A one man mission to sink the enemy fleet before they can reach the USA. You play as this old 1942 bomber plane with a variety of short & wide range bullets as you play out the great WWII sea battles. A never ending swarm of enemies keep coming at you to keep the game action packed and fast paced. They vary betwen small fighers, large bombers and of course Battleships and Aircraft Carriers. Not that Difficult to learn and play, its just a matter of fast reflexes to avoid incoming enemy fire. I still think this is one of the better airplane shooters available. It has that different feel to it going vertical on the screen instead of the horizontal view seen in most other games. If you still have your old NES and would like a decent shooter I would give this a try and also 1943.
1942 on the NES is a cool game. Well, cool for the NES back when it came out. Most people would probably hate it now. I mean, if you paid 50 bucks for this you would be called the stupidest hillbilly in town and you woul... Read Full Review
1942, duhn da duhn! Just seeing the box art makes me all teary eyed. This game built on or either built the overhead shooter genre. Basically you scroll up and blast everything in your path with your old style plane. ... Read Full Review