# ##### # ##### ## # # # # # # # # # # # # # # ###### # # ##### # # ####### # # # # # # # ##### ##### # ##### 1943(NES) FAQ By strawhat Version 1.2 Last Update: 4/20/06 Note: For easy searching, highlight a section name and number(without the spaces at the beginning), press Ctrl + F and paste the section name in the menu. Press find and voila! For Mac users, use the command key in place of the control key. The latest version of this FAQ will always be at Gamefaqs.com or IGN.com. Table of Contents ----------------- {1.0} Introduction {2.0} Basics {3.0} Tips {4.0} Walkthrough {5.0} Items {6.0} Passwords {7.0} Conclusion UPDATES: ============================================================================== Version 1.2: Finished the walkthrough. Version 1.1: Did bosses up to level 7. Version 1.0: Version release. Disclaimer: ============================================================================== This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and violation of copyright. Sites allowed to host this FAQ: www.gamefaqs.com faqs.ign.com honestgamers.com 1up.com +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= |***** {1.0} Introduction *****| |~ ~| +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Thanks for choosing this FAQ to help you with the classic, side scrolling shooting game of 1943. This FAQ was written for the sake of gamers worldwide, and for the NES Completion project of GameFAQs.com. Although lacking a full FAQ, this really is a good game, ESPECIALLY for the time period in which it was released. If you're interested in these old arcade games, I greatly recommend that you pick this up or try it somewhere. Please enjoy this FAQ, but most of all, enjoy the game. Classics these days can never be the same as these games. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= |***** {2.0} Basics *****| |~ ~| +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Controls: +-----------------------------------+ | Button | Effect | |-----------------------------------| | A | Special attack | | B | Normal Attack | | Start | Pause game | | Select | Nothing | | D-Pad | Move fighter | +-----------------------------------+ This game is a normal side scrolling shooter. Try to get the most points by shooting down all of the planes with your normal attack(B). At the end of each level, there will be a boss. Defeat the boss ship to move on to the next level. Effect of Weapons ----------------- There are two different weapons that you can use to shoot down planes. The normal weapon will be able to take down most of the small planes down with a hit. The special attack will destroy all planes that are seen on the screen. However, it takes up a lot more energy and for boss ships, will only temporarily freeze it. There's also a third weapons you can use. If you hold B until you hear a noise, release to let out a stronger shot. This can destroy the larger planes. When you run out of energy, you can still use the lightning attack, but only three times. You'll do a loop before executing the attack, so it'll also be slower. Energy ------ Energy is an important thing in the game. On the bottom right of the screen, you'll see the amount of energy you possess. This number will slowly decrease as you play. It does not drop when you use your regular weapon. Your special attack will make it drop a lot, as well as getting hit by enemy fire or an enemy plane. When your energy goes down to zero, you will still be alive. However, your shots will be much slower and the next time you take a hit, it'll be Game Over. Bosses ------ At the end of every level, there will be a boss. You must defeat this boss in order to move on to the next level. Usually, the boss ship will have a large arrangement of guns and some powerful weapons. Defeating the ship generally means to take down all of the guns. Make sure to avoid all of the enemy gunfire. The special weapons can be helpful here to freeze up the boss ship, allowing you several hits at it before it begins to fire again. Usually, the boss will be a ship. But at times, you will have to take down a fleet of planes or a large plane in order to continue. If you do well defeating the boss, you will get a large energy bonus to start the next level. Hidden Items ------------ In each level, you might find some hidden items. If you shoot at a spot that flashes, but there's nothing there, then that means there's a hidden item there! Keep shooting at it and the item will soon reveal itself. This item can be energy or levels up a stat. Either way, it's very useful. The hidden spots do not change if you restart on the level. Point Distribution ------------------ At the beginning of the game, you can select where you want to distribute your three points. This will make your stats stronger. As you progress through the game, you may find hidden items that can increase your stats. Here's a list of all the stats and what they do: Offense Pwr: Strengthens your shots. Defense Pwr: Lowers the amount of Energy depleted when you take a hit. Energy Level: Increases max amount of energy. Special Weapon: Increases the amount of special weapons that you can get from the red figher planes. SW Time Limit: Increases the amount of time that you can use a special weapon. Red Fighters ------------ You will see at least a couple of red planes in a formation in every level. If you shoot down all of them, the last will will drop an item. This will be a P, the pow symbol. Keep shooting it for the item to change. Depending on your special weapon stat, you can get different weapons from it. The weapons will keep cycling as you keep shooting it, the last being a small energy tank. