1943: The Battle of Midway
- Genres
- Shooter Arcade
- Platforms
- Commodore C64/128/MAX · Amiga · Amstrad CPC · ZX Spectrum · Arcade · Atari ST/STE
- Release
- Arcade Jun 1987 Exact Amiga 1988 Month only Amstrad CPC 1988 Month only Atari ST/STE 1988 Month only Commodore C64/128/MAX 1988 Month only ZX Spectrum 1988 Month only
- Credits
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C
Capcom
G
GO!
- Board status
- —
About
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.
