F-22 Lightning II

F-22 Lightning II is a video game developed and published by NovaLogic for DOS. It is the first game in NovaLogic's F-22 series. A follow-up, F-22 Raptor, was released in 1997. A third and final game in the series, F-22 Lightning 3, was released in 1999.

F-22 Lightning II
Developer(s)	NovaLogic
Publisher(s)	NovaLogic
Platform(s)	DOS
Release	NA: September 25, 1996[1] EU: 1996
Genre(s)	Action, Simulation

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]

Reviews

• PC Gamer (1996 December)
• GameSpot - Oct 17, 1996^[6]
• PC Player (Germany) - Nov, 1996