1942 - Videogame by Capcom

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1942

Name: 1942
Manufacturer: Capcom
Year: 1984
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Scrolling Shooter
Monitor:

Orientation: Vertical
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: unique
Game Specific: 1942 Pinout
Settings: 1942 Dipswitch Settings

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player Ambidextrous
Controls:

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 2 [ShootLoop]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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1942 Description

1942 was produced by Capcom in 1984.

Capcom released 227 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984.

Other machines made by Capcom during the time period 1942 was produced include Son Son, Pirate Ship HigeMaru, HiGeMaru - Pirate Ship, Vulgus, 1942 (PlayChoice), Bank-It, Eureka!, and Red Line Fever (prototypes only).

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.

1942 - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.43 (14 votes)

Personal Impressions Score: 3.54

     Overall 'Like': 3.86
     Fun (Social): 3.00
     Fun (Solo): 3.86
     Collector Desire: 2.86

Technical Impressions Score: 3.32

     Gameplay: 3.79
     Graphics: 3.57
     Originality: 3.21
     Sound/Music: 2.57

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, "Like" carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

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.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op 1942 Census

There are 10,714 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 8,600 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 142,788 machines (6,300 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 220 known instances of this machine owned by 1942 collectors who are active members. Of these, 20 of them are original dedicated machines, 45 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 155 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 6 active VAPS members with 1942 machines for sale. There are 12 active VAPS members with extra 1942 circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 6 active 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 10 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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.

Legacy

Manuals

Test Operating Manual 20 Pages, 2 MB File.
Instruction Manual 20 Pages, 3.8 MB File.

Video Clips

1942 - The Arcade Game

1942 opening and ending on Playstation.

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Additional References
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The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): 1942 Flyer #1625
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): 1942 Flyer #1952

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