1942 out tomorrow in the US; 'a couple of weeks' in Europe

by Jem Alexander { Jul 23rd 2008 at 11:15AM }

Capcom continues their bombardment of the PSN this week with another downloadable title straight from the annals of time. Literally. 1942: Joint Strike will be included in tomorrow's American PSN update and will be available for the low price of $9.99. Imagine that; an entire year for less than ten dollars.

Europeans will, sadly, have "a couple of weeks" to wait before they can get their hands on the remake of Capcom's classic top-down shooter. Unless you have a 360, that is. It seems SCEE's PSN department still needs a bit of straightening out. Sure, they're aiming for simultaneous worldwide releases, but we hope it won't take another year before we actually see some results in that department. The estimated price? £6.99. Don't get us started.

Gallery: 1942: Joint Strike

Tags: 1942, 1942-joint-strike, capcom

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

maxpontiac @ Jul 23rd 2008 11:22AM

This WAS a must buy for me. I spent tons of time at the arcade playing this game.

But...since there are no Trophies, there is nothing really new here for me.

xFenixKnightx @ Jul 23rd 2008 11:31AM

Dude I really think that sucks. This game should have Trophies already. I mean, trophies came out when? Its been enough time for them to add them in b4 release IMO.

Oh well, gonna buy it on XBLA today right when I get home from work. Major w00000t baby! With ch33voz FTW!

spyker @ Jul 23rd 2008 11:35AM

Gosh, trophies are going to be like gamerpoints..... I'm sure if they never made trophies you would have instantly bought this game. I think I'll wait for reviews but I loved the arcade games.

deaftly @ Jul 23rd 2008 1:45PM

But I thought achievem...., I mean trophies didn't matter?

Dru @ Jul 23rd 2008 11:26AM

Hey Jem, I'll try to image that! :P

TheSh0wstopper @ Jul 23rd 2008 11:29AM

I usually download anything worthwhile that is $10 or less. But i'm gonna pass on this one. For some reason it just seems rather boring when compared to other titles on the PSN. AND NO TROPHIES!!! Elefunk is kicking my @ss.

-TheSh0wstopper

adolson @ Jul 23rd 2008 2:49PM

There's no trophies in Elefunk either, so why even mention it, nevermind allcaps it?

Mr Cynical @ Jul 23rd 2008 11:30AM

Does someone want to wake SCEE up, there is work to be done, or are they all down the pub swigging expensive champagne and snorting coke?

The_Punisher @ Jul 23rd 2008 11:42AM

Well i'm buying this on XBLA, but for one reason only: i got $50 in MS points FREE. YAY!

reson8er @ Jul 23rd 2008 12:00PM

Thanks for sharing that lol

The_Punisher @ Jul 23rd 2008 12:57PM

Lol, no problem. I kinda want it on PSN, but....it' free....

Gotta save money for Siren anyway xD

adolson @ Jul 23rd 2008 2:50PM

Can you use your $50 of MS Points to pay your Live service fee?

The_Punisher @ Jul 23rd 2008 3:59PM

Unfortunately, no :(

You can't spend points on a LIVE subscirption, and even if you could, i already bought Roogoo, Ticket to Ride, and Schizoid xD

Three games left to buy: 1942, BC Rearmed, and some other good XBLA game (it's gotta come eventually xD)

ali_D @ Jul 23rd 2008 11:42AM

nooooooooo we @ SCEE are not lazy we got localisation b4 we release a psn game 2 europe, it time 2 go back and eat MY dounuts mmmmMmmmmMmm YUMMY. :p

zombiexhuggles @ Jul 23rd 2008 11:55AM

10 bucks seems a little high to me. With Playstation Classics for 5.99, I don't see the point in paying more for a "lesser" title. Sure they jazzed it up a little...but it's still just 1942...

Of course it's only 10 bucks. I'm just broke.

The_Punisher @ Jul 23rd 2008 12:58PM

So you're guna start a riot for $4?

$4 wouldn't buy me a sandwhich :)

adolson @ Jul 23rd 2008 2:52PM

It's also the first and only vertical-scrolling shooter on the PSN, and to fans of the genre, that $4 could be $40 and it wouldn't even matter right now.

SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread) @ Jul 24th 2008 12:07AM

yea dude its $4 dollars. i cant even get a meal at McDonald's for that much and they call THAT a Value.

plus aren't they adding online Co-Op (or some form of co-op) and HD graphics? and its not just an updated version of an old game, its supposedly all new levels and more weapons and such too (read that somewhere i think). it seems well worth $10 to me, especially since i love me some vertical shmups!