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'''1943: The Battle of Midway''' | |||
'''1943: The Battle of Midway''', known as '''1943: Middouei Kaisen''' in Japan, is a [[1987]] vertical [[shooter]] [[arcade]] game developed and published by [[Capcom]]. It was the first follow-up to Capcom's earlier [[1942]]. The game's name is a reference to the Battle of Midway, which in actuality happened in June 1942. | |||
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 American aircraft carrier, pursue all Japanese air and sea forces, fly through the 16 stages of play, and make their way to the Japanese battleship Yamato and destroy her. 11 of these stages consist of an air-to-sea battle (with a huge battleship or an aircraft carrier as the stage boss), while 5 stages consist of an all-aerial battle against a squadron of Japanese bombers with a mother bomber at the end. | |||
As in 1942, players pilot a P-38 Lightning. Players now have only one life, in the form of a large "fuel" meter; constantly depleting, but refillable by collecting various powerups (chiefly "Pow" icons). In 2-player mode, when both players overlap their planes on screen, the energy bar can be transferred from the player with more fuel to the player with less. Destroying a complete formation of red enemy planes will result in a power-up, such as a health boost or a new main weapon. | |||
Capcom released their own port for the [[NES]], which introduced the ability to upgrade the P-38 throughout the course of the game and featured 24 levels instead of 16. The game was also ported to the [[Atari ST]], the [[ZX Spectrum]], the [[Amstrad CPC]], the [[Commodore 64]] and the [[Amiga]]. In 1998 it was rereleased as [[Capcom Generation 1]] for the [[Sega Saturn]] and the [[PlayStation]]. In 2005 it was re–released for [[Xbox]] and [[PlayStation 2]] as part of [[Capcom Classics Collection]], and again in [[Capcom Classics Collection: Reloaded]] on the [[PlayStation Portable]]. It also included as the initial game in [[Capcom Arcade Cabinet]], a compilation of games released digitally for [[PlayStation 3]] and [[Xbox 360]] on February 19, 2013 in which the games are sold individually or in packs. The overall faithfulness and quality of execution of these third party versions varies greatly. | |||
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File:1943 c64cover.jpg|Commodore 64 cover art. | File:1943 c64cover.jpg|Commodore 64 cover art. | ||
File:1943 spectrumcover.jpg|ZX Spectrum cover art. | File:1943 spectrumcover.jpg|ZX Spectrum cover art. | ||
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