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Battlefield 1942

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Battlefield 1942

Developer	Digital Illusions CE (DICE)
Publisher	Electronic Arts (EA)
Series	Category:Battlefield Series
Engine	Refractor 2
Version	1.619 since December 1, 2004
Released	September 10, 2002 (North America)
Genre	First-person shooter
Ratings	ESRB: Teen (T) PEGI:16+
Game Platforms	Windows, Macintosh
Media Forms	CD (2)
Required Devices	Keyboard, Mouse, Joystick (optional), Microphone (optional)
Reviews	Gamespot [[1]] Gamespy [[2]] IGN [[3]] Firing Squad [[4]]

Battlefield 1942 is a computer game developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts. It is the first game released for the Battlefield Series, featuring World War Two weapons and vehicles.

1 Gameplay
2 Classes
3 Vehicles
4 Expansion packs
5 System Requirements
- 5.1 Minimum
- 5.2 Recommended
6 References
7 Links

Gameplay

Battlefield 1942 (and later games in the Battlefield Series) requires a great focus on cooperative gameplay. Two opposing teams are assigned 'tickets', and the team which reduce the other's ticket count to 0 first wins. This can be achieved by scoring kills, and more importantly by capturing the majority of control points (which also act as spawn points) in order to cause the other team's ticket to decrease at a constant rate (a.k.a. bleeding). This is the main gameplay for Conquest mode.

Coop mode and Singleplayer mode are similar to Conquest mode, but allows the player to play with computer controlled players (a.k.a. bots).

Other modes are available for online play such as Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, and Objective, of which players of one team must destroy certain object(s) belonging to the other team.

Classes

Battlefield 1942 features 5 classes for all factions and all maps. Each has its own distinctive role to carry out its own task and to support other teammates in the battle. All kits have a knife, a pistol, grenades (with exception for engineer) and a parachute.

Scout

The scout has a sniper rifle for picking off enemies in a long distance and a pair of binoculars to spot enemies for artillery. When a target has been spotted using the binoculars, friendly soldiers using artillery equipment can have a better view for indirect fire to guide their shots to the target. The scout is however weak against ground troops at close range due to low rate of fire.

Assault

The assault class has a light machinegun capable of automatic fire for general purposes. It is the class with the fewest equipments.

Anti-tank

The anti-tank class has a anti-tank rocket launcher, whose purpose is to take out enemy tanks and other ground vehicles. This class is however very weak against ground troops.

Medic

The medic has a submachine gun capable of automatic fire and a medic pack for healing himself and friendly soldiers. Contrary to scouts and engineers, the medic's submachine gun does not have a long range.

Engineer

Armed with a rifle, remote detonate explosives, mines, and a wrench/spanner, the engineer has the most items in his inventory. The explosives can be used to destroy vehicles, fixed gun emplacements, or to ambush enemies in vital locations. The mines can destroy any vehicles that travel over them. The wrench/spanner can be used to repair any vehicles or stationary weapons, which makes this class common to cooperate with tanks. The engineer is however weak against ground troops at close range due to low rate of fire.

Vehicles

American

M4 Sherman
M1 Wolverine
M3 Halftrack
Willys Jeep
M7 Priest
B-17 Flying Fortress
P-51 Mustang
SBD-6 Dauntless
F4U Corsair
USS Enterprise
USN Fletcher Class
USN Gato Class
LCVP Higgins Boat

British

M4 Sherman
M1 Wolverine
M3 Halftrack
Willys Jeep
M7 Priest
B-17 Flying Fortress
Spitfire Mk VB

Russian

T-34/85
T-34/76
M3 Half-Track
Willys Jeep
BM-13N Katyusha "Stalin Organ"
Yak-9
Il-2 Ilyushin (Added in v1.6.19)

German

Sd.Kfz 161 Panzer IV
Sd.Kfz 181 Tiger
Sd.Kfz 251 Hanomag
Sd.Kfz 82 Kübelwagen
SdKfz.124 Wespe
Messerschmitt Bf-109e
Junkers Ju 87B Stuka
Junkers Ju 88 (Added in v1.2)

Japanese

Type 97 Chi Ha
Sd.Kfz 251 Hanomag (Replaced by Type 1 Ho-Ha in v1.5)
Type 1 Ho-Ha
SdKfz.124 Wespe
Sd.Kfz 82 Kübelwagen (Replaced by Type 95 Kurogane in v1.5)
Type 95 Kurogane
Aichi D3A1 "Val"
Mitsubishi A6M Zero "Zeke"
IJN Shokaku Class
IJN Yamato
IJN Akizuki Class
U-Boat Type VII C
Daihatsu 14M

Expansion packs

EA has released 2 expansion packs: Battlefield 1942: Road to Rome and Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII. The first expansion introduces the French and the Italian armies with new vehicles on the Italian front, whereas Secret Weapons of WWII features a number of prototype weapons of Allies and Germans as well as new maps based on various locations in Axis area.

System Requirements

The game requires the following system specifications to run:

Minimum

Windows® XP, Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98, (Windows NT and 95 are not supported)
500 MHz Intel® Pentium® or AMD Athlon™ processor
128 MB RAM
4x CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive
1.2 GB free hard disk space plus space for saved games (additional space required for Windows swap-file and DirectX™ 8.1 installation)
32 MB video card which supports Transform & Lighting and with DirectX 8.1 compatible driver
DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card

References

↑ http://compactiongames.about.com/cs/worldwariigames/p/bf1942_sysreq.htm

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