F-15 Strike Eagle II

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F-15 Strike Eagle II
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: MicroProse
Sega Mega Drive
Ballistic (US re-release)
Developer:
Supporting companies:
Original system(s): IBM PC
Sound driver: Krisalis sound driver
Genre: Simulation

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
$59.9559.95[2] T-104036
Sega Mega Drive
US
(re-release)
T-104036
Sega Mega Drive
EU
T-104036-50
Sega Mega Drive
DE
DM 119.95119.95[5] T-104036-50
Sega Mega Drive
UK
£49.9949.99[4] T-104036-50
Sega Mega Drive
AU
FF1500SMC
OFLC: M15
Sega Mega Drive
BR
048090
Tectoy: Todas as Idades
Non-Sega versions

F-15 Strike Eagle II is the sequel to F-15 Strike Eagle. It is an air combat simulator by MicroProse for the Sega Mega Drive.

Gameplay

Players will take control of a United States Air Force pilot, flying a F-15E Strike Eagle fighter and take on missions across various campaigns. While some of the campaigns are based on real life air operations, some of them are fictional or hypothetical scenarios. Certain liberties also taken for the sake of gameplay, such as allowing F-15E to take off from aircraft carriers.

Campaigns

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Libya, "Across the Line of Death"
Based on the Sidra Incident and Operation El Dorado Canyon in 1986, this campaign will focus on targets in Libya.

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The Gulf, "Keeping the Sea Lines Open"
Taking place in Persian Gulf, players will engage the forces of Islamic Republic of Iran.

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Vietnam, "America's Longest Air War"
A "what-if" scenario suggesting what might have happened if F-15E was in service during the Vietnam War.

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Middle East, "Eagle vs MiGs"
Taking off from bases in Israel, players will engage forces of the Arab Coalition, mainly Syria. Players should expect to see number of MiG-29s which will be a worthly opponent to F-15E.

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Nordkapp, "Into the Soviets' Backyard"
This campaign will take players to the northernmost Scandinavia in order to defend the Norwegian borders from Soviet forces. Finland is a reluctant ally of the Soviets while Sweden, as usual, maintains strict neutrality.

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Europe, "Red Storm Raging"
Inspired from the late Tom Clancy's best-selling military fiction novel "Red Storm Rising", players will be quite busy trying to defend Western Europe from a full-scale Soviet Invasion. The Soviets will throw everything at the front, so players must stay sharp.

History

Development

F-15 Strike Eagle II was originally released for the IBM PC in 1989, with updated Amiga and Atari ST versions being released in 1991. This Mega Drive version derives from the 1991 versions, though makes its own changes to better suit console hardware.

This is the second attempt at bringing the game to the Mega Drive. Sega themselves had planned a port, showcasing their game at Winter CES 1990 and Summer CES 1990. Pre-dating the Amiga and Atari ST ports, Sega's version was derived from the original IBM PC version. The project was cancelled for unknown reasons.

Production credits

  • Original Design: Sid Meier & Andy Hollis
  • Design Revision: Richard Lemarchand
  • Conversion Programming: Chris Newcombe
  • Additional Programming: Jim Gardner, Paul Houbart & Mark Langerak
  • Original Programming: Adrian Scotney & Tim Walter
  • Conversion Artwork: Paul Ayliffe & Trevor Slater
  • Original Artwork: Mark Scott
  • Project Management: Dawn Hickman & Stuart Whyte
  • Audio By: Krisalis Software Ltd.
Source:
In-game credits


Magazine articles

Main article: F-15 Strike Eagle II/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Game Players (US) #0612: "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (1993-1x-xx)
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Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #11: "September 1993" (1993-07-30)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
85 [6]
Sega Mega Drive
85
Based on
1 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[7]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
50
[8]
Cool Gamer (RU)
50
[9]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
83
[10]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
50
[11]
Freak (IL)
68
[12]
Game Power (IT) NTSC
78
[13]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
85
[2]
Gamers (DE)
60
[14]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
67
[15]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
83
[16]
Joypad (FR) PAL
83
[17]
Mega (UK) PAL
66
[18]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
89
[19]
Mega Force (FR)
72
[20]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
82
[21]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
69
[22]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
76
[23]
Play Time (DE)
80
[24]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
80
[5]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
68
[25]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
88
[26]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
78
[27]
Sega Force Mega (UK) PAL
69
[28]
Sega Force (SE)
83
[29]
Todo Sega (ES)
79
[30]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
78
[31]
Video Games (DE) PAL
66
[32]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
50
[33]
Sega Mega Drive
72
Based on
29 reviews

F-15 Strike Eagle II

Mega Drive, US
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Mega Drive, US (cardboard)
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Cart
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Mega Drive, US (cardboard, Black& White Manual)
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Mega Drive, EU
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Mega Drive, AU
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Mega Drive, BR
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Technical information

Main article: F-15 Strike Eagle II/Technical information.

References

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  1. Sega Visions, "April/May 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 109
  2. 2.0 2.1 GamePro, "September 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 45
  3. Sega Force Mega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-16), page 69
  4. Computer & Video Games, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-15), page 109
  5. 5.0 5.1 Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 94
  6. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx)
  7. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 75
  8. Aktueller Software Markt, "Februar 1994" (DE; 1994-01-10), page 119
  9. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 81
  10. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "November 1993" (US; 1993-10-21), page 107
  11. Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 312
  12. Freak, "11/93" (IL; 1993-xx-xx), page 1
  13. Game Power, "Novembre 1993" (IT; 1993-1x-xx), page 127
  14. Gamers, "Oktober/November 1993" (DE; 1993-09-24), page 40
  15. Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 16
  16. Hobby Consolas, "Agosto 1993" (ES; 1993-xx-xx), page 96
  17. Joypad, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 154
  18. Mega, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 38
  19. Mega Action, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 10
  20. Mega Force, "Novembre 1993" (FR; 1993-11-10), page 128
  21. Mega Fun, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-22), page 28
  22. MegaTech, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 57
  23. Mean Machines Sega, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-28), page 97
  24. Play Time, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-08), page 98
  25. Sega Power, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-02), page 62
  26. Sega Pro, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-12), page 32
  27. Sega Zone, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-28), page 36
  28. Sega Force Mega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-16), page 68
  29. Sega Force, "8/93" (SE; 1993-12-09), page 10
  30. Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 84
  31. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 14
  32. Video Games, "10/93" (DE; 1993-09-29), page 102
  33. VideoGames, "September 1993" (US; 1993-0x-xx), page 54


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