classicgamevideos's video: 1943 - The Arcade Game

1943 - The Battle of Midway © 1987 Capcom. It was 40 years ago, at the height of World War II. The Japanese main squadron tasted defeat off the coast of Midway Islands. Some say that this battle greatly changed the outcome of the war. Can you destroy the battleship, 'Yamato' ? Relive the excitement of "1942" by controlling your P-38 equipped with 6 secret weapons in this vertically scrolling shoot'em up. In addition to the now famous loop, you have at your command, lightning, cyclone, and tsunami to ward off your enemies. Main CPU : Z80 (@ 6 Mhz) Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3 Mhz) Sound Chips : (2x) YM2203 (@ 1.5 Mhz) Screen orientation : Vertical Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz Palette colors : 256 Players : 2 Control : 8-way joystick Buttons : 2 Designers : Noritaka Funamizu (Poo), Dechikun Producer : Yoshiki Okamoto (Kikaji O.) Character designers : Naoko Sato, Miki Chan, Kawamoyan, Aho no Sakata Music & SFX : Yoshihiro Sakaguchi Additional music : Junko Tamiya (stage 1-1), Manami Matsumae (stage 1-2), Harumi Fujita (stages 2-2 and 3-1) Hardware : Panchi Kubozoo (Punch Kubozoo), Jumbo Saito Programming : BLBON