Final Lap R (Rev. B)

Arcade Video game published 30 years ago:

Final Lap R (c) 1994 Namco.

The last game in Namco's seminal F1 series, which began twelve years' earlier with 1982's "Pole Position". Final Lap R features the same loose handling and demanding game-play of its predecessors, but has the obligatory improved graphics, due to the more powerful host hardware. The game offers players a choice of four race tracks :
1. Germany
2. Brazil
3. Hungary
4. Belgium

- TECHNICAL -

Namco System FL hardware
Game ID : FLR

Main CPU : i960KB (@ 20 Mhz), M37702 (@ 16.384 Mhz)
Sound Chips : C352 (@ 16.384 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 288 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 8192

Players : 2
Controls : Steering wheel, gear shifter (High/Low)
Pedals : Accelerator and brake

- TRIVIA -

Even if the title screen says 1993, Final Lap R was released in February 1994 in Japan.

- SERIES -

1. Pole Position (1982)
2. Pole Position II (1983)
3. Final Lap (1987)
4. Final Lap UR (1988)
5. Final Lap Twin (1989, NEC PC-Engine)
6. Final Lap 2 (1990)
7. Final Lap 3 (1992)
8. Final Lap R (1994)
9. Final Lap 2000 (2000, Bandai WonderSwan)