Tonight at a glance
- Platforms
- Arcade · PC-8800 Series · PS3 · C64 · ZXS · x1 +5
- Mode
- Single player · Co-operative
- Age rating
- ESRB E
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- None
The story
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.
- Action
- Warfare
- world war ii - ww2
- shoot 'em up
- 1940s
- death
- flight
- high score
- airplane
- boss fight
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
Production
- Players
- 68 / 100 · 98 players
- Critics
- 80 / 100 · 1 critic
- Developer
- Capcom
- Publisher
- Capcom, Elite Systems, ASCII Corporation, Williams Electronics, Zemina, Zafiro
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
