1942
Screenshot of 1942
Developer(s)	Capcom
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Designer(s)	Yoshiki Okamoto
Release date(s)	1984 (arcade) 2005 (PlayStation 2, Xbox, and PlayStation Portable as part of Capcom Classics Collection)
Genre(s)	Vertical scrolling shooter
Mode(s)	Single player, 2 player Co-op
Platform(s)	Arcade, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum, NEC PC-8801, Game Boy Color, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PlayStation Portable
Input	8-way Joystick, 2 Buttons
Arcade cabinet	Upright
Arcade CPU(s)	Zilog Z80 (@ 4 MHz)
Arcade sound system(s)	Zilog Z80 (@ 3 MHz) 2x AY8910 (@ 1.5 MHz)
Arcade display	Raster, 224 x 256 pixels (Vertical), 256 colors

1942 is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up made by Capcom that was released for the arcade in 1984. It was later ported to the NES, MSX, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, NEC PC-8801, Commodore 64 and Game Boy Color. It was included as part of Capcom Classics Collection for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 in 2005. 1942 is the first game in the 194x series, followed by 1943: The Battle of Midway. The NES Version was developed by Micronics. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... For the original NASA meaning, see capsule communicator. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For the original NASA meaning, see capsule communicator. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... 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1942 is set in the Asian theater of World War II. Despite the game being created by a Japanese company and staff, the goal is to reach Tokyo and destroy the entire Japanese air fleet. The player pilots a plane (dubbed the "Super Ace", although it is actually a Lockheed P-38 Lightning), and has to shoot down enemy planes. Besides shooting, the player can also perform a "loop-the-loop" to avoid enemy fire. For the Harry Turtledove alternate history series novel, see Pacific War (Harry Turtledove). ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a World War II American fighter aircraft. ...

Destroying a formation of red enemy planes will result in a power-up, there are different types as follows: Power Up, the Professional Organization of Women in Entertainment Reaching Up is an organization with the stated mission to promote the visibility and integration of gay women in entertainment, the arts, and all forms of media. Power Up provided funding and assistance to the 2003 short film . ...

• Two Machine Guns
• Destroy all planes in the screen
• Two Side Planes
• Bonus Points
• Extra Loops
• (Rare) One extra P-38

There are 32 levels, the ending of each finishes with the plane landing upon an aircraft carrier, receiving a debriefing and a briefing for the next mission. Players have to travel through Midway, Marshall, Attu, Rabaul, Leyte, Saipan, Iwo Jima, and finally Okinawa before reaching the ultimate goal, Tokyo. On the Famicom (NES) version, all enemies still displayed when it lands on the carrier will explode and earn the player points. This is not so in the Arcade version, which makes it very hard to attain 100% rating on level completion. Furthermore, be aware of stages that have the dreaded Japanese Mother Bomber Ayako (based on an actual Japanese bomber, see Nakajima G8N) blocking your way towards the end of the stage. You cannot clear the stage unless you shoot down the Ayako in selected stages. Each level increases the difficulty and planes become more aggressive as you move throughout the 32 levels. In computer and video games, a level (sometimes called a stage, course, episode, round, world, map, wave, board, phase, or landscape) is a separate area in a games virtual world, in modern games typically representing a specific location such as a building or a city. ... Four aircraft carriers, (bottom-to-top) Principe de Asturias, amphibious assault carrier USS Wasp, supercarrier USS Forrestal and light V/STOL carrier HMS Invincible, showing size differences of late 20th century carriers An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to deploy and recover aircraft — in effect acting as a sea... The Nakajima G8N Renzan (連山, mountain range) was a land-based bomber designed for use by the Imperial Japanese Navy. ...

Legacy

1942 was one of Capcom's first breakaway hits, eclipsing the company's preceding three titles (Vulgus, Sonson, and Pirate Ship Higemaru) in popularity. While not as popular as some of Capcom's series that would debut later in the 1980s (Street Fighter and Mega Man in particular), 1942 would become one of Capcom's hallmark games throughout the arcade era. Vulgus (J: バルガス), is a simple vertically scrolling shooter released by Capcom in 1984. ... Sonson is a video game by Capcom. ... Pirate Ship Higemaru is a Z80-based action/puzzle arcade game released by Capcom in 1984. ... Screenshot of Street Fighter (arcade version). ... Mega Man firing his weapon while in Shadow Mans stage from Mega Man 3 (NES). ...

Although not the first game to receive a sequel (with Pirate Ship Higemaru receiving a Japan-only console semi-sequel, Higemaru Makaijima, in April 1987), 1942 was the first Capcom title to spawn a successful series of sequels, with five titles in the 19XX line released from 1987 to 2000. Additionally, many of Capcom's other vertical shooters featured very similar gameplay to the series such as Varth: Operation Thunderstorm.

1942's longevity has shown through in many re-releases since its introduction, principly in Capcom Generations 1 for the Playstation and Saturn consoles. It was recently featured in the Capcom Classics Collection for the Playstation 2 and Xbox, as well as Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded for the PlayStation Portable. The Nintendo Entertainment System port of 1942 was released at Nintendo's behest on the Game Boy Advance as part of the NES Classics series (Famicom Mini in Japan). Capcom Classics Collection is a compilation of arcade games that was released by Capcom for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox on September 27, 2005. ... The PlayStation 2 , abbreviated PS2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3. ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ... The PlayStation Portable , officially abbreviated as PSP) is a handheld game console released and manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment. ... “NES” redirects here. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

External links

• 1942 at the Killer List of Videogames
• 1942 at Arcade-History
• 1942 wiki guide at StrategyWiki
• 1942 at GameFAQs
• 1942 at MobyGames
• 1942 at World of Spectrum
• 1942 page located at NES HQ