Addict Gaming Writes "Nearly a Quarter of a century ago Capcom captured the hearts of gamers worldwide with the launch of 1942, a top down 2D scroller where you controlled a plane that had set out to destroy enemy forces in the pacific theatre. The 194x series was great, and it's still considered an all-time classic to some. But after all those years it just cannot compete with some of the games available on the market today, a classic that unfortunately didn't stand the test of time.
Once you load the game up, you'll see the menu portrays a 1940s scrap pinup board. It has a deliberately grainy filter and airplanes tear across the screen every time you select something, accompanied by the most realistic battlefield sound effects you've ever heard in an arcade game. The in-game and menu music really does an astounding job at immersing you into the fact that you're about to go to War."
PSU takes another look back at some of the digital delights found Inside PlayStation Network.
Capcom Europe has today announced a brand new price promotion for five of its most popular downloadable titles. European PlayStation Network members will be able to get hold of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD, Marvel VS Capcom 2, Super Puzzle Fighter, Age of Booty and 1942 for a reduced price over a set period in the coming months.
VGC writes: "Classic top-down shooters have always been a blast to play. Having to face off against wave after wave of multiple types of enemies at once has been the pinnacle of this genre. There have been many games, like Ikaruga, that have tried to change up gameplay mechanics, but most of the time the games always fall back onto the genre's core style. This isn't a bad thing though. It allows the player to reminisce about all the games of this genre that have came before it."
