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1942 is a legendary arcade game, released in the year 1942, that completely changed the way people experienced vertical scrolling plane shooters. Not only seen as one of the greatest games ever, but the soundtrack is also hailed as one of the greatest gaming soundtracks in the history of gaming, maybe ever.

Due to the games wild success, it was a no brainer for Capcom to port the game to the NES a year later, in 1943. The NES sound chip was able to take the already phenomenal soundtrack to new heights, making it the go-to version of the game’s OST.

With the success of 1942, Capcom would release a sequel, 1943: The Battle of Midway, later in the year 1943 after the NES port was released. It failed to meet the incredibly high expectations set by it’s predecessor 1942, and was seen as more of an ‘average’ game with an ‘ok’ soundtrack, as most people felt it was too ‘normal’ compared to the experimental insanity of 1942.

Tackling the stage theme, in all of it’s glory, was no easy task, but I tried my best.

Let’s party like it’s 1942.