In the geographic map all the radar signals are visualized as expanding circles, and you can navigate your way in or around the sites. One such error is usually not significant, but repeated scans will have the MiGs and SAMs firing missiles at you in no time.īelow the TRAK at centre, the radar signal and your stealth level If the radar blip bars overlap with your stealth bar, it means they've caught a glimpse of you. Higher altitude generally means more visibility, and rolling the craft also increases your profile. The most interesting feature in the game is the radar threat indicator which displays enemy radar signal strength against your craft "stealth" profile. The Reverse Tactical View can also help getting it right.įor this reason I've felt it better to approach the airfield from about 2000-3000' as you can get a more angled camera view from up there. Using the camera becomes quite important when landing, because the ILS is not that good for seeing the precise alignment of your plane in relation to the strip. There's a bunch of functions that can be assigned to the two dashboard monitors.
You have to rely on the visual indicator at top. Some instruments are strangely lacking, there's no accurate numeric readout for your current bearing, for instance. The roughly 320 x 100 pixel area reserved for the main view is surprisingly crude, and although there's a world of detail compared to the C64 game, the visuals are not that far from each other from today's perspective. My version came in 5'25" floppies and should work on a 8088/CGA PC. The DOS version of Stealth Fighter is an older generation PC game. It's not perceivably faster and I have to confess the Spectrum's colour scheme does not lend itself to the tech-thriller stealth atmosphere so well. Glancing at it, it's a bare-bones version of the game, all the C64 features are probably there but with less graphics and presentation. Those Paul Klee rejects are the USS America and the supporting fleetĪ ZX Spectrum version existed, something which I had forgotten. Later, I used an Action Replay cart to store a mission starting point so I could at least practice more.
I recall it was disturbing to lose your craft early on and then having to load everything again from tape. I only have the Project:Stealth Fighter and the F-19 Stealth Fighter at hand.īack in the day, I bought this game on C64 cassette even if I knew it would not work very well. The simulation was once more revised into F117A Nighthawk, after the real stealth fighter became public.
It's worth noting the Amiga/ST versions are only slightly different from the PC one, with a different palette and dashboard graphics.
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