You and daring fighter pilot "Super Ace" are engaged in realistic, thrilling and challenging high-flying battles with the enemy. Over land, on the sea and in the air, your own skill and dexterity combined with Super Ace's flying mastery, duel enemy pilots in fighter and bomber aircraft. 1942... It's airplanes taking off and landing on ocean-going aircraft carriers, disrupting enemy formations ready to attack, intercepting enemy air warriors you must defeat by blasting 'em out of the sky. Will it be victory? Or defeat? It's in your skillful hands!!!
IGDB / 6075
1942
1942 is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up made by Capcom that was released for the arcade in 1984. The goal is to reach Tokyo and destroy the entire Japanese air fleet. The player pilots a plane dubbed the "Super Ace" . The player has to shoot down enemy planes; to avoid enemy fire, the player can perform a roll or "loop-the-loop". During the game the player may collect a series of power-ups, one of them allowing t Show full summary
1942 is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up made by Capcom that was released for the arcade in 1984. The goal is to reach Tokyo and destroy the entire Japanese air fleet. The player pilots a plane dubbed the "Super Ace" . The player has to shoot down enemy planes; to avoid enemy fire, the player can perform a roll or "loop-the-loop". 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.
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GameplayCombat-focused
Game modeCo-op
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GameplayCombat-focused
Game modeCo-op
GenreArcade
GenreShooter
ThemeAction
ThemeWarfare
Trait1940s
Traitairplane
Traitauto-scrolling levels
Traitboss fight
Traitdeath
Traitfascism
Traitflight
Traithigh score
Traitnumerical title
Traitpreviously on - gametap
Traitshoot 'em up
Traitupgradeable vehicles
Traitvertical scrolling
Traitwii virtual console
Traitworld war ii - ww2
Traityear in the title
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- Capcom
- Publisher
- Elite Systems, Capcom, ASCII Corporation, Williams Electronics, Zemina, Zafiro
- Franchise
- Standalone
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- Co-operative, Single player
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Themes
- Action, Warfare
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- ZX Spectrum 1986
- Amstrad CPC 1986
- Wii Dec 21, 2010
- Commodore C64/128/MAX 1986
- Sharp X1 1987
- Commodore C64/128/MAX 1987
- FM-7 1987
- MSX 1986
- PlayStation 3 Apr 30, 2013
- Wii Jan 21, 2011
- Wii Jan 24, 2011
- Arcade Jun 1985
- Arcade May 1985
- Arcade Dec 1984
- PC-8800 Series Feb 1987
- MSX 1987
- MSX2 1986
- MSX2 1987
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