Arcade Longplay [743] 1943: The Battle of Midway

[@rlam905]

This was the very first arcade game I played. My dad gave me a bunch of quarters and I played it in a Chinese restaurant during the days when arcade cabinets were everywhere. Before playing it the only other video games I had played were Atari games at a relative's house. I was very young but I remember thinking that this game was much better than the Atari games. It was then that I realized what the idea of "quality" was.

[@trwijbenga]

Awesome story, thanks for sharing! 😄

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

This Goddamn arcade cabinet was everywhere, especially in fish and chip shops here in Australia, so much so that I actually can smell old cooking oil now just watching this. I remember seeing it pretty much every time my Dad would take me somewhere in the city. I can only guess that it must have been a really cheap cabinet, lol.

[@jacobiter]

Me and my mate used to play this in the arcades every weekend as 13 year olds, we eventually completed it of a single credit in 2 player mode. Great memories of this game.

[@stewartwalker2496]

That mate would be me! I remember we finally completed this! Great game & great memories!👍

[@jacobiter]

Doubt there were many others if any who completed this in the seagate arcade back in the day, quality game.

[@stewartwalker2496]

Yeah never saw anyone else do it!🙂 arcades a thing of the past, we were lucky! Not played any games since my nephew got to old to play his PlayStation, kind of the same age I stopped playing! Would be great to play this again, see if we still had it!😊

[@charlessmith263]

I grew up with this shoot-em-up game. I watched the movie "Midway" in the 1980s, and realized how important that battle was in World War II for the Alilies. So in this game, there are 3 parts to each stage - you fight against the enemy planes, then you face the battleships that fire at you as well as the planes, and then, the boss enemy, a larger battleship, for you to try to completely destroy or you fail the stage. If you get enough hits on that boss enemy battleship, you clear the stage and you go on to the next mission.

[@VahanNisanian]

That last stage is extremely tough. NO CONTINUES. Also, Jungle Kumi is the alias of Kumi Yamaga.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

For the NES version, the tunes and sound effects were re-arranged by... Yuukichan's Papa (Yoshihiro Sakaguchi) Manami Ietel (Manami Matsumae) Ogeretsu Kun (Takashi Tateishi) Perorin (Hiroshige Tonomura)

[@04poppop]

I think its 16 stage, I remember we made it on one coin. We were playing with ma friend on the lunch 45 min break. We did not want to quit as we have never reached so far so we kept playing and came late for afternoon lesson. We said to Mrs. teacher sorry we are late but I lost my wallet so we were looking for it. Last stage is just one gigantic chaos, complete mess

[@purwantiallan5089]

@@ClassicTVMan1981X hi men.

[@SamuelPurdySP]

On 1943: The Battle Of Midway, the last stage lets you continue but on 1943 Kai: Midway Kaisen, the last stage won't let you continue. I played both of these games for a long time and i still play these games today.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

I need to say that for the NES 1943, it was largely H. Tonomura (Perorin) who was involved with the re-scoring of Jungle Kumi's original music. Why? The end title theme on the NES version, after you've defeated Totaku the second time around, has a similar chord progression as the Moon theme from the NES DuckTales.

[@willjace789]

Shoot em ups:One of the famous nerve-racking genre in video games.

[@joseholmesvidalosorio9868]

It's kind of an overseas gaming battle. Isn't it? I used to be very strategic when trying to break through the rival ships (a horde of well-armed, incessant and intensely combative enemies). That's otherwise the onset of a toe-to-toe aerial rivalry related to a dauntless and mass shooting action which comprises an explosively exciting ending also. Doesn't it? I had so much fun playing it years ago. Bye. Peace out!!

[@Agent57000DM]

Love this game! The NES version is the first cartridge I ever purchased.

[@CrimsonDevil_Rias]

Did you purchase 1943? Or the better version, 1944?

[@TobiAnimados]

@@CrimsonDevil_Rias Mmm I think 1943 is the better version of 1942.

[@SuperKlondike64]

@@CrimsonDevil_Rias 1944 was a bootleg version only released in Brazil.

[@thkun33]

love this game so much and always play after school with friends

[@fokiss187]

Many hrs at the arcades with this gem

[@SomeOrangeCat]

After all these years, this is still my favorite vertical Shmup.

