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1943: The Battle of Midway

"The game is set in the Pacific theater of World War II, off the coast of the Midway Atoll."

Capcom·GO!· June 1, 1987· Main Game
79
User Score
47 ratings

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.

Released 1 June 1987 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade and Atari ST/STE by Capcom, published by GO!. Rated 10 by ClassInd.

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Amiga
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1988
Amstrad CPC
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1988
Arcade
Standard
JP
Jun 1, 1987
Atari ST/STE
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1988
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1988
ZX Spectrum
Standard
EU
Dec 31, 1988
User Score
79 /100
Generally Favorable
Based on 47 ratings
Aggregated from player ratings across platforms worldwide.
Score Guide
90–100
Universal Acclaim
75–89
Generally Favorable
Users
50–74
Mixed or Average
20–49
Generally Unfavorable
0–19
Overwhelming Dislike