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SeriesBattlefield

Battlefield 1942

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First release
Sep 10, 2002
Genres
Shooter · Warfare, Action, Historical
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac

Building upon and vastly refining the ideas from Codename Eagle, Battlefield 1942 let players engage in infantry combat and get behind the wheel of a variety of vehicles from submarines to battleships and bombers. The game introduced the signature Battlefield rock-paper-scissors gameplay, as well as the exciting “Battlefield Moments” people refer to when talking about their unique and unscripted experiences within the multiplayer game.

Also known as BF1942, 戰地風雲1942, BF 1942

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Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sep 10, 2002
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sep 20, 2002
Mac
Jun 28, 2004
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
First person, Third person
Keywords
world war ii - ww2, vehicular combat, death, military, run and gun
… All 62, war, online, class-based, tank, airplane, vehicle combat, explosion, death match, corrupt government, bink video, wasd movement, year in the title, sniping, melee, kill feed, real-time combat, useable vehicles, in-game map editor, instant kill, friendly fire, political thriller, respawning, mercenary, squad, communism, leaderboard, multiplayer scoreboard, villain, suicide, submarine, mod support, weapons swap, guerilla warfare, griefing, camping, dedicated servers, inverted controls, mechanic, nazis, bots, fascism, camouflage, text dialogue, conquest mode, tiger i, panzer iv, objective-based team gameplay, team killing, anti-cheat system, cumulative team respawn limit, dolphin diving, killcam, imperial japanese army, imperial japanese navy, interactive achievement awards 2003, game developers choice awards 2003, male protagonist

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Critic Score
90
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IGDB · recorded 26 Oct 2026
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Language data: IGDB · recorded 26 Oct 2026