History VideoGame / Strikers1945

* DeathFromAbove: Several {{Smart Bomb}}s, most notably the P-51's one in ''Strikers 1945'' --several B-29 Superfortress carpet-bombing the screen and the AV-8 Harrier's one in ''Strikers 1945 III'' --same but with B-52 Stratofortress instead.

* DeathFromAbove: Several {{SmartBomb}}s, most notably the P-51's one in ''Strikers 1945'' --several B-29 Superfortress carpet-bombing the screen and the AV-8 Harrier's one in ''Strikers 1945 III'' --same but with B-52 Stratofortress instead.

* ShownTheirWork: If you like UsefulNotes/WorldWarII planes you can recognize among the enemies planes that in RealLife did not pass the prototype stage or even the drawing boards, as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_Ho_229 Horten Ho 229]]. Other real-world WWII vehicles also appear, as the[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panzer_VIII_Maus Maus]] super-heavy tank.

* StupidJetpackHitler: The FGR from '''II''' is implied to be this, given that it wants to create a Fourth Reich using reverse-engineered tech from '''I'''.

** FanDisservice: And so you can also see [[{{Samurai}} Ayin]] just wearing a {{Fundoshi}}. Ugh.

** In addition to the obvious, the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker B-36]] did not enter service into 1949, four years after the war had ended.

The one addition for this installment is the "Technical Bonus" trick. During a specific attack, the bosses will expose a blue orb for a few seconds. Getting close to the orb without being killed will destroy the boss instantly and net a point bonus. Also of note is that the game ditches the anachronistic WWII theme of the first two for the present day. Until the free-to-play mobile release on Google Play in 2014, the game has not received any ports.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To the first ''VideoGame/AeroFighters''. With ''1999'' trading the 1940s aesthetics for contemporary ones, it goes full-circle.

* FrickinLaserBeams: In World War II!

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The planes in ''II'' have color-coded shots depending on their nationality.
** Lightning and Flying Pancake (USA): Blue
** Ta-152 and Mosquito (Europe): Green
** Hayate and Shinden (Japan): Purple

* ShownTheirWork: If you like UsefulNotes/WorldWarII planes you can recognize among the enemies planes that in RealLife did not pass the prototype stage or even the drawing boards, as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_Ho_229 Horten Ho 229]]. Other vehicles are also based on real-world WWII ones as the Kii, a battleship of the Yamato-Class.

* AnachronismStew: Do we really need to spell it out?

* ShownTheirWork: If you like UsefulNotes/WorldWarII planes you can recognize among the enemies planes that in RealLife did not pass the prototype stage or even the drawing boards, as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horten_Ho_229 Horten Ho 229]]

* BulletHell: Especially ''PLUS'', which use bright pink and blue bullets, not unlike Creator/{{Cave}} games. In the mobile ports of Strikers 1945 II and 1999, there's this Pro and Master choices that turns them into Franchise/{{Touhou Project}} level of difficulty.

* BulletHell: Especially ''PLUS'', which use bright pink and blue bullets, not unlike Creator/{{Cave}} games. In the mobile ports of Strikers 1945 II and 1999, there's this Pro and Master methods of difficulty that turns them into Franchise/{{Touhou Project}} level of bullet hell.

* BulletHell: Especially ''PLUS'', which use bright pink and blue bullets, not unlike Creator/{{Cave}} games. In the mobile ports of Strikers 1945 II and 1999, there's this Pro and Master methods of difficulty that turns them into {{Touhou Project}} level of bullet hell.

* BulletHell: Especially ''PLUS'', which use bright pink and blue bullets, not unlike Creator/{{Cave}} games. In the mobile ports of Strikers 1945 II and 1999, there's this Pro and Master methods of difficulty that turns them into {{Touhou}} -level of bullet hell.

* BulletHell: Especially ''PLUS'', which use bright pink and blue bullets, not unlike Creator/{{Cave}} games. In the mobile ports of Strikers 1945 II and 1999, there's this Pro and Master methods of difficulty that turns them into {{Touhou}}-level of bullet hell.

* BulletHell: Especially ''PLUS'', which use bright pink and blue bullets, not unlike Creator/{{Cave}} games.

Ported to the [=PlayStation=] and Sega Saturn, the latter only in Japan. Confusingly, the North American release was titled "Strikers 1945", perhaps because the original [[SequelFirst wasn't released]] there, save in its arcade iteration. Recently, [[RevivalByCommercialization this game comes back to Android]] as a free-to-play title in 2014 thanks to Mobirix, APX Soft and Google Play[[note]]as well other Psikyo games like ''Tengai[=/=]Sengoku Blade'' and ''Gunbird 2''[[/note]].

The first installment. Originally released for the arcade, was ported to the Saturn and Playstation (both Japan only) and later included as a part of the [=PlayStation=] 2 CompilationRerelease ''Psikyo Shooting Collection Vol. 1: Strikers 1945 I & II''.

* BulletHell: Especially ''PLUS'', which use bright pink and blue bullets, not unlike {{Cave}} games.

* BattleshipRaid: The battles against Khabarovsk and Kii in the first, Iron Casket and Graf Zeppelin in ''II'', and Shadow Blinder in ''[=1999/III=]'' (even if Shadow Blinder is an attack train, rather than a ship).

Do not confuse with fellow shmup series ''VideoGame/NineteenFortyTwo'', although ironically ''Strikers 1945'' looks almost like a direct copy of that series.

Ported to the [=PlayStation=] and Sega Saturn, the latter only in Japan. Confusingly, the North American release was titled "Strikers 1945", perhaps because the original [[SequelFirst wasn't released]] there, save in its arcade iteration. Recently, [[RevivalByCommercialization this game comes back to Android]] in 2014 thanks to Mobirix, APX Soft and Google Play[[note]]as well other Psikyo games like ''Tengai[=/=]Sengoku Blade'' and ''Gunbird 2''[[/note]].

The one addition for this installment is the "Technical Bonus" trick. During a specific attack, the bosses will expose a blue orb for a few seconds. Getting close to the orb without being killed will destroy the boss instantly and net a point bonus. Also of note is that the game ditches the anachronistic WWII theme of the first two for the present day.

* UpdatedRerelease: For Android in 2014 by Mobirix, APX Soft and Google Play.

* BattleshipRaid: The battles against Khabarovsk and Kii in the first, Iron Casket and Graf Zeppelin in ''II'', and Green Bender in ''[=1999/III=]'' (even if Green Bender is an attack train, rather than a ship).