1942

DESCRIPTION

1942 is a vertically scrolling shooter made by Capcom that was released for the arcade in 1984. It was the first game in the 19XX series. It was followed by 1943: The Battle of Midway.

1942 is set in the Pacific theater of World War II. Despite the game being created by Japanese developers, the goal is to reach Tokyo and destroy the entire Japanese air fleet. The player pilots a Lockheed P-38 Lightning dubbed the "Super Ace". The player has to shoot down enemy planes; to avoid enemy fire, the player can perform a roll or vertical loop. During the game, the player may collect a series of power-ups, one of them allowing the plane to be escorted by two other smaller fighters in a Tip Tow formation. Enemies included: Kawasaki Ki-61s, Mitsubishi A6M Zeros and Kawasaki Ki-48s. The boss plane is a Nakajima G10N.

INFORMATION

Developer
Capcom
Release
December 1, 1984
Genre
Shooter
Author
Sorgelig
Source
GitHub

1942

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GAME ROM NOT INCLUDED

In order to use this arcade core, you need to provide the correct ROM file.

What You Need To Download

  • CORENAME_YYYYMMDD.rbf
  • 7za.exe
  • build_rom.ini
  • build_rom.bat (Windows) or build_rom.sh (Linux/Mac)
  • game.zip (Not included)

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Building the ROM

How to create a compatible ROM

  1. Download all the required files from releases folder into the same folder on PC.
  2. Execute bat file - it will show the name of zip file containing required files.
  3. Find this zip file somewhere. You need to find the file exactly as required.
  4. Put required zip into the same folder and execute the bat again.

Success

If everything will go without errors or warnings, then you will get the rom file.

Fail

If you encountered any error, try with a different ROM from another ROM Set.

Do Not Rename

Do not rename another zip file even if it from the same game - they are not compatible! The name of zip is taken from M.A.M.E. project, so you can get more info about hashes and contained files there.

Installation

  • Copy the <corename>.rbf and <arcade-game>.rom into the root folder of the SD card.

How to Play

Tips

  1. On the continue screen use combo Fire + 1P/2P to continue*

Joystick

Keyboard

Function Key
Start 1 player F1
Start 2 players F2
Add Coin F3
Pause F4
Test Switch F5
Jump Space
Fire Ctrl or Alt
Movements Up Down Left Right

Credits

Based on (jotego/jt_gng) Clone of Ghosts’n Goblins by Jose Tejada (@topapate)

  1. In order to use this arcade core, you need to provide the correct ROM file. ↩