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Final Lap has been announced as this week’s release in Hamster Corporation’s Arcade Archives and Arcade Archives 2 lines of emulated coin-op titles, following in from last week’s release of Devastators, on which we previously reported.
Final Lap is a racing game that was originally released into arcades by Namco back in 1987,
Hamster Corporation had this to say about Final Lap: “1987 marked the dawn of the F1 boom in Japan. Set against the backdrop of that era, this title portrays the raw power of racing machines and the stoic world of professional competition.
Experience nail-biting, high-speed battles set on the legendary circuit as it was back then. Push yourself to the absolute limit where every tenth of a second counts—and give it everything you’ve got!”
Final Lap previously received a home conversion for the Famicom back in 1988, and it received an arcade sequel imaginatively titled Final Lap 2 in 1990.
The Arcade Archives version of Final Lap will be released on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 tomorrow (March 26th 2026), priced at $7.99 USD (or local equivalent).
Meanwhile, the Arcade Archives 2 version of Final Lap will be released on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, proiced at $9.99 USD or local equivalent.
As usual, purchasers of the Arcade Archives version of the game for Nintendo Switch or PlayStation 4 can upgrade to the Arcade Archives 2 version for Nintendo Switch 2 or PlayStation 5 respectively at a later date, for $2.99 USD or local equivalent.
