19XX: The War Against Destiny is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game made by Capcom in 1995 (copyrighted in 1996). The game is the 4th of a series of World War II vertical shooters made by Capcom. The story takes place before a fictional war (Hence, the 19XX) as a lone pilot tries to defeat an entire army/evil organization from starting another World War, which soon escalates to a nuclear apocalypse.
ShooterArcadeActionScience fictionworld war ii - ww2shoot 'em uphigh scoreboss fightvertical scrollingyear xretroachievementspreviously on - gametapArcade
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Character
Plot-driven, grave, relentless and classical in form.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade
- Developer
- Capcom
- Publisher
- Capcom
- Released
- January 1, 1996
- Modes
- Single player, Co-operative
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 7.0/10 from 20 ratings.
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