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Player Review-Capcom Generation: Dai 1 Shuu Gekitsuiou no Jidai (1999)

Other Titles: Capcom Generations 1: Wings of Destiny, Capcom Generation Collection 1: The Era of Flying Aces, Capcom Generation,  カプコン ジェネレーション －第1集 撃墜王の時代－ System(s): Sega Saturn Publisher: Capcom Developer: Capcom Original system(s): Capcom 1942 hardware, Capcom 1943 hardware Game total: 3 Games included: 1942, 1943, 1943 Kai Sound driver: SCSP (1Track) Genre: Compilation, Shooting Number of players: 1-2

The Capcom Generation series exists as a piece of nostalgia for gamers who are fans of the Capcom brand. There is no other reason to own any of these. Maybe Volume 3 has SOME value, because it has games on it like SonSon and Pirate Ship Higemaru most probably have never heard of and might want to sample but for the most part you are literally buying physical copies of a limited rom collection.

The Wings of Destiny set consists of the games from the 19XX series but only the earlier games in the series and excluding 1941 (1942, 1943, 1943 Kai), if you've never played any of those games than you should know that all 3 are insanely boring. These are games I would play on a cell phone if I was stuck somewhere with nothing to do because at least my mind would be occupied but other than that the gameplay style is too dated. This came out in 1998 too which is 2 years after 19XX: War Against Destiny came out. It's a game within the same series but is miles ahead in terms of the graphics and the quality of gameplay, so it would have been nice to see it in this collection.

THE GOOD -Nothing in particular

THE BAD -1943 is the best game on this disk and even THAT is boring. It's just stage after stage of mindless air and watercraft shooting. -Actually acquiring this game will probably run you at least 40$ just to keep as a collector's item, there's nothing on this you will enjoy playing or that you will revisit later. I give this collection a 1.0 out of 10 CAPCOM FANDOM PURPOSES ONLY

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Left: The Battle of Midway as depicted by Noriyoshi Ohrai / 生頼 範義 for Maru Special (March 1985) Right: 1943 Kai: Midway Kaisen (Arcade - Capcom - 1988)

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Longplay of 1943 Kai

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1943: Kai (TG16) Playthrough (No Commentary)

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Player Review- 1943: The Battle of Midway/1943 Kai/ 1943 ミッドウェイ海戦  (1987)

Developers-Capcom Publishers-Capcom Designers-Yoshiki Okamoto Composers-[Original release:] Kumi Yamaga, [1943 Kai:] Manami Matsumae, Takashi Tateishi, Junko Tamiya, Hiroshige Tonomura, Tamayo, Kawamoto, Harumi Fujita Series-194X Platforms-Arcade, NES, PC Engine, Xbox, PlayStation 2, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, PlayStation 3 Genres-Vertical Scrolling Shooter Modes-Single-Player , 2 player  Co-op Arcade System-Capcom Commando Hardware

1943 seems like a slightly better version of 1942. It actually has background music, the stages look a lot better, the action in-game is a lot more fast-paced, it's a little more difficult, and it looks better graphically.

The major flaw in this title is that it's STILL boring. There's still nothing special about 1943. It uses World War II as a backdrop which is actually a very proactive and fascinating time in history, but all you do in the game is destroy enemy air & watercrafts, that's the whole game. It doesn't really get any more basic than this.

THE GOOD -1943 gets a lot of things correct that 1942 didn't. The addition of a soundtrack, an increase in the pacing of the levels & the higher degree of difficulty all makes this a more enjoyable experience.

-Adding Cheat Codes that allow you to skip levels is great because this game is STILL too long, still has too many stages. It's not fun enough to take up so much of my time. Allowing me to shorten it at my discretion was a very good idea.

THE BAD -The game overall is still pretty bland, it's not really a memorable experience. Once you beat it, the replay value is out of the window and I actually doubt that many people who play this will even finish it because while it's more fun than 1942, that's not really saying much. This was fun for about 4 levels and then I was already yawning.

-The game is based around a really interesting time in World History but without actual story elements the whole thing feels flat and lifeless. I give this game a 5.0 out of 10 A POWERFUL SLEEP AID