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1942: The Pacific Air War

Title1942: The Pacific Air War
First release1994
DeveloperMicroProse
PublisherMicroProse
PlatformsDOS, PC (Windows)
Genreflight simulation video game
Players1 player
Co-opNo
ESRB ratingT Teen
Releases
DOS: 1994-06-06
Wikidata IDQ2811781

1942: The Pacific Air War is a flight simulation set in World War II, more specific the Pacific War between Japan and the United States. The focus is on the realistic simulation of the ten aircraft, this means for instance that there is no indicator for ammo. The game features several missions which can be either played independently from each other or in two campaigns for the United States or Japan. The goals are mostly to liberate an area, to defend an area or to destroy a specific target.

Description: TheGamesDB (community-contributed, no licence stated; internal use only) Facts from Wikidata (CC0), gaps filled from TheGamesDB. Only retro platforms tracked by this site are listed; the year is the earliest release date recorded on Wikidata.
Sources
Wikidata (Q2811781) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0
TheGamesDB (32460) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Image credits
Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © MicroProse · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Screenshots, Logos (3): Source: libretro-thumbnails (upstream libretro-thumbnails (art by developers/publishers; see repo README)) · © MicroProse · internal use only.
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