Strikers 1945

31 Years old Arcade Video game Psikyo [Japan]

Strikers 1945 © 1995 Psikyo.

In 1945, the second world war ended. Soon, there was peace, but an organization of high-ranking military officers from all over the world form a global army known as CANY. Their mission was to conquer the world. CANY activity was found in areas like the Soviet Union, America, Japan, and even Germany. It is revealed that CANY had weapons never seen before from rockets to mechanical walkers. The world quickly formed a group of pilots and planes called the Strikers whose mission is to rid of CANY from the world.

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TECHNICAL / MACHINE PICT.

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

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

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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.

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...

* Sexy Pilots Images & Names : if you make a perfect score, you can see how the sexy 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.

SERIES

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1. Strikers 1945 (1995)
2. Strikers 1945 II (1997)
3. Strikers 1945 Plus (1999)
4. Strikers 1999 (1999)

STAFF

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Staff : Jun-ichi Niwa, Shin Nakamura, R.J. Bashmet, Hyoue Ogawa, Wataru Yamazaki, Hideyuki Oda, Youko Tsukagoshi, Hiromi Tanegashima, Masaki Izutani, Ikuya Yoshida, Norikazu Takemori, Toshinori Sugita, Seiki -SSS- Sato, Shiori Saito, Yusataro

PORTS

CONSOLES

Sega Saturn (june.28, 1996) Strikers 1945 [Model T-14407G]

Sony PlayStation (jul.19, 1996) Strikers 1945 [Model SLPS-00407]

Sony PlayStation 2 (Aug. 05, 2004) "Strikers 1945 I&II [Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol.1] [Model SLPM-62515]"

SOURCES

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Game's manual.
Game's picture.
Game's ROMs.
Game's screenshots.
Official website; http://www.x-nauts.com/psikyo/product/st/index.html