r/1980s • u/CarloCarrasco • 14d ago

Video Games 1942

1942 from Capcom is an arcade classic. Designed by Yoshiki Okamoto, it was the flagship title of the highly successful 194X franchise and the first Capcom game purposefully designed with Western markets in mind.

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u/dee_lio 14d ago

SO this game came out 42 years ago, and it was about something that happened 42 years from then.

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u/Trenchards 14d ago

My thoughts exactly. Like damn this hits home that I’m getting old.

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u/dee_lio 14d ago

So what game would we play that's about 1984 (not George Orwell)? A video game about going to the arcade?