12. 1942

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1942 is a shooting video game made by Capcom that was released for the arcade in 1984. It is a vertically scrolling shoot'em up, where the game was set such constraint to be played only in vertical mode. Thus player could experience controlling a combat-plane that is just always moving forward.

It was the first game in the 19xx series. It was followed by 1943: The Battle of Midway.

Interactivity
Actions involved are shooting, roll or loop-the-loop, move to 4 different directions (left, up, right, and down)

Settings and Concept
1942 is set in the Pasific theater of world war II. Developers intended to offer the players such experience of being in a world war II, where the player pilots a plane to defeat the japanese

Goal
The goal is to reach Tokyo and destroy the entire Japanese air fleet. The player pilots a plane dubbed the "Super Ace". The player has to shoot down enemy planes, and to avoid enemy fire, the player can perform a roll or loop-the-loop.

Challenge
The challenges in this game are those bosses (planes) at each stage, and the variety of enemy's planes.

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