Released in December 1984, 1942 was the first game that Okamoto designed at Capcom. 1942 was also the first Capcom title to spawn a successful series of sequels, with 6 titles in the 19XX line released from 1984 to 2000.
Stage names :
Stages 32 – 29 : Midway
Stages 28 – 25 : Marshall
Stages 24 – 21 : Attu
Stages 20 – 17 : Rabaul
Stages 16 – 13 : Leyte
Stages 12 – 09 : Saipan
Stages 08 – 05 : Iwojima
Stages 04 – 01 : Okinawa
After the last boss plane on stage 02 is destroyed the screen displays:
CONGRATULATION
YOU ARE THE BEST OF PLAYER !
FIGHT LAST ONE STAGE
Stage 01 is displayed as LAST STAGE.
After the last stage is complete the screen displays :
WE GIVE UP!
SPECIAL BONUS
10,000,000 PTS
GAME OVER
PRESENTED BY CAPCOM
PS. HOPE OUR NEXT GAME.
(c) CAPCOM
Default High-score table (‘Top 5 ranking score!!’) :
TOP 40000 (c) CAPCOM 0
2ND 35000 ALL 0
3RD 30000 RIGHT 0
4TH 25000 RESERVED 0
5TH 20000 EXEDEXES 0
In the default high-score table, some previous Capcom Games appear. Since the Demo Mode only shows the top five, you need to play the game and to make a score of approximately 10,000 points (To enter in the top ten).
The number 5 (20,000 points) appears as ‘EXEDEXES’.
Number 6 is ‘VULGUS’ (9,999 points).
Number 7 is ‘SONSON’ (8,888 points).
Number 8 is ‘HIGEMARU’ (7,777 points).
Number 9 is again ‘EXEDEXES’ (6,666 points).
Martin Bedard of Saint-Lazare, Quebec, Canada holds the record for this game with 13,360,960 points on November 19, 2006.
Soundtrack album releases :
Capcom Game Music (28XA-94)(08/25/86) [Alfa Record]
Capcom Game Music [Reprint] (SCDC-00193) (06/19/2002) [Scitron Discs]
Legend of Game Music~Premium Box (SCDC-00410~7) (03/24/2005) [Scitron Discs]
1942 was designed by Yoshiki Okamoto. Okamoto designed two games while at Konami: Time Pilot and Gyruss. He later went to Capcom where he also designed 1943 The Battle Of Midway, Final Fight, and the Street Fighter series of games.