1943: The Battle of Midway: Gameplay, Platforms and Key Facts

1943: The Battle of Midway (1987) is a shooter, arcade video game developed by Capcom, available on Arcade, C64, ZXS, Atari-ST, Amiga, ACPC. It holds an aggregated critic and player score of 79/100 on IGDB.

What is 1943: The Battle of Midway 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 complet

Key details

1943: The Battle of Midway was released in 1987 and supports single player, multiplayer, co-operative. Platforms: Arcade, C64, ZXS, Atari-ST, Amiga, ACPC. Developer: Capcom.

Should you play 1943: The Battle of Midway?

A solid 79/100 aggregate score makes 1943: The Battle of Midway a safe pick for fans of shooter, arcade.