Composer(s) Ken Lagace Initial release date 1987 Developer MicroProse Genre Combat flight simulator | Mode(s) Single player Series Stealth Fighter Publisher MicroProse Platforms Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum | |
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Designer(s) Jim Synoski
Arnold Hendrick Programmer(s) Jim Synoski
Dan Chang
Gregg Tavares Artist(s) Michael Haire
Michele Mahan Similar MicroProse games, Combat flight simulators, Other games | ||
Project stealth fighter microprose 1987
Project Stealth Fighter is a combat flight simulator released in 1987 by MicroProse, featuring a fictional United States military aircraft. During the time of the game's release there was heavy speculation surrounding a missing aircraft in the United States Air Force's numbering system, the F-19. Project Stealth Fighter was later remade for the 16-bit systems as F-19 Stealth Fighter with much improved graphics.
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Project stealth fighter
Gameplay
In the game, the player take on the role of a fictional fighter pilot flying missions of varying difficulty over four geographic locations: Libya, the Persian Gulf, the North Cape, and Central Europe.
Reception
The game was critically acclaimed. Computer Gaming World stated that Project Stealth Fighter pushed the limits of 8-bit hardware (noting the resulting great difficulty in landing at airfields) but concluded favorably: "Timely? It couldn't be more so. Realistic? Yes ... Challenging? Definitely!" Compute! called the game "a superlative flight simulator". It praised the graphics, stating that they improved on those of the company's F-15 Strike Eagle. The magazine concluded, "if you're to have only one flight simulator in your library, let it be this one ... Project: Stealth Fighter is Microprose's best". The ZX Spectrum version's review in Your Sinclair called it "the best Speccy flight sim to date". The Commodore 64 version's review in Zzap!64 stated "Project Stealth Fighter is excellent, and sets new standards to which other must now aspire." ACE stated the game as cerntainly enjoyable and the rating for C64 version is 863 out of 1000.
The game was nominated for the Golden Joystick Awards '88 in the category "Best Simulation - 8 Bit". The game has got the best simulation prize in Coommodore User