Author: mike

1942 Scoring / Points

Small planes are 30, 50, 70, 100, 150, or 200 points each. The small red planes that fly formations of 5 or 10 are 100 points each. Shooting all the planes in the 5 plane formation awards 500 bonus points. Shooting all the planes in the 10 plane formation awards 1,000 bonus points. In both cases, when the last plane… Read more →

1942 Gameplay

1942 is set in the Asian theater of World War II. The goal is to reach Tokyo and destroy the entire Japanese air fleet. The player (the American ‘Super Ace’) pilots a plane, and must survive wave after wave of Japanese air fleets, shooting down as many enemy planes as possible. 1942 can be played in either one or two… Read more →

1942 Arcade Machine

Main CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz) Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3 Mhz) Sound Chips : (2x) AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz) Screen orientation : Vertical Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz Palette colors : 256 Players : 2 Control : 8-way joystick Buttons : 2 Read more →

1942 General

1942 is considered one of the defining games of the vertically scrolling shooter genre. Among Capcom’s earliest games, 1942 was one of the most successful. The subject of the game isn’t hard to figure out. You play an American pilot pitted against the whole of the Japanese Air Force during World War II in the titular year. Following the format… Read more →

Bank Panic Gameplay

The player assumes the part of an Old West sheriff who must protect a bank and its customers from masked robbers. The layout of the bank is implicitly a circle with twelve numbered doors and the player in the center. The player can rotate to the left or right and view three doors at a time. The doors will open… Read more →