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1943: The Battle of Midway

First release
Jun 1987
Publisher
GO!, Capcom
Genres
Shooter, Arcade · Warfare, Action, Historical

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.

Also known as 1943: The Battle of Valhalla, 1943: Midway Kaisen

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Release dates
Arcade
Jun 1987
Amstrad CPC
1988
ZX Spectrum
1988
All 6 release dates
Commodore C64/128/MAX
1988
Amiga
1988
Atari ST/STE
1988
Age ratings
ClassInd 10
Game modes
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
world war ii - ww2, shoot 'em up, death, airplane, boss fight
… All 12, special attacks, year in the title, vertical scrolling, upgradeable vehicles, fascism, fan translation - portuguese, previously on - gametap