1942 by Elite Systems Ltd
Synopsis:
It is 1942, and war is raging in the Pacific. The enemy's fleet and airforce are growing in strength. It is up to you to restrict their numbers in a daring solo mission. Your carrier will take you as far as it dares, but from then on you are on your own. Fly your plane over enemy territory and installations, scattered islands and rough terrain. Smart manoeuvring and skillful aerobatics are required to outwit the enemy planes; recovering the mystery POWer capsules will give your plane extra capabilities. Be prepared - enemy gunners have their sights set on you, and their pilots are prepared to die to thwart your mission. The carrier awaits your safe return - but have you the skill to survive?!
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Original Instructions
Note: Many of these instructions have been OCRed and may not have been proofread, as a result spelling errors, broken English and grammar are likely.
LOADING INSTRUCTIONS
AMSTRAD : RUN "ELITE"
PLAYING INSTRUCTIONS
SPECTRUM & AMSTRAD
All keyboard and joystick options are displayed on the screen.
To roll the plane use keys 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4.
© 1989 ELITE SYSTEMS LTD.
Cheat Mode
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This one will give you infinite lives, you must first forward your cassette to the block after "Elite" before running this poke:
10 BORDER 2: MODE 0
20 FOR a=0 TO 15: READ b
30 INK a,b:NEXT
40 LOAD "!screen.scn",&C000
50 DATA 0,13,26,12,24,9,18
60 DATA 10,20,1,2,11,4
70 DATA 15,3,6
80 addr=&BE00:RESTORE 120
90 FOR x=0 TO 59:READ a$
100 POKE addr+x,VAL("&"+a$)
110 NEXT:CALL &BE00
120 DATA 3e,ff,cd,6b,00
130 DATA 06,04,21,38,be,11
140 DATA 00,9c,cd,77,bc,21
150 DATA 58,02,cd,83,bc,cd
160 DATA 7a,bc,21,bd,26,36
170 DATA c3,23,36,7c,23,36
180 DATA 2b,21,c6,26,36,00
190 DATA 23,36,00,23,36,00
200 DATA 21,1c,25,36,00,cd
210 DATA b3,89,31,39,34,32
220 END
Poke by Nicolo Gavazzeni for Amstrad Action. - submitted by Malc (CPC Zone Staff)
multiface
At address 2974 poke C3 for manual rapid fire
At address 2982 poke 00 for auto rapid fire
At address 24C0 poke C9
At address 24C0 poke C0
for infinite lives
- submitted by Malc (CPC Zone Staff)
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CP/M User says
"The original of the Capcom series of games (1942/1943), which has you going around shooting the enermy - which has inspired further games like Flying Shark, Arcade Flight Sim, Slapfighter & Sonic Boom. All to me seem very good. Graphically it not quite 1943, still seems to play well & has me hooked."
cpc4eva says
"Not the conversion I had hoped for.... the slow speed is a major let down for me. Could have been soooo much better."
Gryzor says
"Ooh this is lovely! It doesn`t look that good, and it doesn`t play that great, but somehow it managed to captured the imagination back then and transport you to the arcade world... Has aged quite a bit, tho. A lovely intro tune., too."
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britnostalgic says
"Boring take of an arcade classic... 'zzzzzzzzzzzz'"