1942 (NES) Longplay
1942 is a 1984 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Capcom for arcades. Designed by Yoshiki Okamoto, it was the first game in the 194X series, and was followed by 1943: The Battle of Midway. The game was released to the MSX, NEC PC-8801, FM-7, and Sharp. A port to the Nintendo Entertainment System developed by Micronics was released in 1985 in Japan and North America in 1986. This version was also released at arcades by Nintendo through their PlayChoice-10 arcade machines.
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GAMEPLAY
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The player pilots a Lockheed P-38 Lightning dubbed the "Super Ace". The player has to shoot down enemy planes and avoid enemy fire: a single hit on the plane or a collision with another aircraft causes the loss of one life. During the game, the player may collect a series of power-ups, one of them allowing the plane to be escorted by two other smaller fighters in a Tip Tow formation. The game has "a special roll button that allows players to avoid dangerous situations by temporarily looping out of" the playfield. In addition to the standard high score, it also has a separate percentage high score, recording the best ratio of enemy fighters to enemies shot down.
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Timecode:
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00:00 Title Screen
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