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= |***** {3.0} Tips *****| |~ ~| +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Here's some tips for when you're playing the game: 1. Energy is important, but you must think about what you need in the future. Sometimes, it's better to have a spread shot which will defend you from a boss's attack than energy, in which you will still lose. You can still survive without energy and with a powerful weapon, but it's harder vice-versa. 2. According to a kind contributor, he reccommends that you put one point in defensive power, one in energy level, and one in special weapon at the beginning of the game. 3. When you collect the same type of weapon twice from the red plane drops, the weapon will become powered up and the special weapon timer will go up. 4. An upgraded spreadshot is the only weapon that can destroy enemy fire. Once you have higher max energy levels and is more skilled, try to get these upgraded spreadshots. It'll make the game a lot easier since you're don't have to be flying everywhere dodging shots. 5. In the first level, the enemies will NOT shoot at you until right before the boss. Use this to your advantage to rack up points and get what you want from the red fighters. 6. You can only have six points in a stat after you have at least 3 in everything. 7. Avoid the debris from ships after destroying them! It really sucks to destroy a ship then get a game over because you didn't move out of the way. 8. Later in the game, you will often find yourselves in boss battles without any energy. Use your lightning attack! You're only allowed a limited usage of lightning attacks when you have no energy left, so save them for the boss! The lightning attack will freeze boss ships in place so you can give them a quick beating without worrying about taking a hit. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= |***** {4.0} Walkthrough *****| |~ ~| +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Level 1: Rikaku --------------- Pretty easy. There are two guns in the front, three in the back, and two on each side. The guns to the front and rear are stronger, so make sure to take them out first. They are all right on a line. The Rikaku's attacks are very linear and slow, so put dodging as your first priorety. Level 2: Kaku ------------- Harder than Rikaku, but that's not saying much. Kaku has guns all alongside the ship and two platforms at the front and back where green fighters can come out to attack you. As soon as you see Kaku appear, take out the front platform. Although green fighters don't do that much damage, it can really add up especially if you are trying to dodge Kaku's lasers at the same time. After taking out the front platform, proceed to destroy the guns. Just stay in one line and fire away. When you see the second platform, feel free to destroy that. I found that just destroying one platform was enough for me, though. Level 3: Ayako -------------- Level three is very short, so you should meet up with Ayako shortly. Ayako is a large, green plane. It's not too hard to take down. Ayako fires five shots that spread towards you. Individually, the shots don't do a lot of damage. However, they fire quickly. If you have the level 2 spread weapon, then you should easily beat this boss taking minimal damage as the spread weapon destroys enemy fire. However, the spread shot WILL have a little bit of trouble dealing damage. Aim for the engines of the plane and keep firing! Double Laser also works exceptionally well here, considering Level 4: Kakushi ---------------- The Kukashi is similar to the Rikaku, except it has bigger, stronger guns. Not much to say here except to dodge those damn things. However, if you have a Double Laser, you should pierce through each gun with relative ease. Level 5: Kyoshu --------------- The Kyoshu is like a mix of all the other bosses. It has three platforms where green fighters come out, many guns on the sides, and two powerful lasers at the end. The spread weapon is your best bet here because the guns fire pretty damn fast. Spread should take out all of the direct attacks, although it'll be a bit slower to destroy the ship. If you have any weapon other than the spread or double laser, it would be wise to take out the platforms yielding green fighters. Level 6: Ganryo --------------- Level 6 is really short and doesn't have an actual boss. The boss is a large unit of large green bombers. Take them down with anything. Double Laser is undoubtably the easiest way out. There are plenty of red planes that can give you more SW time or health