1943: The Battle of Midway 1987

Is it still worth playing?

A 1987 vertically scrolling arcade shooter named after the Battle of Midway in June 1942, set off Midway Atoll in the Pacific war, with Japan as the main antagonist. You are an unnamed American navy ace pilot flying a P-38 Lightning against Japanese air and sea forces across 16 stages, ending at the battleship Yamato. The stages come in two kinds. Eleven are air to sea battles with a battleship or aircraft carrier as the boss, and five are air battles against bomber squadrons or a single heavy bomber whose engines have to be shot. In the cockpit, button 1 fires the main weapons and button 2 performs special actions, including one of three lightning attacks. A real battle turned into stages of two kinds still makes it a clear way into the genre today.