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[juice]

I don't think many people know about this great game. Well it was released in 1988 (yes you read correctly) by Micrprose inc. I'm sure this game was state-of-the-art when it came out as most games are. The graphics aren't too bad, better then I expected but the audio is a problem and can be very irratating. Imagine your PC speaker, if you have one, bleeping out the same high pitch sqeel for a few minutes - not very pleasent. Missions are good with four difficulty levels - green oponents which will never attack you, regular oponents which will make the occassional attack, veteran opponents which are skilled and fire at you evey so often and then my favourite the elite opponents which will gun you down as soon as your plane leaves the ground. Who knows about or has played this ancient relic?

[juice]

I guess I was right, no one has heard of this game Well it is old but never the less it is a great game. How about police quest 1? That is also a great game.

[delivi]

I've never heared of bothe the games that you've mentioned.

Please share more about them, I love to learn about games.

If you can provide some links and screenshots of these games so that we can konw about them more.

[blendergalactica]

Guess what, I still have it in all it's 5.25" floppy (when disks were really floppy) glory! I also have it's sucessor, F-117A Stealth fighter developed after they really knew what it looked like.

It was a shame to see the demise of Microprose and the end of PC military flight sims. I know the atari folks released Falcon 4.0 Allied something arouther last year, but this was Falcon 4 with the game engine fixed and graphics updated. Probably the last such true military flight sim that will be released unless the genre comes back in vogue.

[juice]

At last someone who has heard of these games! My computer teacher gave it to me (F-19) so I don't have the original floppies. Sorry I can't produce screen shots because I am really bad at those sort of things. GREAT GAME!

[Fulcrum]

juice, on Sep 23 2006, 10:32 PM, said:

I don't think many people know about this great game. Well it was released in 1988 (yes you read correctly) by Micrprose inc. I'm sure this game was state-of-the-art when it came out as most games are. The graphics aren't too bad, better then I expected but the audio is a problem and can be very irratating. Imagine your PC speaker, if you have one, bleeping out the same high pitch sqeel for a few minutes - not very pleasent. Missions are good with four difficulty levels - green oponents which will never attack you, regular oponents which will make the occassional attack, veteran opponents which are skilled and fire at you evey so often and then my favourite the elite opponents which will gun you down as soon as your plane leaves the ground. Who knows about or has played this ancient relic?

It is first air simulator that i has play, and even first PC game that i so. Even first my PC experience, that has begun my long way to became a 'computer god' as my friends and employers call me now. Really one of better simulation on his time. Also it has second release (About 1995 or 1993)- F-117 stealth fighter 2 with slightly improved graphic and additional maps, and clone F-15 Strike Eagle - same graphics and maps but you flow another fighter - F-15. Also, this simulator is one of first, so modern simulators have emproved graphic and effects, but better of its uses some ideas about game play and opponents activity like in F-19.
Just try "Lock On - Modern Air Combats" - your will find many common ideas in missions and opponent AI with F-19. One difference - phisic model is very close to reality so your mast have more skills to beat your opponents, even novices. Also weapon models is realistic to - it not engout to just release a chaff or flares to fulish missiles, especilally russian R-73 and R-77. Just try to beat MiG-29 and compare with F-19. Here your will find it a hardest of opponents.
By my own experince - i has beat team 2xF-15 + 4xF-18 (all ase level) that has attack me from tail in 2 minutes, but has unable to shut down a single MiG-29A that comes ahead. I has flow MiG-29A too. Close combat has go about 15 minutes mainly in vertical attacks. I has launch all my missiles - 2xR-73 and 4xR-27, but computer pilot has avoid all of them, i has avoid only 5 of his missiles

[iGuest]

I had this Game in 1998
F19 Stealth Fighter

Replying to juice

Where can I find f19 now I would love to have it again.

Tim O

[iGuest]

Replying to juice

I used to play this game alot and got quite good at it. I used to play the elite level and select the classifed missions; they were usually dropping off suppiles to rebel fighters or photo recon. I wish I could find a copy of this game. I would load it on my PC and play it again.

-reply by Rambo

[iGuest]

I still remember this great game
F19 Stealth Fighter

Replying to juiceReplying to juiceElite opponents are not so drastic as you say. I had regular landings after Soviet Union and European missions against elite opponents and usually finished all 99 missions as br. Gen. With all medals available beginning from DFC till Congress Medal. My hint was maximum low throttle + autopilot + change of waypoints manually. Altitude usually was not more than 165. Unfortunately I do not have DOS anymore :(

-reply by Girts from Latvia

[iGuest]

I really want to know where I could buy these games!! I loved those games. Thats because it was too complex for me to understand how to play those games! I mean they are too real (except for the graphics). But they did the best. I mean come on! It came out in 1988...Way before I was born. Just to let you know, I was born in 1990!!

-reply by Iceman