Night Hawk: F-117A Stealth Fighter 2.0
Encyclopedia
Night Hawk: F-117A Stealth Fighter 2.0 is the 1991 sequel
to the Cold War
flight simulator
video game F-19 Stealth Fighter
.
The original PC game was updated with a corrected aircraft model once the F-117 Nighthawk
was declassified and with 256-color VGA
graphics instead of the original's 16-color EGA
, among other changes. The new game introduced new theatres of warfare such as Cuba
and Operation Desert Storm - in the wake of the Persian Gulf War
, the Iraq
is were no longer the allied nation that they had been in the previous game.
and Macintosh
computers in 1993-1994. The 3-D engine was also optimised and used to create the graphics for Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the Pacific
in 1992.
and scored 92% from Amiga Format
. Most of other reviews were less enthusiastic, but usually with the ratings still over 80%.
Sequel
A sequel is a narrative, documental, or other work of literature, film, theatre, or music that continues the story of or expands upon issues presented in some previous work...
to the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
flight simulator
Flight simulator
A flight simulator is a device that artificially re-creates aircraft flight and various aspects of the flight environment. This includes the equations that govern how aircraft fly, how they react to applications of their controls and other aircraft systems, and how they react to the external...
video game F-19 Stealth Fighter
F-19 Stealth Fighter
F-19 Stealth Fighter is a combat flight simulator released in 1988 and 1990 by MicroProse, featuring a fictional United States military aircraft...
.
The original PC game was updated with a corrected aircraft model once the F-117 Nighthawk
F-117 Nighthawk
The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk was a single-seat, twin-engine stealth ground-attack aircraft formerly operated by the United States Air Force . The F-117A's first flight was in 1981, and it achieved initial operating capability status in October 1983...
was declassified and with 256-color VGA
Video Graphics Array
Video Graphics Array refers specifically to the display hardware first introduced with the IBM PS/2 line of computers in 1987, but through its widespread adoption has also come to mean either an analog computer display standard, the 15-pin D-subminiature VGA connector or the 640×480 resolution...
graphics instead of the original's 16-color EGA
Enhanced Graphics Adapter
The Enhanced Graphics Adapter is the IBM PC computer display standard specification which is between CGA and VGA in terms of color and space resolution. Introduced in October 1984 by IBM shortly after its new PC/AT, EGA produces a display of 16 simultaneous colors from a palette of 64 at a...
, among other changes. The new game introduced new theatres of warfare such as Cuba
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
and Operation Desert Storm - in the wake of the Persian Gulf War
Gulf War
The Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...
, the Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
is were no longer the allied nation that they had been in the previous game.
Ports and legacy
The game was ported to AmigaAmiga
The Amiga is a family of personal computers that was sold by Commodore in the 1980s and 1990s. The first model was launched in 1985 as a high-end home computer and became popular for its graphical, audio and multi-tasking abilities...
and Macintosh
Macintosh
The Macintosh , or Mac, is a series of several lines of personal computers designed, developed, and marketed by Apple Inc. The first Macintosh was introduced by Apple's then-chairman Steve Jobs on January 24, 1984; it was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a...
computers in 1993-1994. The 3-D engine was also optimised and used to create the graphics for Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the Pacific
Task Force 1942
Task Force 1942: Surface Naval Action in the South Pacific is a DOS PC game, released by MPS Labs in 1992.The game is a surface naval simulation which allows the player to operate single ships or a task force made up of ships, from the United States Navy , Royal Australian Navy and Royal...
in 1992.
Reception
The game received the rating of 93% by Computer and Video GamesComputer and video games
A video game is an electronic game that involves human interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device, but following popularization of the term "video game", it now implies any type of...
and scored 92% from Amiga Format
Amiga Format
Amiga Format was a British computer magazine for Amiga computers, published by Future Publishing. The magazine lasted 136 issues from 1989 to 2000. The magazine was formed when, in the wake of selling ACE to EMAP, Future split the dual-format title ST/Amiga Format into two separate publications...
. Most of other reviews were less enthusiastic, but usually with the ratings still over 80%.