if you need it. Dodging should be your main priorety, but there really isn't all that much to dodge. The worst thing that can happen is if you crash into one of the planes. That'll take a big chunk of energy off. Level 7: Choko -------------- This level introduces a new technique by the opposing planes. They'll circle around you, so be sure not to stick too close to one side. Not too hard once you learn to stay close to the middle. The boss consists of two ships. On the deck, there will be green fighters ready to take off. As soon as you see them, shoot them down and work on the cannons. If you have the Double Laser, they will(as usual) take down the lasers quick and without worry. Spread Shot is an excellent alternative as it'll pretty much eat up anything that comes your way. The two ships don't have just green fighters. There are some cannons at the back. Shoot them out. These cannons are moderate in strength. Level 8: Roshuku ----------------- During the level, you will meet missles! Mr. Missles come in groups and move slightly from side to side, and fall quickly. It's difficult to shoot them all down, so just take out some and quickly dodge them. As usual, don't stick too close to one side(especially the bottom) because you never know where a big green plane might appear or a bunch off little ones just swarm coming from one side. This level is really hard, so I hope that you have some health by the boss. During the level, focus more on having plenty of SW time with the spread shot. I got lucky and beat this stage with 0 energy and 0 SW limit by the end, but the spread shot saved me A LOT of trouble. Ryushuku has cannons on the sides and two at the back. These cannons fire decent shots, shaving off 8-10 per hit. The two at the back are slightly stronger. There are also platforms allowing small green fighters to just come out and strike you. Quickly destroy the lasers one the sides as they appear on the screen. The Ryushuku attacks very quickly. If you don't have the spread shot to absorb the attacks, you might want to consider using the lightning attack, especially if you have 0 energy. This will freeze the ship and its rapid-firing cannons for a short while, giving you a chance to inflict some damage without taking a hit. Level 9: Ayako II ----------------- You'll see more of the same during this level. Never stay too close to the bottom of the screen. Large green fighters like to appear there. Ayako II is just like Ayako, a large plane except that this one is yellow with much more endurance. It will also move around much more, but that shouldn't affect you. You want to take it down the same way as before. Use the second spread shot so absorb the shots that come out of the tail and sides of Ayako II. Hit the sides of the plane, not the tail and make sure to stay towards the bottom of the screen giving you more time to take out the shots or dodge it. If you run out of SW power, use your lightning attack. It's EXTREMELY difficult to dodge the Ayako. Once it stops attacking from the lightning, quickly bombard the wings. Stay to the sides of the screen since as Ayako's spread shot is fired, the shots move further apart. This makes it easier to dodge. Level 10: Kayu -------------- The level itself is much harder than Kayu. Kayu is made up of two large guns at the front and rear and tons of little guns in the middle. The spread shot should take care of the small guns really quickly while absorbing hits from the big guns. Use the lightning attack if the green planes bother you, or if you just need some extra time to tear down the Kayu. Level 11: Bunshu ---------------- Really easy level. Be thankful for the quick break. Bunshu is another unit of bombers. They are the large green planes. As soon as the screen notifies you that the bombers have been found, start shooting them up! Double Laser is indeed the best weapon for this level, but anything other than the basic weapon is helpful. You should find tons of hidden items here and red planes so you don't have to worry much about losing life or SW. Just don't get too careless. Level 12: Chojin ---------------- It's difficult not to get hit against Chojin. Chojin is actually two ships, not one. The first ship has green fighters in the front, then some large guns. You must attack it quick because the screen will move up very fast. If you need to, use the lightning attack to stop the movement and quickly gun the first ship down. Use the same strategy on the second ship. It is virtually the same except larger and with more guns. The shots still come at the same speed. The level has many red planes and hidden items to restore your health, so if you expect to survive here, you MUST get them. Level 13: Riju -------------- Riju is a ship with many small guns on the sides and three platforms in the middle. The platforms will yield green fighters. The guns on the sides are don't fire very strong shots, but they don't go down easily. I find that the screen also moves very quickly and doesn't give you too much time to shoot down the guns. Use lightning attacks if you need to, whether it's because the green fighters surrounded you in a corner or if you need extra time to shoot down the boss guns. Spread shot is your best bet here. With so many guns, you will absolutely need to take very limited hits to win. If you a great dodger, then go ahead and use a double laser. Level 14: Ayako III ------------------- During the stage, stay closer to the middle. Planes like to circle from behind, then going around. Stay in the middle, then move back and shoot them down. Shoot down all the red planes because one group will drop something restoring all of your life, which you will definitely need.