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As a flight sim fundi I am probably not the best person to review these types of games, I am biased.

Nighthawk F117-A is a wonderful game, from the wicked intro video through to the credits.

The style is simple, and the gameplay is easy enough to understand.

You 'log on' as a pilot name, and it keeps track of a career mode for you. Unfortnately every time you crash or get shot down and captured you have to make a new player. But the medals and awards as well as rank it gives you can be quite rewarding. It also keeps track of your kills for you.

The missions are area specific, if you choose to fly in the Gulf, you have to photograph Saddam Husein's palace, you have to bomb WOMD sites and hunt Scud launchers. The areas are Gulf, Europe, Vietnam/Korea and the Carribean.

The level of opposition is based on the area you choose, as well as the level of play. The level of play can be further enhanced by selecting Open War, where everything is a target, Limited engagements, where you can shoot at anything that detects and engages you, but collateral damage must be limited, and Cold War. Cold War are basically 'Black Ops' where you are technically at peace, but have to do recon missions, or assasinate a country leader or such. The idea is not to be detected by anything. You loose points every time a radar detects you, a person visually identifies you or you blow something besides the target up.

The F117 is also selectable in 'real life' or Microsoft mode. In Real life you only have 2 weapons bay, and not internal gun. This SERIOUSLY limits your 'shoot everything that moves' ability. You have to use stealth and cunning to get to your target. 'Microsoft F117' has 4 weapons bays and an internal 20mm cannon.

The weapons in the game consist of almost every weapon in the US Armed Forces inventory. You have 500lbs M82 dumb bomb, Laser Guided bombs, Maverick missiles, Fuel Air Explosive bombs, Cluster bombs, Harpoon missiles, Penguin missiles, AMRAAM's, Aim-9 Sidewinders, extra fuel tanks, recon cameras, you name it, they have it. Even weapons the IRL F117 isn't cleard to carry.

The more restrictions you place on yourself, the higher your score. But it all adds up to massive fun.

The only bad side is the STUPIDLY loud and high pitched engine noise. The rest are fairly good and enjoyable. But you can turn the engine sound off.

The post mission debrief shows you exactly where you flew and what you did.

The game is easy to play, fun to do (with careful stores management you can do the equivalent of shooting down an entire airforce - GRIN) and quite well done. Again, its 12 years old. Don't expect miricals in the graphics department.

KBK

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Very good review 20 points and keep up the good work.

grt lord_odin

Jeg vurderer alltid spillene etter når de er gitt ut. Å gi dette spillet 8 på grafikken er kanskje litt på grensen, men med tanke på størrelsen på spillet er det ikke så rart. I 1991 hadde de færreste spesielt kraftige maskiner, så bare å loade menybildene tok sin tid (256 farger...). Lyden har aldri vært microprose's sterkeste side etter min mening, men det er ikke så nøye når alternativet uansett er fm eller en dårlig Roland chip - bedre å bruke energien på selve spillet. Og spillet er meget bra.

('F117...' er egentlig bare en forbedring av 'F19 - stealth fighter' (trolig den simulatoren jeg har spilt mest - og fortsatt spiller) med mange av de samme kartene og oppdragene. Utviklingen i selve spillet er forbedret noe og grafikken er selvsagt forbedret, men 'F19' er også et meget bra alternativ.)

Husk at begge disse spillene må spilles med amerikansk tastatur (innspråk) - på xp må jeg faktisk velge engelsk (USA) som 'standard inndataspråk' for at kommandoene skal bli riktige - det eneste problemet er motorkraften - som betjenes med amerikansk + og -, det tilsvarer norsk + og \ og vil ikke fungere med disse spillene.

- Så : Start ; kontrollpanel ; innstillinger for region og språk ; språk ; detaljer ; legg til ; Engelsk (USA) ; standard inndataspråk - engelsk (USA) !
Det er ikke nødvendig å starte maskinen på nytt.
Det er mulig jeg er helt kokt, men dette er eneste måten jeg fikk spillet til å reagere på forandring av indataspråk. Kan noen belyse området ytterligere, så gjør gjerne det!

Jess...

I played this game many years ago when it first came out. I loved it then, and the years have done little to dampen my enthusiam. Obviously the graphics and sound are a little dated, but the gameplay is still fantastic.

The beginning menus to get into the game and start flying are very simple, and even a novice user will be able to get the hang of it very quickly.

Flying is another matter. Unlike most flight sims, you can't cruise around at 20,000 feet and get away with it. If you want to master the game, flying at 500 feet is a start, and I tend to fly at about 200 feet.

Stealth is the name of the game here, and simply flying in, destroying things and flying out won't work - you'll get shot down!

