''Joint Strike Fighter'' is a 1997

combat flight simulator Combat flight simulators are vehicle simulation games, amateur flight simulation computer programs used to simulate military aircraft and their operations. These are distinct from dedicated flight simulators used for professional pilot and milit ...

Innerloop Studios Innerloop Studios (commonly just Innerloop) was a Norwegian video game developer operating from 1996 to 2003. The company was founded as Innerloop Technologies in May 1996 by a group of ex-employees of the Oslo-based video game company Funcom. Af ...

and published by

Eidos Interactive Square Enix Limited (formerly Domark Limited and Eidos Interactive Limited) is a British subsidiary of the Japanese video game company Square Enix, acting as their European publishing arm. The company formerly owned ''Tomb Raider'', which was in ...

. Innerloop produced the game chiefly to be a showcase for their cutting edge

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, which they planned to license to other game developers. The game engine was later adapted to ''

Project I.G.I. ''Project I.G.I.'' (released in North America as ''Project I.G.I.: I'm Going In'') is a tactical first-person shooter video game. It was developed by Innerloop Studios and released in December 2000 by Eidos Interactive. The game received mixed r ...

''.

Gameplay

The game lets the player assume the role of

wing commander Wing commander (Wg Cdr in the RAF, the IAF, and the PAF, WGCDR in the RNZAF and RAAF, formerly sometimes W/C in all services) is a senior commissioned rank in the British Royal Air Force and air forces of many countries which have historic ...

of an unnamed western alliance campaigning in four different (fictional) war scenarios taking place in

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bord ...

, Colombia,

Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republi ...

, and the

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. The player may pilot either of the two prototype multi-role combat aircraft that contended in the

Joint Strike Fighter Program Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is a development and acquisition program intended to replace a wide range of existing fighter, strike, and ground attack aircraft for the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Canada, Australia, the Netherlan ...

: the

Lockheed Martin X-35 The Lockheed Martin X-35 is a concept demonstrator aircraft (CDA) developed by Lockheed Martin for the Joint Strike Fighter program. The X-35 was declared the winner over the competing Boeing X-32 and a developed, armed version went on to ente ...

(later selected for production) and the

Boeing X-32 The Boeing X-32 is a concept demonstrator aircraft that was designed for the Joint Strike Fighter competition. It lost to the Lockheed Martin X-35 demonstrator, which was further developed into the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. Developm ...

. The player is accompanied in air combat by up to three AI-controlled

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. Alternatively, the player can engage in pure

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ing against either the computer or human opponents through online

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and

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modes.

References

External links

* {{Eidos-stub 1997 video games Combat flight simulators Eidos Interactive games Multiplayer and single-player video games Video games developed in Norway Video games set in Afghanistan Video games set in Korea Video games set in Russia Video games set in South America Windows games Windows-only games