1943: The Battle of Midway

1943: The Battle of Midway
North American arcade flyer
Developer(s)Capcom
Publisher(s)Capcom
Designer(s)Yoshiki Okamoto
Composer(s)Original release:
Kumi Yamaga
1943 Kai:
Manami Matsumae
Takashi Tateishi
Junko Tamiya
Hiroshige Tonomura
Tamayo Kawamoto
Harumi Fujita
Platform(s)Arcade, Nintendo Entertainment System, PC Engine, Xbox, PlayStation 2, PlayStation, Saturn, PlayStation Portable, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Amiga
ReleaseJune 1987 (Arcade)
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemCapcom Commando Hardware

1943: The Battle of Midway is a 1987 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Capcom for arcades. It was the first follow-up to Capcom's earlier 1942. Like 1942, the player controls Americans attacking the Japanese air fleet; this was due to being one of the first Capcom games designed with Western markets in mind. The game's name is a reference to the Battle of Midway, which occurred in June 1942.