Strikers 1945 (c) 1995 Psikyo.

Strikers 1945, not to be confused with the US PSX game Strikers 1945, which is actually the sequel Strikers 1945 II, is a top-down vertically-scrolling arcade shooter. Set during World War II, the player can choose from different ships and pilots to engage the enemy. At the end of the war, all sides are left powerless and defeated. A secret organization known as CANY manages to initiate a coup among each country's military forces. The last resort is a team assembled with the best fighters from the US, Japan, Germany and England, with the goal to push back CANY.

The list of planes and pilots includes:

P-38 (Lockheed P-38 Lightning) - Cindy Volton
P-51 (North American P-51 Mustang) - Tina Prize
Spitfire (Supermarine Spitfire) - Alice Herring
Bf-109 (Messerschmitt Bf-109/Me-109) - Lean Beirer
Zero (Mitsubishi A6M Zero) - Ai Mikami
Shinden (Kyushu J7W Shinden) - Ainzaemon

Each plane has a normal shot, a charged shot and a bomb that clears the entire screen. The P-51 can also block bullets with its charged shot. Destroyed enemies and buildings leave behind gold bars for bonus points. Co-op is available for up to two players.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : 68EC020 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YMF278B (@ 33.8688 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

Released in June 1995.

The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to a smiley, and 'THAT IS WRONG' appears.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Strikers 1945 II, Strikers 1945 - SGCD-0001) on 20/12/1997.

Overall 8.6    Graphics 10    Sound 8    Addictive 9    Depth 7.5    Difficulty 6

Review of Strikers 1945!   blahblahblah213
Okay so this review has been coming for a while for me. I just didn't have the time to do it, today ...
  Graphics 10   Sound 8   Addictive 8   Depth 9   Difficulty 8
      Review Rating: 4.5/5     Submitted: 09-14-14     Updated: 10-03-14     Review Replies: 9

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Unlock Extra Maintenance : if you hold Test Button + PL1 Button 1 during boot, you get extra options in the test menu. A level skip, BG test usually etc...

* Pilots Images & Names : if you make a perfect score, you can see how the pilots look and what their names are. In practice, this means getting three gold medals at the end of each stage (for time, accuracy and completion). This should be done in the first loop of the game, the pilot of the plane you chose will be seen at the end of this first loop. Two pilots will be seen if it's a two-player game. The pilots can also be seen in the Extra Maintenance menu.

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Ferdinand 04-30-15 - 11:13 PM
 This is pretty hard.
_Zero12345 10-07-14 - 03:26 PM
 what the? , i'm too bad at this version of 1945 , i'm an expert in version 2.
SuperToads 08-20-13 - 05:36 PM
 Great game! GotD today too!