1943: The Battle of Midway

Overview

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.

Developed by

Capcom

Published by

GO!, Capcom

Facts

Game modes

Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Player perspectives

Bird view / Isometric

Themes

Action, Historical, Warfare

Series

19XX

Release dates

• Arcade: Jun 1987
• Amiga: 1988
• Amstrad CPC: 1988
• Atari ST/STE: 1988
• Commodore C64/128/MAX: 1988
• ZX Spectrum: 1988