Well worth the paltry price I paid for it (Don't spend more than $10, though-there just isn't enough content to warrant ponying up any more cash than that). This is a few h ours of top-down, strafe-and-gun fun. The graphics are crisp, the controls, while simple and intuitive work just as they ought to and the sound effects are great. What this game is is a helluva lotta fun. Self-consciousness and pretenses such as these had only just begun to permeate the market with deep and complictaed RPG's like Final Fantasy. There's no hidden agenda or deeper meaning to this game. It is, however, the game I played ad-naseum during college when I should have been broadening my mind instead of my trigger-reflexes. In 1998, the game was also ported to the PlayStation and Sega Saturn. The first game being Strikers 1945 and later being followed up by Strikers 1999 (Strikers 1945 III). It is the second game in the Strikers 1945 (Series). Days when six-packs, Mickey-D's and release dates for movies and games were a the very core of existence. Strikers 1945 II (1945II) is an arcade game developed and published by Psikyo in 1997. Probably every gamer out there, whether casual, hard-core or in between has a game or two that evokes misty-eyed memories of better days. 5 of the latest aircrafts and a special military aircraft for military fans. This game uses one block on the standard memory card to save high scores, and a two-player simultaneous mode is also supported. Each setting affects the number of onscreen enemies as well as the challenge involved in dispatching them. Strikers 1945 also features seven difficulty levels: Monkey, Child, Very Easy, Easy, Medium, Hard, and Very Hard. Destroying enemies causes this bar fill up, and once a desirable level has been reached, the attack button can be held down to 'charge' a super weapon that can help you dispatch enemies easier. For example, using the Pancake's special weapon will call in two stealth bombers that will not only shield you from oncoming attacks for several seconds, but also attack all onscreen enemies.Įach aircraft has a charge bar at the bottom left hand corner of the screen. Traditional powering up of weapons leads to more guns shooting at once as well as additional tracking bullets and lasers.Įach fighter also has a custom special weapon that can be used when enemy situations get too hectic. Destroying onscreen enemies and obtaining power-ups will affect the standard guns on the fighter you are piloting.

The game is played from a top-down perspective and is reminiscent of 19 by Capcom.Įnemies include various forms of fighter jets swarming the player throughout each level, as well as mid- and end-mission bosses, some of which take up half the player's screen. Fighters include the Lightning, Flying Pancake, Ta152 Focke Wulf, Hayate, Shinden, and Mosquito. Strikers 1945 pits you in the middle of World War II and offers several fighters, jets, and bombers based on period aircraft during the period.

Strikers 1945 ending screen