[@snowdon3456]

I've never played it before but at some point this month I finally will, as it will be a free download for the Capcom Arcade Collection.

[@melancholypuppy3595]

@@snowdon3456 I played and it was a nightmare

[@100percentSNAFU]

One of the best games ever. For some reason, I can play a vertical scroller like this pretty well, but struggle with horizontal scrollers.

[@bernhardwall6876]

What must it have felt like, to create a game based on a battle that you lost, where you are the villain who has to be destroyed?

[@aangionas9676]

Brainwashed

[@100percentSNAFU]

I always found it odd that a Japanese company made a game about a huge defeat for their country in WWII. It would be like Americans making a game about the Vietnam conflict where the player controls the Viet Cong.

[@SuperKlondike64]

Especially given how even today Japan is still very wishy-washy when it comes to the atrocities they committed back then.

[@TheIrland09]

The Japanese government fucking hated this game when it came out.

[@Shmup_Art]

I think my younger self played this game before m]at my local laundry place. No wonder I feeling why I heard these themes before

[@andyhodgson7692]

I love the music of the 1st level.

[@pabloponce9802]

Oh God! Si many memories..

[@gualbertino]

I remember reaching stage 8 with some classmates watching me play at the local arcade. Never forgot the music. Good times!

[@jurandirpinheiro854]

The most contradictory thing about this game is that 1943 is a game created by the Japanese that exalts one of the greatest defeats of the Japanese navy in all times. This proves that in 1987, the year the game was created, the trauma of the 2nd World War had already been overcome, and, even at that time, relations between the United States and Japan were already very friendly.

[@snooker9773]

Not really. The US forced Japan to sign the Plaza Accord in 1985. The US aimed at turning over the serious trade deficit with Japan and suppressing Japan's strong economic growth, especially the leading industries. Japan was in a similar situation as China now.

[@Ghost-si4wm]

I always play this in my childhood, always get gameovers cause of my terrible skill lol and yet I watched as my dad beated the game in one go , a wonderful game.

[@bifftannen2062]

CLASSIC game. I love this era of gaming.

[@Blueflag04]

this is better than the nes version.....because the low health theme is so loud in the nes version

[@quiks4nd]

There was a code of each stages for each player to play to get special weapon , love this game 20 cents to complete 16 stages , bring back memories

[@philipdoc006]

The year "Mega Man" was released.

[@ImmSpiderman2428]

Tiny arcade should make a mini version of this! Make it real super impulse!

LOVE BOTH NES AND THIS VERS

[@faby6515]

AMAZING

[@justinpino8115]

I used to beat this game at college back in the 80s

[@TheFilthyMouthGamer]

Try to wrap your head around Japanese game devopers making a game about their own country getting it's ass whooped only 40 years before this game was released.

[@aangionas9676]

Brainwashed

[@carolinehan2073]

They did it for money (read: international market).

[@EddyMRA]

As much as I love this game, there's a historical inaccuracy: the Lockheed P-38 Lightning (your plane) isn't a carrier-based fighter, even though it's shown operating from and landing on a carrier in this game. The P-38 is too big for carrier operations and the US Navy didn't like aircraft with liquid-cooled engines.

[@snooker9773]

The name of the game isn't even the year the battle happened. The battle of Midway actually happened in 1942. Among the 16 main ships in the game, only the all 4 aircraft carriers (Kaga, Akagi, Hiryu, Soryu) were destroyed.

[@AgusPurnomo-c4b]

Bravo

[@jodyjohnson265]

The soundtrack sounds great with headphones 🎧🎧🎧

[@MrBKelly95]

Game: Offensive Target: Kaga Me: Allez cuisine!

[@mikemartin8495]

This was one of the hardest games for me to finish with one quarter. Only did it once.

[@deoglemnaco7025]

Yeah bullshit Mike

[@jeremybear573]

Too bad the Battle of Midway took place in May of 1942! LMAO

oops, Camcom ruined the history after Resident Evil.

[@TythenK]

Keep in mind that this game is part of the 194X series, and that this was a sequel to its predecessor aptly named 1942.

[@jeremybear573]

@@TythenK Agreed!

[@SuperKlondike64]

To be fair, this is a sequel to 1942, also based on the Battle of Midway, and "1943" is a much catchier title than "1942 2".

[@jeremybear573]

@@SuperKlondike64 True. This game memorized me and my brothers when we were young.

