Final Lap

Time to beat

Main story

32.8 h6 reports

Main + extras

51 h4 reports

Completionist

Not enough reports yet (needs 3)2 reports

Median of the hours reported by players who completed the game.

Synopsis

Final Lap is a 1987 racing simulation video game developed and published by Namco. Atari Games released the game in North America in 1988. It was the first game to run on Namco's then-new System 2 hardware and is a direct successor to Namco's Pole Position (1982) and Pole Position II (1983). It was ported to the Famicom by Arc System Works, making it Arc System Works' debut game. 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. There was also a single-player mode, in which the player's score was based on how far the car traveled until time ran out or if the player completed four laps. It was a major commercial success in Japan, becoming the third highest-grossing arcade game of 1988, the highest-grossing dedicated arcade game of 1989, and second highest dedicated arcade game of 1990. Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, as well as their Arcade Archives 2 series for the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in March 2026.

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Details

Type

Game

Release date

January 1, 1987

Genres

racing video game

Platforms

arcade video game, Nintendo Entertainment System

Created by

Namco

Countries

Japan