F-117 Night Storm

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F-117 Night Storm
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Electronic Arts (US, Europe), Electronic Arts Victor (Japan)
Developer:
Genre: Simulation[1][2]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP
¥9,8009,800 EM20029
Sega Mega Drive
US
720801
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Mega Drive
EU
E263SMXI
Sega Mega Drive
UK
£44.9944.99[6][4] E263SMXI
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega Drive
BR
046290

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F-117 Night Storm, called F-117 Stealth Operation: Night Storm (F117ステルス オペレーション:ナイトストーム) in Japan, is a 1993 air combat simulator for the Sega Mega Drive by Electronic Arts.

Gameplay

F-117 Night Storm is an air combat game with the famous yet extremely secretive (and now, retired) stealth aircraft of the United States Air Force is its central point. Players will be sent to various trouble spots around the world to deal with problems ranging from drug dealers to assassinating real world figures with precision strikes. Players will also be hounded by a mysterious adversary named "Cowboy", an overconfident yet extremely skilled enemy mercenary pilot.

Because of the fact that F-117 was still a mystery back in the time the game was released, developers took some liberties from the real life aviation technology. As the players progress, new weapons and new variations of the F-117 will be avaiable, such as capability to carry air to air weapons and an onboard rotary cannon. (Real life F-117 was strictly a surgical strike aircraft with no air-to-air capabilities and it had no other variations.)

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English F-117 Night Storm F-117 Night Storm
English (US) F-117 Night Storm F-117 Night Storm
Japanese F117ステルス オペレーション:ナイトストーム F-117 Stealth Operation: Night Storm

Production credits

  • Game Programming: Chris Ebert, Chuck Sommerville
  • Additional Programming\Mission Scripting [sic]: Brian Krause
  • Game Design: Michael Kosaka
  • Graphics: Michael Kosaka, Alyson Markell, Ivaylo Vaklinov
  • Sound: David Whittaker
  • Project Manager: Susan Manley
  • Senior Producer: Paul Grace
  • Assistant Producer: Steve Matulac
  • Technical Director: Scott Cronce
  • Lead Test: David Costa
  • Voices: James Bailey, Susan Manley, Andrea Smith
  • Product Tester: Russell Byrd
  • Japanese Version Staff:
    • Game Programming: Yuichi Yamaguchi
    • Graphics: Toru Makiura
    • Assistant Producer: Noriaki Ogata
    • Producer: Ken-ichi Igarashi
Source:
In-game credits
F-117 Night Storm JP MD credits.pdf
[7]

Magazine articles

Main article: F-117 Night Storm/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #16: "December/January 1993/1994" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:
  • GamePro (US) #54: "January 1994" (199x-xx-xx)[8]
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
80
[9]
Ação Games (BR)
75
[10]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
68
[11]
Cool Gamer (RU)
60
[12]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
56
[13]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
80
[14]
Gamers (DE)
20
[15]
GamesMaster (UK)
45
[16]
GamesMaster (UK)
67
[17]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
50
[18]
Hyper (AU)
66
[19]
Joypad (FR) PAL
74
[20]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
85
[21]
Mega (UK) PAL
48
[22]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
86
[23]
Mega Force (FR)
75
[24]
Mega Machines (UK) PAL
86
[25]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
56
[26]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
72
[27]
Megazone (AU)
75
[28]
Player One (FR)
81
[29]
Power Unlimited (NL)
85
[30]
Score (CZ)
40
[31]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
50
[32]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
64
[6]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
83
[33]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
69
[34]
Sega Force (SE)
82
[35]
SuperGamePower (BR)
66
[36]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
67
[37]
Todo Sega (ES)
85
[38]
Tricks (RU)
81
[39]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
74
[40]
Sega Mega Drive
68
Based on
33 reviews

F-117 Night Storm

Mega Drive, JP
F117 MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
F117Stealth MD JP CartTop.jpg
F117Stealth MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
F117 Stealth Operation Night Storm MD JAP manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, US
F117 MD US Box.jpg
Cover
F117 md us cart.jpg
Cart
F117 Night Storm MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
F117 MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
F117 md us cart.jpg
Cart
F1117 NightStorm MD EU Manual.jpg
Manual
Mega Drive, AU
F117 MD AU cover.jpg
Cover
Mega Drive, BR
F117 MD BR Box.jpg
Cover
F117 MD BR Cart.jpg
Cart

Technical information

Main article: F-117 Night Storm/Technical information.

References

  1. File:F117 MD JP Box.jpg
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
  3. GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 220
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sega Pro, "Xmas Special 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 49
  5. Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 14
  6. 6.0 6.1 Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 66
  7. File:F-117 Night Storm JP MD credits.pdf
  8. GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 97
  9. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 76
  10. Ação Games, "Março 1994" (BR; 1994-03-01), page 30
  11. Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-05-07), page 19
  12. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 80
  13. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 36
  14. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 313
  15. Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 47
  16. GamesMaster, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 108
  17. GamesMaster (UK) "Series 3, episode 17" (1993-12-28, 24:00) (+7:25)
  18. Hippon Super, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-04-30), page 62
  19. Hyper, "March 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 59
  20. Joypad, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 120
  21. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 24
  22. Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 56
  23. Mega Action, "Christmas 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 15
  24. Mega Force, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-12-10), page 94
  25. Mega Machines, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-09), page 48
  26. MegaTech, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-21), page 56
  27. Mean Machines Sega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-11-30), page 58
  28. Megazone, "March 1994" (AU; 1994-02-23), page 42
  29. Player One, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 98
  30. Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 5, Mei 1994" (NL; 1994-04-27), page 37
  31. Score, "Srpen 1994" (CZ; 1994-08-01), page 59
  32. Sega Magazine, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-10), page 110
  33. Sega Pro, "Xmas Special 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 48
  34. Sega Zone, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-25), page 72
  35. Sega Force, "3/94" (SE; 1994-03-29), page 10
  36. SuperGamePower, "Abril 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 32
  37. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  38. Todo Sega, "Enero 1994" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 90
  39. Tricks, "Vypusk 7" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 22
  40. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 14


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