1944: The Loop Master

The game takes place in the heated battles of 1944 during the Second World War as a super ace pilot attempts to defeat an entire army. The game operates and plays like most standard shooters. The objective of every level is to shoot enemy planes, tanks, trains, turrets, battleships, and defeat the boss after each level. Unlike its predecessor, 19XX: The War Against Destiny, the game plays more like the early games in the series.

Released: 20 June 2000
Platforms: Arcade
Genres: Arcade Shoot 'em up Shooter World War II
Developers: Eighting
Publishers: Capcom
Series: 19XX
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action
Country: Japan
Languages: English

About

1944: The Loop Master is a 2000 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed by Raizing and published by Capcom for arcades. It is the fifth installment of Capcom's 194X series. The game takes place in the heated battles of 1944 during World War II as two super ace pilots, P-38 Lightning and Mitsubishi A6M Zero are attempting to defeat an entire army. It is the sequel to 19XX: The War Against Destiny and uses the arcade cabinet CP System II.

Keywords

world war ii - ww2
shoot 'em up
death
war
artificial intelligence
airplane
pilot
boss fight
explosion
vertical scrolling
air strike
nazis

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Gameplay

The arcade operates and plays like most standard shooters. The objective of every level is to shoot enemy planes, tanks, trains, turrets, battleships, and defeat the boss after each level. Unlike its predecessor, 19XX: The War Against Destiny, the game plays more like the early games in the series. Despite the opening description of the plane stats, both planes operate equally, and are only available to the first or second player respectively.

The game borrows from 19XX in that it has a form of charge up system. By holding the fire button down, the charge bar will fill, and when full, the plane will fly up and become temporarily invincible. The game also has the standard bomb button, which causes Tomahawk Missiles to fly up the screen doing major damage to any enemies they hit.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed 1944: The Loop Master on their November 15, 2000 issue as being the thirteenth most-successful arcade game of the month.