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1942
1942 arcade flyer
Developer(s)	Capcom
Publisher(s)	Capcom
Designer(s)	Yoshiki Okamoto
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release date(s)	December 1984 (arcade)
Genre(s)	Vertical scrolling shooter
Mode(s)	Single player, 2 player Co-op
Input methods	8-way Joystick, 2 Buttons
Cabinet	Upright
CPU	Zilog Z80 (@ 4 MHz)
Sound	Zilog Z80 (@ 3 MHz) 2x AY8910 (@ 1.5 MHz)
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 the first game in the 19XX series, followed by 1943: The Battle of Midway.

1942 is set in the Pacific 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 (this way the game is historically correct). The player pilots a plane dubbed the "Super Ace", but its appearance is clearly that of a Lockheed P-38 Lightning). The player has to shoot down enemy planes; to avoid enemy fire, the player can perform a Roll or "loop-the-loop."

The game was later ported to the NES (developed by Micronics), MSX, NEC PC-8801, Windows Mobile Professional, and Game Boy Color. It was ported by the European games publisher Elite Systems to the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. The game was included as part of Capcom Classics Collection for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 in 2005.

Martin Bedard of Saint-Lazare, Quebec, Canada holds the record for this game with 13,360,960 points on November 19, 2006. Anthony Papamatheos clocked the iPhone version of the game on 20 October 2009.

[edit] Music

The music of the Commodore 64 version is based on the main verse of Ron Goodwin's 633 Squadron movie score.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Legacy

1942 was one of Capcom's first breakaway hits, eclipsing in popularity the company's preceding three titles: (Vulgus, Sonson, and Pirate Ship Higemaru). 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.

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, principally 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.

[edit] 1942: Joint Strike

1942: Joint Strike, is available for Xbox Live Arcade and the Playstation Network. The Xbox Live Arcade version was released on July 23 2008 while the PlayStation Network version was released on July 24 2008.

[edit] External links

• 1942 at Arcade-History
• 1942 guide at StrategyWiki
• 1942 at GameFAQs
• 1942 at MobyGames
• 1942 at World of Spectrum
• 1942 at the Killer List of Videogames