1943: The Battle of Midway (NES)

1943: The Battle of Midway
Also known as: 1943: The Battle of Valhalla (JP), 1943 (title screen) Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Platforms: NES, FamicomBox Released in JP: June 20, 1988 Released in US: October 1988 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has regional differences. This game has a prototype article This game has a Data Crystal page

1943: The Battle of Midway is the sequel to 1942 and an extremely realistic simulator of the real-life Battle of Midway, where a small plane collected power-ups while shooting down the entire Japanese air force and the battleship Yamato (which actually sunk in 1945 at Okinawa).

History really is written by the winners.

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Prototype Info

Morse Code

This message, using Morse code abbreviations, plays twice during the game's intro sequence.

Transcribed	-.-. --.- -.. . -.-. .- .--. -.-. --- -- -.. -. ... -.-
Converted	CQ DE CAPCOM DN SK
Translated	Calling any station. This is CAPCOM. Down and out.

Regional Differences

The Japanese version is called 1943: The Battle of Valhalla, while the North American version is called 1943: The Battle of Midway, although in both cases they're just called 1943 on the title screen.

• The "4" on the title screen has a slightly shrunken base in the US release. Also, 1987 was removed from the copyright, and a more elaborate Capcom copyright was added in along with "Licensed by Nintendo of America Inc."

Japan	US

• The overall tone of many messages in-game have been made more tame, with the Japanese release having most sentences end with an exclamation point, while the American release simply ends them with a period.

Japan	US

• The first barrage of green planes in the intro make additional sounds in the NA version.
• In the password screen, the logo in the top-left corner has been shifted a bit to the right in the NA version.

Japan	US

• The point distribution screen in the NA version tells you to move your cursor over a stat and to press "button" before letting you select, while the Japanese version lets you immediately pick a stat to upgrade.

Japan	US