F-22 Lightning II

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F-22 Lightning II
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Developer(s) NovaLogic
Publisher(s) NovaLogic
Series F-22
Platform(s) DOS
Release
  • 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.

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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]

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  2. 1 2 "Finals". Next Generation . No. 25. Imagine Media. January 1997. p. 182.
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