Project Stealth Fighter

Project: Stealth Fighter is a simulation game from Microprose.  

 Commodore 64 (C64)

 The player can select from 4 campaigns: Lybia, North Cape, Persian Gulf, and Central Europe. Mission types depend on the conflict level selected (Cold War, Limited War and Conventional War). The player selects the type of equipment/weapons for the type of mission to be flown. Examples: A recon mission would require a camera and possibly extra fuel. A bombing mission would need the type of bomb required to successfully accomplish the mission.

The main aspect which sets apart this flight simulator from other flight simulators of the time is that it is the first simulator for a stealth fighter. The players has the role of a Pilot who has to successfully complete mission in enemy countries. These include spy missions, where the player has to enter enemy airspace and fulfil his mission without being detected by the enemy.

The game was considered to be a landmark in AI development on release. The AI would only pursue the player aggressively after he was discovered. SAM batteries and enemy fighters offer a very realistic and most notably believable behaviour, for the time. The radar detection was remarkable, as well. The outcome of a mission can thus take a totally unexpected direction, depending on the player's actions and the interplay of all factors, like radar detection. Possible outcomes include rescue by a V-22 Osprey, a report on the pilot's arrest by a Soviet news network, or a formal complaint by an allied or neutral nation, whose planes have been destroyed. The pilot's file records all mission points. Depending on the outcome of the mission, the following missions are changed, which gives the game the feel of a campaign.

The game shipped with keyboard overlays, a combat guide for stealth plane as well as detailed maps for the theatres of operation. These extras were not included with the re-release, which was published under the the title F-19 Stealth Fighter.

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