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{{Infobox Lost In Translation
|marquee=[[Image:1943 (marquee).png|center|300px|1943 marquee.]]
|title=1943
|subtitle=The Battle of Midway
|screenshot=[[Image:1943 The Battle of Midway title (arcade).png|center|300px|1943 title screen.]]
|manufacturer=Capcom
|year=1987
|input=8-way Joystick<br/>2 Button(s)
|cpanel=[[Image:1943 (cpanel).png|center|300px|1943 control panel.]]
|cpu=Z80 (@ 6.000 MHz)<br/>Z80 (@ 3.000 MHz)
|sound=Mono<br/>(2x) YM2203 (@ 1.500 MHz)
|video=Raster (Vertical)<br/>256 x 224 pixels<br/>60.00 Hz<br/>256 Palette colours
|screens=1
|roms=37 ROMs<br/>887,808 bytes (867.00 [[wikipedia:Kibibyte|KiB]])
|MAME=1943 · 1943j
}}
==About The Game==
'''1943 - The Battle of Midway''' is a vertically scrolling arcade video game shoot-em-up and obvious sequel to [[Lost In Translation/1942|1942]].

Unlike 1942, this game featured an energy level indicator, meaning one taking one hit wouldn't kill you instantly.  The game also featured other 'mega-weapons' such as lightning, cyclone and tsunami.

A Japan-only updated version of this game was released as "1943 Kai - Midway Kaisen" and featured different graphics, gameplay and difficulty.

===Additional Technical Information===
Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2

=> [A] Fire, [B] Special

===Trivia===
Released in June 1987.

Brian Chapel holds the record for this game with 2,947,360 points on June 23, 1988.

====Bosses====
(from start to finish)
*Tone (Japanese Heavy Cruiser)
*Kaga (Japanese Aircraft Carrier)
*Ayako 1 (Japanese Mother Bomber)
*Fusō (Japanese Battleship)
*Akagi (Japanese Aircraft Carrier)
*Daihiryu 1 (Japanese Aircraft Squadron)
*Ise (Japanese Battleship)
*Hiryū (Japanese Aircraft Carrier)
*Ayako 2 (Japanese Mother Bomber)
*Mutsu (Japanese Battleship)
*Daihiryu 2 (Japanese Aircraft Squadron)
*Yamashiro (Japanese Battleship)
*Sōryū (Japanese Aircraft Carrier)
*Ayako 3 (Japanese Mother Bomber)
*Nagato (Japanese Battleship)
*Yamato (Japanese Battleship and Final Boss) 

===Tips and tricks===
====Choose Your Weapon====
Hold these buttons at the beginning of each stage to activate the weapon...

{| class="infotable"
! Stage || Weapon || Actions
|-
| 1 || Small Shot Gun || Press 1P side Down and 2P side A
|-
| 2 || Big Shot Gun || Press 1P side A and 2P side B
|-
| 3 || Laser || Press 1P side Up-right+A+B and 2P side Down+B
|-
| 4 || Big Shot Gun || Press 1P side Down-left+B and 2P side Left-up
|-
| 5 || 3-way || Press 1P side A and 2P side Up
|-
| 6 || Auto || Press 1P side Left and 2P side Right+B
|-
| 7 || Shell || Press 1P side Up-left and 2P side Down
|-
| 8 || 3-way || Press 1P side Left+A+B and 2P side A+B
|-
| 9 || Laser || Press 1P side Down-right+A+B and 2P side Down-right+A+B
|-
| 10 || Shell || Press 1P side Up-right+B and 2P side Down-right
|-
| 11 || Auto || Press 1P side Up-left and 2P Right+A
|-
| 12 || 3-way || Press 1P side Right+A+B and 2P side Up-right+A+B
|-
| 13 || Auto || Press 1P side Up and 2P side Down
|-
| 14 || Laser || Press 1P side Up-left+A+B and 2P side Right+A+B
|-
| 15 || Shell || Press 1P side Down-right+A and 2P side Down-left+A
|-
| 16 || Auto || Press 1P side Right+A and 2P side Upright+A
|}


====Full Ammunition Load====
A little known trick in the game is to hold down the fire button at the very end of a board immediately after beating the boss. By holding down the button until the plane takes off in the subsequent board, the game gives you a full ammunition load (65 Seconds)! This trick only works every third board or so and it may even change your selected weapon. 

====Bonus Points====
* The '100% accuracy' bonus refers NOT to how many planes you down during the round, but rather how many of the guns on the enemy aircraft carriers you get. For this reason, it's best to ignore the planes and concentrate on the ships - that's where the big points are. 

* It's possible to shoot one of the ships just before your plane dives in to battle the fleet, and that you can capture the flames that erupt from it. This gives a 10,000 point bonus. 

