<s>
F-19	B-Application
Stealth	I-Application
Fighter	I-Application
is	O
a	O
combat	O
flight	O
simulator	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1988	O
(	O
PC	O
DOS	B-Device
)	O
and	O
1990	O
(	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
)	O
by	O
MicroProse	O
,	O
featuring	O
a	O
fictional	O
United	O
States	O
military	O
aircraft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
16-bit	B-Device
remake	O
of	O
the	O
8-bit	O
game	O
Project	B-Application
Stealth	I-Application
Fighter	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
NEC	B-Operating_System
PC-9801	I-Operating_System
in	O
Japan	O
only	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
DOS	B-Device
version	O
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
platform	I-Application
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F-19	B-Application
Stealth	I-Application
Fighter	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
before	O
the	O
public	O
unveiling	O
in	O
1988	O
of	O
the	O
F-117	O
Nighthawk	O
attack	O
aircraft	O
–	O
which	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
sought	O
to	O
represent	O
–	O
and	O
carried	O
over	O
the	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
fictional	O
F-19	O
from	O
Project	B-Application
Stealth	I-Application
Fighter	I-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1986	O
F-19	O
model	O
kit	O
released	O
by	O
Testors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critically	O
acclaimed	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
followed	O
in	O
1991	O
by	O
Night	B-Application
Hawk	I-Application
:	I-Application
F-117A	I-Application
Stealth	I-Application
Fighter	I-Application
2.0	I-Application
,	O
which	O
finally	O
removed	O
the	O
old	O
,	O
fictitious	O
aircraft	O
design	O
and	O
instead	O
offered	O
only	O
a	O
new	O
,	O
much	O
more	O
accurate	O
model	O
of	O
the	O
real	O
F-117	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
choose	O
appropriate	O
ordnance	O
from	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
realistic	O
armaments	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
features	O
convincing	O
behavior	O
from	O
AI-controlled	O
units	O
such	O
as	O
enemy	O
aircraft	O
,	O
SAM	O
sites	O
and	O
radar	B-Application
stations	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
a	O
realistic	O
system	O
of	O
radar	B-Application
detection	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
varying	O
radar	B-Application
signature	O
is	O
visually	O
compared	O
with	O
the	O
energy	O
of	O
incoming	O
radar	B-Application
pulses	O
at	O
different	O
ranges	O
and	O
powers	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
endings	O
appropriate	O
to	O
the	O
outcome	O
of	O
each	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
completion	O
of	O
Project	B-Application
Stealth	I-Application
Fighter	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
by	O
designers	O
Jim	O
Synoski	O
and	O
Arnold	O
Hendrick	O
,	O
Sid	O
Meier	O
and	O
Andy	O
Hollis	O
were	O
brought	O
in	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
PC	O
conversion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
its	O
planned	O
30	O
September	O
1988	O
release	O
being	O
delayed	O
to	O
mid-November	O
F-19	B-Application
Stealth	I-Application
Fighter	I-Application
was	O
very	O
popular	O
,	O
selling	O
out	O
in	O
just	O
two	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1989	O
gave	O
F-19	B-Application
Stealth	I-Application
Fighter	I-Application
a	O
very	O
favorable	O
review	O
and	O
acclaimed	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
level	O
of	O
realism	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
to	O
master	O
this	O
program	O
you	O
are	O
going	O
to	O
have	O
to	O
do	O
your	O
homework	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
documentation	O
includes	O
tutorials	O
on	O
aerodynamics	O
and	O
flight	O
principles	O
,	O
radar	B-Application
,	O
stealth	O
technology	O
,	O
air-to-ground	O
tactics	O
,	O
and	O
air-to-air	O
tactics	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Smithsonian	O
National	O
Air	O
and	O
Space	O
Museum	O
selected	O
F-19	B-Application
Stealth	I-Application
Fighter	I-Application
for	O
a	O
1989	O
exhibition	O
on	O
"	O
Flight	O
Enters	O
the	O
Computer	O
Age	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
ports	O
won	O
the	O
Golden	O
Joystick	O
Awards	O
'	O
91	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
"	O
Best	O
Simulation	O
-	O
16	B-Device
Bit	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F-19	O
was	O
ranked	O
as	O
the	O
29th	O
best	O
Amiga	B-Device
game	O
by	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
in	O
1991	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
the	O
52nd	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
by	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
F-19	B-Application
Stealth	I-Application
Fighter	I-Application
was	O
awarded	O
the	O
Origins	O
Award	O
for	O
"	O
Best	O
Military	O
or	O
Strategy	O
Computer	O
Game	O
of	O
1988	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Best	O
Screen	O
Graphics	O
in	O
a	O
Home	O
Computer	O
Game	O
of	O
1988	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
