Finalizer (video game)

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Finalizer
Finalizer arcade flyer.jpg
Developer(s) Konami
Publisher(s) Konami
Programmer(s) Hitoshi Akamatsu [1]
Platform(s) Arcade
Release
Genre(s) Vertically scrolling shooter
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Finalizer - Super Transformation is a vertically scrolling shooter released in arcades by Konami in 1985. The player controls a jet flying through several different states in America shooting different enemies.

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Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot ARC Finalizer (Finalizer - Super Transformation; Super Transformation Finalizer).png
Gameplay screenshot

Finalizer is a vertical-scrolling shooter game.

Development and release

Reception and legacy

In Japan, Game Machine listed Finalizer in their January 15, 1986, issue as being the fourth most-successful table arcade unit of the month. [3]

Micom BASIC Magazine writer Akira Yamashita speculated that the game's idea was possibly arranged into Knightmare (1986). [4]

References

  1. Yarwood, Jack (May 17, 2022). "Tracking down the obscure mind behind Castlevania". Wireframe . Raspberry Pi Foundation. Archived from the original on 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  2. Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). "コナミ(コナミ工業) Konami; Konami;". アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005)[Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Amusement News Agency  [ ja ]. pp. 27–30. ISBN   978-4990251215.
  3. "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine  [ ja ] (in Japanese). No. 276. Amusement Press  [ ja ]. 15 January 1986. p. 21.
  4. Yamashita, Akira (September 1988). "山下章のパソコン・ゲーム: ホンキでPlayホンネでReview — TARGET 5 コナミMSXゲーム". Micom BASIC Magazine  [ ja ] (in Japanese). No. 75. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation  [ ja ]. pp. 278–282. (Translation by Arc Hound. Archived 2021-09-25 at the Wayback Machine ).