In general, powerups must be evaluated on a per game basis. Powerups should not be used if it makes the game a good chunk easier than it should be (kind of like how autofire makes a game a good chunk easier than it should be.) I mean if you're going ban all autofires, we'd be hypocritical to allow most powerups. (Yeah even though powerups are INTERNAL as compared to EXTERNAL autofires, it's just as if you set the dipswitch setting to give you more lives or an easier level of play.)(posted 9101 days ago)Powerups give a game you didn't know the power ups in before a new life, but that extra fun is for enjoyment not competition. If you change the game play with a powerup (and especially if other people before were not using powerups) then the powerup shouldn't be allowed.
I'm not dissing all powerups but i'm just reminding everyone not to get carried away. I have no experience with 1943 so i'm still taking a no contest on this particular issue.