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Finalizer (video game)

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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

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Gameplay screenshot.

Finalizer is a vertical-scrolling shooter game.

Development and release

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Reception and legacy

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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

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  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. [ja]&rft.date=2006-10-13&rft.isbn=978-4990251215&rft.aulast=Akagi&rft.aufirst=Masumi&rft_id=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n28/mode/1up&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Finalizer (video game)" class="Z3988">
  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. [ja]&rft.atitle=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)&rft.issue=276&rft.pages=21&rft.date=1986-01-15&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Finalizer (video game)" class="Z3988">
  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. [ja]&rft.atitle=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&rft.issue=75&rft.pages=278-282&rft.date=1988-09&rft.aulast=Yamashita&rft.aufirst=Akira&rft_id=https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC_1988-09/page/n251/mode/2up&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Finalizer (video game)" class="Z3988"> (Translation by Arc Hound. Archived 2021-09-25 at the Wayback Machine).
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