(Or if you don't, will help anyway.) Focus on getting spread shot and keeping the SW time high, especially near the end. Yes, we fight Ayako again! This time, it returns in a sleek silver color. Once again, take it down the exact same way. Use your spread shot near the bottom of the screen to destroy Ayako's shot and aim at the wings of the plane. They'll catch fire as you deplete its health. You can't destroy the small guns on the plane. Level 15: Ryofu --------------- During the level, you'll find many large green bombers blocking your way. It's very difficult to destroy all of them, especially with those green fighters buzzing around like flies. Just focus on the small, quick planes rather than the big clumsy ones that you can easily dodge. Ryofu is very similar to one of the previous bosses. There are two large guns on the front and back of the ship and tons of little guns in the middle. The larger guns fire stronger shots, and take more time to destroy than the smaller ones. But I'm sure you could've figured that out on your own. There's really nothing too difficult about this boss. If you find that you're moving too quickly, use a lightning attack to slow it down. That's all. Much easier than bosses like Chojin. Level 16: Totaku ---------------- A difficult boss, to say the least. Totaku has two HUGE guns on the top and bottom with a bunch of smaller ones in the middle. The big guns will take A LOT and I mean A LOT of damage off you. A lot as in 40, so be sure to have tons of life, or to not get hit. Spread shot is definitely the best weapon to use here as you can't afford getting hit. There are no green planes to bother you, so concentrate your attacks right along the center line. Use lightning attacks if you can't destroy the guns fast enough. You WILL need it, trust me. Don't be afraid to use it; 10 energy off is much less than 40. After this, you'll get a fake congratulatory screen! You'll be restored to full health, but there's more to come. Level 17: Kaku -------------- Remember Kaku? It's from level 2. Insanely easy compared with the previous level. Kaku is still the same; take it down the same way. There are small guns on the sides and three platforms in the middle yielding small green fighters. You don't need to destroy the platforms to beat Kaku, just the guns. We move a bit faster this time and that's the only difference. Double Laser or Spread Shot should take it down easy. Level 18: Ayako I ----------------- Considering that this is the fourth time that you face off with an Ayako, you should know how to deal with this. Get the spread shot, stand behind the butt of the plane and shoot the wings. It's exactly the same as level three. Level 19: Choko --------------- That's right, another repeat. Choko is the same old. Two ships, each with a bunch of small guns and 2-4 big guns. Use Spread Shot to defend against its attacks and lightning if needed to stop time and kill those annoying green fighters. You already know how this works; read level seven if you need to be reminded. Level 20: Ayako II ------------------ The fifth time you fight Ayako. I must sound like a broken record now. Make sure you have a lot of SW time on your spread shot, then aim at the wings until it goes down. Level 21: Chojin ---------------- Same Chojin as before. It's still difficult to take down the ship even with tons of energy because of the quick-moving screen and green fighters flying around everywhere. I used lightning attacks a lot here, and used up pretty much all of my energy. Just keep firing constantly if you have the spread shot, and if you don't, use your lightning attacks wisely to get as many hits as you can without taking damage. Not much else you can do. Dodge swiftly and attack! Level 22: Ryofu --------------- Ryofu's back! Get your spread shot ready and fire away! You knwo how to deal with this. Get a spread shot and have enough SW to outlast the ship. Use lightning attacks to stop the ship if needed and fire. Level 23: Ayako I II III ------------------------ If you can't guess, we must fight three bosses in a row. Ayako I, II, and III one after another. This would be easy, except that there absolutely NO WAY your SW will last throughout all three planes. It's still useful and can outlast Ayako I and part of II, so be sure to try and have as high SW time with spread shot when you meet up with it. Ayako I is a piece of cake, using the same strategy the other times that you fought Ayako. Your SW will soon die around Ayako II. From here, it's all dodging. It's VERY difficult to avoid