On the hardest difficulty setting, staying alive is EXTREMELY difficult - especially if you are flying in the Cold War and you must not get detected!

I would say that there tends to be a bit of tedious flying at the beginning of the mission, but once you get into the thick of things it's fine. Going back is always quite interesting as the enemy tries to catch you - especially if you run out of fuel! Trying to glide the plane with 20 km to the runway and no fuel is... interesting!

In conclusion, whilst there are several minor flaws, this is a great game, and pretty easy to pick up once you get used to it. A classic.

Wie auch schon im Vorgänger F19 Stealth Fighter hat man die Wahl zwischen verschiedenen Kriegsherden, in denen man sein Fliegerisches Können unter Beweis stellen kann. Besonderes Highlight war damals aus aktuellem Anlass die Golfkriegs-Kampagne.
Einziger Nachteil des Spiels ist, dass die meisten Missionen bei Nacht geflogen werden, sodass man von der schönen VGA-Grafik nicht sehr viel mitbekommt.
Dem Original-Spiel war die für Microprose obligatorische Tastaturschablone sowie ein über 100 Seiten dickes Handbuch beigelegt, welches Zusatzinfos über die Missionen des Spiels enthielt und der Spiel-Atmosphäre beitrug.

Bewertung:
Die Grafik ist sehr Detailliert, da das Spiel nur VGA unterstützt, und sogar auf einem 486er mit 1 MB VGA-Karte absolut genial und flüssig.

Das Gameplay ist wie bei einer Simulation üblich recht trocken. Man bekommt für erledigte Missionen und sonstige Abschüsse Punkte, und man kann im Militärischen Rang aufsteigen. Nach öfterem Spielen kommt allerdings Langeweile auf.

Der Sound beschränkt sich auf das Maschinengeräusch und die Waffensysteme, diese sind jedoch auch nur mittelmäßig.

Sem dúvida um dos mais emocionates dos simuladores de voo 'antiguinhos' :) Foi um dos primeiros que encontrei e sem dúvida que me manteve colado ās 14'' horas a fio!

A jogabilidade é do mais simples que pode haver, conseguindo um jogador dos mais básicos aprender todos os controlos em menos de um qurto de hora.

A piada vem depois! Tendo pacięncia e vontade de jogar isto dura, e dura, e dura, e dura, e dura, e dura!!! E demora a fartar o que ainda é melhor.

Os gráficos são bastante bons e, tendo em conta que a maior parte da acįão se passa ā noite, são bastante definidos. Em 1991 eram um portento do 3D!

Pena é o som... Fraco, aborrecido, irritante a maior parte das vezes. Eu sei que era a altura em que uma placa de som custava 'milhões' e por isso o som não era um 'must' mas mesmo assim acho que os jogadores merecíam mais.

De qualquer forma leva um redondo 8.5 (0-10) e deixa saudades!

Questo č il pių che naturale successore di F-19 sempre della Microprose. Ci spostiamo di stealth in stealth e ora saliamo a bordo del temuto F117 Nighthawk! L'impostazione rimane pių o meno la stessa di f19 anche nei comandi. Finalmente potremo mettere alla frusta la nostra 'nuova' sound blaster con dei veri effetti sonori!
Per chi ha giocato F-19 questo č il suo completamento naturale per chi F-19 non sa neanche cosa sia F-117 č un gioco molto curato e dannatamente appassionante. Regolabile nel livello di difficoltā ci permette di bombardare a tappeto sfruttando l'invisibilitā dell'aereo o di duellare nei cieli con altri caccia ,anche se il vero f117 non lo puō fare, ma si sa, l'importante č divertirsi e con questo gioco lo si puō fare alla grande!

Bilang isang computer flight simfanatic, itinuturing kong isang haligi ng flight simulation ang f117 kung saan ibinase ang ibang aspeto ng laro. Mula ng inilabas ito ay ito ang malimit kung gamitin kasama na ang f15 strike eagle 2. Maganda ang pagkakagawa, na magugustuhan ng isang na tipikal na flight simfan, at maging ng isang hardcore gamer. Ang kanyang graphics ay maituturing na superlatibo noong taon na inilabas sya. Ang kulang lamang ay ang paglalagay ng sariling mission editor o kahit gawin man lamang dynamic ang mission ng hindi paulit-ulit. Ang isa pang nakakainis ay ang tunog nya na mataas masyado, kaya masakit sa tenga. Ganun pa man, mairerekomenda ko ito sa mga manlalaro. Buti na lamang at mayroong ganitong site na, nagtatabi ng mga lumang laro, sapagkat gusto ko itong idagdag sa aking koleksyon na maituturing na isang magandang klasiko.