Software:Finalizer (video game)

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Short description: 1985 video game
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.

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. Yarwood, Jack (May 17, 2022). "Tracking down the obscure mind behind Castlevania". Wireframe (Raspberry Pi Foundation). https://wireframe.raspberrypi.com/articles/tracking-down-the-obscure-mind-behind-castlevania. Retrieved 2023-04-21. 
  2. Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). "コナミ(コナミ工業) Konami; Konami;" (in ja). アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005) (1st ed.). Amusement News Agency (ja). pp. 27–30. ISBN 978-4990251215. https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n28/mode/1up. 
  3. "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (ja) (Amusement Press (ja)) (276): 21. 15 January 1986. 
  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) (The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation (ja)) (75): 278–282. https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC_1988-09/page/n251/mode/2up.  (Translation by Arc Hound. ).

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