- Welcome to STRiKE Software on the Web (since 1996). STRiKE offers extra add-on shareware mission sets for the MacOS, and PC version, F/A-18 Hornet stable of flightsims by GSC.
- Last update: 06 November 2000
- GSC has released four different versions and updates for it's F/A-18 Hornet flight-sim over the years. The latest release, F/A-18 Korea, featured a mission editor where users could build their own missions. Before that release users had to be content with a moderate number of "canned" missions. STRiKE Software saw the demand for more missions across the releases. From 1996 to early 1999 we released seven seperate mission sets changing over a hundred of those "canned" missions.
- Our STRiKE mission set releases are listed below:
- STRIKE! Missions 2.0 : Our first release was designed for Hornet 2.0. Hornet 2.0 was only released on the MacOS platform by GSC. We souped up the Allied and Enemy aircraft (more missiles/more aggressive) and added in some realistic effects to the SAM systems. We added enemies to the Network theatre and changed the training missions.
- STRiKE Korea '97 : Our second release installed into the official "Korean Crisis" add-on for Hornet 2.0. Again it was only released on the MacOS platform.
- SU-27 STRiKER : The third major release from STRiKE installed into the F/A-18 Hornet 3.0 version. This appeared for both the MacOS and PC platforms. In SU-27 STRiKER you fly the Su-27 Flanker for the IQAAF against the Allies.
- STRiKE 3.0 Missions (aka 'Violent Moon') : After the SU-27 STRiKER release we went back to changing the Allied side of the game. Missions became more complex with sometimes 2 or 3 objectives required.... plus plenty of theatre-wide action across all the missions. We had released a preview of these missions (placing the Network missions into the Kuwait area) for registered users. It was named STRiKE 3.0 LE and it is no longer distributed. You can still read it's old 'secret' page here.
- The TACTiCAL STRiKE sets : GSC released "Red Flag" which was an extra eight mission set for Hornet 3.0. We changed that set on two seperate releases turning it into a strict air-to-air Rules of Engagement training arena and a massive, and very dark, night-time arena. The Black Planet set has some very random features built into it. Those two releases are for registered users only.
- Mig-21 STRiKEBed : This release was for Hornet 3.0 as well. It is based on the premise of allowing the user to fly another aircraft in the sim... this time the Mig-21. The missions were the same as the ones in SU-27 STRiKER. It is the hardest of all the sets to complete as the Mig-21 in the sim has a limited chance against the determined STRiKE AI Hornets. Again it is for registered users.
- STRiKE Liberation : STRiKE misions for F/A-18 Korea are available on the STRiKE Liberation site. The STRiKE Liberation site contains missions for registered and non-registered users and looks at the more technical features of the missiles, AI aggression settings, and the SAM defenses. The Nevada theatre becomes a hostile offline arena as you fight F-16s and Tomcats in the small Desert Kings MacOS release. Registered MacOS users may need the latest Stuffit Expander to access the password dialogue on some of the mission sets.
- STRiKECat : F/A-18 Korea arrived with the addition of a mission editor. We decided to try and convert the Hornet to the new Tomcat with some success. We got as far as a MacOS beta (which works well enough)... then we put down our tools. The beta is still available for our MacOS registered users.
- If you wish to edit some of the missions in the earlier Hornet versions (MacOS only) and need some pointers then follow this link. I have placed online an old document I wrote in 1997 on editing the first training mission in Hornet 2.0.
- Thanks to all the people at GSC for their support and encouragement throughout all the releases.
- Finally... over the years the STRiKE site colours have gone from vibrant oranges to blues... now it is mostly grey. Old soldiers never die... they just fade away.
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STRiKE Software
