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Developed by Capcom<\/a> (always a stamp of quality in my eyes) and released in 1990 this is the three-quel (?) to the vertical scrolling classic 1942<\/a>.\u00a0 (The sequel being 1943: Battle Of Midway<\/a>).\u00a0 \u00a0 It’s still a standard vertical shump and as in 1942 the player collects power ups The current MAME World Record stands at 2,455,800<\/a> and is held by Vicente Morales and every entry in the top 5 are above 1,000,000 so if I’m to make a decent stab of this I need to be aiming for at least that.<\/p>\n After the first attempt I manage to progress to, and meet my maker, on the 2nd level and manage a score of just over 250,000.\u00a0 The first thing you notice, which separates it from 1942, is that you’re allowed to take a few hits before you’re killed outright.\u00a0 The loop is still in from the original but a smart bomb accompanies it this time out. Use it with care as it removes one of your lives\/shields when used.<\/p>\n Several goes later and dispite not managing to make it past the 2nd my score stands at 607,400 so 1,000,000 seems achievable.<\/p>\n ……<\/p>\n So so so so close.\u00a0 966,000 and managed to reach part way through level 3.\u00a0 I’ve realised that if you have not taken a hit when you collect the Capcom icon (a red circle with white razor-cross inside) you’re awarded 100,000.\u00a0 Nice.\u00a0 No chance of not taking a hit on level 2 to collect the same bonus however. That score would put me at 7th but I’m determined to crack 1,000,000.<\/p>\n ……<\/p>\n Made it to half way through the 3rd level and manage to surpass the 1,000,000 score mark by achieving 1,117,000 which places me at 6th.\u00a0 Not too shabby and with a bit more effort I should make it up to 4th by passing 1,373,000.\u00a0 1st place however seems a long way off.\u00a0 So a few more goes and my score will be submitted with only my patience dictating how much longer I aim for at least 4th position.<\/p>\n ……<\/p>\n Made it to the end of level 3 this time and after a hard fought battle in which I feel I was almost victorious, the end of level boss took me out.\u00a0 I achieved a score of 1,434,300 though which now places me at 4th.\u00a0 I’m more than tempted to just go that one more step and get past level 3 but I’ve got more than enough games to get through in this stupid self imposed challenge of mine.<\/p>\n I have really enjoyed this and I will definitely be returning to it at a later date. It’s a fantastic reminder of old school shumps and just how fucking hard they were.\u00a0 A glorious relentless bulletfest.\u00a0 Now it’s onto 1942…and then 1943: The Battle Of Midway…and then 1944: The Loop Master…and then 1945k III…and then 19XX: The War Against Destiny.<\/p>\n Bloody hell.\u00a0 I like this series and all that but I suspect it could get tiresome after all that lot.<\/p>\n Download the inp file<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Developed by Capcom (always a stamp of quality in my eyes) and released in 1990 this is the three-quel (?) to the vertical scrolling classic 1942.\u00a0 (The sequel being 1943: Battle Of Midway).\u00a0 \u00a0 It’s still a standard vertical shump and as in 1942 the player collects power ups and shoots the hell out of … Continue reading “MAME WR No. 4 \u2013 1941: Counter Attack”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,9,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=477"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":905,"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/477\/revisions\/905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sull.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.klov.com\/images\/11\/118123849019.png\" "\\"1941:")
and shoots the hell out of all oncoming enemies whilst avoiding the shit they sling your way.\u00a0 Not entirely sure it’s a faithful representation of WWII.\u00a0 I’m certain the Japanese didn’t shoot glowing plasma balls during that particular fracas but hey I’ll overlook that…<\/p>\n