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1942 - Japanese Title

Manufacturer: Capcom
Year: 1984
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Scrolling Shooter
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: unique
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player Ambidextrous
Controls:
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 2

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

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Description

Control a WWII-style plane over 32 vertically scrolling sea and landscapes. Shoot various types of enemy planes. Collect a variety of weapon power-ups.

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Game Play

Shoot the red formation of enemy planes to receive a "POW" and collect this for different power-ups; double shot, wider shot, two side-planes, or a "smart bomb".

Using the roll button causes your plane to loop out of the 2-D action thereby avoiding all enemy shots. You have three rolls per level, but you are awarded a bonus for any that are unused. Hit percentage reports are given at the end of each level.

Hacks

  • Galaga X - Changes the graphics to those of Galaga.

Scarcity in collections (VAPS.org)

Very Common - There are 96 known instances of this game owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 14 of them are original dedicated machines, 19 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards have been placed in another game cabinet, and 63 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 42,694 video games (3,154 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 59 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records.

Wanted - There are 2 VAPS members currently looking for this game.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operatos might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

Technical

This game shares a common pinout with Vulgus. These games do not use the Capcom pinout, however.

Trivia

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.

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Legacy

  1. 1942
  2. 1943 The Battle Of Midway
  3. 1941: Counter Attack
  4. 19XX: The War Against Destiny
  5. 1944: The Loop Master

Manuals

  1. Instruction Manual  20 Pages, 3800 KB File.
1942 - Cabinet Image
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1942 - Title screen image


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