Battlefield 1942 · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
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Battlefield 1942 is a shooter and action video game developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by Aspyr Media and Electronic Arts. It was released for PC on September 10, 2002, with subsequent releases on September 20, 2002, and June 28, 2004. The game supports both single-player and multiplayer modes and runs on the Refractor Engine.
The title is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) and Mac platforms. It holds an ESRB rating of Teen. Critical reception includes a Metacritic score of 89 and a RAWG rating of 4.16. Additional review scores include 89/100, an IGDB rating of 80 based on 274 ratings, and a critic rating of 90 from one critic.
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Game data
Metacritic 89- Released
- 2002-09-10
- User rating
- 4.16 / 5
- Genres
- Shooter, Action
- Platforms
- PC
- ESRB
- Teen
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
Building upon and vastly refining the ideas from Codename Eagle, Battlefield 1942 let players engage in infantry combat and get behind the wheel of a variety of vehicles from submarines to battleships and bombers. The game introduced the signature Battlefield rock-paper-scissors gameplay, as well as the exciting “Battlefield Moments” people refer to when talking about their unique and unscripted experiences within the multiplayer game.
- Released
- 2002
- Genres
- Shooter
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Engine
- Refractor Engine
- Developer
- Digital Illusions CE
- Publisher
- Aspyr Media, Electronic Arts
Key facts
- Developer
- Digital Illusions CE
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Director
- Johan Persson
- Producer
- Lars Gustavsson
- Designer
- Romain de Waubert de Genlis
- Programmer
- Johan Persson
- Artists
- Stefan Vukanović Riccard Linde
- Composer
- Joel Eriksson
- Series
- Battlefield
- Platforms
- Windows , Mac OS X
- Release
- Windows NA : 10 September 2002 AU : 14 September 2002 EU : 20 September 2002 Mac OS X NA : 28 June 2004
- Genre
- First-person shooter
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Named after
- 1942
- Genre
- first-person shooter
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Series
- Battlefield
- Main subject
- World War II
- Narrative location
- Berlin
- Developer
- DICE
- Platform
- macOS
- Game mode
- multiplayer video game
- Distribution format
- CD-ROM
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- distributed by
- Electronic Arts
- publication date
- 2004-06-28
- digital rights management system
- SafeDisc
- review score
- 89/100
- set in period
- World War II
- input device
- computer keyboard
- title
- Battlefield 1942
- uses
- PunkBuster
Sources (10)
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Encyclopedic overview
Battlefield 1942 is a 2002 first-person shooter game developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It is the first installment in the Battlefield series. 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Battlefield 1942” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.