Stealth technology is now available, what with the B2 Bomber and F117-A Fighters. The latter is the subject of this latest simulation from Microprose - only when they were designing the game, the plane was top-secret, and had a working title of F-19.

This oddly-shaped little plane is just the job for sneaking into places where it isn't wanted, blowing up a few enemy bases and cruising away, leaving the opposition perplexed as to where you came from and, indeed, where you went. After selecting your mission and difficultly level, all that's left to do is take off, complete the assigned task and return home.

If you're successful you'll receive a slap on the back and, if you were really good, a medal or promotion. Failure, however, brings jeers and derision from your colleagues in the bar - that's if you make it back to base at all!

That said, when you're participating in a conventional war in Eastern Europe and the full force of the Warsaw Pact is breathing down your jet exhausts, the action can hardly be called 'leisurely'.

The overall playing area is vast; if you thought that Falcon was big at a few hundred square miles, you'll be flabbergasted at F-19's half-million, split across the four highly detailed combat zones, riddled with SAM sites, enemy tanks, aircraft and so on.

An impressive sim, made even better value by the usual stack of bumph found inside Microprose's packages, F-19 Stealth Fighter offers an informative and exciting look at the USAF's sneakiest piece of kit.