Finalizer (video game)

Finalizer
Finalizer
Developer(s)	Konami
Publisher(s)	Konami
Programmer(s)	Hitoshi Akamatsu
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release	JP: December 1985;
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

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

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ 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).

External links

Finalizer at the Killer List of Videogames
Finalizer at Arcade History

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[ATVGL:JaO1971-2005-1] 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.

[Wireframe-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.

[MBM75-4] 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).

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