1942 Capcom NES

1942 is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up made by Capcom that was originally produced for arcades in 1984. It was later ported to the NES, MSX, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, NEC PC-8801, Commodore 64 and Game Boy Color. It was included as part of Capcom Classics Collection for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 in 2005. 1942 is the first game in the 194X series, followed by 1943: The Battle of Midway. The NES Version was developed by Micronics. Art by Akiman. 1942 is set in the Asian theater of World War II. Despite the game being created by a Japanese company and staff, the goal is to reach Tokyo and destroy the entire Japanese air fleet. The player, a character dubbed "Super Ace", pilots a plane (resembling a Lockheed P-38 Lightning), and has to shoot down enemy planes. Besides shooting, the player can also perform a "loop-the-loop" to avoid enemy fire. Destroying a formation of red enemy planes will result in a power-up. There are different types, as follows: Two Machine Guns Destroy al