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[5][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: (an additional page of credits added at the end of the above)
    • Game Programming: Yuichi Yamaguchi
    • Graphics: Toru Makiura
    • Assistant Producer: Noriaki Ogata
    • Producer: Ken-ichi Igarashi


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)[6]
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
68 [7]
67 [8]
45 №12, p108
67 №53
50 №1994-06, p62
85 №17, p24/25
48 [9]
86 №8, p15
86 №2, p48-50
72 [10]
81 [11]
50 [12]
64 №50, p66
83 №27, p48/49
66 [13]
Sega Mega Drive
 68
Based on
15 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
80
[14]
Ação Games (BR)
75
[15]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
68
[16]
Cool Gamer (RU)
60
[17]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
56
[18]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
80
[19]
Gamers (DE)
20
[20]
GamesMaster (UK)
45
[21]
GamesMaster (UK)
67
[22]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
50
[23]
Hyper (AU)
66
[24]
Joypad (FR) PAL
74
[25]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
85
[26]
Mega (UK) PAL
48
[9]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
86
[27]
Mega Force (FR)
75
[28]
Mega Machines (UK) PAL
86
[29]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
56
[30]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
72
[31]
Megazone (AU)
75
[32]
Player One (FR)
81
[33]
Power Unlimited (NL)
85
[34]
Score (CZ)
40
[35]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
50
[12]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
64
[5]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
83
[36]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
69
[37]
Sega Force (SE)
82
[38]
SuperGamePower (BR)
66
[13]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
67
[39]
Todo Sega (ES)
85
[40]
Tricks (RU)
81
[41]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
74
[42]
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
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

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 1bf67a07
MD5 36074c70a52f1dd2569ad309c6f7bc5b
SHA-1 906c7ac3ea3c460e9093d5082c68e35f1bb1bb0e
2MB 1993-12 Cartridge (US/EU)
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 ea6e421a
MD5 d89c8068197892bf9e8abd5fa9d8c61b
SHA-1 ded62d63676664c5b9e8a38e36ce1d2659d1c8d6
2MB 1994-04 Cartridge (JP)

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. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 66
  6. ↑ GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 97
  7. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-05-07), page 17 (19)
  8. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85 (87)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 56
  10. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-11-30), page 58-60 (58)
  11. ↑ Player One, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 98/99 (98)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Sega Magazine, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-10), page 110
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 SuperGamePower, "Abril 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 32
  14. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 76
  15. ↑ Ação Games, "Março 1994" (BR; 1994-03-01), page 30
  16. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-05-07), page 19
  17. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 80
  18. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 36
  19. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 313
  20. ↑ Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 47
  21. ↑ GamesMaster, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 108
  22. ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 3, episode 17" (1993-12-28, 24:00) (+7:25)
  23. ↑ Hippon Super, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-04-30), page 62
  24. ↑ Hyper, "March 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 59
  25. ↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 120
  26. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 24
  27. ↑ Mega Action, "Christmas 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 15
  28. ↑ Mega Force, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-12-10), page 94
  29. ↑ Mega Machines, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-09), page 48
  30. ↑ MegaTech, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-21), page 56
  31. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-11-30), page 58
  32. ↑ Megazone, "March 1994" (AU; 1994-02-23), page 42
  33. ↑ Player One, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 98
  34. ↑ Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 5, Mei 1994" (NL; 1994-04-27), page 37
  35. ↑ Score, "Srpen 1994" (CZ; 1994-08-01), page 59
  36. ↑ Sega Pro, "Xmas Special 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 48
  37. ↑ Sega Zone, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-25), page 72
  38. ↑ Sega Force, "3/94" (SE; 1994-03-29), page 10
  39. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  40. ↑ Todo Sega, "Enero 1994" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 90
  41. ↑ Tricks, "Vypusk 7" (RU; 1996-xx-xx), page 22
  42. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 14
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