1987 · Arcade & Origins
Final Lap
Namco Limited, Namcot · Strategy · Racing · Role-playing (RPG) · Arcade · Real Time Strategy (RTS)
- Developer
- Namco Limited, Namcot
- Original release
- 31 dicembre 1987
- Genre
- Strategy · Racing · Role-playing (RPG) · Arcade · Real Time Strategy (RTS)
Overview
Final Lap is a racing video game produced by Namco,[2] and released by Atari Games for the United States in 1987. It was the first game to run on Namco's then new System 2 hardware, and is a direct successor to Namco's two earlier Pole Position games (1982-1983). Final Lap was the first racing game to allow up to eight players to simultaneously race on the Suzuka Circuit, in a Formula One race. This was, at the time, considered a revolutionary feature and was implemented by linking together up to four two-player sitdown-style arcade cabinets.[2][3] It was also arguably the first racing game to implement "rubber banding" to ensure that less talented players were never too far behind the leader, a concept that would be taken much further by the Mario Kart series.[3] There was also a single player mode, in which the player's score was based on how far the car travelled until time ran out or if the player completed four laps (on default settings; the arcade operator can set the lap number to be as low as three or as high as six).
Releases
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Nintendo Entertainment System
31 dic 1988
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Arcade
31 dic 1987 Original
Screenshots
Developed by
1987 — A year in gaming
Il catalogo di quell’anno, distinto dalla pagina editoriale su Generazioni.
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Game data
- Original title
- Final Lap
- Developer
- Namco Limited, Namcot
- First release
- 31 dicembre 1987
- Genres
- Strategy · Racing · Role-playing (RPG) · Arcade · Real Time Strategy (RTS)
- Era
- Arcade & Origins