F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0

F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0 is a 16 bit combat flight simulator coded by MPS Labs for MS-DOS (1991) and Amiga microcomputers (1993).

Nighthawk is the follow-up to MicroProse's classic, F-19 Stealth Fighter (1988).

Nighthawk constitutes a solid incremental advancement on F-19 rather than a revolution in stealth-fighting simulation. Nighthawk is VGA stealth-fighting at its finest.

F-117 MS-DOS Version

The MS-DOS version of Nighthawk features 256 color VGA graphics whereas F-19 ran in 16 color EGA. However, the expanded palette only impacts the 2D bitmap presentation and sky color gradation, it has no effect on the polygonal graphics or even the cockpit. In fact, the cockpit in Falcon Flight Sim (1988) is graphically superior to Nighthawk even though it employs just 16 on-screen colors.

That said, Nighthawk is a more sophisticated simulation than Falcon or F-19. Also, its user interface was substantially improved in terms of presentation and tactility.

As with F-19 Nighthawk features three levels of conflict but replaces the four original scenarios with six new ones.

F-117A Scenarios

Central Europe, 1986
Middle East, 1989
Desert Storm: Iraq, 1991
Vietnam, 1994
Cuba, 1995
Korea, 1997

F-117A Mission Types

Air-to-air Missions
Strike Missions
Training Missions

F-117A Levels of Conflict

Cold War
Limited War
Conventional War

F-117A Stealth Fighter Armaments

M61A1 20mm Vulcan (six-barrel gatling gun-style cannon)
AIM-9M Sidewinder Air-to-air Short-range Infrared-homing
AIM-120A AMRAAM Air-to-air Medium-range Radar-homing
AGM-88A HARM Guided Missile
Penguin-3 ASM Guided Missile
AGM-84A Harpoon anti-ship Guided Missile
AGM-65D Maverick thermal-imaging air-to-ground Guided Missile
GBU-12 Paveway Laser-Guided glide bomb
CBU-72 FAE Laser-Guided explosive bomb
Mk20 Rockeye Re-Bomb
Mk20 Rockeye II Laser-Guided cluster bomb
Durandal Re-Bomb anti-runway
ISC B-1 Minelets Re-Bomb
Mk 82-1 Snakeye Re-Bomb
Mk 35 Incendiary Cluster Re-Bomb
Mk 82-0 Slick Free-fall Iron bomb
Mk 122 Fireye Free-fall incendiary bomb
CBU-72 FAE
135mm Infrared Reconnaissance cam
1,900 LBS. Fuel

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