improve the player's plane by permanently upgrading certain aspects of its abilities. These include the plane's offensive and defensive powers, the maximum fuel level, and its special weapons and their durations. This somewhat alters the game balance and a different tactic is required to survive the game. For example, initially very few weapons are made available; more can be attained from power-ups by putting statistic points into "special weapons ability". Kai Developed and released alongside the Family Computer version, is an arcade game, an "alternate" version of the original 1943, released in 1987 in Japan. In 1991, this version was converted to the PC Engine as simply 1943 Kai, again exclusively in Japan; this version contains many additional levels and original music. Although the arcade release was exclusive to Japan, the arcade version itself was included in the 1998 Capcom Generations for the Sega Saturn and the PlayStation and in the 2005 Capcom Classics Collection for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Reception In Japan, Game Machine listed 1943: Midway Kaisen in their July 15, 1987 issue as being the most-popular arcade game at the time. It went on to become Japan's second highest-grossing table arcade game of 1987, and tenth highest-grossing arcade conversion kit of 1988. Game Machine also listed 1943 Kai: Midway Kaisen in their August 1, 1988 issue as being the sixteenth most-popular arcade game at the time. Notes References External links 1987 video games Arcade video games Amiga games Amstrad CPC games Atari ST games Capcom games Commodore 64 games Head-to-head arcade video games Nintendo Entertainment System games Vertically scrolling shooters TurboGrafx-16 games Video game sequels Pacific War video games ZX Spectrum games Video games set in 1943 PlayStation 3 games PlayStation Network games Xbox 360 Live Arcade games Video games developed in Japan Video games set in the United States Video games scored by Harumi Fujita Video games scored by Manami Matsumae Video games scored by Tamayo Kawamoto Aircraft carriers in fiction