Lost In Translation/1941 - Counter Attack

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1941 Counter Attack
Manufacturer	Capcom
Released	1990
Control Method	8-way Joystick 2 Button(s)
Main CPU	68000 (@ 10.000 MHz) Z80 (@ 3.580 MHz)
Sound CPU	Mono YM2151 (@ 3.580 MHz) OKI6295 (@ 1.000 MHz)
Video Details	Raster (Vertical) 384 x 224 pixels 60.00 Hz 4,096 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	12 ROMs 3,473,408 bytes (3.31 MiB)
MAME ID	1941 · 1941j

About the Game

1941 - Counter Attack is a vertically scrolling arcade video game shoot-em-up prequel to both 1942 and 1943 - The Battle of Midway, in that it was a sequel set in a time before the other two previously released games.

Trivia

Released in February 1990.

Player-1 uses a P-38 Lightning and Player-2 uses a Mosquito Mk IV.

1941 - Counter Attack was the first shoot-em-up to add +1 to the score when a continue is used.

Here are all the official boss names for each stage:

1. Leviathan
2. Bismarck
3. V3Rocket
4. Krote
5. Leviathan
6. Gotha

Historical inaccuracies - V3Rocket : The real V3 was a Super Gun, not a rocket. Furthermore, 'V-weapons' would not appear until 1944.

Tips and tricks

Hint : Your airplane doesn't lose energy when it collides with cliff-walls, buildings etc. Instead it will rotate a bit after such collisions. That means you can tumble up and down these obstacles (keep on colliding), and if you keep shooting, your shots will go in all directions. This way you can clear up a lot of enemies when you are under pressure (while rolling you are invincible).

Series

1. 1942 (1984)
2. 1943 - The Battle of Midway (1987)
3. 1943 Kai - Midway Kaisen (1988)
4. 1941 - Counter Attack (1990)
5. 19XX - The War Against Destiny (1995)
6. 1944 - The Loop Master (2000)

Staff

Planners

Noritaka Funamizu (Poo)

Rekite

Object Designers

Shinji Sakashita (Sakashita Thing)

Yokota Yokozo

Terukun

Kuribow

Scroll Designers

Sadakichi

Marilyn Higuchi

Yuki

Kintarou

Harusan

Character Support

Akiman

Character Coordinator

Rekite

Character Effects

Yokota Yokozo

Sound Composer

Hifumi

Programmers

Makkow

Babel-2

Dome

Game Analysers

Akira Nishitani (Nin)

Doda Nda Uda

Director

Kihaji Okamoto

Ports

Consoles

NEC SuperGrafx (1991)

Sony PSP (2006, "Capcom Classics Collection Remixed")

Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "Capcom Classics Collection, Volume 2")

Microsoft XBOX (2006, "Capcom Classics Collection, Volume 2")

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
Final Fight -G.S.M. CAPCOM 3-	PCCB-00030	1990-05-21	Pony Canyon Inc.	2 CD version.
Capcom Classic Collection REMIXED Soundtrack	N/A	2006-05-10	Capcom	CD version.
Final Fight -G.S.M. CAPCOM 3-	PCTB-00008	1990-05-20	Pony Canyon, Scitron Label	Double cassette version.

References

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.