Black Market: How the ANM acquires US and former USSR equipment.
- Chekhov's Volcano: Precipitates a rescue of trapped volcanologists.
- Cool Plane: The Harrier is a versatile ground-attack aircraft capable of engaging a hover mode.
- EMP: Used by the ANM along with cyberattacks to cripple Hawaii's defences for its initial assault.
- Damsel in Distress: Captain Veronica de Laro carries out spec ops missions for the Marines, but often ends up needing rescue from Eagle Squadron.
- Easy Logistics: Averted, with regular and Emergency Refuelling along with visiting loading pads to restock munitions.
- Escort Mission: Several, made worse by Artificial Stupidity.
- Four Is Death: Downplayed with Eagle Four, who gets shot down but gets rescued.
- Home Base: Various, from land airbases to carriers like the USS Armstrong and even a submersible carrier.
- It's Up to You: Unless you're escorting them, your allies are generally in trouble and Eagle One has to complete the mission on their own.
- Just Plane Wrong: Refueling directly via the nose.
- Mission Control: Done by Eagle Squadron's commanding officer Colonel Talbot.
- N.G.O. Superpower: The ANM is capable of fielding land, sea, and air units along with bioweapons and even a Soviet nuclear weapon.
- Nom de Guerre: Eagle Three goes by "Mad Dog".
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: Eagle One defies orders to save a fellow Eagle Squadron pilot who was shot down.
- Stock Footage: Used for the news report cutscenes that tell the setup and payoff of the missions in the campaign.
- Subsystem Damage: Leads to things like loss of radar effectiveness and fuel leaks.
- Superior Successor: The Super Harriers that the ANM deploys in later missions.
- Turn of the Millennium: The events of the game occur around this time, as reflected in the name of the antagonist organization.
- Unexpected Gameplay Change: Switching to a helicopter for a rescue mission.
