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{{GameInfobox
|title = 1941: Counter Attack
| bordercolor = black
| background = #f8f8f8
| image = 1941_title_screen.png
| width = 256px;
| imagecaption = Title screen
| imagescalepx = 200px
| developer = [[Capcom]]
| director = Yoshiki Okamoto
| music = Hiromitsu Takaoka
| program = Yoshihiro Shindome
| art = Shinji Sakashita Yokota Yokozo Akemi Kurihara Akira Yasuda
| releasedate = '''Arcade:''' February 1990 '''SuperGrafx:''' August 23, 1991
| previousgame = [[Area 88]]
| nextgame = [[U.S. Navy]]
}}
'''1941: Counter Attack''' (JP: ''1941: カウンターアタック'') is a vertically scrolling shoot em' up released by Capcom in 1990. It is the prequel to [[1942]].

The game recieved a faithful port on the SuperGrafx in 1991.

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==Gameplay Overview==
===Controls===

''1941'' is a 2-button shooter. The game ends after all 6 stages are completed.

*'''A button:''' Press: fires the player's main shot/side fighters; Hold: releases the player's charge shot.
*'''B button (Press):''' Activates the Mega Crash.

=== Items ===
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All weapons have a time limit (maximum 99 seconds).

{| class="wikitable"
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| [[File:1941 pow.png|50px]] || '''POW''' Recovers 1 bar of vitality, gives a 50,000 point bonus if the vitality meter is maxed out.
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| [[File:1941 machinegun.png|50px]] || '''Machine Gun''' Low range shot with strong rapid-fire.
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| [[File:1941 missile.png|50px]] || '''Missile''' 3-way missiles that travel across terrain.
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| [[File:1941 supershell.png|30px]] || '''Super Shell''' Poor range/fire rate, but has strong piercing properties.
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| [[File:1941 sidefighter.png|50px]] || '''Side Fighter''' Options added to each side of the player's ship; cannot be used with ''After Image''.
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| [[File:1941 afterimage.png|50px]] || '''After Image''' Adds 2 options that follow behind the player's ship; cannot be used with ''Side Fighter''.
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| [[File:1941 yashichi.png|50px]] || '''Yashichi''' Refills the player's vitality meter, gives a 100,000 point bonus if the meter is full.
|}

=== Vitality Meter ===
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1941's health system is based on bars of ''Vitality'' (starts at 3 bars, maximum of 6); using a Mega Crash or getting hit by a enemy removes 1 bar. The game ends when you get hit with no vitality.

== Strategy ==
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== Trivia ==

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