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1942

Released in 1984

Member Rating


(7 total votes)

Manufacturer: Capcom
Developer: Capcom
Distributor: Capcom

Mame ROM Info
1942, 1942 (set 1)
1942a, 1942 (set 2)
1942b, 1942 (set 3)
Display
Raster
Orientation
Vertical
Resolution
224 x 256
Colors
256, Color
Genre
Shooting
Attributes
Vertical Scrolling
Controls
1 Joystick / Button(s)
'1942' marquee
game marquee

Game Summary

Destroy WW2 japanese planes.

Hardware Info

AY-8910 audio @ 1.5 Mhz
Z80 cpu @ 4 Mhz
Z80 cpu @ 3 Mhz
AY-8910 audio @ 1.5 Mhz

Hardware Platform: -Unique or Unknown-

Game Details

Xevious style game - fly over Pacific islands and shoot down Japanese planes and sink ships.

Coinop.org Member Ratings / Comments

by Johnnyjueves. Comment: "Quite a good game. Always found it rather tough though." (2007-05-17 11:51:46Z)

by comton. Comment: "Aww happy days. I always wanted it and was lucky enough to find (and buy) one for only $75 and even better, theres nothing wrong with it at all." (2004-12-02 22:52:13Z)

by pleasurehunk. Comment: "well, i have tried this game few years ago. infact i do not know this game still exsist, till now, anyway i am glad it's still around and looking forward to play it again, hope i dont get hooked on to it like those days. hope my comments will get approved and i will be given a chance. thanking you in advance." (2003-01-06 01:28:43Z)

by Makaveli_2003. Comment: "I would become feverishly engrossed with the game whenever I played. It literally made me sweat. It must have been the tension of the challenge. Much like Eugene Jarvis said of his Robotron game, I felt like I was always a moment away from death. I can't describe exactly why I was drawn to 1942. It was not the graphics, which did the job but did not amaze. It was not the looping manoeuvre, which was a necessary escape valve, but not the main draw. It had the be something related to the assorted attack forma" (2000-10-23 01:29:12Z)

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'1942' cabinet photo
cabinet photo
'1942' title screen
title screen
'1942' gameplay screen shot
gameplay screen
'1942' control panel
control panel
'1942' promotional flyer
promotional flyer

"Maybe" Images

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1942 game screen.

Knowledge Base

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1234567890123456789012345678 1942 G52GSS---------------VV---5G 1942 G52GSS---------------VV---5G Alpha Mission 5-----------GG%-VVS2GG Alpha Mission 5-----------GG%-VVS2GG Galaga GS--25G--------------G 2G5 VVVVGG Galaga GS--25G--------------G Galaxian GG55----------GVV-22GG Galaxian GG55----------GVV-22GG Konami 2S---------VV-GG5 Konami %S---------VV-GG5 Pacman DC GG55-SS-------GVV-22GG Pacman DC GG555---------GVV-22GG Sega 16 GG552------------------SVVGG Sega
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/quickref2.txt - 1 K - Updated 2003.01.06
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/my1942.txt
From: ub2f@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Ralph Kimmlingen) Date: 5. Oct 1995 yet another Capcom "1942" pinout --------------------------------------------------------- Solder Side | PIN | Component Side --------------------------------------------------------- N.C. | A | 1 | +5V +5V | B | 2 | +5V +12V | C | 3 | +12V GND | D | 4 | GND GND | E | 5 | GND
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/my1942.txt - 1 K - Updated 1995.10.06
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/1942.txt
1942 pinouts from gopstein@bms.com (Rich Gopstein) Solder Side Parts Side GND A 1 GND +5 B 2 +5 +12 C 3 +12 GND D 4 GND Speaker - E 5 Speaker - Speaker + F 6 Speaker + Coin Counter - H 7 Coin Counter + key J 8 key Shoot 1 K 9 Up 1 Down 1 L 10 Left 1 Right 1 M 11 GND 1 Shoot 2 N 12 Up 2 Down 2 P 13 Left 2 Right 2 R 14 GND 2 2 Player start S 15 GND 1 Player start T 16 GND Coin Switch U 17 GND Service Switch V 18 GND unused W 19 Loop 1 unused X 20 Loop 2 unused Y 21 Vid GND Sync Z 22 Red Gree
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/1942.txt - 1 K - Updated 1994.03.18
1942 Dip Switch Settings and Pinouts
1942 Dip Switch Settings and Pinouts
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/1942 tech.html - 9 K - Updated 2002.04.16
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/1942.txt
1942 DIP Switch Settings ------------------------ Information provided by David Shoemaker (a-bds@microsoft.com), and John Keay (John.Keay@tiuk.ti.com). DIP SWITCH A ============ Adjustment Options 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ---------- -------------------------------------- - - - - - - - - Players Five (5) + + Two (2) * + - One (1)
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/1942.txt - 3 K - Updated 1995.04.25
Technical Information
Note: The information and links on this page might get moved around quite a bit before things get all sorted out. I'm just going to start putting up all kinds of information that I've had archived away, so please pardon the mess! :) Identifying Unknown Board Sets Back in 1994, Rick Schieve wrote an article about how to
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/repair/iding pcbs.html - 14 K - Updated 2000.01.02
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/quick-ref.txt
From dholcomb@microsoft.com Tue Dec 13 22:30:30 1994 Received: from netmail2.microsoft.com by halcyon.com with SMTP id AA25989 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for <holcomb@halcyon.com>); Tue, 13 Dec 1994 22:30:28 -0800 Received: by netmail2.microsoft.com (5.65/25-eef) id AA18899; Tue, 13 Dec 94 22:30:41 -0800 Message-Id: <9412140630.AA18899@netmail2.microsoft.com> Received: by netmail2 using fxenixd 1.0 Tue, 13 Dec 94 22:30:41 PST X-Msmail-Fixed-Font: 0001 X-Msmail-Message-Id: DDAB6336 X-Msmail-Conversation
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/pinouts/quick-ref.txt - 8 K - Updated 2003.01.06
/kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/quick-ref.txt
From dholcomb@microsoft.com Tue Dec 13 22:30:30 1994 Received: from netmail2.microsoft.com by halcyon.com with SMTP id AA25989 (5.65c/IDA-1.4.4 for <holcomb@halcyon.com>); Tue, 13 Dec 1994 22:30:28 -0800 Received: by netmail2.microsoft.com (5.65/25-eef) id AA18899; Tue, 13 Dec 94 22:30:41 -0800 Message-Id: <9412140630.AA18899@netmail2.microsoft.com> Received: by netmail2 using fxenixd 1.0 Tue, 13 Dec 94 22:30:41 PST X-Msmail-Fixed-Font: 0001 X-Msmail-Message-Id: DDAB6336 X-Msmail-Conversation-Id: DDA
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/gametech/board pinouts/quick-ref.txt - 8 K - Updated 1996.01.23
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File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-randomgames.html - 73 K - Updated 1999.10.29
Yet Another List
O-Taito is the Old Taito pinout on wiretap. N-Taito is the New-Taito pinout (Like Elevator Action). Quote by R. Schieve: "Taito.pin will match most for power, ground, monitor, and speaker connections but inputs are usually quite different." DECO/Data East is the Data East pinout. See Ring King.pin or KarateChamp.pin.I AtariV is Black Widow and Gravitar and Space Duel Konami if the Konami pinout. See Konami\Rush'n'Attack.pin. BZone is Battle Zone and Red Baron Tehkan games seem to follow th
File: /kb_dl.aspx/KB/faqs/list-yetanothergameslist.html - 49 K - Updated 2002.06.10
Arcade PCB Pinouts
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