Battlefield 1942 - Gamers Guide

Battlefield 1942

Battlefield 1942 is a 2002 first-person shooter video game developed by DICE and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. The game can be played in single-player mode against the video game AI or in multiplayer mode against players on the Internet or in a local area network. It is a popular platform for mod developers, with many released modifications that alter the gameplay and theme.

In-game, players assume the role of one of five classes of infantry: Scout, Assault, Anti-Tank, Medic, and Engineer. Players also have the ability to fly various World War II fighter aircraft and bombers, navigate capital ships, submarines, and aircraft carriers, man coastal artillery defenses, drive tanks, APCs, and jeeps, and take control of anti-aircraft guns and mounted machine guns.

Each battle takes place on one of several maps located in a variety of places and famous battlefields in all of the major theaters of World War II: the Pacific, European, North African, Eastern, and Italian Fronts. Combat is between the Axis Powers and the Allies. The location determines which nation-specific armies are used (for example, on the Wake Island map, it is Japan versus the United States, while on the El Alamein map, it is Germany versus the United Kingdom). The maps in Battlefield 1942 are based on real battles and are somewhat realistically portrayed.

Upon release, Battlefield 1942 received generally favorable reviews, with particular praise directed towards the innovative gameplay, multiplayer, and World War II theme. The game went on to perform well commercially, with over 3 million copies sold by 2004. Since its release, the game has spawned numerous sequels and spin-offs, which became part of what ultimately would become the Battlefield game series.

Developer           Digital Illusions CE

Publisher             EA Games/Aspyr Media

Director                Johan Persson

Producer             Lars Gustavsson

Designer              Romain de Waubert de Genlis

Programmer      Johan Persson

Artist                Stefan Vukanovic

Composer           Joel Eriksson

Series                   Battlefield

Engine                 Refractor 1

Platform              Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X

Release                10 September 2002

Genre                   First-person shooter

Mode                   Single-player, multiplayer




 

 

Battlefield 1942 System Requirements

Battlefield 1942 Minimum System Requirements:

• Operating System            Windows 98

• CPU/Processor 500 MHz Intel® Pentium® or AMD Athlon™ processor

• Memory              128 MB RAM

• Disk Space           1.2 GB free hard disk space

• Graphics Card    32 MB video card which supports Transform & Lighting and with DirectX 8.1 compatible driver

• Sound Card         DirectX 8.1 compatible sound card

• Perperiphals      Keyboard, Mouse

Battlefield 1942 Recommended System Requirements:

• Operating System            Windows XP or newer (Windows NT and 95 are not supported)

• CPU/Processor 800 MHz or faster Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor

• Memory              256 MB RAM or more

• Disk Space           1.2 GB free hard disk space plus more for saved games

• Graphics Card    64 MB or greater video card which supports Transform & Lighting with DirectX 8.1 compatible driver

• Sound Card         DirectX 8.1 compatible and Environmental Audio™ capable sound card

• Perperiphals      Keyboard, Mouse

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