F-22 Lightning II

1996 video game

NA: September 25, 1996^[1]
EU: 1996

Genre(s)Action, Simulation

F-22 Lightning II is a video game developed and published by NovaLogic for DOS.

Gameplay

F-22 Lightning II is a game in which the player pilots the U.S. Air Force F-22 experimental fighter.^[2]

Reception

Next Generation reviewed the PC version of the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "There are lots of interesting missions, and the flexible multi-player options are a real treat, but at the end of the day, F-22 doesn't live up to the real expectations of computer sim freaks."^[2]

The game was the best-selling military simulation in the United States for the first half of 1997 according to PC Data.^[3] The game sold 71,000 units in 1997.^[4] The game sold more than 350,000 units worldwide by April 1997.^[5]

Reviews

PC Gamer (1996 December)
GameSpot - Oct 17, 1996^[6]
PC Player (Germany) - Nov, 1996

References

^ "Online Gaming Review". 1997-02-27. Archived from the original on 1997-02-27. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
^ ^a ^b "Finals". Next Generation. No. 25. Imagine Media. January 1997. p. 182.
^ ""F-22 Lightning II" Flying High as Best-Selling Military Simulation; Stealth Fighter Still Topping Charts". Business Wire. August 21, 1997. Archived from the original on July 20, 2013. Retrieved August 14, 2022 – via The Free Library.
^ Dunkin, Alan (January 29, 1998). "NovaLogic Has a Good Year". GameSpot. Archived from the original on September 3, 2000. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
^ "NovaLogic forms alliance with the U.S. Air Force Memorial Foundation". Business Wire. April 2, 1997. Archived from the original on December 6, 2015. Retrieved November 13, 2022 – via The Free Library.
^ Macdonald, Tim Liam (1 May 2000). "F-22 Lightning II Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 14 July 2003.