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1943: The Battle of Midway

by Capcom

1987
ShooterArcade

Boss Battles · Historical · Military

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About

The game is set in the Pacific theater of World War II, off the coast of the Midway Atoll. The goal is to attack the Japanese Air Fleet that bombed the players' American Aircraft Carrier, pursue all Japanese Air and Sea forces, fly through the 16 levels of play, make their way to the Japanese battleship Yamato and destroy her. 11 Levels consist of an Air-to-Sea battle (with a huge battleship or an aircraft carrier as an End-Level Boss), while 5 levels consist of an all-aerial battle against a squadron of Japanese Bombers and a Mother Bomber that needs to be destroyed. As in 1942, players pilot a P-38. Two buttons are used: one for regular attacks (with several weapons) and one for special actions that executes either a loop like in 1942 or one of three special attacks that damage the plane. Unlike 1942, the player only has one life, with one refillable energy meter. Destroying a complete formation of red enemy planes will result in a power-up, such as a health boost or a temporary special weapons which replaces the default twin gun.
Publisher
GO!, Capcom
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Themes
Action, Historical, Warfare
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric

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Release History

Jun 1987Arcade
1988Amiga, Amstrad, Atari ST, C64, ZX Spectrum

Language Support

1 languages
LanguageAudioSubtitlesInterface
English