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Finalizer
Developer(s) Konami
Publisher(s)Konami
Programmer(s)Hitoshi Akamatsu [2]
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.

Gameplay

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. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  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).