1941 - Counter Attack

NEC PC Engine SuperGrafx · 1991 · JP

Also known as: 1941 : Counter Attack (JP)

Publisher: Hudson Soft · Developer: Capcom · Genre: Shoot'em Up

The SuperGrafx port of Capcom's hit arcade game. The goal is to shoot down enemy airplanes and collect weapon power-ups (POW). The game uses a vitality system instead of life system in which if the player is hit, it loses one point of vitality and the player is destroyed if hit with 0 vitality then the player is given the option to continue. Lightning attacks can be used by pressing the B button which sacrifices a portion of life energy. Player 1 flies the P-38 Lightning and Player 2 the new Mosquito Mk IV. The game shifts from the original Pacific Front setting with that of the Western Front, in the north Atlantic Ocean. The game consists of six levels and was the first in the series to introduce a +1 to the high score when Continues are used.