* At some points in the background there are 'shootable' patches which will yield a bonus when shot enough. They can be recognized by the sparks which will occur when your bullets hit them. One such bonus is on level one : it is on the lowest part of the second cloud bank to the left after the last large plane of the level appears. It appears as a cow. There is also another shootable area which appears after the first ship in the first level, in the water above it: -
*#The cow bonus is worth 20,000 points, and on the first level, it's followed by a strange object that looks like a dragonfly moving right to left across the screen. Shooting the dragonfly yields an additional 10,000 point bonus. 
*#The cow and dragonfly bonuses also appear on other rounds; the cow can sometimes be seen on the deck of a carrier! 
*#There's a bonus shaped like a spinning cat (!). When collected, it upgrades your weapon to a laser. 

* The 'star' bonus gives you 5,000 points when caught. It may also increase the capacity of your fuel gauge by eight units (mine went from 64 to 72 units). The white star also gives you the max seconds of weapon (if you get it with no weapon, the next time you get one you'll get 64 seconds instead of 20). 

* (This has been reported on level 2, but may exist on other levels as well) : Sometimes an astronaut will emerge from the side of the final (boss) ship and walk off the screen. Shoot it for 100,000 points! This happens most often when the command tower is shot repeatedly before the ship is destroyed. 

* If you get the 'propeller' power-up (it looks like a propeller over a circle), your energy level will be fully replenished. 

* Still another bonus is shaped like an pine cone or acorn. When you fly over a certain spot, the pine cone shows up and is worth 2,000 points. 

* When the boss ship explodes, the control center breaks into 4 pieces. The pieces are worth 10,000 points each if shot. 

* If you shoot a POW enough to cycle it through about 4 or 5 times, it will turn into a fuel-tank :) that helps a GREAT deal on the last few stages, especially a stage or 2 where they DON'T give you a full tank at the end of the cloud stage before you go to the water!

===Series===
#[[Lost In Translation/1942|1942]] (1984)
#1943 - The Battle of Midway (1987)
#1943 Kai - Midway Kaisen (1988)
#[[Lost In Translation/1941 - Counter Attack|1941 - Counter Attack]] (1990)
#19XX - The War Against Destiny (1995)
#1944 - The Loop Master (2000)

===Staff===
;Designers:
:Noritaka Funamizu (Poo)
:Dechikun
;Producer:
:Yoshiki Okamoto (Kikaji O.)
;Character Designers:
:Naoko Sato
:Miki Chan
:Kawamoyan
:Aho no Sakata 
;Music & SFX:
:Yoshihiro Sakaguchi 
;Additional Music:
:Junko Tamiya (stage 1-1)
:Manami Matsumae (stage 1-2)
:Harumi Fujita (stages 2-2 and 3-1)
;Hardware:
:Panchi Kubozoo (Punch Kubozoo)
:Jumbo Saito
;Programming:
:BLBON

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==Cabinet and Artwork==
<gallery widths="180px" heights="320px" perrow="4">
Image:1943 (cabinet).png|1943 arcade cabinet.
Image:1943 - The Battle of Midway (flyer).jpg|1943 - The Battle of Midway flyer.
Image:1943 - The Battle of Midway (flyer) (back).jpg|1943 - The Battle of Midway back of flyer.
</gallery>

==Ports==
[[Image:1943.jpg|thumb|right||Box art for [[Go!]]'s port of 1943.]]
;Consoles : 
:Nintendo Famicom (1988) 
:NEC PC-Engine (1991) 
:Sony PlayStation (1998, "Capcom Generation 1") 
:Sega Saturn (1998, "Capcom Generation 1") 
:Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Capcom Classics Collection") 
:Microsoft XBOX (2005, "Capcom Classics Collection") 
:Sony PSP (2006, "Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded") 

; Computers : 
:Atari ST (1987) 
:Amstrad CPC (1988) 
:Commodore C64 (1988) 
:Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1988) 
:Commodore Amiga ("[[1943 - The Battle of Midway]]", 1989, [[Go!]])
:PC [CD-ROM] (1999, "Capcom Arcade Hits 2") 

; Others : 
:LCD Handheld game (1989, Acclaim)
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==Soundtrack Releases==
{| class="infotable sortable"
! Album Name || Catalogue No.|| Released || Publisher || Comments
|-
| Capcom Game Music VOL.3
| 28XA-204<ref>{{VGMdb|Capcom Game Music VOL.3 (CD)|3871}}</ref>
| 1988-04-20
| Alfa Records
| CD version.
|-
| Capcom Game Music VOL.3
| ALC-22924<ref>{{VGMdb|Capcom Game Music VOL.3 (Cassette)|3872}}</ref>
| 1988-04-20
| Alfa Records
| Cassette version.
|-
| Capcom Game Music VOL.3
| ALR-22924<ref>{{VGMdb|Capcom Game Music VOL.3 (Vinyl)|3873}}</ref>
| 1988-04-20
| Alfa Records
| Vinyl version.
|-
| Capcom Game Music VOL.3
| SCDC-00198<ref>{{VGMdb|Capcom Game Music VOL.3 (CD)|3874}}</ref>
| 2002-08-21
| Scitron Digital Content Inc.
| CD version.
|}

==External Links==
{{WoS|1943: The Battle of Midway|0009298}}

==References==
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