all of Ayako's shots. What I did was, while continously firing, dodge left, right, up, then back down and restart. Ayako's far spreading shot will be the only major problem. If you find yourself in a tight spot, use the lightning attack to eliminate all of its shots and quickly shoot down the plane so you can make it to the next Ayako, in which you will use the same strategy. You'd need quite a bit of luck to make it to Ayako III, admittedly. Level 24: Totaku ---------------- This stage is just as difficult as the last, so along with your skills, you will need some luck to get past this level. As you progress through the level, you will see many of the previous boss ships that you have faced off with before. Don't be fooled by them though! You will only need to destroy the Totaku, although you do get a big bonus for destorying those ships as well. I myself found them a bit of a hassle; I destroyed what I could but didn't waste any valuable energy using lightning to destroy the ships. They're not hard to dodge. Go in semi-circles along the top of the ship. The guns will be too slow to catch you. Just make sure you don't crash into anything and you'll be fine. How do you know which ship is Totaku? You've defeated it before; it's the one with the three barrel gun in the front and back with smaller guns in the middle, guarding a medium sized gun and two more large guns. I hope you saved all of your lightning attacks. By now, you probably don't have any SW or energy left. If you do, good! Avoid first is they key here. The first cannon is easy to take down. Just dodge its attacks slightly left and right. Use your lightning attack when you see the smaller guns in the middle because although they aren't strong, there are many and it takes a lot of time to take them all down. Once the three of them are gone, take care of the last three guns. Dodge their attacks to the left and right and attack in the middle for a few seconds, then do the same thing until they are destroyed. You have a lot of time to destroy the last one, so make sure you get the ones in front first. Congratulations! You beat the game! Watch the ending. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= |***** {5.0} Items *****| |~ ~| +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Pow: +8 Energy Small Energy Tank: +12 Energy Elephant: +16 Energy Cow: +32 Energy Large Energy Tank: +32 Energy Yashichi: Restores all energy Barrel: +16 Weapon Energy Star: Restores all weapon energy Alpha: +32 Energy and Weapon Energy Flower: Adds 1 point to a stat Dragonfly: Adds a point to all stats +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= |***** {6.0} Passwords *****| |~ ~| +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= There are an infinite amount of passwords that you can enter in the game. There's a way to create a password to get whatever you want. There are five characters in your password. Here's what each digit means in the password: 1: Level 2: Offensive and defensive power 3. Energy and special weapon level 4: SW time limit 5: Score(Sort of) The first digit is what level you want to be on. +----------------+ | Level | Letter | |----------------| | 1 | 0 | | 2 | 7 | | 3 | E | | 4 | L | | 5 | S | | 6 | Z | | 7 | I | | 8 | P | | 9 | W | | 10 | 3 | | 11 | A | | 12 | H | | 13 | U | | 14 | 5 | | 15 | K | | 16 | F | | 17 | 1 | | 18 | 6 | | 19 | 8 | | 20 | D | | 21 | M | | 22 | R | | 23 | T | +----------------+ Follow the chart to get what you want from the second digit: Offensive Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 Defensive 1 3 2 1 0 4 6 Level 2 A 9 8 7 B * 3 H G F E C D 4 I N M L J K 5 P O T S Q R 6 W V U Z X Y *There's a glitch in the game so that you can't have 6 Offense Pwr and 2 Defensive Pwr. For the third digit, follow this chart: Special Weapon 1 2 3 4 5 6 Energy 1 I O V U W H Level 2 D J Q P X C 3 8 E L K R 6 4 3 9 G F S 7 5 Y 4 B A M 1 6 T Z 0 5 N 2 Here's the tiny chart for the fourth digit: SW Time Level: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Code: 1 6 0 W N 9 For the fifth digit, you will input a code for the total amount of all the points your have(offensive pwr, defense, etc.). It will also tell you the least level that you can start on. This is to prevent you from being too strong on earlier levels. +------------------------------+ | Points | Min. Stage | Letter | |------------------------------| | 8 | 1 | 1 | | 9 | 3 | 3 | | 10 | 4 | A | | 11 | 5 | N | | 12 | 6 | X | | 13 | 7 | P | | 14 | 7 | D | | 15 | 8 | 8 | | 16 | 9 | G | | 17 | 10 | S | | 18 | 11 | Q | | 19 | 11 | J | | 20 | 12 | E | | 21 | 13 | F | | 22 | 14 | M | | 23 | 15 | R | | 24 | 16 | K | | 25 | 17 | L | | 26 | 17 | Z | | 27 | 18 | O | | 28 | 20 | 5 | | 29 | 22 | U | +------------------------------+ +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= |***** {7.0} Conclusion *****| |~ ~| +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Thanks for reading the FAQ; I hope that it helps. If not, feel free to E-mail me at: plasmad00d13smooth{at}gmail{dot}com Credits: -------- 1. The Chihuahua 2. magimoogle 3. 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