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Manufacturer:
Capcom Year: 1984 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 2 Gameplay: Alternating Control Panel Layout: Single Player Ambidextrous Controls:
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel) |
 Photo contributed by: Arcade Alex
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1942 DescriptionControl a WWII-style plane over 32 vertically scrolling sea and landscapes. Shoot various types of enemy planes. Collect a variety of weapon power-ups.Game PlayShoot 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
VAPS Arcade CensusThere are 7,003 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 4,025 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 65,382 machines (3,803 unique titles).Very Common - There are 123 known instances of this machine owned by 1942 collectors who are members. Of these, 16 of them are original dedicated machines, 23 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 84 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There are 4 VAPS members with 1942 machines for sale. There are 4 VAPS members with extra 1942 circuit boards for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts. Wanted - There are 5 VAPS members currently looking for 1942. This game ranks a 65 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 12 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TechnicalThis game shares a common pinout with Vulgus. These games do not use the Capcom pinout, however.Trivia1942 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.LegacyManuals
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eBay ListingsClick to search eBay for 1942 Videogame machines and related items.Click to search eBay for machines and parts made by Capcom. Check out the IAM/KLOV report of the hottest coin-op machines on eBay, powered by Ace.com.
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