F-15 Strike Eagle II (1989)
F-15 Strike Eagle II is a 1989 simulator video game made by MPS Labs and MicroProse Software, Inc..
The F-15 Strike Eagle II takes the Eagle to four of the 20th century's most contested skies: Libya, the Persian Gulf, the Middle East, and Vietnam. Each theater brings a different mix of threats, from surface-to-air missile batteries to MiG intercepts, and your loadout must match the mission before wheels-up. The simulation covers 250,000 square miles of combined operational territory, models air-to-air and air-to-ground engagements, and arms you with a full complement of period-accurate missiles. Getting home is the secondary objective.
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What is F-15 Strike Eagle II about?
The F-15 Strike Eagle II takes the Eagle to four of the 20th century's most contested skies: Libya, the Persian Gulf, the Middle East, and Vietnam. Each theater brings a different mix of threats, from surface-to-air missile batteries to MiG intercepts, and your loadout must match the mission before wheels-up. The simulation covers 250,000 square miles of combined operational territory, models air-to-air and air-to-ground engagements, and arms you with a full complement of period-accurate missiles. Getting home is the secondary objective.
When was F-15 Strike Eagle II released?
F-15 Strike Eagle II was released on 31 December 1989.
Who made F-15 Strike Eagle II?
F-15 Strike Eagle II was made by MPS Labs, MicroProse Software, Inc. and Tec Toy.
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A few thoughts on F-15 Strike Eagle II
MicroProse's military flight sims from this period share a core commitment: authentic weapons systems, documented threat environments, and a mission structure that punishes the wrong approach. The theater-by-theater shift in enemy doctrine and hardware is consistent across the studio's other titles from the same years, and the same careful study of the manual applies to all of them.
Tactical shooters where every mission is a real warzone
F-15 Strike Eagle II sends you into four real combat theaters with a full loadout and no room for error, the same brief tactical shooters give their own operators. Escape from Tarkov, Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3, Insurgency: Sandstorm and Breach & Clear all trade the cockpit for boots on the ground, but keep that same mission-first, gear-matters tension.
Espionage and warfare across real-world flashpoints
Flying missions over Libya, the Gulf and Vietnam puts F-15 Strike Eagle II in the company of stories built around real-world conflict and its shadow side. Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War and Agent Kim Reactivated work the intelligence angle, Old Man's War imagines war fought across multiple fronts, Matahari looks at a spy caught between sides, and Living With War scores the fallout.