Advertising Blurbs
Back of Box - DOS (UK):
1942 was a decisive year. The Japanese ans US navies had built up their forces to a staggering strength. Never before had the world seen the use of aircraft as the primary weapon in naval warfare.
1942 The Pacific Air War lets you re-create the famous air battles of the period, based on documented events, accurate locations and ships. Take part in hundreds of different missions; some will involve defending your fleet from enemy bombers, others will send you on reconnaissance or torpedo raids on other ships.
- Pilot any one of ten historically-accurate US or Japanese planes each with realistic cockpit and flight characteristics.
- Re-create the famous battles of the period: Midway, Coral Sea, Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz and the Phillippine Sea. All with full Campaign play.
- Exciting cinematic quality graphics with texture-mapped terrain and Gouraud shaded planes.
- Jump into the Virtual Cockpit: allowing full visibility - to keep an eye on the enemy at all times - especially in dogfights!
- Save or replay missions as mini-movies using flexible camera angles.
- Create your own missions with the 1942 The Pacific Air War Mission Builder.
1942 The Pacific Air War.
Frantic dogfights, death defying dive bomb attacks and terrifying torpedo runs.
Contributed by Wizo (30359) on Jun 08, 2007.
Advertisement in PC Games, June 1994 (German):
1942 wurden in den Kämpfen im Südpazifik nur die mutigsten und besten Piloten für die Besatzung der Flugzeugträger ausgewählt.
WERDEN SIE EINER VON IHNEN!
FÜR IBM-PCS UND KOMPATIBLE
Contributed by Xoleras (66951) on Oct 05, 2004.
Advertisement in Electronic Entertainment, March 1994:
Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea.
They were desperate, daring and deadly!
The relentless gunfire of Japanese Zeros. Gravity-twisting dive-bomb attacks. Dropping torpedo "fish" on unsuspecting carriers. There's no room for error when you're a naval aviator in 1942, The Pacific Air War, the ultimate simulation of air combat in the South Pacific.
Taking on the same challenges that World War II fighter pilots faced, your tour of duty includes some of the most heroic battles ever fought. Battles that will have you chasing down Wildcats, Corsairs, and Zeros in death-defying dogfights. Performing high-speed dives upon heavily defended carriers. And pushing your skills to the limit as you master WW II air combat in an innovative virtual cockpit.
The outcome of the war in the Pacific turns upon your actions. Your task force is depending on you. And the skies are yours to control in 1942, The Pacific Air War.
CHALLENGE the enemy at the battles of Coral Sea, Midway, Eastern Solomons, Santa Cruz, and the Philippine Sea!
COMMAND U.S. or Japanese forces!
PILOT any of ten historically-accurate planes, each with its authentic cockpit and flight characteristics!
SWEAT over the comprehensive strategy for all naval forces!
EXPERIENCE the thrill of head-to-head dogfights with a friend via modem connection.
Contributed by Belboz 
(6609) on Apr 18, 2001.
