Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 5 hours ago

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When you think Namco and racing game, you typically think of one of two series: Pole Position and Ridge Racer. But they produced many other arcade racers between those two series, but only Final Lap made the jump home, appearing on the Famicom in 1988.

Does it make the jump successfully? With its multiplayer thrills intact? Time to go find out!

Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:10 Final Lap Arcade
01:32 Single Player Modes
02:53 Hitting the Track
06:09 Multiplayer Modes
07:45 Final Thoughts

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Beyond The Scanlines is a series of explorations of *interesting* games (old and new) for classic home computer and console systems.

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