[@ComradeAtSpace95-Antarean]

Offensive Target [Enemy battleship, Ayako or Daihiryu] May you fight bravely!

[@Fortuna1]

If you not get above of 60% of damage in fleet stages, you need repeat the level again

[@rahsaantalley2012]

HahA

[@roguishpaladin]

@S5A(17) 馮曉逸 FUNG HIU YAT I don't believe so. I think you just keep doing the stage over and over until you pass it.

[@rubenallende1238]

That depends on the difficulty setting. The arcade has dipswitches on the motherboard that allows 16 difficulty levels.

[@marshaltito641]

Now available for free in the Capcom Arcade Collection!

[@kascnef]

and unlimited continues

[@ikagura]

What with the WWII themed arcade shmups latelly?

[@senorgastor]

New players: Game ez with hacks Pros: noobies get rekt Wait what

[@Wildboy0001]

🗽💕 Thanks for sharing!

[@ComradeAtSpace95-Antarean]

Visual contact with surface forces confirmed commencing attack

[@johnnycats5157]

I used to be able to beat this game on one token (quarter) back in 1988. the only game I could beat.

[@purwantiallan5089]

1943 was a great game and the only game that rivals STRIKERS 1945.

[@Jjgm69]

May you fight bravely ! :')

[@leandrovaldez1356]

i failed too many times in the final boss Edit: I beated it

[@neojso]

Yes I searched for it, not by recommendation 😊

[@willjace789]

1943 Kai when?

[@roniloquiapo5578]

Fun fact that that game 1943 the battle of midway this game I played

[@celinesenden4142]

A world war two game

[@hanafuda]

9 people are shipgirls and dislike the thought of one plane sinking them because it happens so often because of RNG :3

[@austinboone6434]

How many stages play in 1943: the battle of Midway for Capcom?

[@trentthompsonmariogamesedi1159]

This is the game I played on my Nintendo switch I got all 100% ships destroyed

[@SuperKlondike64]

Without savestates?

[@franciscobatalla7876]

1943 me gustó ese arcade pero yo jugaba de la famliy game que era 1942 el clásico de Capcom tiempos muy buenos

[@ModelOmegaForReal]

I remember playing the shit out of this in arcades

[@henri1979]

which cheat mod you use?

[@zamsystemdevonmiles.1291]

Good player ⚙️🔧✌🏽

[@matthiasschaper9894]

Great Game

[@JoseluisVilla-qv1lh]

Cuando sale la primera torreta del yamato gira da lugar que los disparos desaparezcan y hace que el boss salga más y hay usa el poder y arrasa más cañones antiaéreos y cuando ya estén saliendo los Dios último hace lo mismo y arraza a los dos simple yo solo en área 3 es único lugar que no se puede sacar el 100

[@RigbyIsTheMan]

I thought the game keeps looping

[@billybobs1705]

no one even knows how to loop the plane..pathetic how there are no instructions on this anywhere

[@SkellyofSkellington]

Yes the us navy is too lazy to do repairs on the carrier lol

[@bifftannen2062]

Biden just runs instead of fighting. Ask the Army in Kabul.

[@SamuelPurdySP]

I prefer using the shell or auto because they are stronger in this game. They are good for Ayako rounds.

[@100percentSNAFU]

If you have auto with the mini planes and can hold onto it, you can really tear it up.

[@snooker9773]

For one player, it's much easier to play the game through using 3-way, as the weapon has a much wider coverage. As a downside, your right hand is much more busy.

[@redcamaro9401]

This arcade game looks like a huge coin-eater. Glad they kept the ship names historically accurate, unlike the NES version.

[@snooker9773]

You've got to pay a lot of tuition fee before you can play to the last round with one credit.

[@aodhablackheart]

Not really yourgame I take it Schlauchi.

[@karmashift248]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@eltonferreira1214]

Num rala raiden não, mas é bom tbm

[@MrKoreanBlack]

100th like, Holla!

[@JoseluisVilla-qv1lh]

Este no sabe lo que hace

[@alexwaterson9062]

19

[@locovel10]

Jfc, this game waa ridiculous right from the start. I don't know what cheat code you used but I don't blame you

[@ignaciosb8779]

Wow I was playing the nes version a while ago. These graphics though looks 3D 😮