Finalizer (video game)
{{short description|1985 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Finalizer
|image = Finalizer arcade flyer.jpg
|developer = Konami
|publisher = Konami
|programmer = Hitoshi Akamatsu{{cite magazine|last=Yarwood|first=Jack|url=https://wireframe.raspberrypi.com/articles/tracking-down-the-obscure-mind-behind-castlevania|title=Tracking down the obscure mind behind Castlevania|magazine=Wireframe|publisher=Raspberry Pi Foundation|date=May 17, 2022|access-date=2023-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521042853/https://wireframe.raspberrypi.com/articles/tracking-down-the-obscure-mind-behind-castlevania|archive-date=2022-05-21|url-status=live}}
|platforms = Arcade
|genre = Vertically scrolling shooter
|modes = 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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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.{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine={{ill|Game Machine|lt=Game Machine|ja|ゲームマシン}}|issue=276|publisher={{ill|Amusement Press|lt=Amusement Press|ja|アミューズメント通信社}}|date=15 January 1986|page=21|lang=ja}}
Micom BASIC Magazine writer Akira Yamashita speculated that the game's idea was possibly arranged into Knightmare (1986).{{cite magazine|last=Yamashita|first=Akira|url=https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC_1988-09/page/n251/mode/2up|title=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|magazine={{ill|Micom BASIC Magazine|lt=Micom BASIC Magazine|ja|マイコンBASICマガジン}}|issue=75|publisher={{ill|The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|lt=The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|ja|電波新聞社}}|date=September 1988|pages=278–282|lang=ja}} ([https://thearkhound.tumblr.com/post/187958078198/exploring-the-secret-behind-konamis-msx-games Translation] by Arc Hound. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210925132527/https://thearkhound.tumblr.com/post/187958078198/exploring-the-secret-behind-konamis-msx-games|date=2021-09-25}}).
References
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External links
- {{KLOV game|id=7804}}
- [http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=finalizer-super-transformation&page=detail&id=845 Finalizer] at Arcade History
Category:Arcade-only video games
Category:Vertically scrolling shooters
Category:Video games developed in Japan
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
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