{{Lowercase title|italic=yes}} {{Short description|1997 combat flight simulator video game}} {{infobox video game | title = iF-22 | italic title = no | image = IF-22 Raptor cover.jpg | developer = Magic Labs | publisher = Interactive Magic | director = | producer = | designer = Arnold Hendrick | artist = | writer = | composer = | series = | platforms = Windows | released = {{vgrelease|NA|July 18, 1997<ref>{{cite web|first=Kate|last=Hedstrom|url=http://headline.gamespot.com/news/97_07/15_imagic/index.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19981205133636/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/97_07/15_imagic/index.html|title=Interactive Magic Completes iF-22|website=GameSpot|archivedate=December 5, 1998|date=July 15, 1997|accessdate=July 30, 2022}}</ref>|EU|1998}} | genre = Combat flight simulator | modes = Single-player }} '''''iF-22''''', sometimes known as '''''iF-22 Raptor''''',<ref name=NGen/> '''''iF-22: The F22 Raptor Simulator''''' or '''''iF-22 Air Superiority Fighter''''', is a video game developed by American studio Magic Labs and published by Interactive Magic for Windows. The game was first released in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thecomputershow.com/computershow/previews/if-22lightning.htm |title=iF-22 Raptor Air Superiority Fighter |website=The Computer Show}}</ref> The game received an expansion pack, ''Persian Gulf'', that included a new campaign. Later, a compilation was released containing the main and the expansion, titled ''iF-22 V5.0''.<ref name="SecretService-5.0Review">{{cite magazine |author1=LMK |title=Data Disk - iF-22 V5.0 |journal=Secret Service |date=1998 |issue=58 |page=77 |url=https://archive.org/details/secretservice63199812/Secret%20Service%20-%2058%20%5B1998%5D%20%2806%29/page/n75/mode/2up |publisher=ProScript |language=Polish |issn=1230-7726}}</ref>
==Reception== {{Video game reviews | align = left | CNG = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Cirulis |first=Martin E. |date=August 1, 1997 |url=http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-1019,00.html |title=iF-22 Raptor |website=Gamecenter |publisher=CNET |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000816095510/http://www.gamecenter.com/Reviews/Item/0,6,0-1019,00.html |archive-date=August 16, 2000 |url-status=dead |access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref> | CGSP = 3/5<ref>{{cite web |last=Chick |first=Tom |year=1997 |url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/002/196/f22_review.html |title=iF-22 |website=Computer Games Strategy Plus |publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031210233038/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/002/196/f22_review.html |archive-date=December 10, 2003 |url-status=dead |access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref> | CGW = 3.5/5<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Basham |first=Tom |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_159.pdf |title=Raptor Unwrapped (''iF-22'' Review) |magazine=Computer Gaming World |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=159 |date=October 1997 |pages=249–51 |access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref> | GameRev = B<ref>{{cite web |last=Garcia |first=Thomas |date=July 1997 |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/32968-if-22-review |title=iF-22 Review |website=GameRevolution |publisher=CraveOnline |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040220154529/http://www.game-revolution.com/games/pc/flight/if-22.htm |archive-date=February 20, 2004 |url-status=live |access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref> | GSpot = 5.9/10<ref>{{cite web |last=McDonald |first=T. Liam |date=August 19, 1997 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/if-22-review/1900-2535431/ |title=iF-22 Review [date mislabeled as "May 1, 2000"] |website=GameSpot |publisher=Red Ventures |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050128122719/http://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/if22/review.html |archive-date=January 28, 2005 |url-status=live |access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref> | GStar = 71%<ref>{{cite magazine |title=iF-22 |language=de |magazine=GameStar |publisher=Webedia |date=September 1997}}</ref> | NGen = 3/5<ref name=NGen>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/NEXT_Generation_35/page/n205/mode/2up |title=iF-22 Raptor |magazine=Next Generation |publisher=Imagine Media |issue=35 |date=November 1997 |page=204 |access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref> | PCGUS = 65%<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Bennett |first=Dan |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/552.html |title=iF-22 |magazine=PC Gamer |publisher=Imagine Media |volume=4 |issue=10 |date=October 1997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991222150313/http://www.pcgamer.com/reviews/552.html |archive-date=December 22, 1999 |url-status=dead |access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref> | PCPP = 65%<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lindgren |first=Ian |url=https://archive.org/details/PCPowerplay-017-1997-10/page/n63/mode/2up |title=iF-22 |magazine=PC PowerPlay |publisher=Next Media Pty Ltd |issue=17 |date=October 1997 |page=64 |access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref> | PCZone = 75%<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Presley |first=Paul |url=https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_55_October_1997/page/n109/mode/2up |title=iF-22 |magazine=PC Zone |publisher=Dennis Publishing |issue=55 |date=October 1997 |page=108 |access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref> }}
The game received average reviews. ''Next Generation'' said of the game, "There's a lot here for the casual pilot, and something for the flight fan, but for the hard-core sim purist, it's just not anything to shout about."<ref name=NGen/>
The game shipped more than 400,000 copies.<ref>{{cite web|first=Jason|last=Rich|url=http://www.gameweek.com/feature/march15/imagic.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19980613194056/http://www.gameweek.com/feature/march15/imagic.htm|title=GameWEEK Interview: Interactive Magic's Bill Stealey|magazine=GameWeek|archivedate=June 13, 1998|accessdate=December 4, 2024}}</ref>
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==See also== *''iF-16'' *''iF/A-18E Carrier Strike Fighter''
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{moby game|id=/windows/if-22}} * {{moby game|id=/58241|name=''iF-22: Peacekeeping Mission - Persian Gulf''}}
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