| Capcom dates what it calls its first home video game, 1942 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, to December 1985. Since the NES cartridge came out in North America in November 1986, the December 1985 date reads as the Famicom release, an inference no source states. The Famicom cartridge is Capcom's CAP-19, and its title screen reads © 1985 CAPCOM. | inside cover (PDF p. 2)printed p. 3 (PDF p. 5), title screen | Publisher |
| Capcom of Osaka published the Famicom cartridge itself. | back cover (PDF p. 12)back cover (PDF p. 12) | Manual |
| The Famicom manual says the cartridge was made almost the same as the arcade 1942. | printed p. 4 (PDF p. 6), 3. 1942の遊び方 | Manual |
| On the Famicom the player flies a P-38 Lightning, steered with the control pad. B fires the machine guns forward, and A loops the plane to escape enemy planes and bullets, three times per round. | printed p. 2 (PDF p. 4), 2. コントローラー各部の名称と操作の説明printed p. 2 (PDF p. 4)printed p. 2 (PDF p. 4)printed p. 2 (PDF p. 4) | Manual |
| Shooting down a whole formation of red planes brings out a Pow, whose six kinds raise the guns from two to four, destroy every enemy plane on screen, add wingmen on the P-38's left and right, add a plane, give points, or add a loop. Which Pow a formation gives depends on its flight path. | printed p. 4 (PDF p. 6)printed p. 5 (PDF p. 7), 4. パワーアップの種類printed p. 5 (PDF p. 7)printed p. 5 (PDF p. 7)printed p. 5 (PDF p. 7)printed p. 5 (PDF p. 7)printed p. 5 (PDF p. 7)printed p. 6 (PDF p. 8) | Manual |
| The P-38 loses a plane when an enemy plane rams it or a bullet hits it. The Kuroden-kai that appear from the bottom and sides of the screen turn into Yashichi, a chance at bonus points. | printed p. 4 (PDF p. 6)printed p. 4 (PDF p. 6) | Manual |
| The Famicom game offers 1 Player, 2 Players taking turns, and Continue, which restarts where the last game ended. | printed p. 3 (PDF p. 5), START ボタンprinted p. 3 (PDF p. 5) | Manual |